A4 b8 steering feel compared to b7

[lengster]

I drove a pals b8 tdi quattro 170 and the steering felt heavy and numb compared to my b7,this normal? It was on 17's and I would be looking at a car on 18,s or 19,s and probably not a quattro.Anyone driven or owned both? How do you rate the b4 in general?

[terenceb]

One thing that does nothing for both types is Continental tyres.My B7 had MPSports which suited the car perfectly.When it came to renewal time after the three years I was invited to try the B8.Instantly different feel, so pulled over to check which tyres it had-Continentals! Resuming my roadtest I asked if there was another car with the MPS fitted, there was and thats the car I bought.

[PositronicRay]

The early B8's had very heavy steering, unless they had the optional servotronic steering. This became standard on the later (facelift) models.

[lengster]

Ahh I see,unfortunately a facelift is well out of budget as a daily drive,hmm back to the drawing board I guess.looked at 120d but seem they have cam chain issues lurking grr

[anonymous-user]

I have a b7 a4 and had loan of a b8 a4 for a couple of weeks, the steering in the b8 is awful, rubbery with no feedback at all, there really could be a rubber band in there...

[lengster]

I'm glad it's not just me who's noticed it then,might look at golf gt or gtd

[Chippo1]

My 63 plate A4 is totally lifeless too, zero feel.

One does get tramp as well even with a mere 140 horses , the suspension bottom,s out easily despite it being over firm even in bog standard form , what I am talking about is when one is over zealous away from the lights , slightly rough road and the wheels bounce the front suspension to the end of it's travel