RE: Audi RS3: Driven

[Dave Hedgehog]

Nors said:

Dave Hedgehog said:

Nors said:

Yup, despite there being thousands of comments on people doing this, they continue!!

Of course, your sum up is correct and why would anyone want 2 Bentley's when one alone that's 13 years old would probably mug your bank account if it went wrong. One of the most bizarre comparisons I've seen yet!

At least you get 3 years warranty with the new car.

its worth ticking the 5 year warranty option if you plan to keep it, but it is also handy when you sell them

Are the extended warranty's transferable Dave?

yes, its basically the full warranty for an extra 2 years, but it can only be purchased when the car is optioned, not once delivered.

[lord trumpton]

Dave Hedgehog said:

Nors said:

Dave Hedgehog said:

Nors said:

Yup, despite there being thousands of comments on people doing this, they continue!!

Of course, your sum up is correct and why would anyone want 2 Bentley's when one alone that's 13 years old would probably mug your bank account if it went wrong. One of the most bizarre comparisons I've seen yet!

At least you get 3 years warranty with the new car.

its worth ticking the 5 year warranty option if you plan to keep it, but it is also handy when you sell them

Are the extended warranty's transferable Dave?

yes, its basically the full warranty for an extra 2 years, but it can only be purchased when the car is optioned, not once delivered.

I wonder if the factory give it an extra check or two before releasing it if you tick the 5 year warranty box?

[SonicHedgeHog]

I think the Germans are going to start to finding it very difficult to sell cars. The euro exchange rate must be killing them. I was at a BMW dealer this week. 220d discounted to £38k, 320d estate £42k, M4 with options £82k. All three occupy a similar position on the stupidity scale as this RS3 at £50k+. Even the lease deals that are designed to trick people who can't add up are looking expensive.

[Dave Hedgehog]

lord trumpton said:

Dave Hedgehog said:

Nors said:

Dave Hedgehog said:

Nors said:

Yup, despite there being thousands of comments on people doing this, they continue!!

Of course, your sum up is correct and why would anyone want 2 Bentley's when one alone that's 13 years old would probably mug your bank account if it went wrong. One of the most bizarre comparisons I've seen yet!

At least you get 3 years warranty with the new car.

its worth ticking the 5 year warranty option if you plan to keep it, but it is also handy when you sell them

Are the extended warranty's transferable Dave?

yes, its basically the full warranty for an extra 2 years, but it can only be purchased when the car is optioned, not once delivered.

I wonder if the factory give it an extra check or two before releasing it if you tick the 5 year warranty box?

they fit the good gearboxes to those ones

[Dave Hedgehog]

SonicHedgeHog said:

I think the Germans are going to start to finding it very difficult to sell cars. The euro exchange rate must be killing them. I was at a BMW dealer this week. 220d discounted to £38k, 320d estate £42k, M4 with options £82k. All three occupy a similar position on the stupidity scale as this RS3 at £50k+. Even the lease deals that are designed to trick people who can't add up are looking expensive.

i would say they make the RS3 look good value in comparison

[Wills2]

I like the sportback version like a mini RS6 pity they didn't give it the RS6 arch treatment.

Not sure what it comes with but keep it under 50k and get a little discount and in the current market it's not crazy priced, after all the next rung up the ladder M3 DCT CP/RS5/C63 re all close to 65-70k with a few options.

[freeform]

I like all the price comments, as though most of would actually going to spend £50K on anything!

I don't think I am doing too badly - though I could be deluded - but £10K on something that was £40K five or seven years ago is as far as I go.

Surely even those of us who do drive one home will be on a lease plan, or am I deceiving myself? I do too many miles for personal lease.

If this is within my budget in a few years, I will look then.

(Good luck to those you can and would. Without you, there would be no cars for me to buy.)

[Nors]

freeform said:

If this is within my budget in a few years, I will look then.

(Good luck to those you can and would. Without you, there would be no cars for me to buy.)

Well said!

[Nors]

Dave Hedgehog said:

yes, its basically the full warranty for an extra 2 years, but it can only be purchased when the car is optioned, not once delivered.

Son got an 8P RS3 used at 3 years old (the car that is) and came with 2 years warranty. I'm assuming he will get the option to continue it (like his last A3) once the warranty expires. It was a monthly thing on the last one which they said could be continued indenfinately.

[Dave Hedgehog]

Nors said:

Dave Hedgehog said:

yes, its basically the full warranty for an extra 2 years, but it can only be purchased when the car is optioned, not once delivered.

Son got an 8P RS3 used at 3 years old (the car that is) and came with 2 years warranty. I'm assuming he will get the option to continue it (like his last A3) once the warranty expires. It was a monthly thing on the last one which they said could be continued indenfinately.

once the 3 (or 4/5) years are up audi should contact you with an extended warranty option which i believe has to be started before the original one has expired, its not as good as the original warranty but far better than any third party option

[Adz The Rat]

SonicHedgeHog said:

I think the Germans are going to start to finding it very difficult to sell cars. The euro exchange rate must be killing them. I was at a BMW dealer this week. 220d discounted to £38k, 320d estate £42k, M4 with options £82k. All three occupy a similar position on the stupidity scale as this RS3 at £50k+. Even the lease deals that are designed to trick people who can't add up are looking expensive.

