Audi S3 8P vs Elise S2 111S

[MagicalTrevor]

My Dad and I are having a blokes argument (as men do!) about the relative virtues of our chosen set of wheels.

I opened the gambit with a jovial 'my cars faster than yours' statement before actually reading up on the relative stats. I followed this up with a 'actually they're pretty equal in performance with decent handling in the corners'.

I have an Elise S2 111S and my Dad has the new shape (8P?) S3 with a remap.

As we're not ever going to 'race' each other or anything daft like that I just wondered what you thought of the relative merits of each car.

Which one would be fastest round a fairly normal track with a mixture of long straights and twisty bits?

Please remember, this isn't serious, it's just a Father and Son bragging match. We've not picked our cars for the above reasons

[Rawwr]

Who's driving?

[luke111s]

I don't know which would be faster, but I'd rather be in the Elise

Edited by luke111s on Tuesday 24th April 18:20

[kambites]

I suspect the Audi would be faster in most situations with most drivers.

Relative merits... I suppose I'd say the Audi is fast, the Elise is fun.

[MagicalTrevor]

Rawwr said:

Who's driving?

A 'good' driver

[anonymous-user]

kambites said:

I suspect the Audi would be faster in most situations with most drivers.

Relative merits... I suppose I'd say the Audi is fast, the Elise is fun.

That about sums it up! Elise is the car that would put the biggest smile on your face!

[nonuts]

kambites said:

I suspect the Audi would be faster in most situations with most drivers.

Relative merits... I suppose I'd say the Audi is fast, the Elise is fun.

I totally agree with this, the S3 will be a lot easier to drive a lot faster than the elise, depends what you want.

[MX7]

Have a race from Hethel to Ingolstadt.

[wackojacko]

On a wet B road the Audi as a rule of thumb I'd imagine would feel more planted and inspire more confidence whereas on a track the S3 (well mine does) feels very detached compared to something like an Elise therefore I'd imagine the Elise would be slightly quicker around somewhere like Brandshatch.... it would certainly be alot more fun to drive on track.

This is all depending on driver, tyres etc...