My (Corn Flower Blue) RS3: this is the MOST complete car I have ever owned: amazingly quick on UK roads, and has returned 29.5mpg overall during its first 900-miles.
And I never thought I'd better my S3, but the RS3 is so much better in almost every way (ok, Iâd still prefer 3-doors).
Flicking between the Drive and Sport gear changes is just right for UK roads (using Sport for (ridiculously) quick traffic island get-aways, etc). I'll leave the paddle-shift and sequential-shift for later - though I have explored both, already...
And the ride quality is so much better than the S3: my S3 was on 18-inch rims with Goodyear F1's, and I thought that ok, but the RS3, on 19-inch rims, is far more subtle - really nice.
Note: mine has the standard leather seats, not the difficult-to-get-out-of buckets or 'tall' electric-adjusting ones, much the better (in my opinion) option.
And the exhaust noise? Words fail me, but I like it, lots.
I've just fitted 19-inch (Audi original) winter rims with Vredestein tyres: Iâm a firm believer in winter rubber; it transformed my S3 in cold weather/snow conditions.
Regards to allâ¦