pull the trigger!

 

I like having the stick and nav but if I had to choose one I would go with the stick. I don't drive much in traffic and just find shifting to be the fun part of spirited driving. You could always buy a portable GPS unit. I am having such a fun time with my car but am now torn. One dealer called me about an RS4 sedan he just got in and another told me they have a slot open for one of the new RS4 Cabriolets coming this fall. Would not be the first time I traded in a car after a couple months but this time could even get more expensive. I bought the S4 so I could drive year round and sold my truck. Not sure if the RS4 would be good in winter since it's lower and bigger tires. Plus not sure I want to risk driving an $80k in Winter. Anyone know if they are good in snow?

 

i seem to recall that the rs sits 11mm lower than our s. if you had your car last winter and had no issues with handling in the snow and ice, you could drive the rs in the same conditions.

 

I just got the car last month so no Winters for me. I read the RS sits around 1-1/2 inches lower. Also I plan on dropping from my 18" to 17" winter tires and read you can only go from 19" to 18" on RS's

 

i use the 19 summer/18 winter on my car and it's fine (i live in western germany), but depending on the brand the winters can be quite costly. i'm running the dunlop wintersport m3 and it's around 280 a tire.

 

auto is 50/50 and manual is 60/40 rear end. as far as nav...i would just buy off ebay, most audi deals will warranty it without question even if not on your invoice.

 

there's no reason to get hung up on the torque bias of the manual vs. the tip. the 40/60 split is a sales gimmic. it is only a constant until an outside force makes the driveline correct for conditions. there is no way to lock that in with the torsen center and is a constantly changing 2:1 torque bias (so up to 66.6% front or backor somewhere in between)depending on the road conditions and driving techniques. basically, if you are driving down a crappy run of highway with patches, the torque will be constantly adjusting to compensate for the unbalanced surface that you keep on hitting. the only time you can truly expect to have the 40/60 is when driving on perfectly smooth, dry, flat tarmac with no acceleration. the the biggest difference is that a manual can have the center diff swapped to something with an even higher ratio- Stasis sells a 4:1 center diff for manual.