Anybody else considering moving on from there RS3? if so what you thinking if not what do you love about it?
I still love mine!!! But I do want to tickle the BMW M4 itch at some point....
I really fell in love with my M135i then i sold it because i thought the grass is always greener on the other side... and bought my rs3. I ended up not likning it as much as my M135i so next year im going back to bmw, hopefully a F80 M3 zcp.
How come?
M3 zcp is a stunning motor! I’d love one myself but don’t know if they are a bit too flash
Well my RS3 was twice the price and slower than my M135i, or it felt like it was slower because the M135i have soo much torque at 1400 rpm, both were stage 1 tuned.
I had my M135i for two years and it had no issues at all, the first month with my Audi i had issues with brakes and rusty rear wheel hubs and the Audi dealer sucked.
I really fell in love with my M135i then i sold it because i thought the grass is always greener on the other side... and bought my rs3. I ended up not likning it as much as my M135i so next year im going back to bmw, hopefully a F80 M3 zcp.
I loved my M135i, went to M4 Comp then got the M3 Comp too, then got the RS3. Pound for pound the M135i was the best car on the market, which I now believe the M140i has taken that accolade.
How is the low end power in the m3/m4 comp? i have read that the normal m3/m4 have a ton of low end torque but the comp models have more power in the middle to make the car grip better.
@FBF01 I have the PFL rs3 so with stage 1 i have 420hp. Like you said, the rs3 is probably faster but with all the low end torque the m135i it feels really fast.
Anybody else considering moving on from there RS3? if so what you thinking if not what do you love about it?
Don’t think it matters what car I have after around 12 month I’m ready for a change. Was looking at m2/m4 but holding off as just bought a house
What V8 car and why?Can't it be both? I still love my RS3, but also always on the look out for what's next... I'm thinking back to a V8, probably
Why a V8? Lazy grunt, and I love the noise. Which one, I don't know... a Jag (F-Type, or maybe XFR-S Sport brake), looking at TTE upgrades for C7 S6/S7, would love to get my RS6 back... lots of potential options. I'll likely hold onto the RS3 until next year at least though.What V8 car and why?
+1 one that, that timing would be perfect, but will keep an eye on what else is around, as the way things are going, next RS3 will have a 5 cylinder bank of batteries, and touch screen everything...oh yes, and drive itself...lolSee for me I want an rs3! Currently in a gti pp hopefully the new one is out for March/September 2020 and I hope it looks better than the s3 render and has the 2.5 5cyl
not a bad 2nd car...porsche...***!I've only had my 7 months and still love it, all the car I need for now. Far more likely to add a second car, probably a Porsche of some description, than change the RS3 any time soon.
Don't know where you guys drive but most of my driving seems to be 'with' 57bhp cars who's drivers are sh*t scared to floor the loud pedal; one degree of exuberance in any of my current machines and I'm firmly up against the boot of something else. Ok, given a gap, I can pass; and then there's a traffic light, or similar, and the dumkof, recently passed is grinning, or at least that's what I think they're doing, in my rear view mirror.
Me? I now enjoy the RS3 for what it does best and find an extra 150bhp or so of little use, legally, on our UK cluttered roads...
Some years ago, before that cursed 70 mph speed limit, and with a 150 bhp Twin Cam Lotus Elan and/or Europa to play with on UK roads, well that was a tad more interesting...
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1972 and ALL was well...
I’m not what you would call a real petrol head but those lotus’s in your picture where they both yours?
Was they the car to have at the time?
One is a Lotus Europa Twin Cam (SAY 2) and the other a Marcos 3-litre Volvo; a 1972 photo. The Europa Twin Cam on Formula Ford Firestone 'legal' Torino tyres, 6.5 at the front and 7.3 at the rear, and on 5.5J rims were staggering. 4K road miles max, mind...
The Marcos was good, nose heavy, but would loose sight of the Europa quite quickly, just couldn't keep up on a twisting, duckin' and divin' road...
They were purchased like this back then:
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That said, I moved onto an Elan Sprint 5 and kept that for 37-years and then purchased an Audi RS3 - the closest 'modern' machine I could find to an Elan back in 2011.
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Wow, 37 years! Fair play
That ownership is older than me mate
One is a Lotus Europa Twin Cam (SAY 2) and the other a Marcos 3-litre Volvo; a 1972 photo. The Europa Twin Cam on Formula Ford Firestone 'legal' Torino tyres, 6.5 at the front and 7.3 at the rear, and on 5.5J rims were staggering. 4K road miles max, mind...
The Marcos was good, nose heavy, but would loose sight of the Europa quite quickly, just couldn't keep up on a twisting, duckin' and divin' road...
They were purchased like this back then:
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That said, I moved onto an Elan Sprint 5 and kept that for 37-years and then purchased an Audi RS3 - the closest 'modern' machine I could find to an Elan back in 2011.
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Yeah, they're great drivers and value is pretty easy to predict. Could own some sort of Cayman S or R and sell it for the same as I bought it. My dream would be a 964 Carrera but a very different ownership proposition and nowhere to put it right now.not a bad 2nd car...porsche...***!
I'm lucky enough to have bought a 964 coupe in 2003 - still love that car 15 years into ownership, sooo much characterYeah, they're great drivers and value is pretty easy to predict. Could own some sort of Cayman S or R and sell it for the same as I bought it. My dream would be a 964 Carrera but a very different ownership proposition and nowhere to put it right now.
I'm lucky enough to have bought a 964 coupe in 2003 - still love that car 15 years into ownership, sooo much character