So why do you own a S3 if that's the truth?
We've been through all this before.
I mistakenly thought that a nice interior would make up for the handling and steering flaws, I now realise the error of my ways.
So why do you own a S3 if that's the truth?
The RS3 is still an awesome Car & is worth Buying purely for that Fantastic Sounding 5Cyl Engine!
As Foxtrot_Oscar said, the Review is hardly worth worrying about!
The RS3 is still an awesome Car & is worth Buying purely for that Fantastic Sounding 5Cyl Engine!
For most Average/Good Drivers, the RS3 will still be the Fastest & Safest Car on normal Roads!
No doubt that the New Civic R is a good Car, but with that Styling, it does look like its Crashed through Halfords!
It doesn't have the 'Status' or Class of the RS3, for people that are 30+!
But I wonder during the 12 months'ish wait whether you will change your mind ..
I seem to remember I waited 10 months and changed my mind 3 times and colours twice !If you have the patience to wait, whats looks like 12 months now, for a new build RS3 then great. But I wonder during the 12 months'ish wait whether you will change your mind ...
I have
AMG A45
lol you are spot on there. The A45 AMG looks horrendous inside, and the next gen will probably be the same. Fixed Korean looking sat nav anyone?Hope it is given a full test drive. Most disappointing car I have yet driven (present model) and very expensive compared to the build, material quality etc. but obviously just my honest opinion, which I won't hit you over the head with for the next 19 pages.
Haven't seen that yet, but glad the S3 has the MMI lolSame as the new A4 then!
^ Ah, this will be the facelift version, with the mechanical LSD in the front axle, which should address all the shortcomings of Haldex cars.
If it drives as well as it should (and all the indications are that it will) - then it will be a winner.
As I've said numerous times, people buy cars for different reasons. If your reason is a comfy interior with a comfy ride, then so be it. Some are prepared to put up with flaws in handling and steering in exchange for a nice interior, I'm not, and am frustrated as to why Audi didn't make the S3 the car it could have been. So called "lesser" cars (eg Fiesta ST) just provide that much more of a drivers experience. Maybe thats the Audi proposition for the S3, and they are happy with that.
However - it's not great marketing that the most powerful hatch on the market (currently) can be usurped by a Golf R and Type-R. That said, Audi will have no problems selling the RS3 to Audi fans. Maybe Audi aren't interested in gaining market share
... but oh lordy, would you love it in the wet (& at the fuel pumps!) @veeeightI'd love to think that the C63 AMG would be on my shortlist, that is a wonderful car !
Those Merc's do go though, if the brand new 350 CDi I came across the other day is anything to go by. Couldn't believe it, the first real challenge I've had came from a guy well into his 60's out with his missus!! Just itching for a burn up at the lights. I had the family in tow and only been in the car for a mile or so so oil temp wasn't really up but I gave it a bit off the line without pushing. This poxy Merc went off like a bleedin exocet and I'm not entirely convinced I'd have put him to bed if I'd wellied it
The 330d that I had a few weeks ago felt exactly like that. Instant torque, no turbolag, instant delivery. Couldn't imagine how the 335d performs. However, these cars are trash in any kind of weather but summer, so for the UK they are mostly pointless.That's the beauty of a big diesel.
Even some yrs back I remember being caught out by some big BMW diesel when I had a 400bhp Cosworth....the things have so much instant torque.
My last diesel was an A4 3.0Tdi Avant,and that was no slouch either....just not very "interesting"....
Yet to drive a diesel that I considered exciting.
Only diesel car in recent memory I have driven I actually really enjoyed and loved as an all round package was the A3 184 quattro s-tronic. Great car that.
You really are not missing much.....I never drove a diesel.
I never drove a diesel.
You only live once
Besides, real men drive RWD
And that's why the A45 is more of a serious consideration for me