Nodding acquaintance

About two machines "AutoPilot" he wrote, not once. Specifically, this is the "eight" is in our long-term test, almost as BMW, only 14 cm long, that is, with an index of Li, in July, left us after a six-month trial. It would seem that you can add? It is known that in the automotive world, there are two reputable companies - BMW and Audi, which are very closely monitoring the successes and failures of each other. It is understandable. They are fighting for the same client. And she and the other telling customers about the latest technologies that corporations use to create their cars. And they speak the truth. The top Audi - Limousine A8. At the time when we did this test, the most powerful "eight" was a car with the engine 4.2 liters, in the only available body - "short". BMW "rolled" the seventh series of the year before and had already managed to acquire and long version, and six liters under the hood. But, observing parity, we have become a BMW Audi - short sedan with 4.4 liter engine. To achieve full equivalence could not be "eight" is available only with four-wheel drive, and the "seven" does not exist in nature. They say technology in the hands of the savage - a pile of metal. About the car, got to a bad driver, it is also true. And literally. Manufacturers do not keep repeating that learned how to make safe cars. And the weakest link - people. Strengthen these links in the schools, driving skill. Two of the most expensive and famous Moscow school - Audi and BMW. Audi is headed by an athlete - in spirit and regular participation in activities - Gennady Broslavsky, school BMW - former GONovets Sevost'yanov Boris, who trusted to carry the Kremlin rulers and to prepare them for new drivers. The essence of our idea is as follows. We "met" on the Khodynka, where, incidentally, are engaged in both schools, "seven" with Broslavskim, and "eight" - with Sevostyanov. Of course, this provocation. Clean water - a biased and subjective material should we succeed. And we do and want. Each supervoditel spent with the car companies competing for three hours. We came up with a number of standard tasks, and then listened attentively to the experiences of the parties. It turned out badly. This automotive journalists crumple before to make their mark: perhaps they think, it's our hands do not grow out of the place? Or do not really very bad - suddenly offended advertiser? .. And professionals are confident and act rashly. FIRST VPEChATLENIEBroslavsky: "I will not lie, I was sitting behind the wheel of the new" Seven. "I remember thinking when I saw it first: what is the" heavy "design a car, When I was in MADI, then he drew sketches. And I do not understand a cluster of opposing lines and shapes. "Seven" Nothing to look at "Long" when "hard" before and "heavy" bottom separated in space. A short version of the car looks too cumbersome. " Sevost'yanov: "It would seem, A8 - the new car, but I compare it to previous" eight ", which traveled enough, and I see almost nothing new. Of course, the continuity of style - it's good, but you have to somehow develop. Here's BMW - it is a revolution in design, but any revolution can not please everybody. The new Audi was too conservative. " Arrange all the rules in the driver's MESTEBroslavsky: "How to start it? It turns out that you should press the brake. Looks like I'm dealing with the device, which can not be used without reading the instructions. Protection of the child, you say? Weak defense. My son is in four and a half turns on the computer, not knowing how to read. He saw and remembered the procedure. So, go on. seats. strange location of buttons, but they are in sight. That's why only one key adjustment you can not assign two functions? First, you need to activate certain sector, and adjust to produce a joystick? algorithm to work, I did not realize there have to include the brain. Very good lateral support. I adjusted it, and sat in sports. But why so high? I do not Gulliver, but the hat is no longer sit down. Rudder would like to have a closer look, it lacks the departure. itself "bagel" - uncomfortable. And the sense that it is covered is not very expensive leather. Do not be so on the steering wheel in the car at the cost of more than one hundred thousand dollars. A form of steering? On old BMW it was nice to pick up. Now, if I put your fingers on the buttons "tiptronic" as I hold the wheel? Climate able to set up quickly, there is good old drums, but the more subtle settings built into the computer. I do not like iDrive. It is very difficult. Appropriate comparison: one needs a mobile phone to make calls on it, using the notebook. Others go through it to the Internet, take pictures, there are forums. iDrive - for those who like to "keep a diary." For me car - its engine, its brakes, its handling ... The rest is secondary. And seventy percent extra features "seven" drivers like me are not needed. I opened the manual to find how to disable the stabilization