2019 RS3 first ride as passenger.

[Mr Freeze]

You’d lose a fortune on a car that new to trade in?

Is there no upshift fart? That’s a sad sad loss.

If you do trade in, buy an RS3.

I know that's the thing i wouldn't like to think how much i'd lose

If there is a up shift noise i can't hear it

I'd love one just don't think the wife would go along with it
as its her who drives it more than me .

 

[AudiNutta]

I know that's the thing i wouldn't like to think how much i'd lose

If there is a up shift noise i can't hear it

I'd love one just don't think the wife would go along with it
as its her who drives it more than me .

I’d recommend not looking, it’s painful with new cars even when you get a decent discount.

Then you don’t have it, the S3’s used to have it really loud.

Hmm, take her to drive an RS3. The handling is night and day difference, much more special to drive coming out of a FL S3 myself. The soundtrack is unbelievable! No negatives really, I’d say equally as nickable just take the sameness precautions, servicing very comparable, brakes are double the cost though on the front axel....

Drive an RS3 and you won’t go back! Can’t be beaten! Don’t get a WTLP one, go for a pre-reg 67/18 plate. At least then if it costs you, you will be having a really good upgrade.

 

[TYb]

It will affect the Car industry mate as buyers of performance cars won't buy them.... This in turn will affect jobs in the industry... Dark times ahead for the car industry l think... Unless they find a way round these opm filters, high performance cars is where all car manufacturers make the most money from

Completely get that but I guess the car industry needs to adapt quickly. I’m a car enthusiast as much anyone on here but think every industry has to do something to help.

 

[Mr Freeze]

I’d recommend not looking, it’s painful with new cars even when you get a decent discount.

Then you don’t have it, the S3’s used to have it really loud.

Hmm, take her to drive an RS3. The handling is night and day difference, much more special to drive coming out of a FL S3 myself. The soundtrack is unbelievable! No negatives really, I’d say equally as nickable just take the sameness precautions, servicing very comparable, brakes are double the cost though on the front axel....

Drive an RS3 and you won’t go back! Can’t be beaten! Don’t get a WTLP one, go for a pre-reg 67/18 plate. At least then if it costs you, you will be having a really good upgrade.

Yep i'am not looking

To be honest its my own fault as i bought it straight out of the showroom
without even test driving it . I owned a pfl s3 a few years back and thought it
would be on the lines of how that sounded . But you live and learn i guess .

To be honest i think we will keep the s3 for a while because apart from the sound its a cracking car .
For sure its no Rs3 tho .

 

[AudiNutta]

Yep i'am not looking

To be honest its my own fault as i bought it straight out of the showroom
without even test driving it . I owned a pfl s3 a few years back and thought it
would be on the lines of how that sounded . But you live and learn i guess .

To be honest i think we will keep the s3 for a while because apart from the sound its a cracking car .
For sure its no Rs3 tho .

Well the S3 does look amazing, so you’ve got that and it’s not exactly a rubbish car I’ve driven both the PFL and FL (not the WTLP FL), both have different engine tones but the FL had the pops and bangs (bangs when the resonator was deleted) and that does add a lot to what can sometimes be a ‘flat’ note. However I still get videos up on my Snapchat memories of me starting the S3 and it sounds lovely it really does, real purrrr.

The RS3 is a lot more expensive when it comes to purchase, not really comparable in that sense. You will adjust to the car before you know it, get the resonator taken out (shouldn’t cost more than £100 at your average exhaust shop)... that really does transform it!

 

[wab172uk]

Yep i'am not looking

To be honest its my own fault as i bought it straight out of the showroom
without even test driving it . I owned a pfl s3 a few years back and thought it
would be on the lines of how that sounded . But you live and learn i guess .

To be honest i think we will keep the s3 for a while because apart from the sound its a cracking car .
For sure its no Rs3 tho .

Well, the pre-WLTP S3 doesn't exactly sound great anyway. Mine is a 2015 car and a manual, so doesn't come with all the farts and pops on the upshift.

But, tbh, given the choice, I'd rather not have fake pops and farts on my car. Might be my age, but they just sound exactly what they are ..... fake.

Think you'd be mad swapping your S3 for an older S3, or even an RS3. The depreciation on your car would be horrendous.

Cheapest way to get better sound, it to get an after market exhaust. Just make your it a rumble rather than a rasp !

