[Coronita]

I agree that the BMW from factory feels a little tighter than the G sedan and the auto G coupe. My feeling was that, tires and suspension can be upgraded easily if I were to track my car more often but it's much harder to get more power unless you have turbo. Since the G35 is priced like a 325/328, it has about 80HP advantage. The big seller for me was the Brembo on the G35 6MT. Both the G and the 3-series have AWD option w/out the massive overhang the Audi have ;-).

I agree with you about DSG. DSG is an amazing transmission and would make it very easy to get peak performance every time. However, it will never give me the grin I get heel-toeing into corners. It's definitely a hard choice for me.

 

Audi has started correcting most of my gripes in the past, namely.

1) Starting with the RS4, quattro is now more rear-wheel biased.

2) TT is now a pretty good, light(er) weight car with better distribution.

3) the latest S5/A5 and next gen A4/S4 has corrected the overhang and also made quattro more rear wheel bias.

4) The next generation s4 most likely will return to a bi-turbo setup, and hopefully the rs4 will be a turbo charged v8. Odd that the current S5 will be V8 normally aspirated while the s4 will be bi-turbo. But turbo ==> nice aftermarkets mods ==> creating an insane sleeper grocery getter ==> unfortunately, ultimately leads to AoA voiding warranties.

Sorry, I do have to draw a line. Except for the Nissan GTR, no other car in we mentioned above in awd format I think matches audi's quattro. Buying an audi without quattro is like buying a male pet for reproducing and neutering it at the same time. Why do people buy an an audi with FWD is beyond me.

 

Audi also changed their lineup. The correct competition right now is

Audi A4/a5 3.2 <–> BMW 328 <–>no direct infinit <—>Lexus IS250

Audi S4/S5 <–> BMW 335 <–>Infiniti G37 <–>Lexus IS350

Audi RS4/RS5(expected) <—>E90 BMW M3 sedan(expected)/coupe <—>no current Infiniti <—> IS-F

If I was in the market for a performance car, I would consider the e90 m3 or the S5 (though in different leagues… Unfortunately, some of us wants to retire earlier and spend more time with family, and don't have millions in stock options to throw around, and are just peons working as an average joe at a company. So, some of our dreams will have to be deferred to when/and if excessive consumption can be realized. 

On the economics side, it will be interesting to see how these foreign car companies keep pace with the falling dollar. I can see Audi start exporting from their factories in Shanghai (oh god no), BMW start using their US manufacturing sites more in N Carolina (great, good old fashion X5-like quality labor from america (sacasm)), and Nissan shift production down here. We might end up with radiators from AC/Delco, and oil filters from Fram in German cars, leaving only the real uber sports cars attainable Germany that only rich people can afford to buy. See, the falling dollar really hurts us in ways that really matter:) Good thing I stocked up on every maintanence parts for my audi for the next 5 years. I'm not even kidding, prices of parts have gone up significantly.

 

 

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—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

I agree that the BMW from factory feels a little tighter than the G sedan and the auto G coupe. My feeling was that, tires and suspension can be upgraded easily if I were to track my car more often but it's much harder to get more power unless you have turbo. Since the G35 is priced like a 325/328, it has about 80HP advantage. The big seller for me was the Brembo on the G35 6MT. Both the G and the 3-series have AWD option w/out the massive overhang the Audi have ;-).

I agree with you about DSG. DSG is an amazing transmission and would make it very easy to get peak performance every time. However, it will never give me the grin I get heel-toeing into corners. It's definitely a hard choice for me.

 

Audi has started correcting most of my gripes in the past, namely.

1) Starting with the RS4, quattro is now more rear-wheel biased.

2) TT is now a pretty good, light(er) weight car with better distribution.

3) the latest S5/A5 and next gen A4/S4 has corrected the overhang and also made quattro more rear wheel bias.