system, and immediately closed. I understood that I can not find the answer right away. I'll get better to help Boris. " Sevost'yanov: "The car is very thoughtful. All adjustments are present. And there is a lumbar cushion and pillow under the knees originally rolled out. I may be a runt, but it sat well. All is fine. Rudder good, although it does not emphasize the car class. The" six "almost the same. Yeah, "steptronik" a la sports - petals-time again. interesting. Ventilation seat seems to be no. It is evident that this is an option on the menu, I see it. Everything is clear with no instructions. I picked up a book time to find the adjustment of lateral support. Yes, apparently there is none. Right from the comments: I do not like a step, a ledge in the floor under the gas pedal. Why for the right foot so little space? What brand "tunnel" Audi? and review in "Seven", I think, better. " "Snake." Sharp change OCCUPIED RANGE - PERESTAVKABroslavsky: "When you rebuild, we must pay tribute," seven "heel less than Audi, and while the machine is not going gets tough," taburetochnoy. "This is especially noticeable in the" snake. "When perestavka off with a small stabilization occurs skid of the rear axle, which can handle it, perhaps, every driver. I do not think all-wheel drive on dry roads would require a different technique or would give a distinct advantage. As the velocity is felt when the car helps electronics, and when it is turned off. The wheel, though I do not like its shape, I knew a hundred percent. However, taxi prevented armrest, which can not be removed. And again, the brakes on the BMW, it seems, are not as effective as in the Audi ". Sevost'yanov: "When we talk about the brakes, it must be remembered that even the difference in weight of 50 kilograms of impact, although I do not think that Audi exceed" the brakes "BMW. Now, about manageability," Eight. "In the electronics perestavka" strangles "which began was a skid, and the person does not have to strain - just ask the direction of the wheel. When the system is off the driver would require some technical skill: I have to repay the bank, the pulse did move the wheel half a turn on. " MANUAL CONTROL BOX PEREDAChBroslavsky: "Use small buttons awkward. But this regime is simply not needed. They will not enjoy either the driver or owner, is stranded at the wheel. And what kind of manual mode, which continually" get involved "electronics! I now need a reduced channel, rather than one and a half seconds! " Sevost'yanov: "It's not absolutely necessary option. Most do not use it: to play and forget. It can be useful on the descent, if have time to use it: there needed skills. And the weight of the car is too high, that the regime could seriously affect her." RIDING ON THE CIRCLE. WINTER SIMULATION DOROGIBroslavsky: "With the electronics we have included the demolition of a small front axle and tire hiss. No stabilizing effort from me is not required. The system of" strangulation "of the engine - it is a BMW? - Do not give too much to open the gas. But without the electronics. .. I started the sport at the rear wheel drive, the GAZ-2410. I know the rear-wheel drive. But here I am stabilizing the car and the wheels continue to rotate from the excess thrust. With such a powerful engine in the winter - only with electronics! " Sevost'yanov "All systems are working style, but they are included in the Audi later than the BMW, the trajectory of the machine less controlled, and the car makes more of a circle that is also associated with a thrust on the front axle and as a consequence of its demolition. Audi manage without ESP on the ice cover will not be easy. " ITOGBroslavsky: "I like BMW, like the old" treshki ", like new, all-wheel drive. I am very close to rear-wheel drive. But this car I do not understand. The engine, transmission - super, just the plague! The rest of the ... My wife was an old 325-I, in winter it was no problem and on the summer tires. And here I do not have any desire to turn off the electronics, "poegozit", ride side: as soon as it is necessary to turn the steering wheel much per unit of time, the problems begin. "Seven" - a "Pentium-7" on wheels. It is convenient to travel in space. And read in this newspaper. " Sevost'yanov: "Audi - a good, nimble car, a typical representative of his class. True, I feel that BMW's finish better and richer. As for the rest. It seemed too easy to drive, a kind of" soft toy ", but I accept that car of this class is not quite logical to put sports management. I do not agree that the Audi - a "drayverskogo" car. And it is not clear that the rear-wheel drive is better: it's just another. For example, a typical wheel-drive drift away psychologically more difficult than skid on the "classics": to turn aside the obstacles can not everyone. Rear-wheel drive is intuitively more understandable to the driver, a classic is a classic, but here the driver requires more management skills. Even when he helps the electronics. "