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New 2022 handling concern

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Hi guys. Just bought a 2022 45 TFSI Quattro from dealership and it’s a lovely powerful car with lots to love about it.

Drove it to the office yesterday, 90 miles each way to really test it out.

My concern is with the handling. I didn’t feel confident cornering country rounds or travelling at speed round motorway bends. It feels like it’s under steering, overly bouncy with a lot of sway. Drive modes don’t make a huge difference to be honest.

18 inch standard non S Line wheels, lots of wheel gap visible.
  • Is this just a characteristic of the car that I just need to get used to?
  • Anything I can do to resolve or fix the issue.
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Be interested to hear how that goes if you fit + cost.
I had a demo which was great so cannot understand why my ride is so poor.
Now have tyre pressures set on Audi 'comfort' setting which is 29 PSI- Drive modes have NO effect at all on suspension/ride just 'revs'.
My car is in dealer today- 1st time- MMI keeps turning off/on.

We are just waiting for lease to be up and - EXIT .
You are in a lease you can't modify it , I changed my tire size via a 3mm removal of extra material on the bottom of the upper knuckle and the improvement was phenomenal from 29.1 height to 29.7 in a Michelin Cross Climate 2 245/50/20 up 1 load range and 1 speed range I drive on 5 miles of dirt roads in Michigan ( the road of holes ) also I run 34 psi front 33 rear weight distribution 52 & 48 front to rear but you have a 4.0 diesel it must be alot heavier than my 2.0 L I think I would run the front inflation up some what and maybe take the car to scale do the whole car than front and rear weight separately . I worked in a tire center as asst. manager wrote up all the claims and the brands don't fail certain sizes always fail ( short sidewall height ) that sidewall on your car with that diesel at 29 psi must be taking a beating if you beat that sidewall up to much you could have catastrophic failure I hope I'm wrong but 34 front and leave the rear at 29 and try it for a while . You can measure your actual sidewall height sitting on concrete and compare front to rear but don't run the front inflation to high but proper inflation by weight is important .🤔😎
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You are in a lease you can't modify it , I changed my tire size via a 3mm removal of extra material on the bottom of the upper knuckle and the improvement was phenomenal from 29.1 height to 29.7 in a Michelin Cross Climate 2 245/50/20 up 1 load range and 1 speed range I drive on 5 miles of dirt roads in Michigan ( the road of holes ) also I run 34 psi front 33 rear weight distribution 52 & 48 front to rear but you have a 4.0 diesel it must be alot heavier than my 2.0 L I think I would run the front inflation up some what and maybe take the car to scale do the whole car than front and rear weight separately . I worked in a tire center as asst. manager wrote up all the claims and the brands don't fail certain sizes always fail ( short sidewall height ) that sidewall on your car with that diesel at 29 psi must be taking a beating if you beat that sidewall up to much you could have catastrophic failure I hope I'm wrong but 34 front and leave the rear at 29 and try it for a while . You can measure your actual sidewall height sitting on concrete and compare front to rear but don't run the front inflation to high but proper inflation by weight is important .🤔😎
Also some tire manufacturers have different ideas about how strong , stiff , or soft a sidewall should be , soft sidewalls ride nice but won't handle as well as a stiffer sidewall and won't get you out of a panic situation , avoiding an accident but they drive that new car around the block at the dealer ( at slow speeds ) and that soft sidewall rides so nice the dealer says doesn't it ride nice ! My dealer even airs my tires down to 29 psi I go home put them back to what I want !
H&R also do them. I've no idea about the difference etc
I bought the H&R stabilizer bars for Audi Q5 the difference they were made out spring steel ( Chrome Moly ) where some are carbon steel the spring steel are more forgiving and follow wave bumps much better than carbon steel , Addco stabilizer bars are carbon steel had those on my Toyota FJ and a Ford Aerostar mini van I think carbon steel works better on tall vehicles and Chrome moly ( spring steel ) on cars or short SUVs . Just my personal opinion from experience with both .
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