4) The next generation s4 most likely will return to a bi-turbo setup, and hopefully the rs4 will be a turbo charged v8. Odd that the current S5 will be V8 normally aspirated while the s4 will be bi-turbo. But turbo ==> nice aftermarkets mods ==> creating an insane sleeper grocery getter ==> unfortunately, ultimately leads to AoA voiding warranties.

Sorry, I do have to draw a line. Except for the Nissan GTR, no other car in we mentioned above in awd format I think matches audi's quattro. Buying an audi without quattro is like buying a male pet for reproducing and neutering it at the same time. Why do people buy an an audi with FWD is beyond me.

 

Audi also changed their lineup. The correct competition right now is

Audi A4/a5 3.2 <–> BMW 328 <–>no direct infinit <—>Lexus IS250

Audi S4/S5 <–> BMW 335 <–>Infiniti G37 <–>Lexus IS350

Audi RS4/RS5(expected) <—>E90 BMW M3 sedan(expected)/coupe <—>no current Infiniti <—> IS-F

If I was in the market for a performance car, I would consider the e90 m3 or the S5 (though in different leagues… Unfortunately, some of us wants to retire earlier and spend more time with family, and don't have millions in stock options to throw around, and are just peons working as an average joe at a company. So, some of our dreams will have to be deferred to when/and if excessive consumption can be realized. 

On the economics side, it will be interesting to see how these foreign car companies keep pace with the falling dollar. I can see Audi start exporting from their factories in Shanghai (oh god no), BMW start using their US manufacturing sites more in N Carolina (great, good old fashion X5-like quality labor from america (sacasm)), and Nissan shift production down here. We might end up with radiators from AC/Delco, and oil filters from Fram in German cars, leaving only the real uber sports cars attainable Germany that only rich people can afford to buy. See, the falling dollar really hurts us in ways that really matter:) Good thing I stocked up on every maintanence parts for my audi for the next 5 years. I'm not even kidding, prices of parts have gone up significantly.

 

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

I agree that the BMW from factory feels a little tighter than the G sedan and the auto G coupe. My feeling was that, tires and suspension can be upgraded easily if I were to track my car more often but it's much harder to get more power unless you have turbo. Since the G35 is priced like a 325/328, it has about 80HP advantage. The big seller for me was the Brembo on the G35 6MT. Both the G and the 3-series have AWD option w/out the massive overhang the Audi have ;-).

I agree with you about DSG. DSG is an amazing transmission and would make it very easy to get peak performance every time. However, it will never give me the grin I get heel-toeing into corners. It's definitely a hard choice for me.

 

Audi has started correcting most of my gripes in the past, namely.

1) Starting with the RS4, quattro is now more rear-wheel biased.

2) TT is now a pretty good, light(er) weight car with better distribution.

3) the latest S5/A5 and next gen A4/S4 has corrected the overhang and also made quattro more rear wheel bias.

4) The next generation s4 most likely will return to a bi-turbo setup, and hopefully the rs4 will be a turbo charged v8. Odd that the current S5 will be V8 normally aspirated while the s4 will be bi-turbo. But turbo ==> nice aftermarkets mods ==> creating an insane sleeper grocery getter ==> unfortunately, ultimately leads to AoA voiding warranties.

Sorry, I do have to draw a line. Except for the Nissan GTR, no other car in we mentioned above in awd format I think matches audi's quattro. Buying an audi without quattro is like buying a male pet for reproducing and neutering it at the same time. Why do people buy an an audi with FWD is beyond me.

 

Audi also changed their lineup. The correct competition right now is

Audi A4/a5 3.2 <–> BMW 328 <–>no direct infinit <—>Lexus IS250

Audi S4/S5 <–> BMW 335 <–>Infiniti G37 <–>Lexus IS350

Audi RS4/RS5(expected) <—>E90 BMW M3 sedan(expected)/coupe <—>no current Infiniti <—> IS-F

If I was in the market for a performance car, I would consider the e90 m3 or the S5 (though in different leagues… Unfortunately, some of us wants to retire earlier and spend more time with family, and don't have millions in stock options to throw around, and are just peons working as an average joe at a company. So, some of our dreams will have to be deferred to when/and if excessive consumption can be realized. 

