[s-cars] RE: W8 (NAC)

[Richard Molk]

Rich cognitively dissonance disagrees.
I have a W8 I got about three months ago. Got used to the brakes in
about a day. I don't even realize I touch them differently from the
other cars, but they are quite smooth now. In fact, the acceleration is
the same way, you blast off the line when you first touch it, but after
a day your foot learns to be more delicate.
The price of the car was 25% off since it was a lease turn in with
8,000 miles and still a 2003. At the price, it's a good car and hard to
beat for features.
BTW, they use a variation of the W8 motor on the W16 Bugatti, which
retails for a bit more (1.2 million). I wonder if any of those are
coming off lease soon?
Rich (with the learning foot) Molk
Still have the S6 for sale, no real lookers, and thinking of EBAY. Any
BTDT and warnings re EBAY?
On Thursday, July 10, 2003, at 11:01 AM, Krasusky Paul (WQQ2PXK) wrote:

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> Bob aptly noted:
>
> A couple of weeks ago I stopped by Langan VW and took a W8 w/6spd out
> for a
> drive.  Overall it was a nice car but it didn't WOW me.  The
> suspension was
> way
> too soft, even though it supposedly had the sport suspension.  Like a
> lot of
>
> the new VW/Audis, the brakes are digital in feel.  They're either off
> or
> full
> on.  Just touch them and the you'll be scraping the nose of the car on
> the
> pavement and sending yourself through the windshield.  Modulation is
> apparently
> not in the brake engineers vocabulary.  Speedwise the car is quick but
> the
> car
> is heavier than ours and it just doesn't have that ohh so satisfying
> kick in
>
> the butt that a chipped S4/S6 has.  It definitely didn't feel as quick
> as a
> chipped S-car, though the car only had 300 miles on it so I'm sure the
> engine
> was still a bit tight.
>
> The salesman was yacking about all the features so I was tuning him
> out most
> of
> the ride.  Blah, blah, blah.  Though I got a chuckle out of his
> statement
> that
> the VW 4-motion was a more "pro-active" AWD system than the Audi
> quattro
> system.  Ya, right.
>
> Suspension can be fixed, after all our stock suspension (US/Cdn cars)
> was
> even
> worse.  But the brakes...man I hated those brakes and I don't know if
> the
> boost
> assist can be dialed back easily.  Maybe if the front end were
> stiffened up
> a
> bit it might help.
>
> Bob
>
>
>
>
>
>
> B-
>
> Oh, I can't more totally agree and I've yet to drive one.  They totally
> would need to have suspension and brakes addressed, I was sorta just
> assuming that was a given!  Sorry.
>
> Good observations though.  When you say 6spd, you mean stick?  Didn't
> realize they came with them, nice.  The brake feel is precisely why I
> dislike the B5 S4, and like you said, most newer cars these days.  And
> while
> the initial bite is overly done, it doesn't mean the brakes are
> better, as
> they're NOT!  Scary.
>
> Like you said, our cars needed a 'bit' of items addressed to make them
> 'right' (heh, 'bit' is what I tell the Mrs.), the W8 is no exception.
> I was
> merely saying it looked damn good on the road, seemed to perform OK,
> etc.
> Of course it needs 'improvement' 8-), but it looks to be a good start
> in the
> right direction at least!  Refreshing these days...
>
> -P
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