yak said:
I think this quote sort of tells the whole story, how much you actually know about the new TT,
What is there to know, Yak?
It's another off the generic Mk5 Golf platform.
I know enough to know it looks worse than the old TT but drives better.
That's the experience of driving it, you see...
or if you've actually even driven it, I doubt that. You're just taking your old 'TT experience' and converting it to the new model.
V6 quattro (still nose heavy) and 2.0 TFSI (not as good as a Golf GTI)
So, that would be a yes. Have you?
Have you driven a Cayman?
They're not the same car. Although old TT was certainly 8L, the new one has quite a lot of difference, including 'magnetic ride' (or whatever the marketing term was) instead of normal springs, body with different structure and materials, less weight..
But they share the same platform...and as such, will always be front engined and front (or front biased 4) WD.
You can't get away from that...the suspension is WAY better at the back...but the same Mcpherson strut type front end with the engines weight up there, gives the same underlying drive, be it a 1.4 Golf, or a TT.
Magnetic Ride is a fine system...and works well...but it can't move the engines position, or make a FWD car feel like a RWD car...can it?
They're different cars, but apparently that doesn't suit your needs for this discussion, you rather want to have your opinion as the 'truth'.
Aww...dry your eyes.
Got a TT have we?
The TT is a fine car...but it's no ground up Sportscar.
They are indeed different cars...one being the better drive...and as anyone with a hole in their **** and half a brain can tell, the Cayman is a better 'drivers' car than a TT.
That's my opinion...and it seems that of others too.
Perhaps Audi will re-locate the engine in the TTS, make it RWD perhaps?
But I find it hard to believe. So the comment stands...
But time will tell.