On the economics side, it will be interesting to see how these foreign car companies keep pace with the falling dollar. I can see Audi start exporting from their factories in Shanghai (oh god no), BMW start using their US manufacturing sites more in N Carolina (great, good old fashion X5-like quality labor from america (sacasm)), and Nissan shift production down here. We might end up with radiators from AC/Delco, and oil filters from Fram in German cars, leaving only the real uber sports cars attainable Germany that only rich people can afford to buy. See, the falling dollar really hurts us in ways that really matter:) Good thing I stocked up on every maintanence parts for my audi for the next 5 years. I'm not even kidding, prices of parts have gone up significantly.

 

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

I agree that the BMW from factory feels a little tighter than the G sedan and the auto G coupe. My feeling was that, tires and suspension can be upgraded easily if I were to track my car more often but it's much harder to get more power unless you have turbo. Since the G35 is priced like a 325/328, it has about 80HP advantage. The big seller for me was the Brembo on the G35 6MT. Both the G and the 3-series have AWD option w/out the massive overhang the Audi have ;-).

I agree with you about DSG. DSG is an amazing transmission and would make it very easy to get peak performance every time. However, it will never give me the grin I get heel-toeing into corners. It's definitely a hard choice for me.

 

Audi has started correcting most of my gripes in the past, namely.

1) Starting with the RS4, quattro is now more rear-wheel biased.

2) TT is now a pretty good, light(er) weight car with better distribution.

3) the latest S5/A5 and next gen A4/S4 has corrected the overhang and also made quattro more rear wheel bias.

4) The next generation s4 most likely will return to a bi-turbo setup, and hopefully the rs4 will be a turbo charged v8. Odd that the current S5 will be V8 normally aspirated while the s4 will be bi-turbo. But turbo ==> nice aftermarkets mods ==> creating an insane sleeper grocery getter ==> unfortunately, ultimately leads to AoA voiding warranties.

Sorry, I do have to draw a line. Except for the Nissan GTR, no other car in we mentioned above in awd format I think matches audi's quattro. Buying an audi without quattro is like buying a male pet for reproducing and neutering it at the same time. Why do people buy an an audi with FWD is beyond me.

 

Audi also changed their lineup. The correct competition right now is

Audi A4/a5 3.2 <–> BMW 328 <–>no direct infinit <—>Lexus IS250

Audi S4/S5 <–> BMW 335 <–>Infiniti G37 <–>Lexus IS350

Audi RS4/RS5(expected) <—>E90 BMW M3 sedan(expected)/coupe <—>no current Infiniti <—> IS-F

If I was in the market for a performance car, I would consider the e90 m3 or the S5 (though in different leagues… Unfortunately, some of us wants to retire earlier and spend more time with family, and don't have millions in stock options to throw around, and are just peons working as an average joe at a company. So, some of our dreams will have to be deferred to when/and if excessive consumption can be realized. 

On the economics side, it will be interesting to see how these foreign car companies keep pace with the falling dollar. I can see Audi start exporting from their factories in Shanghai (oh god no), BMW start using their US manufacturing sites more in N Carolina (great, good old fashion X5-like quality labor from america (sacasm)), and Nissan shift production down here. We might end up with radiators from AC/Delco, and oil filters from Fram in German cars, leaving only the real uber sports cars attainable Germany that only rich people can afford to buy. See, the falling dollar really hurts us in ways that really matter:) Good thing I stocked up on every maintanence parts for my audi for the next 5 years. I'm not even kidding, prices of parts have gone up significantly.

