Audi 1.8t or 350z
#41
RE: Audi 1.8t or 350z
The Z needs all the rice crap on it to look decent. Nissan should have made it more like the original. Instead they gave it the standard Nissan corporate look with weird headlights and a dumpy looking butt.
ORIGINAL: acetrebo
Z is not attractive? And you are smoking what?
the z:
The a4....
I love the a4, but in my opinion, the z is a sport car, the a4 a sporty sedan.
Z looks hot, and with mods even better.
Z is not attractive? And you are smoking what?
the z:
The a4....
I love the a4, but in my opinion, the z is a sport car, the a4 a sporty sedan.
Z looks hot, and with mods even better.
#42
RE: Audi 1.8t or 350z
ORIGINAL: 99A4NOW
What if you were to throw a TT into the mix? I'm not really that familiar with the TT, but it would seem to be more of a direct comparison to the 350Z as a lot of people havenoted we're comparing apples to oranges. Maybe I'm wrong though... thoughts?
What if you were to throw a TT into the mix? I'm not really that familiar with the TT, but it would seem to be more of a direct comparison to the 350Z as a lot of people havenoted we're comparing apples to oranges. Maybe I'm wrong though... thoughts?
1) Styling. The TT looks a lot better
2) Fuel economy. You should be able to get better milage out of it.
3) Poor weather control. The FWD/AWD TT will be much easier to drive in ice and snow.
The 1.8t A4 has many of these same advantages and more, but as a sports car the 350Z is better than either. My pick would still be the A4.
fahquad, one minute your saying you agree with me, the next your saying that when you said "not at all..." in response to my main point, you were right. Which is it? If you say two completely contradictory things in the same post, and i disagree with one of them, that isn't taking things out of context, it's being consistant. When you get right down to it A4s don't handle well at the limmit, because FWD/AWD have a natural tendency to understeer, and because Audi likes to mount the engine very far forward, not because Audi got the ride hight/shock settings wrong, and no, a set of coil overs won't do too much about that. Personaly I like the engine position because it results in much better interior room, and this is a car that was never meant to be driven at the limmit.
#43
RE: Audi 1.8t or 350z
ORIGINAL: fahquad
Sarcasm noted and appreciated. But it's still out of context becausewhat I said wasnot an untrue statement. Mid-level coilover set up on an A4 will take a Z. Not "handle like" a Z.
Sarcasm noted and appreciated. But it's still out of context becausewhat I said wasnot an untrue statement. Mid-level coilover set up on an A4 will take a Z. Not "handle like" a Z.
Show me your skidpad and prove me wrong. Show me your time through a slalom course that is faster than a stock z.
Plain and simple, a modded B6 A4, without "insane amounts" of anything,will take a stock Z. Period. Check please.
Stage three mods on the a4 are not minor mods , they fall more into the "insane amount" of mods.
The mods you have, your car vs a 350z on a real road course, you will lose. The z will out handle you, by a mile, and will beat you. sorry, but get out on the track if you dont believe me.
#44
RE: Audi 1.8t or 350z
ORIGINAL: Electric Pi
fahquad, one minute your saying you agree with me, the next your saying that when you said "not at all..." in response to my main point, you were right. Which is it?
fahquad, one minute your saying you agree with me, the next your saying that when you said "not at all..." in response to my main point, you were right. Which is it?
All I've been trying to say the whole time that a modded A4, namely mine, will beat a STOCK 350Z. That's all. In every point you make about the cars, you are correct, and I don't dispute it. Stock= 350Z all the way. Both modded= still350Z all the way. Modded A4, at least mine,will beat a stock 350Z. I've done it too many times on open track and street to believe different. On auto-x, maybe not so much and I take that back. Simpy because I beat one doesn't mean that was car-dependent in that case.
ORIGINAL: acetrebo
I disagree with you here. A stock z will still handle better than your car with modded suspension.
Show me your skidpad and prove me wrong. Show me your time through a slalom course that is faster than a stock z.
I disagree with you here as well. A stock 350 is 300+ horsepower. You need to do some pretty big mods to the a4 to get to that level.
Stage three mods on the a4 are not minor mods , they fall more into the "insane amount" of mods.
The mods you have, your car vs a 350z on a real road course, you will lose. The z will out handle you, by a mile, and will beat you. sorry, but get out on the track if you dont believe me.
I disagree with you here. A stock z will still handle better than your car with modded suspension.
Show me your skidpad and prove me wrong. Show me your time through a slalom course that is faster than a stock z.
I disagree with you here as well. A stock 350 is 300+ horsepower. You need to do some pretty big mods to the a4 to get to that level.
Stage three mods on the a4 are not minor mods , they fall more into the "insane amount" of mods.
The mods you have, your car vs a 350z on a real road course, you will lose. The z will out handle you, by a mile, and will beat you. sorry, but get out on the track if you dont believe me.
On the street, I have yet to come across a 350Z that takes me. Call it what you want, but until you're in a Stage III+A4 B6with all the goods to go, stop, and turn, you can't make assumptions off of manufacturer's specs. Come to next open lap day and see. You're not far away.
Bottom line is, refer to above. ~~~~Stock 350Z>Stock A4 1.8t~~~~~ Modded350>Modded A4 1.8t (and a hell of a lot more expensive)~~~~ but a modded A4 will take a stock 350Z. I'd bet anything on that.
I get beat by a lot of cars and freely admit to it, some more embarrasing than others (like getting clobbered by a modded Saturn Redline). But a stock 350Z ain't one of them.
#46
RE: Audi 1.8t or 350z
ORIGINAL: Amze
Lol, modded saturn redline.. who in there right mind would mod such a car... christ.[&:][&:]
Lol, modded saturn redline.. who in there right mind would mod such a car... christ.[&:][&:]
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