Had an RS3 yesterday for a few hours yesterday thanks to my local dealer.
Car did not have many options but did have magnetic ride. This was interesting to me in that this was the one major option I ended up removing from my original list for my own Sportback having been unable to test drive a car with it on.
To cut a long story short I was impressed by mag ride, less so by the RS3. In Comfort mode its noticeably softer than my S line suspension and in Dynamic it was only slightly harder. So next time I'll tick the option if its available.
RS3 itself was a bit of an enigma. Great Super Sport seats, great noise on startup and when going for it, but perhaps still too quiet (in the cabin) even then. My wife heard me pulling up outside the house so its obviously loud enough on the outside. I think I'd have preferred it as a manual is at the bottom of this.
Car did not have many options but did have magnetic ride. This was interesting to me in that this was the one major option I ended up removing from my original list for my own Sportback having been unable to test drive a car with it on.
To cut a long story short I was impressed by mag ride, less so by the RS3. In Comfort mode its noticeably softer than my S line suspension and in Dynamic it was only slightly harder. So next time I'll tick the option if its available.
RS3 itself was a bit of an enigma. Great Super Sport seats, great noise on startup and when going for it, but perhaps still too quiet (in the cabin) even then. My wife heard me pulling up outside the house so its obviously loud enough on the outside. I think I'd have preferred it as a manual is at the bottom of this.