Audi S3

[Andy OH]

My wife has a new S3 cabriolet. It's six months old and covered 6,000 miles. We bought it from our local Audi dealer on Wednesday, it was one of the sales controllers car.

The S3 is very nice but it doesn't really feel like a 300 bhp car. My MK 6 Golf GTi, albeit tweaked to 285bhp, feels quicker.

The S3 is quick but it doesn't have the urgency of my GTi. I'm wondering if the power delivery is so linear that it almost feels like a normally aspirated car. At present it's running on normal unleaded fuel as the Audi dealer filled it up for her. We normally run our cars on super unleaded, normally using Shell V Power, we'll run this current tank down and put a few tanks of Shell in it to see if there is a difference.

Your thoughts and or experiences of the S3 would be appreciated.

Thanks

[Andy OH]

I have tried Dynamic mode and yes it was very different to the Efficiency mode which the car was in when I first drove it last night.

Maybe the GTi is the quicker car due to the weight difference and small difference in power, however, a few tanks of V-Power will hopefully see a difference as the S3 has probably been run on normal unleaded since new.

[Andy OH]

Thanks for your replies guys.

The main thing is the wife really likes the car, she loves the S-Tronic and the added assurance of 4wd is what made us get rid of her TT Roadster for this S3 Cabriolet.