Re: 328i vs. A4 2.8q ?

[Stilian Elenkov <elenkovs@vtls.com>]

> Stilian Elenkov wrote:
> 
> > Why did not you mention the tires and wheels used on the cars the Audi
> > with 205/55/R 16 mushy all season conties and softer suspension with
> > longer travel and 150lbs more and the BMW with 225/45/R 17 performance
> > tires.
> 
> Because the A4 in the comparo had the sport package with the SP8000 tires
> and the lower suspension.
> 
> IMHO, it was a completely valid comparison.
> 

I saw now that they used the 205/55/R 16 performance tires, (sorry my
bad) but that does not change the discrepancy 205/55/16 vs 225/45/17
does it? You mean to tell me that comparing these two is fair. Give the
BMW the same tires that the Audi used and lets talk again. Also the
suspension of the Audi is softer (with the sports option) than the BMW
and has more travel, but that is why it rides better. The audi
suspension is of much better design /layout - miltilink with dual
steering balljoints front and nice multilink in the back. The BMW has
McStruts in front and a mediocre/decent multilink (a la dual trailing
arms) back. It is just that the BMW is tuned more for performance while
Audi is tuned for comfort. The Audi's suspension is really easy and
cheap ~ $1000 to tune to outperform the BMW's one, simply because of its
better design and layout - and guess what many people do it. I am a BMW
fan too, but for my $37k they better have something better than
McStruts, or trailing arms in their cars.

Stilian

Stilian