Audi RS7, SCARED Owner & BROKEN Gearbox on the Nürburgring! 

"Oversteer is when the passenger is scared. Understeer is when the driver is scared" Jens is a gigachad, lmao

Sometimes it's scary to realize what your car can actually do

I totally sympathise with the guy. First time I was on a track with a professional it was in a nothing more than a standard 330i with three other guys in the car and I was still absolutely terrified. It's a system shock for the uninitiated.

Dude probably had an higher heartrate than Misha all lap. Can't blame him knowing the price and likely emotional price of this RS7. But if you've asked Misha, you might think you'd trust him driving haha

Easy to laugh at his reaction but most people have never been in a 600hp car let alone being driven by Misha on the Ring! Excellent video as always!

Imagine what would happen if the gearbox really suddenly decided to switch to reverse

I really enjoyed the way you interacted with the passenger in this one Misha. Your driving as always is on point but you kept this in car atmosphere lovely and calm. Excellent

Jens is a freaking legend. He handled it pretty good for someone that was about to put a steamer in his pants. 🤣

that gearbox is toast. I've driven many RS6 / RS7 and none of them had that issue.

For Misha: Chilled lap. For Jens: 20km of code brown.

That guy was nervous, thank god it didn't go into reverse mid bend, lol. Terrific driving as always Misha!

His wife in the back seat was way more relaxed, she was even having fun! Yellow, my savior, great news 🙂

You can name that lap as "looking for the yellow" ;) Now his Audi dealer have reasons to repair ASAP the gearbox issues if they don't want a lot of viewers really upset about a 100k+ € car, almost brand new, with that really expensive issue.

Surprised how well the stock RS7 seems to be handling the track. Likeable owner as well.

Für jemanden, der scheinbar keine Rennsporterfahrung hat, kennt der Besitzer die Strecke aber sehr genau :) Hoffe er bekommt das mit der Automatik in der Griff und als Händler würde ich mir genau überlegen, ob ich nur das Getriebe oder später eventuell noch den Motor auf Garantie (Folgeschaden) auf mein Kosten übernehmen will. Kann aber auch nur was mit der Sensorik/Steuergerät sein, da die Anzeige mehrere Fehler rausgehauen hat. Will dem Halter auch nicht zu Nahe treten aber hier sieht man mal wieder sehr gut, dass man sein ganzes Leben lang im Auto unterwegs gewesen ist, ohne je richtig gefahren zu sein. Geht mit eurem Auto mal auf ne Strecke, macht ein Training mit etc. Kann euch oder auch jemand anderem das Leben retten und viel Leid ersparen. Mir hatte es bereits 1x geholfen als ich im Winter durch Glatteis in den Gegenverkehr gerutscht bin.. Grüße an die Mini-Fahrerin an der Stelle und sorry für den Shockmoment. Schönes KFZ und angenehmes Video :)

It is so engaging how Misha drives in total chill, brakes early, being subtle in the corners, while the owner is in big time shitting in pants mode. Plus he's giving instrunctions like watch out for the ABS at the jump :D

The grunt he made at T-13 made me think he wasnt gonna make it through the lap without throwing up 😅

“She handles better than my nerves” This line made me laugh! 🤣👍🏼

When you think you have a fast car and think you are a race driver. then Micha drives your car.

Misha always having the tyre pressures on display now.

What a trooper 👏 looked scared the entire run 🤣🤣🤣🤣 what Misha does best!!! Time off his life

I like the fact the ODO clicked over to 15,000kms as you were at 195 :)

That is my mum whenever I go 5kmph over the limit 😂

This is so cool. The owner is definitely having some stress but I'm guessing he hadn't felt that alive in a very long time and was actually impressed with the ability of Misha as well as the car. Awesome video, thank you so much for sharing!

I love this. What a great car owner. Was his wife/partner just chilling back there?! What a boss!

This is so fun to see such a large variety of different cars and car owners on a lap having an experience! These videos are great! :))

Not sure what’s it’s called in Audi term but could be the TCM (Transmission Control Module) at fault. Maybe a re-flash or replace would help sort it out. Thx for another excellent driving from Misha and the owner for sharing this great video! ❤

He underestimated the drive(r) and car from the first second. But he kept his humor, and let you do your thing, even with his fear, honorable. P.S. The lady did not flinch at all :D Great stuff Misha. Mooi om ook een klein beetje Duits bij te leren via jouw video's :)

Awesome video, loved seeing the RS7 go around. The brakes are something I could look at for hours. It really is a shame when these “newer” cars have issues like this one did. I’ve already had to lemon a car of mine for gearbox issues as well 😅.

Mishas German was at least so good, that he could calm the poor old man down over the whole lap. Was fun to watch :-)

I just do not understand why some people are buying cars with 600BHP. And I also do not understand why they are going on track if they know there is probably an issue with the gearbox. Just my opinion.

