The S3 was black x reg with 98k.
It was fairly close to where i live so i thought i would go and have a look as ive been thinking of swapping my impreza uk turbo for one of these.
First impressions were great, the looks were nice and the interior is really nice compared to the subaru and in mint condition which surprised me with the mileage its done.
Problem is it felt painfully slow, I dont know if this is due to the high mileage or if this is what they are like but i dont think i could live with it. The engine felt like i was having to really thrash it to make anything happen and it sounded like it was being thrashed even though i never went anywhere near redline like it was revving its nuts off. I just hope that this was a bad example because i was really looking forward to getting one of these and like i said the overall look and feel to the interior was spot on. My impreza has been on rr and was 249 bhp so i excpected these at 210/225 bhp to be only marginally slower but the difference was immense. Im actually quite gutted about this as its took me a while to find a car i would consider swapping my subaru for and now that might be ruined. Any comments/opinions really apreciated on this one.
cheers leon
Sorry the other thing was the steering felt a bit unresponsive as well, not too bad and seemed to grip well on the corners but like theres something missing and not sure what.
Please dont take this as an insult to your cars or a subaru vs s3 comment or anything like that.
It was fairly close to where i live so i thought i would go and have a look as ive been thinking of swapping my impreza uk turbo for one of these.
First impressions were great, the looks were nice and the interior is really nice compared to the subaru and in mint condition which surprised me with the mileage its done.
Problem is it felt painfully slow, I dont know if this is due to the high mileage or if this is what they are like but i dont think i could live with it. The engine felt like i was having to really thrash it to make anything happen and it sounded like it was being thrashed even though i never went anywhere near redline like it was revving its nuts off. I just hope that this was a bad example because i was really looking forward to getting one of these and like i said the overall look and feel to the interior was spot on. My impreza has been on rr and was 249 bhp so i excpected these at 210/225 bhp to be only marginally slower but the difference was immense. Im actually quite gutted about this as its took me a while to find a car i would consider swapping my subaru for and now that might be ruined. Any comments/opinions really apreciated on this one.
cheers leon
Sorry the other thing was the steering felt a bit unresponsive as well, not too bad and seemed to grip well on the corners but like theres something missing and not sure what.
Please dont take this as an insult to your cars or a subaru vs s3 comment or anything like that.