 

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

I agree that the BMW from factory feels a little tighter than the G sedan and the auto G coupe. My feeling was that, tires and suspension can be upgraded easily if I were to track my car more often but it's much harder to get more power unless you have turbo. Since the G35 is priced like a 325/328, it has about 80HP advantage. The big seller for me was the Brembo on the G35 6MT. Both the G and the 3-series have AWD option w/out the massive overhang the Audi have ;-).

I agree with you about DSG. DSG is an amazing transmission and would make it very easy to get peak performance every time. However, it will never give me the grin I get heel-toeing into corners. It's definitely a hard choice for me.

 

Audi has started correcting most of my gripes in the past, namely.

1) Starting with the RS4, quattro is now more rear-wheel biased.

2) TT is now a pretty good, light(er) weight car with better distribution.

3) the latest S5/A5 and next gen A4/S4 has corrected the overhang and also made quattro more rear wheel bias.

4) The next generation s4 most likely will return to a bi-turbo setup, and hopefully the rs4 will be a turbo charged v8. Odd that the current S5 will be V8 normally aspirated while the s4 will be bi-turbo. But turbo ==> nice aftermarkets mods ==> creating an insane sleeper grocery getter ==> unfortunately, ultimately leads to AoA voiding warranties.

Sorry, I do have to draw a line. Except for the Nissan GTR, no other car in we mentioned above in awd format I think matches audi's quattro. Buying an audi without quattro is like buying a male pet for reproducing and neutering it at the same time. Why do people buy an an audi with FWD is beyond me.

 

Audi also changed their lineup. The correct competition right now is

Audi A4/a5 3.2 <–> BMW 328 <–>no direct infinit <—>Lexus IS250

Audi S4/S5 <–> BMW 335 <–>Infiniti G37 <–>Lexus IS350

Audi RS4/RS5(expected) <—>E90 BMW M3 sedan(expected)/coupe <—>no current Infiniti <—> IS-F

If I was in the market for a performance car, I would consider the e90 m3 or the S5 (though in different leagues… Unfortunately, some of us wants to retire earlier and spend more time with family, and don't have millions in stock options to throw around, and are just peons working as an average joe at a company. So, some of our dreams will have to be deferred to when/and if excessive consumption can be realized. 

On the economics side, it will be interesting to see how these foreign car companies keep pace with the falling dollar. I can see Audi start exporting from their factories in Shanghai (oh god no), BMW start using their US manufacturing sites more in N Carolina (great, good old fashion X5-like quality labor from america (sacasm)), and Nissan shift production down here. We might end up with radiators from AC/Delco, and oil filters from Fram in German cars, leaving only the real uber sports cars attainable Germany that only rich people can afford to buy. See, the falling dollar really hurts us in ways that really matter:) Good thing I stocked up on every maintanence parts for my audi for the next 5 years. I'm not even kidding, prices of parts have gone up significantly.

 

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

"you are stuck with the 3200/year nut on this puppy"

But it's only for 30 years, right? 4 down 26 to go.

 

Together with $159/month hoa….That's only $14 a day. Just don't go out and eat a meal or two each day. Brown bag it for the next 26 years. Or work an extra 3 hours at mcky-d's.

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

"you are stuck with the 3200/year nut on this puppy"

But it's only for 30 years, right? 4 down 26 to go.

 

Together with $159/month hoa….That's only $14 a day. Just don't go out and eat a meal or two each day. Brown bag it for the next 26 years. Or work an extra 3 hours at mcky-d's.

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

"you are stuck with the 3200/year nut on this puppy"

But it's only for 30 years, right? 4 down 26 to go.

 

Together with $159/month hoa….That's only $14 a day. Just don't go out and eat a meal or two each day. Brown bag it for the next 26 years. Or work an extra 3 hours at mcky-d's.

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

"you are stuck with the 3200/year nut on this puppy"

But it's only for 30 years, right? 4 down 26 to go.

 

Together with $159/month hoa….That's only $14 a day. Just don't go out and eat a meal or two each day. Brown bag it for the next 26 years. Or work an extra 3 hours at mcky-d's.

