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    Hey dudey

    I had a lush 2.6e in red. Standard wheels and suspension with Michelin's on and that understeered quite well. So much so that one day with the road a little damp, too much speed started some understeering which turned into a lot of oversteer which turned into me jumping off the road head on into a very big tree.

    Discusted with myself. Have nice vr6 now, but do miss the coupe! Girlfriend even misses it!!
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    any audi 80, in the right hands will actually out corner an awful lot of cars. believe me, around here there are a lot of bends and i dont get people staying close behind me for long, wet or dry. you just have to know how to handle them. dont go into the bend too fast, then accelerate round it, as hard as you like, keeping the understeer in control. simples. go into any bend too fast in any car and you end up in the ditch, but dont drive an 80 like a golf and expect the same handling. drive it like you should(with good tyres and suspension of course), and be amazed.
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    Totally agree with Zollaf,the coupe's can plough on a bit but if you practice controlling the understeer you can find cornering as rewarding (almost) as some of the quattro models,now thats just my opinion but it seems that if you nail the beast having given you and everybody else plenty of space and then feather the throttle ,you will get round surprisingly well.
    Like I said, plenty of room and plenty of practice,...my 2.6 front drive coupe 80 will light the tyres up on any tight turn even when the road is dry.
    I could probably do with better tyres but there you go!
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    In honesty it didnt, it was vastly improved and had no play at all in the steering. Although I was running on standard alloys - sometimes bigger tyres can play a part in that pulling around where the road is worn.
     
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    boyblunder69 - Oh dear, poor Coupé, I mean where you ok?
     
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    Hi there - this may not be helpful given how long ago you posted this complaint/observation. I recently traded in my beloved Subaru Outback ( cornered as if on rails), for an Audi A4 Cabriolet. One of the first things I noticed after getting it home, was on full lock especially if wet or a bit of gravel underfoot, the front tyres made an annoying skipping and associated crunching sounds when making a turn at low revs - like in a carpark... disconcerting yes, annoying yes! I took it to my trusted local garage and they said it was ' a design feature' on the audis caused by combination of strange wheel linkages and low profile tyres!! So nothing to worry about and nothing to do to fix.... I wish I had kept my subi, although otherwise the car is solid and handles Ok. I would beware any crunching sound going over bumps though as apparently ( my sister in US had one same model) as this was caused by a cracked wheel hub I think she said and garage when diagnosed went a bit white and said - err yes its very dangerous... so get it seen to immediately if anyone experiences this.
     
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