« Reply #335 on: 09 April 2021, 21:45 »
I’ll watch the vid at some point over the weekend.
Points I’ve gleaned from quickly reading this:
No surprise if the verdict wasn’t pointing to a clear favourite.
Going from his last CS vs TCR review, he’s finally taken the same line as me around suspension springs dictating ride quality far more than just the dampers.
I sold my TCR as the springs made it too crashy with the DCC set to anything other than rock hard. It made the car unusable with an injured back. Ironic that it was more bearable set to rock hard “sport”.
The 8CS is anything but luxurious but has a very decent ride/handling balance on passive dampers, even on 19’s. You feel the road and that’s how it should be, but it doesn’t crash or jolt.
I very much doubt I’ll ever get to drive an 8R so will leave commenting on anything about it as I can have no valid opinion.
A shame if Andrew has taken a fair bit of abuse from R drivers. That says a lot in itself and is unfortunately also the price one pays when making a living from the media, opening the floodgates to the reactive lynch mobs of the comments sections.
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