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

"you are stuck with the 3200/year nut on this puppy"

But it's only for 30 years, right? 4 down 26 to go.

 

Together with $159/month hoa….That's only $14 a day. Just don't go out and eat a meal or two each day. Brown bag it for the next 26 years. Or work an extra 3 hours at mcky-d's.

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

FLU, what do you mean by G35/37 and IS250/350 not a track friendly car? I take my decently loaded G35 to the track several time and it handled it just fine. The Brembo brakes never fades and the handling is not bad at all. All for a price of a base 325Ci.

I felt it (the one I drove) was slightly (and I say slightly) on the soft side around the corners compared to the a 3xx, but that's just me. Could have been tires, could have been suspension setup (though both was running stock on both cars i think). The bimmer had aftermarket brakes, but so did the infiniti, so it was pretty much a wash. For me the bimmer just felt better, and no I don't have a bimmer fetish.In any case, both did better than my audi that has a front overhang issue. Though I love seem folks with rwd only drive in snow and ice. Oh wait, it doesn't snow in SD.

Not trying to nark on what people drive frankly, my original thread was just to make an analogy… I don't race for a living, and rarely go to track event these days anymore, And my 8+ years audi is starting to show it's age, with aftermarket turbo that's howling like it's going to keel over tomorrow, an chipped ecu tha died once to a bad soldering job, and a custom exhaust that while lessens the flow restriction to the turbo is nevertheless is slightly more annoying in my golden years, a timing belt that is 6 months overdue for a replacement, and ZR rated tires purchased from costco that more feel like SR rated tires (being that they BFGoodrich are made in thailand) that can't handle a single drop of rain that lands on asphalt, and other odds and ends "modifications" that in my younger more foolish days totaled $8k in unwise "investments". Heck, I'm so lazy, I don't even want to change my own oil every six months. If I were to buy something like an RS5, i probably won't even put it on the track, so I'd just be one of those annoying people doing 75-80 on the freeway, or worse actually drive 65 in a 65 zone.

So let me retract my statements about people's cars. I'm getting old in my approaching my mid 30ies, and to echo raptorduck's feeling of being an old fart, the entire slushbox shifting is getting tiring. Old Man's best auto invention was a DSG transmission put in a car that can fit a infant seat in back, which will outshift most of us most of the time when the infant isn't in the backseat. And with VW/Audi no longer having the exclusivity of that technology they borrowed from BorgWarner, that's good news to the rest of the auto makers.

Anyway, I'm going need to go back to work. I have more doors to knock on, and don't want to miss the next person that has an urge to spit on me.

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

FLU, what do you mean by G35/37 and IS250/350 not a track friendly car? I take my decently loaded G35 to the track several time and it handled it just fine. The Brembo brakes never fades and the handling is not bad at all. All for a price of a base 325Ci.

I felt it (the one I drove) was slightly (and I say slightly) on the soft side around the corners compared to the a 3xx, but that's just me. Could have been tires, could have been suspension setup (though both was running stock on both cars i think). The bimmer had aftermarket brakes, but so did the infiniti, so it was pretty much a wash. For me the bimmer just felt better, and no I don't have a bimmer fetish.In any case, both did better than my audi that has a front overhang issue. Though I love seem folks with rwd only drive in snow and ice. Oh wait, it doesn't snow in SD.

Not trying to nark on what people drive frankly, my original thread was just to make an analogy… I don't race for a living, and rarely go to track event these days anymore, And my 8+ years audi is starting to show it's age, with aftermarket turbo that's howling like it's going to keel over tomorrow, an chipped ecu tha died once to a bad soldering job, and a custom exhaust that while lessens the flow restriction to the turbo is nevertheless is slightly more annoying in my golden years, a timing belt that is 6 months overdue for a replacement, and ZR rated tires purchased from costco that more feel like SR rated tires (being that they BFGoodrich are made in thailand) that can't handle a single drop of rain that lands on asphalt, and other odds and ends "modifications" that in my younger more foolish days totaled $8k in unwise "investments". Heck, I'm so lazy, I don't even want to change my own oil every six months. If I were to buy something like an RS5, i probably won't even put it on the track, so I'd just be one of those annoying people doing 75-80 on the freeway, or worse actually drive 65 in a 65 zone.

