Allroad on the go

"Green" - pritaplivayu accelerator pedal is only half of its course smoothly, but quickly releasing the clutch: allroad is not something that is accelerating - it seemed to leap forward. Immediately - the clutch, second gear, now a little more gas - and I'm getting ahead of the offender to half a length. So, now three, and can be left far behind the Aquatic machine, but this is not part of my plan: I "keep" her nose just in front of the rear wheel. Would have been the driver posmyshleney, so slowed down and would calmly perched behind. But - no, he's pushing hard on the gas, even on something hoping. "Race," however, did not last long: in front of what I've seen perfectly, the right lane to take a "slug." As a result, blackened car slows to skid and seem deaf. However, I do not wonder. Accelerated at Audi allroad quattro with the 2.5-liter turbo-diesel - a pleasure. And let the reader not to mislead the "passport" 10.4 seconds "hundreds". First, it is absolutely honest information, and secondly, transferred to the asphalt, they trust me, it is able to impress - you do not operate any small car, but solid and big car. Acceleration is 60 km / h in general is "at one, two, three." And after a set speed continues briskly enough - so much so that in any case the driver can not feel at least momentarily outsider. The secret of the dynamics is as simple as two plus two: despite the relatively modest power - 163 horsepower, turbocharged engine with direct fuel injection - 2,5 Tdi - produces an impressive torque - 310Nm. Moreover, the maximum torque available in a wide range of speeds - from 1400 to 3600. That's more than enough, for example, not to feel the waning acceleration up to 170 km / h. Next, the subjective feelings, the car continues to gain speed efficiently, but not so briskly - up to maximum 203 km / h. Modern turbo diesel is largely similar to the supercharged petrol engines. Not only on the part of the dynamics, but also in terms of the so-called turboyamy. The Audi is negligible, but nevertheless present. If it is too early to move to higher gear, relying on a delicious high-torque powerplant, may feel that the engine "to pull suddenly stopped." Therefore, the lever 6-speed manual transmission to work tirelessly, especially on city streets, where a creep, then accelerate, then brake. In this first program is extremely "short", it is designed only to make the car to shift from their seats. You can easily start with the second transmission, smoothly releasing the clutch pedal (it is a little "long-excursion," but exactly how it should, the moment of "pickup" feels fine) and adding the gas. But personally, I take this opportunity rarely, and only when the car is on a slope - the clutch is not a sin, and take care. In addition, she has an excellent gearbox settings to make a mistake with the choice of transmission has not happened to me once. By the algorithm of the engine and transmission get used to it very quickly and soon realize that the "twist" the engine to redline on the tach is not the slightest need. The car accelerates well, and under the gas pedal always feels reserve power if the tachometer needle is located mainly in the range from 1800 to 2500 rpm. Therefore, in the city very often, I use the fifth and sixth gear even. What, incidentally, saves fuel, but diesel is already satisfied by a surprisingly small amount of diesel fuel (average flow rate, recall, is 8.7 liters per 100 km). One filling enough for me for a week, with daily allroad rarely runs less than a hundred kilometers. Since the previous publication ("AI» № 9 (55) 2004) located in the wording on the long-term test car was still about 2,500 miles. Nothing unexpected at this time (on the odometer now little more than 5000) did not happen. Is that one day suddenly turn on, indicating the 'fault' air suspension. Rather, it was a computer "glitch" - after restarting the engine light is off and the car has not lost the ability to change ride height. Official dealer, however, recommended to still stop by the station. What I certainly do, as will his spare time