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Most important question for tires: what is the climate like where you are? How hot do summers get? How often does it rain? How cold and snowy are your winters?

Not surprising. I'm guessing that the Cayenne is going to take some customers, Merc finally has a competitor (styling aside) and it's only a matter of time before BMW drops something interesting. Add on top of that, J1 is getting kinda old (yes, we had the refresh, but that was an incremental...

Read the original presser, it makes it pretty clear that they developed new hardware for this. https://media.audiusa.com/releases/679 > With the introduction of the all-new, full-size, 2027 Q9 family of flagship SUVs, Audi engineers have developed a system which meets the United States’ D.O.T...

Nope, Amazon US has very lax requirements to list products: https://sellercentral.amazon.com/help/hub/reference/external/G201468460 Given that Zunsport's website has a UK address and their product listing proclaim that they're made in the UK, I'm guessing they're shipping directly from the UK...

Nope: tariffs and other import related matters are always handled by the importer (as they are the ones bringing the item into the country and are bound by local laws). Usually there's a middle man (local subsidiary or reseller) who takes care of this on your behalf but if you're buying...

Actually, modern UHP all seasons aren't that much of a compromise except at the extremes of weather: https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a70194548/michelin-high-performance-all-season-tire/ I'd rather have a tire that can handle wet and near-freezing better than one that shaves a few tenths off...

I'm running them on my J1.2 Audi e-tron GT, and they're absolutely fantastic. Much better in cold and wet weather than the stock P Zeros.

I've heard this as well on my J1.2 e-tron GT, tends to happen more when it's cold outside.

Yeah, the new A5 (and, to a lesser extent, A6) are both misses for Audi's design. They tried to pull it back with the RS5, but there's a reason that the lead designer for those cars is no longer at Audi and the new lead designer has been trying to make a splash with the Concept C and saying that...

Ugly is a matter of perspective. Exterior design is one of the reasons that I choose an e-tron GT over a Taycan, just not a fan of Porsche's "everything is a 911" styling. I know a lot of folks love it, and certainly the Taycan is out selling the GT. Mercedes is still chasing the Chinese market...

Citation required. Just checked the Porsche USA warranty doc, and I can't find anything that says you must use N-spec tires. It's funny how the different car communities treat OE spec tires. Porsche: Only use OE! BMW: doesn't really matter unless you're tracking your M car. Audi: avoid OE...

[Citation required] Please don't dump AI output into forums, especially without linking to sources. Now you're feeding nonsense back into the training set without any way for a human to verify it...

In theory it should be better: the car can exactly control the amount of torque and speed of each wheel independently instead of relying on adjusting the slip on the diff, a clutch pack or tapping the brakes. So, less latency and more accurate control. On the other hand, a mechanical torque...

From what I've read, the SUVs keep the taller "buck teeth" grill, the sedans get the wide "kidneys in kidneys" grill.

If you increase voltage, you decrease the current and so can use lighter cables. The older Tesla chargers (and most (all?) their cars) run at 400v. Electrify America and the Taycan run at 800v, hence their better charging rate than Teslas. I'm guessing BYD is moving to 1000v or 1200v, to push...