8.5Y RS3

So, traded in my Daytona grey RS3 today and took this beast home instead!
At last the RS emblem has returned to the front grill, you now get thumb wheels on the steering wheel again and the power tailgate is back along with a sensor under the rear bumber to open it, result!!
 

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Anyone seen this.https://www.topgear.com/car-news/hot-hatch/new-audi-rs3-competition-limited-a-very-expensive-hot-hatch-fancy-coilovers

Prices are getting ridiculous. I assume will be not coming to the UK anyway.
 
kayemill said:
Anyone seen this.https://www.topgear.com/car-news/hot-hatch/new-audi-rs3-competition-limited-a-very-expensive-hot-hatch-fancy-coilovers

Prices are getting ridiculous. I assume will be not coming to the UK anyway.
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View: https://youtu.be/PYz7CCQmZEI

Just saw the same on YouTube. I assume it's the RS3 GT as people labelled it when spotted doing laps at the Ring
 
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I really do not understand the swap to manually adjustable shock absorbers?

I'll compare it to road going Motorcycle shock absorber 'evolution' over the last years

High end Motorcycles have had (usually) Ohlins adjustable shock absorbers fitted for the last 20+ years, usually adjustable for compression, rebound and spring preload (virtually height or 'sag' but we wont go there here)

Maybe 15 years ago they started to become 'electronic' or at least you could alter their manual settings from the motorcycles dashboard, this stopped all that messing about with srewdrivers and 'counting clicks'

About the same time Ohlins introduced true electronic suspension that reacted to your inputs as in accelerator/brake etc and also the motorcycles attitude as in accelerating. leaning and braking, people called in 'active' but it isnt, it is 'reactive' as in it reacts to inputs from the rider and the IMU (inertial measurement unit) which are now 6 axis to alter Compression and rebound as required,
Ohlins gave you perhaps 3 electronic options, Race/Sport/Road and a true manual (electronic) setting but by dash settings for the die hards.

Their Ohlins (now version 3) has come along way, I for one cannot really fault it at my speeds and ability, the version 3 (EC3) is also getting accepted by some real fast ex racers and track day addicts............it is that good, it can also set itself differently for each corner on a race track.

Back to Audi and the manually adjustable shocks on the RS3 Competiton Limited, fronts adjustable under the bonnet and rears they are saying it's easier with the rear wheels off, do Audi honestly think that most of their customers will be able to set their car up?

The days of ''f**k me this roads bumpy i'll switch it to 'comfort mode' on the MMI will now be, 'I'll just pull over and reduce the compression setting on the front, will you jack the rear up for me and take the wheels off whilst I'm altering the front?''

I spent the best part of 30 years as a race car engineer I could understand their approach IF this car was a stripped out car for 'track addicts' but otherwise no and it would 100% stop me from buying one
 
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So at this point it feels fairly pointless. Looks nice though... except for that green paint. I don't like that hue at all. Kyalami looks amazing, this one is just meh.
 
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kayemill said:
Anyone seen this.https://www.topgear.com/car-news/hot-hatch/new-audi-rs3-competition-limited-a-very-expensive-hot-hatch-fancy-coilovers

Prices are getting ridiculous. I assume will be not coming to the UK anyway.
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£94k
 
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Still can't find hill hold. A press of the * button as someone suggested just brings up a list of actions that the * button could do.

TX.
 
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Terminator x said:
Still can't find hill hold. A press of the * button as someone suggested just brings up a list of actions that the * button could do.
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P. 98 and 113 of the manual.
On the MMI Car\Settings & Service\Hold assist
 
Terminator x said:
Still can't find hill hold. A press of the * button as someone suggested just brings up a list of actions that the * button could do.

TX.
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Not the steering wheel star button but the one on the MMI screen ("favorites"). Or the longer way that rjn21 described.

And you need the steering wheel star to set for disabling the speed warning beep by one press. When you press it the first time it shows the list of options, once you select one the button will do the action from that on. If you want to reconfigurate it, it's possible somewhere in the car settings... but I can only see the urgent need for killing the speeding beep.
 
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All sold apparently the UK allocation.
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Not surprising with such a small allocation.

I do like the colour though - I'm sticking with Python Yellow for mine as it is my favourite from the standard colours - but I think the post FL car looks way better in dark colours - but grey is too boring and I don't fancy splashing £4k on the Merlin
 
Had an email this morning to say Build week 20. However he said they are more often than not coming in quicker than expected so we'll see.
 
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