9:00 i like it when Misha says that his wife is way more relaxed, he says she has better nerves and she is like, Was denn ? Der fährt doch sehr sicher! What do you mean, he is driving very safe. but nearly 130 degrees oil on a stock car and im pretty sure with something like a 0W30. uff i really dont want to know, how the engine feels, when its chip tuned and going all out.

Its sad that Audi has such a poor oil cooling system compared to bmw. My Friends old RS5 also had those gearbox issue… typical Audi thing i guess, and i used to be an Audi guy from childhood but when you grow up u start to look at things diffrent.

He now knows what his car can d, bless him being so scared and joyful at the same time

Great driving Misha, as usual. Incorrect translation though: 5:10 "Der hat auch Probleme gehabt, dass er teilweise nicht weiss in welchem Gang er ist. und dass er im drive stecken bleibt wenn du auf P oder auf R gehst und aber anzeigt, dass er in dem Gang ist in dem du sein willst" Talking about the gearbox: "It has also had problems with not knowing which gear it is in and getting stuck in drive when you go to P or R but indicating that it is in the gear you want to be in." (meaning that it stays in Drive but tells you it is in P or R. Probably not while driving at high speed).

Self-proclaimed expert here on VAG. The DSG is not shifting because there is debris in the plug to the TCM. Mark my words. There's a 9 pin plug that goes into the gearbox. That plug has been damaged by something under the car. Animal or other debris he's hit. This damages the rubber boot on the plug but you can't see it. Then water gets into the plug causing corrosion. Eventually they will change the entire gearbox and it will go away until the new gearbox's plug gets corroded - about 1 year in salty climates.

Schön zu sehen wie sauber aber schnell Misha mit dem 2.3 Tonnen Gefährt fährt. Super Linie!

I love the saying about oversteer being when the passenger is scared and understeer the driver scared. Will definitely repeat that!

Man sat in rs7 with probably one of the best drivers and he is worried 😂 I be letting u do your thing 😂

So good. Reminds me of a ring taxi ride with my parents. The gearbox stuff may be related to a steering wheel module or the "clock spring" not communicating shift commands via paddles. If the shift selector has gear change ability, id try that before blaming the gearbox. Hopefully the dealer has a test circuit out back!

😂 Thought he was gonna pass out. Least he got settled in a bit later. Excellent lap . Love these cars in forza. Excellent fun. ✌

Cool to see a kind of a german video! Scary that the car had such problems

It's funny how for Misha it's just another day in the office but all of his passengers are screaming on the inside

Ein Video auf Deutsch, sehr geil. Mega sympathisch der Herr!

i love it , impressive machine over engineered, the poor gearbox i hope it gets better soon

I was getting more and more nervous with the gearbox comments. Also the understeer-oversteer comment was too funny!

As a German I can tell the owner is the type of driver who always complains about slower cars on the left lane on the German Autobahn (on a straight). Thanks Misha for puting him into his "seat" (kind of sweaty).

Eine amüsante Überaschung, gen Ende zu erfahren, das seine Frau auch mit an Bord war und alles kommentarlos und ohne Schreie über sich ergehen lassen hat, während der Besitzer mit Pressatmung den Fliehkräften trotzen musste.

finally released the beast and moved what it was built for. 👍🏻

Amazing seeing how high the tyre temps went towards the end of the lap 😮

Every generation of RS6 has that broken gearbox option as standard .

4:19 such a funny reaction , made me giggle

Super vom Besitzer dass er seinen Audi mal richtig auf der Nordschleife ausfahren lässt Leider machen das wenige Audi besitzer 😂

Awesome drive, love the passengers and the little banter, seemed to have better grip then the old rs6. why is that so?

The gearbox seems to not notice when changing down manually so it tries to switch to a gear that it already thinks it is in Look at the second carousel, Misha shifts into second, the car thinks it's in third and after not knowing what to do the car switches to 4th gear but shows it in the display way later

When passenger shouted “yellow” near end of the lap he really meant it 😂😂👍

Many thanks for this great lap. I love your Videos!!

My head trusts Misha, whether my stomach would at the speeds an RS7 can do is another question. Respect to Jens.

130°C Öltemperatur...da würd ich aber den Ölwechsel mal ein paar Kilometer vorziehen :D 130°C Oiltemperature - i'd do that oil change a little bit early...

His teeth are also broken... omg.

It was really interesting to see how high the tyre pressures got

I'm happy that my rs6 doesn't have such a gearbox issues, been great 40k km so far

I suggest to have Jens in every video from now on !! He is fantastic ( dont be jelus MIsha !)