So let me retract my statements about people's cars. I'm getting old in my approaching my mid 30ies, and to echo raptorduck's feeling of being an old fart, the entire slushbox shifting is getting tiring. Old Man's best auto invention was a DSG transmission put in a car that can fit a infant seat in back, which will outshift most of us most of the time when the infant isn't in the backseat. And with VW/Audi no longer having the exclusivity of that technology they borrowed from BorgWarner, that's good news to the rest of the auto makers.

Anyway, I'm going need to go back to work. I have more doors to knock on, and don't want to miss the next person that has an urge to spit on me.

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

FLU, what do you mean by G35/37 and IS250/350 not a track friendly car? I take my decently loaded G35 to the track several time and it handled it just fine. The Brembo brakes never fades and the handling is not bad at all. All for a price of a base 325Ci.

I felt it (the one I drove) was slightly (and I say slightly) on the soft side around the corners compared to the a 3xx, but that's just me. Could have been tires, could have been suspension setup (though both was running stock on both cars i think). The bimmer had aftermarket brakes, but so did the infiniti, so it was pretty much a wash. For me the bimmer just felt better, and no I don't have a bimmer fetish.In any case, both did better than my audi that has a front overhang issue. Though I love seem folks with rwd only drive in snow and ice. Oh wait, it doesn't snow in SD.

Not trying to nark on what people drive frankly, my original thread was just to make an analogy… I don't race for a living, and rarely go to track event these days anymore, And my 8+ years audi is starting to show it's age, with aftermarket turbo that's howling like it's going to keel over tomorrow, an chipped ecu tha died once to a bad soldering job, and a custom exhaust that while lessens the flow restriction to the turbo is nevertheless is slightly more annoying in my golden years, a timing belt that is 6 months overdue for a replacement, and ZR rated tires purchased from costco that more feel like SR rated tires (being that they BFGoodrich are made in thailand) that can't handle a single drop of rain that lands on asphalt, and other odds and ends "modifications" that in my younger more foolish days totaled $8k in unwise "investments". Heck, I'm so lazy, I don't even want to change my own oil every six months. If I were to buy something like an RS5, i probably won't even put it on the track, so I'd just be one of those annoying people doing 75-80 on the freeway, or worse actually drive 65 in a 65 zone.

So let me retract my statements about people's cars. I'm getting old in my approaching my mid 30ies, and to echo raptorduck's feeling of being an old fart, the entire slushbox shifting is getting tiring. Old Man's best auto invention was a DSG transmission put in a car that can fit a infant seat in back, which will outshift most of us most of the time when the infant isn't in the backseat. And with VW/Audi no longer having the exclusivity of that technology they borrowed from BorgWarner, that's good news to the rest of the auto makers.

Anyway, I'm going need to go back to work. I have more doors to knock on, and don't want to miss the next person that has an urge to spit on me.

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

FLU, what do you mean by G35/37 and IS250/350 not a track friendly car? I take my decently loaded G35 to the track several time and it handled it just fine. The Brembo brakes never fades and the handling is not bad at all. All for a price of a base 325Ci.

I felt it (the one I drove) was slightly (and I say slightly) on the soft side around the corners compared to the a 3xx, but that's just me. Could have been tires, could have been suspension setup (though both was running stock on both cars i think). The bimmer had aftermarket brakes, but so did the infiniti, so it was pretty much a wash. For me the bimmer just felt better, and no I don't have a bimmer fetish.In any case, both did better than my audi that has a front overhang issue. Though I love seem folks with rwd only drive in snow and ice. Oh wait, it doesn't snow in SD.

