RE: Audi RS3 (8P) | PH Used Buying Guide
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Alias218 said:
A fast car, no doubt about it. However most articles I read about them make them out to be a rather dull drive unless darting from nought to sixty-two repeatedly is your thing, which seems to be the case for most I’ve seen on the road.
I saw an S3 of similar vintage earlier today with the atypical driver behind the wheel: holding the gear through town feathering the throttle until the pedestrian crowd had reached critical mass at which point the individual allowed to the car to change up eliciting one of those irritating ‘fffrrrrrppppt’ noises that all dual-clutch performance cars seem to make these days. That alone puts me off these cars and their ilk, up to and including the latest offerings.
The word 'atypical' doesn't mean what you think it does.I saw an S3 of similar vintage earlier today with the atypical driver behind the wheel: holding the gear through town feathering the throttle until the pedestrian crowd had reached critical mass at which point the individual allowed to the car to change up eliciting one of those irritating ‘fffrrrrrppppt’ noises that all dual-clutch performance cars seem to make these days. That alone puts me off these cars and their ilk, up to and including the latest offerings.
Initforthemoney said:
SidewaysSi said:
V10Ace said:
SidewaysSi said:
Initforthemoney said:
SidewaysSi said:
xjay1337 said:
Alex
Lovely colour :-)
I am in no danger of buying one because they are beyond sLovely colour :-)
Baldchap said:
I've noticed that it's always the people in no danger whatsoever of buying things that tell us how atrocious those things are whilst shedding an old Fiesta or something. 
Yup :P
t .No sheds here but I bet a 1998 Fiesta will have better steering than that God forsaken Audi...
Have you been wronged by someone recently?
You do seem to have so much hate for an object, that it is almost becoming an unhealthy obsession.
Just wow!!!
VAG people are a sensitive bunch aren't they? Love it.
Edited by Initforthemoney on Monday 26th August 23:12
yonex said:
Dr G said:
Stunning; if you/she ever wants out of it there's a cheque waiting (serious offer).
Excuse my ignorance but is that a particular difficult car to source? RS3 has exclusive colour back now on the configurator but its still not an option for RS4
the other problem now is that all new cars have been heavily nurfed in sound levels even with sport boxes
I'd happily drive on even though they do have an imagine problem,
in one sense it's nice to see cars actually being driven instead of a mclaren spending it's life at 60mph on the motorway
but in the other sense rs3's around manchester tend to be driven like maniacs on busy streets - mainly rusholm, levenshlume and cheetham hill.
from my experience it's a true stereotype
in one sense it's nice to see cars actually being driven instead of a mclaren spending it's life at 60mph on the motorway
but in the other sense rs3's around manchester tend to be driven like maniacs on busy streets - mainly rusholm, levenshlume and cheetham hill.
from my experience it's a true stereotype
WCZ said:
I'd happily drive on even though they do have an imagine problem,
in one sense it's nice to see cars actually being driven instead of a mclaren spending it's life at 60mph on the motorway
but in the other sense rs3's around manchester tend to be driven like maniacs on busy streets - mainly rusholm, levenshlume and cheetham hill.
from my experience it's a true stereotype
Imagine problem, i see what you did there!in one sense it's nice to see cars actually being driven instead of a mclaren spending it's life at 60mph on the motorway
but in the other sense rs3's around manchester tend to be driven like maniacs on busy streets - mainly rusholm, levenshlume and cheetham hill.
from my experience it's a true stereotype
Audi RS's and R's of all models have a bit of a problem really, they are often driven by tits and seem to go from driveway to stolen faster than they go to 62.
i will admit though that across ground in all weathers they are great (ive driven an RS3, S3 RS7 and an RS4), however they just do fast. That is all they do.
Also if youve got anything approacing fancy/interesting and an RS/S3 see's you, you can guarantee itll be up your arse in no time, the amount i get greifing me in my I8 is too many to be conincidental!
Good to see stereotyping alive and well 
I've an RS3 (8v). I've only space for one car outside. I generally walk to work but do need space for 4 a few times a week. I'm up in the north of Scotland, it gets cold and wet a lot, and snows a fair bit. I need a do it all car really. The wife has an MX-5 so we're covered for sunny days
I can think of quite a few cars that would, at least on track, be more fun than the RS. I do think if you're getting the tail out on public roads in any car, unless it's wet and there's no one else around in general I'd suggest that you're driving too quick or putting yourself or others in danger/at risk. Each to their own, I love driving and having fun but having a car that you can push to drift around in isn't top of my agenda. I don't consider myself a bell end, others may differ in their opinion
My car is black, with no design pack. Pretty much looks like an A3 apart from the oval pipes at the back.
