Bischofshofen

Last night, we were driving towards Bischofshofen, a town south of Salzburg, on route 166 from Hallstatt, a charming lake side small traditional Austrian town. The road has many narrow sections with salivating bends, hairpins, zig-zags, and blind curves as the road bores into the thick pine forest of the Tennengebirge mountain range. As I was coming out of a blind turn, the halogen turning light of the S8 and the directional Xenon HID headlights illuminate the forest on the side I was turning into. I caught a shadowy glimpse of a bambi in my peripheral vision just about 20 meters in front of me to the left.
I quickly got off the accelerator and slammed the brake. The ceramic brake, the ABS, and the 265/35 20 Z four tire patches brought the S8 to a crawling speed within seconds, giving just enough time for the bambi to jump into the middle of the street, inches from the front grill, and to leap to the other side of the road.

In addition to its ability to stop the car very fast, the ceramic brake makes a faint but audible sound when it is applied, like the muted version of the sound procuded by the Blue Angel F-16 air brake and its reverse thruster just when the pilot was about to make a 6-G bank over the San Francisco Marina. Now, I know what made this pleasing sound when the R8 LP1 car was entering a sharp turn in Laguna Seca during the American Le Mans race. I thanked the product manager team that specified the halogen turning lights, the directional headlights, and ceramic brakes in this car's functional specifications.

Bischofshofen

Last night, we were driving towards Bischofshofen, a town south of Salzburg, on route 166 from Hallstatt, a charming lake side small traditional Austrian town. The road has many narrow sections with salivating bends, hairpins, zig-zags, and blind curves as the road bores into the thick pine forest of the Tennengebirge mountain range. As I was coming out of a blind turn, the halogen turning light of the S8 and the directional Xenon HID headlights illuminate the forest on the side I was turning into. I caught a shadowy glimpse of a bambi in my peripheral vision just about 20 meters in front of me to the left.
I quickly got off the accelerator and slammed the brake. The ceramic brake, the ABS, and the 265/35 20 Z four tire patches brought the S8 to a crawling speed within seconds, giving just enough time for the bambi to jump into the middle of the street, inches from the front grill, and to leap to the other side of the road.

In addition to its ability to stop the car very fast, the ceramic brake makes a faint but audible sound when it is applied, like the muted version of the sound procuded by the Blue Angel F-16 air brake and its reverse thruster just when the pilot was about to make a 6-G bank over the San Francisco Marina. Now, I know what made this pleasing sound when the R8 LP1 car was entering a sharp turn in Laguna Seca during the American Le Mans race. I thanked the product manager team that specified the halogen turning lights, the directional headlights, and ceramic brakes in this car's functional specifications.