 

[Jassyo06]

Well, the pre-WLTP S3 doesn't exactly sound great anyway. Mine is a 2015 car and a manual, so doesn't come with all the farts and pops on the upshift.

But, tbh, given the choice, I'd rather not have fake pops and farts on my car. Might be my age, but they just sound exactly what they are ..... fake.

Think you'd be mad swapping your S3 for an older S3, or even an RS3. The depreciation on your car would be horrendous.

Cheapest way to get better sound, it to get an after market exhaust. Just make your it a rumble rather than a rasp !

My MY18 S3 sounds better than my MY15 did even on start up its not just the addition of pops and farts
Heard a MY19 S3 start up in front of me yesterday in a fuel station forecourt it sounded exactly the same as my MY15 car did.....

 

[Mr Freeze]

Well the S3 does look amazing, so you’ve got that and it’s not exactly a rubbish car I’ve driven both the PFL and FL (not the WTLP FL), both have different engine tones but the FL had the pops and bangs (bangs when the resonator was deleted) and that does add a lot to what can sometimes be a ‘flat’ note. However I still get videos up on my Snapchat memories of me starting the S3 and it sounds lovely it really does, real purrrr.

The RS3 is a lot more expensive when it comes to purchase, not really comparable in that sense. You will adjust to the car before you know it, get the resonator taken out (shouldn’t cost more than £100 at your average exhaust shop)... that really does transform it!

Well the S3 does look amazing, so you’ve got that and it’s not exactly a rubbish car I’ve driven both the PFL and FL (not the WTLP FL), both have different engine tones but the FL had the pops and bangs (bangs when the resonator was deleted) and that does add a lot to what can sometimes be a ‘flat’ note. However I still get videos up on my Snapchat memories of me starting the S3 and it sounds lovely it really does, real purrrr.

The RS3 is a lot more expensive when it comes to purchase, not really comparable in that sense. You will adjust to the car before you know it, get the resonator taken out (shouldn’t cost more than £100 at your average exhaust shop)... that really does transform it!

I'd like a Rs3 as a weekend car more than a daily driver to be honest and it is 100% on the future goal list

Yeah i will more than likely do a res delete/cat back in the near future .

Apart from the sound were really happy with the car

 

[Mr Freeze]

Well, the pre-WLTP S3 doesn't exactly sound great anyway. Mine is a 2015 car and a manual, so doesn't come with all the farts and pops on the upshift.

But, tbh, given the choice, I'd rather not have fake pops and farts on my car. Might be my age, but they just sound exactly what they are ..... fake.

Think you'd be mad swapping your S3 for an older S3, or even an RS3. The depreciation on your car would be horrendous.

Cheapest way to get better sound, it to get an after market exhaust. Just make your it a rumble rather than a rasp !

Were gonna keep the s3 pal

Yes i think changing the exhaust is the best way to go about it rather than trading it in

 

[CWD]

Personally I'm not sure why everyone is obsessed with how loud the exhausts should be and comments that it's the death of performance cars just because they won't have loud exhausts I find pretty funny, surely a performance car is about its actual performance not its perceived performance because it makes a lot of noise, for me I will keep on buying the performance car I want and it will not be based on how loud it is but how fast/0-60/torque/power/handling etc etc, if all your interested in is noise then get a corsa and put a drain pipe on it

 

[wab172uk]

if all your interested in is noise then get a corsa and put a drain pipe on it

 

[T-800]

Personally I'm not sure why everyone is obsessed with how loud the exhausts should be and comments that it's the death of performance cars just because they won't have loud exhausts I find pretty funny, surely a performance car is about its actual performance not its perceived performance because it makes a lot of noise, for me I will keep on buying the performance car I want and it will not be based on how loud it is but how fast/0-60/torque/power/handling etc etc, if all your interested in is noise then get a corsa and put a drain pipe on it

Finally someone who speaks sense.

This argument has been raging since the RS3 8v model came out.

Then the 8.5v came out and you’d think the world had stopped turning or something.

Same old tosh being spoken about PFL is noisier therefore it’s the better car, same people judging a car by how much noise it makes.

 

[D0C]

FL is the better car overall, however, the PFL to my ears (and many others) is the better sounding car and not just because it's louder... somehow, more of the 5-cylinder warble makes it into the cabin than the FL. For FL owners who have never been out in a PFL, I'd suggest you have a go.

I've always thought the PFL sounds more like how I'd imagine a 7-cylinder car to sound!