I love how you keep bouncing the rev limiter every time it refuses to shift up

I didn't expect that misha speaks and understands German! Lol. Hilarious video and fun lap ngl. I should watch more of these 😂💙

6:45 mad respect for lil bro, held him off for a bit there

Only mentioning after the start, sometimes it goes into R, wasnt a good idea on his part. The fear was real though, you shortened that man's life with a couple of years. I'd have the same fear though, cannot blame him. Great video, thanks for sharing!

The owner was shitting bricks lol

I would love to hear update on what was actually wrong with the transmission.

Good job, I never imagined the RS7 Doing that well!

spoke with an Audi employee in 2019. said the A4 quatro suspension saved his life when driving 140kmh at night and an unknown water patch suddenly appeared. any other car would have slipped and went flying into the abyss. .

The car is brutal but those new models are not so famous about their reliability. Thanks Misha!

That was funny as hell. I considere myself a good driver but I'm the worst passenger too hahaha. Great video and what a car

the rs7 in all black is such a beauty to look at

I had a 2018 Audi S3 (Stock Power) and the gearbox would do a similar thing. It would be up to temperature etc. but sometimes it would either not change up when I was pushing on or completely slip into Neutral before sorting itself out. I had it from new, well looked after and had no more than 25km on the clock - strange! I know its a very different car, power and different gearbox but I had similar experiences. Great video as always Misha!!

My RS3 sometimes does the same not wanting to change from 2nd to 3rd under full throttle thing too, very annoying. Great lap Misha!

It’s concerning how scared this guy is of his own car, especially if he plans on lapping it.

He is from Kiel, i think that is why he don‘t like corners and up and downs :-D Got a RS7 too, funny out of the Corners but not going through, that heavy a… Car just want to go straight. Nice driving tho

I was once driven in my car by a professional racing driver. Now I know, I don’t need a more powerful car.

Nice video. Got to watch a great lap and learn a bit of German at the same time :)

The guy had the time of his life 😄👌

Thats odd. VAG gearboxes will shift up when they hit the rev limiter. This one seems to not do that. Most car people would love that feature.

A few things come to mind: 1) I'll give the owner the benefit of the doubt and assume he wasn't thinking, but please "think" and have respect of other people's property and do not lean against other people's cars. 2) gear box issue, apparently the dealer is aware. "if" there is a manufacturer's warranty still in place for this RS7, would driving the car on the Nurburgring void it if they find out? I guess no issue if he is out of warranty and paying out of pocket. 3) Assuming he is the original owner, it's disconcerting to see that an RS product has such a transmission issue...I take it the owner does not drive it anywhere near as hard as Misha did. I surely hope there are codes stored to help diagnose and fix it properly, but it seems the dealership did not fix it the first time. 4) the driver was surely scared....has he not watched Misha's videos before?? hehe :)

Love these videos. Entertaining passenger, seems like a nice chap. Maybe wise to mention the problem with the gears first.

has money to buy that kind of a car, but not for new teeth. legend.

Gotta give props for at least 1 Consistency. Misha will literally do the Karussell Properly regardless of car or capability for every person!

The gerbils that tell the transmission to shift when you hit the paddle must have been scared as well.

All these people in the comments flaming him for being scared or not knowing the capabilities of the car really upset me. He probably bought the car as a "Daily" and just wanted to enjoy a weekend of Nordschleife. Who are you to tell someone which car to buy? Or do I have to sit in my Tracktool on my way to work? Calm the F down...

Being so scared beats me why would you buy a car like that in the first place!

Nobody believes me when I say the optimum lubrication temperature for Millers CFS 10w60 NT+ oil is 130C and nowhere near it's "losing properties" value, and here's an RS7 probably running Audi's favourite blend of nobody cares engine oil 5w40 maybe even 30 as a modern engine, and it won't have had any negative effect on the engine. 😪

6:09 That Suzuki Jimny / Samurai looks a bit slammed for what it was built for 😂. I own one myself and this is giving me some ideas 😁

Schöne Grüße an Audi und dem Herrn,Mechatronik hin..

LMAO!! Yeah, you're never prepared :) Was impressed with the wife - not a worried word out of her the whole lap. Those are some nerves right there. Oh, and impressive handling for such a cruiseship.. this thing flies.

What a car the presence is incredible and the noise is intoxicating. WANT lol

I like how he said watchout for the abs after the jump in the mini jump

he obviously spent too much money on the car and too little on his teeth

It's sad for me to think that the manual gearbox has disappeared for some of these performance cars even long before electric has taken over. New generations of people growing up not realising that instant gear-changes does not come close to making up for the driving feel of the manual in a performance car.

it is interesting how much tires and oil are heated up

Got to love that Audi reliable engineering

Great passenger reactions! Impressive lap with a very capable GT car. Thanks Misha! 7❤😮