Audi 4.2L V8 in the S4. This pic is the BACK of the engine (will be facing the firewall when installed). Genius company decided to have the timing chain placed in the back of the engine and then use crappy timing chain tensioner and chain guides. You have to have the engine out of the car to replace them.What is that?!
OP, do you ever have to meet clients, or anything like that for your job? It's all subjective, but the Type R looks like a rich high school kid's car who's a huge fan of the Fast and the Furious. Some like that over the top look, with the huge wing and fake vents, but if you're not a kid, and you have to look professional for your work, pulling up in a Type R might give the wrong impression.
The Golf R looks understated and mature, and some might prefer that. I would certainly much rather pull up in a Golf for a business meeting than a Type R.
I agree. People online obsessed with being "understated" are idiotic. They're just projecting their fears on everyone else - I work in a very conservative field and if anything, my car is a talking point. I guarantee that nobody gives a flying fuck about the car compared to my work performance - and if they did, they're not the kind of people I want to work for anyways.Spent 2 years in charge of global supply chain operations for commercial and phase 3 drugs for a very large pharmaceutical company. Lot's of interaction with French and German counterparts in both Normandy and Frankfurt.
I can confirm that precisely no one cares what kind of car you drive. I've seen SVP's driving Civics and entry level analysts driving 3-series. No one ever gave those analysts a promotion because they drove luxury "adult" cars, and no one ever gave the executives crap for driving econoboxes.
Imagine you work in a field where you take important clients for lunch/dinner. Picking them up in something with a huge wing and giant fake vents doesn't look professional. You can get defensive all you want and talk about insecurity but the fact of the matter is that class matters in certain professions.I agree. People online obsessed with being "understated" are idiotic. They're just projecting their fears on everyone else - I work in a very conservative field and if anything, my car is a talking point. I guarantee that nobody gives a flying fuck about the car compared to my work performance - and if they did, they're not the kind of people I want to work for anyways.
You want to drive a shoebox? Go ahead, but don't tell me it's more "mature." It's just your insecurity showing. Driving a Golf R over a Type R because it's more "mature" just tells me you're some kind of small minded idiot.
Nice, getting defensive and insecure while calling others defensive and insecure. "desperately scream for attention", nice. Nice assumption about the car I drive and me. Phew, so casual about it too.Imagine you work in a field where you take important clients for lunch/dinner. Picking them up in something with a huge wing and giant fake vents doesn't look professional. You can get defensive all you want and talk about insecurity but the fact of the matter is that class matters in certain professions.
That aside, I find it ironic how you're assuming others are projecting their insecurities while you're the one getting really defensive. I personally prefer cars that look understated. Really. I do. I like simple, clean design. I like that the car I drive doesn't desperately scream for attention. If you like how the CTR looks - cool. Just don't project your views on others and pretend it's their insecurity.
I never said what car you drive or who you are. I don't care about either, it's irrelevant to the discussion. We are talking about whether the CTR's looks might create the wrong perception in certain situations.Nice, getting defensive and insecure while calling others defensive and insecure. "desperately scream for attention", nice. Nice assumption about the car I drive and me. Phew, so casual about it too.
What I am describing is factually true. In some professions, the car you drive matters. That's a fact of life whether you like it or not.It's so sad that you make that pathetically sad calculation about the car you drive and client reaction and then go on to say you actually *prefer* the boring cars you're compelled by work to drive. Super sad - if you were a prison, I'd say the joint got to you.
There is the perception of wealth, and then there is the perception of professionalism. If you are trying to signal wealth to your clients, an expensive sedan might be appropriate. If you are trying to not look like a street racer/someone unprofessional, a more cleanly styled car is more appropriate. A Golf R doesn't signal wealth, but neither does it looks like the owner is really into the Fast and the Furious. Again, you might work in a field where this does not matter but it is foolish to think perceptions are not important across the board.The only situations where a car might matter to a high value client beyond "I'm not getting into that rattletrap", a Golf R isn't going to cut it either. You'd need an E or 5 series to properly impress. S-class is even better.
I really love mortals (people that drive slow cars).My friends and co-workers make fun of my Type-R all the time. I don't give a shit and laugh right along with them. The only ones who no longer laugh are the ones who have gone for a ride with me and had their guts shifted outside their bodies on hard corners.