 

[Terminator x]

Personally I'm not sure why everyone is obsessed with how loud the exhausts should be and comments that it's the death of performance cars just because they won't have loud exhausts I find pretty funny, surely a performance car is about its actual performance not its perceived performance because it makes a lot of noise, for me I will keep on buying the performance car I want and it will not be based on how loud it is but how fast/0-60/torque/power/handling etc etc, if all your interested in is noise then get a corsa and put a drain pipe on it

Noise is a big part of the purchase for me, with no noise (as in electric) the car is so flat emotionally that I'm not interested in the slightest. Electric cars are fast but **** imho for that reason.

TX.

Edit - take my ex RS4 as another example, so so fast and looked amazing but almost silent! Just couldn't gel with it.

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[D0C]

Noise is a big part of the purchase for me, with no noise (as in electric) the car is so flat emotionally that I'm not interested in the slightest. Electric cars are fast but **** imho for that reason.

TX.

Edit - take my ex RS4 as another example, so so fast and looked amazing but almost silent! Just couldn't gel with it.

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'Couldn't' gel with it... past tense?! Have you got rid of it? and if so, what's the replacement?!

 

[NevMan]

'Couldn't' gel with it... past tense?! Have you got rid of it? and if so, what's the replacement?!

C’mon @Doc, old news here, John swapped for M5 Performance Pack

 

[D0C]

C’mon @Doc, old news here, John swapped for M5 Performance Pack

I missed that!

Stunning car and seriously quick. Sounds good, but didn't fancy the E63S for ultimate noise?!

 

[AudiNutta]

'Couldn't' gel with it... past tense?! Have you got rid of it? and if so, what's the replacement?!

Ah I wasn’t the only one who didn’t know up until a couple of weeks ago

Was kept on the down low for sure Can’t fault the replacement though.

 

[Terminator x]

I missed that!

Stunning car and seriously quick. Sounds good, but didn't fancy the E63S for ultimate noise?!

Ha ha you don't spend enough time on here @D0C got a great deal on the BM so didn't even look at the Merc.

TX.

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[Mr Freeze]

Personally I'm not sure why everyone is obsessed with how loud the exhausts should be and comments that it's the death of performance cars just because they won't have loud exhausts I find pretty funny, surely a performance car is about its actual performance not its perceived performance because it makes a lot of noise, for me I will keep on buying the performance car I want and it will not be based on how loud it is but how fast/0-60/torque/power/handling etc etc, if all your interested in is noise then get a corsa and put a drain pipe on it

I think exhaust note is a big part of a performance car personally .

As a example i bought a mk5 golf R32 back in 07 purely for the noise it made
as performance wise it wasn't the best .
I totally get what you mean that 0-60/torque/power and handling is a big deal but i think sound ties in also .

But that is just my opinion

 

[AudiNutta]

Ha ha you don't spend enough time on here @D0C got a great deal on the BM so didn't even look at the Merc.

TX.

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Can’t say I don’t spend enough time on here

Very happy you didn’t go for the Merc, that would be unforgivable

Are there any pictures of this monster?!?

 

[Terminator x]

Can’t say I don’t spend enough time on here

Very happy you didn’t go for the Merc, that would be unforgivable

Are there any pictures of this monster?!?

Just a couple as don't want to derail the topic

TX.

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[AudiNutta]

Just a couple as don't want to derail the topic

TX.

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Holyyyyy ......

I’m in love

I think you’ve nailed that! The engine carbon is to die for

The new 5 Series is stunning in any form then you go and drop that :O

 

[NevMan]

Just a couple as don't want to derail the topic

TX.

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Feel free to derail further with cold start vid

 

[FBF01]

Just a couple as don't want to derail the topic

TX.

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**** me! That’s next level performance. Wow

 

[OCDaveS4]

Holyyyyy ......

I’m in love

I think you’ve nailed that! The engine carbon is to die for

The new 5 Series is stunning in any form then you go and drop that :O

Not bothered about carbon under the hood BUT THOSE ALLOYS!! Me want !!

 

[royalsteve68]

My FL S3 is over 2 years old now but it definitely got louder after about 3k miles, maybe the RS will be similar? Mine definitely pops and farts. Although @tigerhonaker RS is still low mileage and sounds like it’s making all the right noises.

My wifes 2014 S3 is as quiet as a dead mouse compared to my 2017 rs3 saloon