Quattro - designed to embarass other cars..

[jmw748]

Not sure if you guys have been staying off the road for the last few days, but I'll bore you with my experiences of "Britain's Worst Winter" c/o Audi!

Over the past three days I've been travelling through Herefordshire, Cheshire and Worcestershire (I know! I ignored weather warnings, but work is busy and we want to move house!). We considered bringing the wife's 4x4, but I had faith in the S8.

I couldn't help feeling sorry for rwd BMWs and Mercs swerving wildy across roads and junctions as the '8 just gripped and drove brilliantly. However, I would like to tip my hat to the lone moron in Dursley who sat right up my a** for 4 miles as I drove cross-country, repeatedley closing in to overtake in treacherous conditions, only to lose it completely at the snow-covered Dursley junction: SO sorry mate, I didn't have time to come back with my kids to take your nearside wheel out of that ditch: you total ****. Maybe next time you'll keep a safe distance from a car with kids in, when you don't know the limits of yours eh?.

Yesterday, I was house-hunting in the Forest of Dean, where an estate agent took one smarmy look at the '8 and stated "you'll never get near the place in that mate". He took a 4x4 and I followed in the '8 on the agreement that we'd abandon mine if things got bad. We had to travel off main roads and on to tracks that had not been cleared (foot deep snow), but the '8 just kept going (acting like a friggin' snowplough though with the ground clearance!). We got to the isolated cottage easily, but almost had a drama getting back out (so did his 4x4). With a bit of perseverance the quattro did it's job and we drove straight out again. The estate agent guy was gobsmacked!

I did feel bad when I saw a Mondeo driver doing his best to get to work up a steep incline in compacted snow in Gloucestershire: he kept moving a yard and sliding back 3 yards, asking for an accident .....I pull out of a parallel road and just cruise up the incline as the wife's jaw drops!! She's now a big fan of the S8.

We have travelled across 3 snow-laden counties over 2 days without a hitch.
I just wish Heineken made Audi gearboxes!

Wait for my update as I get completely stuck travelling home today!