Audi S3 Mk1- Potential future purchase. What are they like?

[Fiddlemesticks]

The S3 seems like a great car that still looks lovely, seems pretty quick with great tuning potential without being a barryboy, and my wife thinks they're great, which always helpful!

So can anyone tell me what they are like to live with day to day, if they are expensive to run and what is the difference between the 210bhp models and the 225bhp ones (bhp apart of course!). I'm not sure a 225 model is worth the extra given that the 210 can be tuned above it fairly cheaply.

All info read with interest!