2019 Audi TT RS

Zoren 370

You only have 1500 miles since Christmas 2019?

Zoren 370

Nice write up. ..

You can have a career in motorsports journalism! Imo.

I also miss my Z. I should have not sold it but the wife wanted a SUV so I did bought her one! Now she wants a divorce!!! Lol

Well I have to agree with your comments about the Corvette vs the TT and 370Z
I liked driving the Z better at the dragon I feel confident and probably drove faster than the Corvette its like driving a very fast tank.. not that is heavy actually the C7 is lighter than the Z yet with shorter WB the Z is nimble and composed.

The C7 has rediculous power but it wasn’t as fun as the Z. Yes the c7 is a looker.
But nobody drives it faster than 70 miles at the highway! Otherwise you get a snare of a look from grandpa!

Again nice write up.. I wonder how the R8 v10 feels like?

cossie1600

As much as my wife and I both want the TT, we did the right thing and bought an EV instead. It doesn't handle or feel like the TT or the Supra, but it has enough power and traction to make up in a straight line. Plus my days at the track are limited at this point, so I took the practical route over the fun route. I am going to miss the looks and feel of a sports car, but I really like the flexibility of AWD and instant torque. I cant believe the amount of traction I have with these AWD cars out of the corner. There is no way my Z could keep up even with a drip of moisture. I should say that it rains like 10 time a year here, so it's probably pointless to have it. Still, I do miss how close I was to the Z after 9 years. With the new car, I feel like a kid learning how to walk again. Of course the virus thing put a damper on any sort of drive. I drove the car 400 miles in 3 weeks.



I had a C6, I sold it to get my Z (after another disaster named RX-8). I know the C6 was faster than the Z in every way, but I never got comfortable with it and I could never tamed that beast the way I wanted. I think I lost control in the Z only a handful of times in the Z in 9 years, I think I spun my C6 Z51 more than that in 2 or 3 months. It was bizarre how I never got comfortable with it. I just hope I can tame the new car and not end up with another Z (I went from 350 to C6)

Zoren 370

What EV you got Tesla? Porsche Tus...cant even spell it fast enough! Lol
Pictures pls. If OP doesn’t mind using his thread.

cossie1600

I got a Tesla since they currently have better track support. I was just playing with their track mode v2 the other day.

My wife is using the vehicle every day, she prefers smaller cars. That's why she really wanted the TT, plus I only have about 190" in my garage. THe Porsche is too long

BlackZeda

I live less than 5 miles from my work, and only go into the office 3 days a week, so it has actually been a challenge to get to 1500 miles so far.

The interior of the TT is spacious compared to the Z, so it took a bit of seat adjustment and time to get comfortable driving it. It probably has to do with the insane amount of visibility and feeling the Gs a bit more. Driving in a muscle car or a Vette that sensation is even more pronounced, so I guess I just like driving smaller cars.

Getting to 60 is instantaneous now, so I imagine that the R8 would mean the loss of my license. I would see the R8 as track car as it probably would make daily driving pretty boring.

Even though I probably would get used to it, I feel that the Vette would never be the right fit for me on a few different levels. I like that you see very few Zs and even fewer TTs on the road. There is something to that. Although I have to say that I haven't had a Vette driver act like a fool around me in the Z that I can recall.

Glad you enjoyed the little review.

cossie1600

Definitely super hard to find TT, especially the TT-RS. Matter of fact, I think they only made 3000 of them? In a year, you will see Corvette everywhere. Also I don't know how old you are, but I hate the stigma of driving a Corvette. I much prefer to have a lower key car, well unless someone gives me a Ferrari. If you live in teh Bay Area, you will see Model 3 everywhere. They are more common than Camrys now

BlackZeda

That Vette stigma was probably one of the main reasons why I went for Z when I bought it to be honest. It was actually a good thing because to this day I would rather have a Z (or Supra) than a Corvette, unless it were purely a track car, but even then they still feel big.

In regard to lower key; if I were to order a TT RS I probably would have gone with the spoiler delete. Don't get me wrong, the fixed spoiler is really sharp looking, and it is probably the best stock one I have seen, especially with the cool winglets, but the TT looks amazing with the pop-up one and it would be a true sleeper.

Teslas are pretty common here in Colorado as well. We are kind of east California nowadays anyway, but I think people don't spend the type of money on cars that bay area people do.

cossie1600

I am the opposite, I love the TT with the fixed wing. No wing TT looks like a giant turtle shell, similar to the Model X.

Gas is expensive here, our climate favors EV and our infrastructure is good. That's why it makes sense to have it. Plus cars have come a long way, we can have reasonable fun at the track while truly driving home the next morning. My wife still wants a Porsche Boxster in all electric form, but that might not come for 5-6 years. I figure the performance 3 will get by until then, I am hoping there is another power bump in it. 2.9 sec 0-60 maybe

FL 4Motion

Zoren,

Anytime you wanna check out a tt-rs just let me know man. When the ‘rona is over, I’ll let you know when the next monthly Audi meet is at ace cafe and you can see 8 or so tt-rs’s that are in our club. When we got ours, we were the only MK III but now there are a bunch and some are quite modded. Also a couple r8’s show up too so it’s a good time.

Unlike our western brethren, Audi peeps here are chilled out and kinda shy and laid back and the VW crew keeps to themselves and are harmless, alhouth online the golf r folks are delusional and think their car is better than anything else on the road.