I spent the yesterday driving around in a 2.0TDI-150 Golf GT DSG to compare with the A3. I must admit I did notice slightly less power than my current A3 Sportback 2.0TDI-170, partcularaly when coming out of corners in the lanes. I have therefore asked my dealer if I can have an A3 Sportback 2.0TDI-184 quattro s-tronic that he has a a demonstrator for the day. It will be very interesting to see the difference both with the extra power and the quattro handling.
One odd thing I did find with the Golf. I normally drive with my hands at the 9-3 position on the steering wheel and I had to move my hands down a little to click the gear-change paddles. On my current A3 I can change gear buy just extending my middle-finger. I assume the new A3 has the paddles in the same place as my existing one, but we will see when I drive the 184.
The handling of the Golf GT was very good but both myself and my wife did find the ride a little harder than we would like. The Adaptive Cruise Control was interesting and very easy to use in the Golf as all the controls are on the steering wheel. Mind you it does make for a lot of buttons on the wheel.
I will let you know what I think of the 184 after my test drive.
One odd thing I did find with the Golf. I normally drive with my hands at the 9-3 position on the steering wheel and I had to move my hands down a little to click the gear-change paddles. On my current A3 I can change gear buy just extending my middle-finger. I assume the new A3 has the paddles in the same place as my existing one, but we will see when I drive the 184.
The handling of the Golf GT was very good but both myself and my wife did find the ride a little harder than we would like. The Adaptive Cruise Control was interesting and very easy to use in the Golf as all the controls are on the steering wheel. Mind you it does make for a lot of buttons on the wheel.
I will let you know what I think of the 184 after my test drive.