Monday, October 3, 2011

In the fight against beriberi

So we waited until spring, but some it is not very impressive. Moreover, the weather is still warm and dry enough (and it just wants to swim and 25 degrees, right?), In the city with its advent has significantly increased congestion, which means that more low mood and irritability, though it should be the opposite. Please drivers in such a situation could be any super spring washer, for example, convertible, but fresh topless-mobile - Audi A3 Cabrio - promise to bring to Moscow until May. We decided to fill this gap and took a test drive A3 is updated. Color, of course, was selected red - to protest another embodiment of the spring and can not be. A longing to pour out of the gig, it was decided to take the car with a glass roof, or more precisely, with two huge doors. They occupy about 80% of the roof space, and when you open them, the sunlight fills every corner of the salon: a toned hand cars will not rise even in Sochi taxi drivers. Confused but management of the hatch: to open it, you long to hold the button - "Machine" as a window openers, stipulate that you will agree, it's strange for a machine in 2008. Are mixed ingredients in a blender, it turns out that instead of an apple-spring complex to combat the effects of beriberi turned explosive Molotov cocktail. This is clear even before moving to the car - black with silver roof rails against the background of a bright red body like sexy brunette with red nails and a red short cape. But this is only a prelude. Presentation begins when the plant and touch the road. Turbocharged 1.8-liter engine, it seems, no one was surprised not only here one must not forget that the A3 - the lightest car in a line of Audi, except A2, and the difference, for example, between the behavior of the A4 with this engine, and " treshki "- awesome. Not only appearance, but also driving style and speed up the machine as if protesting against the slow arrival of spring. Any press on the gas, regardless of the speed at which you move, the acceleration is at the level of "now a little bit more, and sick passengers." The effect of the turbine set at a small-scale motor, the most noticeable on such lightweight engines. However, the bulk of aggression makes robotic gearbox DSG - now equipped with A3 only such "automatic". For those who do not understand: in fact, it's normal manual gearbox, but just squeeze the clutch and shifts gears computer. No oil there cunning, torque converters and other gentle fun for girls. Transfer switch with these men and iron gears, and it's fine there. As a result, the driver gets exactly what he always wanted from a manual gear box, but was afraid to ask. DSG sometimes even pulling the car as if you are abruptly shift gears and drop the clutch - it's a little weird, but terribly exciting. Sharpness is especially noticeable on the tachometer needle that instead of walking along the promenade makes rapid Odessa teleportation from one zone to another dial during gear shifts. Engineers from Ingolshtata knew all this and certainly not equipped A3 or one cup holder (though perhaps it caught us a copy), which seems to be strange, but logical, that there were no desire to drink from the driver on the move relaxing drinks. Go and just go. Complete the cocktail could function off ESP (it is present), but it is still pressing does not give complete freedom of electronics - in extreme cases, a computer will still take control over, although some go to the "drift" will. Some craftsmen, by the way, so irritated because of this that, even removed some fuses to disable this damn ESP. But we certainly do not have - the car still breech. The only thing this car lacks a conceptually - it's all wheel drive: here he would have been very useful to complete the image. However, the A3 Quattro placed only in combination with a motor 3.2 Fsi (madness of the brave we sing glory), and then - this is not true "Quattro" with the differential Torsen, and with the clutch Haldex. In general, it is very unfortunate that the main ingredient of the Audi brand mixin failed, and so wanted.

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