Epic TTS

^JP^ · 12 Jan 2015 at 19:36

tsinc80697 said:
Doesn't sound too shabby - http://instagram.com/p/xwuFY_vLwM/

Yeah I agree, just wasn't expecting it.

I hope they do a RHD version this time, on my list for 2017 if so

NSX looks great also!

Gibbo · 12 Jan 2015 at 20:13

Blackhawk47 said:
60/40 I think.

New 5th generation haldex can send almost 100% to the rear! but would just be better if it was RWD sending to front like the R8.

Still for all we slam them the TT RS does sound amazing, with a simple remap will beat most cars with ease and they are relatively cheap to run.

New TT RS with new Haldex could be very good, but Audi will still probably have the engine the noise and same old dull driving, plus no more 5 cylinder engine so it won't sound anywhere near as good!

pioneer2000 · 12 Jan 2015 at 20:42

Gibbo said:
Still for all we slam them the TT RS does sound amazing, with a simple remap will beat most cars with ease and they are relatively cheap to run.

Who are we trying to beat?

Dull Audi with a 5 cylinder in does not equal interesting to drive.

Dr House · 12 Jan 2015 at 20:47

pioneer2000 said:
Who are we trying to beat?

Dull Audi with a 5 cylinder in does not equal interesting to drive.

Have you driven one? I have only taken out a TTS and to be honest its more fun to drive than my Z4 35is.

pioneer2000 · 12 Jan 2015 at 20:52

TT's yes, not an RS.

I'm utterly unconvinced that a car based on the same platform would be a million miles different.

Looks like autocar agree:

"It feels slightly stolid and less wieldy than it might, like so many performance Audis. The steering, although accurate, has an artificial weighting that leaves the TT RS’s helm distinctly feel-free."

James_200sx · 12 Jan 2015 at 21:10

The lambo decal ruined it.

Blackhawk47 · 12 Jan 2015 at 21:35

I'll just leave this here.

gjc10212 · 12 Jan 2015 at 22:09

ace-rimmer said:
what makes a TTRS a hairdressers car

Ask the mx-5 owners, i believe they're tarnished with the same hairbrush

Gibbo · 12 Jan 2015 at 23:12

pioneer2000 said:
Who are we trying to beat?

Dull Audi with a 5 cylinder in does not equal interesting to drive.

Point is they are quick, a stage 2 car will hit 100mph in 7s so it will beat most things in a straight line. Yet on a track a less powerful Boxster will kick it's backside.

It just seems from this thread alone TT RS owners think they have a GTR beater, which they don't, not even remotely close.

Gibbo · 12 Jan 2015 at 23:25

Blackhawk47 said:
I'll just leave this here.

Which shows it getting beaten by two GTR's even though one was slow off the line and a 911 Turbo S mullering what is a modified TT RS, so it just showed the Audi getting beat in a straight line, god help it when the corners come up.

Alex_6n2 · 13 Jan 2015 at 09:14

That is a lot of orange.

dacads · 13 Jan 2015 at 12:47

rjkoneill said:
Seen the NSX? I bet that will be quick.

But not TTRS quick.

Or be a patch on a 911

Why not? At $150k I'd be disappointed if slower than an Audi TT

tsinc80697 · 13 Jan 2015 at 14:34

You've got to remember though, any comparison to a quick TTRS is one that's had £13000+ spent on it, not exactly stock.

We might as well be comparing Andy Forrest's road legal Impreza to anything that comes up in this thread :rolleyes:

Housey · 13 Jan 2015 at 15:04

dacads said:
Why not? At $150k I'd be disappointed if slower than an Audi TT

I wouldn't. My GT3 was 60K when I bought it, you could make the TTRS 50% quicker down a runway and make it 30K and I would NEVER feel annoyed, envious, disappointed in my GT3. That is the point people are trying to make I feel, it doesn't matter what it does "on d strip" as it's still a TT with most of the dynamics that come with TT ownership. Fanboys won't see that and as someone who replaced his 911 with an RS Audi I like to think I can speak with a degree of fairness.