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Hi I think you answered your Question in the last sentence which equates to not a lot, all these engines were tested to destruction and when they break they take them to pieces to find out what caused the failure, they strengthen the offending part and up the torque/ BHP slightly, if it works well they just keep upping the power to way past the intended production run power, then whatever the engine has achieved up to 45% above the production Torque/BHP if it runs ok they reduce that figure by 45% to the production run power, thats your reliability factor, if you bear this in mind with the age of your car you are just putting more strain on an old engine thats made it this far with no real issues/wear and I bet if it all goes pear shaped and bits start failing he wont want to know unless it involves more money. Steve.

Thanks Sully, I’m not sure if you are ‘talking your way out of this’ or not. As I see it, the car won’t be yours to decide what to do with, but will be owned by the leasing company or the company you work for. If you decide to add a Tuning Box to this new vehicle, then it would be sensible to expect that that will adversely affect/invalidate the car’s warranty, and the bottom line could be that you will then be held responsible for any resultant issues not covered by that warranty. You will also need to inform whoever insures the vehicle. A cynical old view, but if you want to arrive somewhere sooner for your business, then just leave a little earlier - sorry! Kind regards, Gareth.

Company car Jon.

It's funny really. I try to keep the cars as long as possible, and these extra little preventative maintenance things do pay back over and over. And for what, an extra 15 minutes work when the brakes are dismantled; it's hardly any effort. I was boring though and opted for black which by his standards must make the car go slower 🙄

Yup, whoever signed off the driver setup must be working for a competitor as is so awful. I suffer with pain in the left leg and my conclusion is that you can't lower the front of the seat relative to the back independently, my old S4 had electric Recaro sports seats where you could. This allowed the seat to be low and flatter, the current crop of Audi seats only allow the rear to raised but this also raises the seat more creating pressure on the rear of the thigh. The wood on the footrest is to try and align both feet as bizarrely my legs are the same length like the majority of the human race which Audi obviously missed. The whole car just screams cost reductions everywhere and the seats are no different where adjustments have been reduced, personally the car is a pile of junk that I regret buying.

Hi OP, the ergonomics in the C8 are the worst and seating/pedal offset is bad. I have a 2021 S6 and 9 months later I am still struggling to get comfortable, it seems like everything they could get wrong they did. The footrest for your left leg feels at least 2" too far away compared to the gas pedal and as for the seats. I have sports seats in the car and these are awful, what seats do you have? Considering I drove a manual B7 S4 Avant for 120,000 miles I am aware of the pedal offset and seat issues but the C8 is horrendous. I currently have 2 blocks of 3/4" ply screwed to the footrest and a wedge cushion on the seat trying to get comfortable, it is a truly terrible car but I like the mpg. I would like to know how other owners get comfortable in this thing as I am struggling.