Have any of you guys tried the new A8 4.2 ?
Mine is back in the shop (hopefully for the last time !) and I've blagged the dealer's 4.2 demonstrator for a few days.
My first conlusion is f*** me, this is one helluva car !
It feels quicker than my S8 (which is a bit depressing, but then again, mine is back in the shop to have the engine fixed !). This new one has more gagdets than you can shake a stick at, but the daddy of them all is the radar cruise control - I've just spent the day in Gloucester, and on the way back I travelled the entire length of the M4 from junction 15 to junction 6 without touching the accelerator OR brakes from one slip road to the other !
There's plenty of other good things about it (like the fingerprint recognition and lights that see around corners) and I'm off to have a play on the windy roads home tonight, so I'll post some more experiences tomorrow (I'm also having lunch with one of my consultants who has a "breathed on" Evo 7, so maybe we'll see how quick his car really is !!).
Cheers
Richard
Mine is back in the shop (hopefully for the last time !) and I've blagged the dealer's 4.2 demonstrator for a few days.
My first conlusion is f*** me, this is one helluva car !
It feels quicker than my S8 (which is a bit depressing, but then again, mine is back in the shop to have the engine fixed !). This new one has more gagdets than you can shake a stick at, but the daddy of them all is the radar cruise control - I've just spent the day in Gloucester, and on the way back I travelled the entire length of the M4 from junction 15 to junction 6 without touching the accelerator OR brakes from one slip road to the other !
There's plenty of other good things about it (like the fingerprint recognition and lights that see around corners) and I'm off to have a play on the windy roads home tonight, so I'll post some more experiences tomorrow (I'm also having lunch with one of my consultants who has a "breathed on" Evo 7, so maybe we'll see how quick his car really is !!).
Cheers
Richard