Not trying to nark on what people drive frankly, my original thread was just to make an analogy… I don't race for a living, and rarely go to track event these days anymore, And my 8+ years audi is starting to show it's age, with aftermarket turbo that's howling like it's going to keel over tomorrow, an chipped ecu tha died once to a bad soldering job, and a custom exhaust that while lessens the flow restriction to the turbo is nevertheless is slightly more annoying in my golden years, a timing belt that is 6 months overdue for a replacement, and ZR rated tires purchased from costco that more feel like SR rated tires (being that they BFGoodrich are made in thailand) that can't handle a single drop of rain that lands on asphalt, and other odds and ends "modifications" that in my younger more foolish days totaled $8k in unwise "investments". Heck, I'm so lazy, I don't even want to change my own oil every six months. If I were to buy something like an RS5, i probably won't even put it on the track, so I'd just be one of those annoying people doing 75-80 on the freeway, or worse actually drive 65 in a 65 zone.

So let me retract my statements about people's cars. I'm getting old in my approaching my mid 30ies, and to echo raptorduck's feeling of being an old fart, the entire slushbox shifting is getting tiring. Old Man's best auto invention was a DSG transmission put in a car that can fit a infant seat in back, which will outshift most of us most of the time when the infant isn't in the backseat. And with VW/Audi no longer having the exclusivity of that technology they borrowed from BorgWarner, that's good news to the rest of the auto makers.

Anyway, I'm going need to go back to work. I have more doors to knock on, and don't want to miss the next person that has an urge to spit on me.

 

[img_assist|nid=5962|title=selfportrait|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=100|height=80]

—– Sour grapes for everyone!

[Coronita]

FLU, what do you mean by G35/37 and IS250/350 not a track friendly car? I take my decently loaded G35 to the track several time and it handled it just fine. The Brembo brakes never fades and the handling is not bad at all. All for a price of a base 325Ci.

I felt it (the one I drove) was slightly (and I say slightly) on the soft side around the corners compared to the a 3xx, but that's just me. Could have been tires, could have been suspension setup (though both was running stock on both cars i think). The bimmer had aftermarket brakes, but so did the infiniti, so it was pretty much a wash. For me the bimmer just felt better, and no I don't have a bimmer fetish.In any case, both did better than my audi that has a front overhang issue. Though I love seem folks with rwd only drive in snow and ice. Oh wait, it doesn't snow in SD.

Not trying to nark on what people drive frankly, my original thread was just to make an analogy… I don't race for a living, and rarely go to track event these days anymore, And my 8+ years audi is starting to show it's age, with aftermarket turbo that's howling like it's going to keel over tomorrow, an chipped ecu tha died once to a bad soldering job, and a custom exhaust that while lessens the flow restriction to the turbo is nevertheless is slightly more annoying in my golden years, a timing belt that is 6 months overdue for a replacement, and ZR rated tires purchased from costco that more feel like SR rated tires (being that they BFGoodrich are made in thailand) that can't handle a single drop of rain that lands on asphalt, and other odds and ends "modifications" that in my younger more foolish days totaled $8k in unwise "investments". Heck, I'm so lazy, I don't even want to change my own oil every six months. If I were to buy something like an RS5, i probably won't even put it on the track, so I'd just be one of those annoying people doing 75-80 on the freeway, or worse actually drive 65 in a 65 zone.

So let me retract my statements about people's cars. I'm getting old in my approaching my mid 30ies, and to echo raptorduck's feeling of being an old fart, the entire slushbox shifting is getting tiring. Old Man's best auto invention was a DSG transmission put in a car that can fit a infant seat in back, which will outshift most of us most of the time when the infant isn't in the backseat. And with VW/Audi no longer having the exclusivity of that technology they borrowed from BorgWarner, that's good news to the rest of the auto makers.

Anyway, I'm going need to go back to work. I have more doors to knock on, and don't want to miss the next person that has an urge to spit on me.

 

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