They really won't struggle. People will want the cars and pay whatever they cost. Thats the way it has always been.

[TomScrut]

Nors said:

freeform said:

If this is within my budget in a few years, I will look then.

(Good luck to those you can and would. Without you, there would be no cars for me to buy.)

Well said!

I agree, more second hand buyers ought to appreciate that without new buyers they would have nothing to buy more often rather than the often said "people who buy new or lease are crazy"

[HardtopManual]

A kermit green paint job and 400bhp and Audi still can't build an exciting car.

So dull, but it will sell. Mainly in white.

[AMGJocky]

HardtopManual said:

A kermit green paint job and 400bhp and Audi still can't build an exciting car.

So dull, but it will sell. Mainly in white.

Incorrect, it will be that primer grey.

[kambites]

TomScrut said:

I agree, more second hand buyers ought to appreciate that without new buyers they would have nothing to buy more often rather than the often said "people who buy new or lease are crazy"

I feel a great debt of gratitude to new car buyers/leasers. That doesn't mean I don't think they're crazy, though.

[jl4069]

Matt Bird said:

jl4069 said:

It's like piston heads and Evo were at an entirely different event. Evo says the RS3 reaches "new heights" positively loves the car...

http://www.evo.co.uk/audi/rs3/19070/2017-audi-rs3-...

Hello!

I thought this might come up. Put really simply I didn't get to drive the car on the same route as Dan did, which sounds like it was a lot more fun! He managed to drive the car on some quite slippery second-gear hairpins (see his Twitter for the video) which revealed another side to its character. Having only felt slight suggestions of that on my test drive, I wasn't willing to commit to an opinion on it. Maybe a damp and dank UK day will reveal it too.

Put it this way: if your only experience of a person is their strait-laced and reasonable work demeanour, you will have one opinion of them. If you only experience them as a bit of a giggle on a night out you will have another. I think that's what has happened here. Certainly I would be very surprised if the RS3 felt decidedly rear-driven in the UK but we shall see! As I said, I think the RS3 is a good car but still isn't the most engaging.

Cheers!


Matt

I see you don't have any thoughts on my post about the differences between these various all wheel drive cars. You should compare them over some time and see how they work instead of leaving all this a mystery. J

[sutts]

RS3 now much the same power and probably dimensions as the B7 RS4 of 10 years ago. And hugely better equipped of course.

RS4 price 10 years ago was in the region of £55k. What would that be now - £70k? So to me the new RS3 price doesn't seem so bad all things considered.

[Wills2]

Matt Bird said:

jl4069 said:

It's like piston heads and Evo were at an entirely different event. Evo says the RS3 reaches "new heights" positively loves the car...

http://www.evo.co.uk/audi/rs3/19070/2017-audi-rs3-...

Hello!

I thought this might come up. Put really simply I didn't get to drive the car on the same route as Dan did, which sounds like it was a lot more fun! He managed to drive the car on some quite slippery second-gear hairpins (see his Twitter for the video) which revealed another side to its character. Having only felt slight suggestions of that on my test drive, I wasn't willing to commit to an opinion on it. Maybe a damp and dank UK day will reveal it too.

Put it this way: if your only experience of a person is their strait-laced and reasonable work demeanour, you will have one opinion of them. If you only experience them as a bit of a giggle on a night out you will have another. I think that's what has happened here. Certainly I would be very surprised if the RS3 felt decidedly rear-driven in the UK but we shall see! As I said, I think the RS3 is a good car but still isn't the most engaging.

Cheers!


Matt

And this is why you should always make your own mind up when buying car....I read the reviews you did of the F80 M3, drove one myself and wondered what you and other journalists were on about, it was great so I bought one, although I have to say it can sometimes frustrate and delight in equal measure.

I did suggest you drove the ACS M4 and you obliged and agreed it was very good, so I guess it can be all down to the roads and conditions you happen to drive the car on.

A road test is just a snap shot in time rather than a definitive answer.

Edited by Wills2 on Friday 17th March 22:01

[Ho Lee Kau]

Dave Hedgehog said:

Escort3500 said:

Wow, 5 posts before the haters emerge.....Audi must be getting better

if they had made it look like the concept my deposit would have been down 2 years ago

Looks pretty much like what they released.
I do not see "flaired arches" on that one either.
You want RS3 to look like an M2 or something? M2 looks ridiculous, absolutely no class, some kind of romanian-gypsy-style.

Also, I liked the Daytona Grau pearl-effect paint with matching 5-spoke alloys on my TTRS. The looks was never a problem for me (I do not like the busy M2-like front of the new TTRS) it was the understeer under gas that made me sell my 18-month-old car and get a 911.

[Ho Lee Kau]

DPSFleet said:

With options I expect £60k.....serious money - I think I will have the Alfa Quad instead.

same here!