It's a good all round car. Can be loud when I want it to be (dynamic and valves open), quiet (comfort and valves shut). It's got something called a throttle so I can drive it quick when I want and it's suitable, or slow. Imagine that. Plenty of wiggly roads up here that aren't stuffed with other car/caravans if I want a blast about.
It'll go where I want it to go in the winter without having to keep a spare set of alloys/winter tyres, unlike some of the other cars I've had, certainly better than the Mustang I had last year.
I don't hammer around town in 1st/2nd in dynamic, with the exhaust parping and cracking away. Although I have seen other RS3's doing it, along with umpteen barried up M3/4, A45's, clios, astras etc. - it's not the car, it's the owner choosing to drive like that. Up here it's usually BMW diesels with the black M Sport skirts that I see driven poorly. Not all of them though.
By the way I am also a gym goer, wear vests and am covered in tattoo's so confirm to the usual stereotype owner, but I'm also 47, happily married with a 17 year old and an economist for an oil company so usually dressed in a suit and tie.
If you want a cover all basis car then I think the RS3 is a cracking choice. The fact Audi have chosen to continue with the 5 pot should be celebrated and the engine note alone was enough for me not to go down the usual Golf R/A45 route. They also appear to hold their value reasonably well compared to other hot hatches.
I like to think, up here anyway, that the typical RS owner isn't looking to be flashy, or have the best handling car about but something that is satisfying to own when we can't have 2 or 3 different cars sitting in a garage.
I've an RS3 (8v). I've only space for one car outside. I generally walk to work but do need space for 4 a few times a week. I'm up in the north of Scotland, it gets cold and wet a lot, and snows a fair bit. I need a do it all car really. The wife has an MX-5 so we're covered for sunny days
I can think of quite a few cars that would, at least on track, be more fun than the RS. I do think if you're getting the tail out on public roads in any car, unless it's wet and there's no one else around in general I'd suggest that you're driving too quick or putting yourself or others in danger/at risk. Each to their own, I love driving and having fun but having a car that you can push to drift around in isn't top of my agenda. I don't consider myself a bell end, others may differ in their opinion
My car is black, with no design pack. Pretty much looks like an A3 apart from the oval pipes at the back.
It's a good all round car. Can be loud when I want it to be (dynamic and valves open), quiet (comfort and valves shut). It's got something called a throttle so I can drive it quick when I want and it's suitable, or slow. Imagine that. Plenty of wiggly roads up here that aren't stuffed with other car/caravans if I want a blast about.
It'll go where I want it to go in the winter without having to keep a spare set of alloys/winter tyres, unlike some of the other cars I've had, certainly better than the Mustang I had last year.
I don't hammer around town in 1st/2nd in dynamic, with the exhaust parping and cracking away. Although I have seen other RS3's doing it, along with umpteen barried up M3/4, A45's, clios, astras etc. - it's not the car, it's the owner choosing to drive like that. Up here it's usually BMW diesels with the black M Sport skirts that I see driven poorly. Not all of them though.
By the way I am also a gym goer, wear vests and am covered in tattoo's so confirm to the usual stereotype owner, but I'm also 47, happily married with a 17 year old and an economist for an oil company so usually dressed in a suit and tie.
If you want a cover all basis car then I think the RS3 is a cracking choice. The fact Audi have chosen to continue with the 5 pot should be celebrated and the engine note alone was enough for me not to go down the usual Golf R/A45 route. They also appear to hold their value reasonably well compared to other hot hatches.
I like to think, up here anyway, that the typical RS owner isn't looking to be flashy, or have the best handling car about but something that is satisfying to own when we can't have 2 or 3 different cars sitting in a garage.
xjay1337 said:
Well you should have worked harder in life
what a failure
How dare you compromise at the expense of choice of a vastly superior fleet
What a nuclear grade bell end
(I might be joking).
I know, I know .. I shouldn't have bought that house in town, I should have bought that steading in the middle of nowhere with a huge garage for 1/2 the price for my vast fleet of cars. what a failure
How dare you compromise at the expense of choice of a vastly superior fleet
What a nuclear grade bell end
(I might be joking).
If I'd worked harder at having the ability to do very little but bulls
t my way through life in meetings while getting everyone else to actually do work, I could have been a powerfully built director (I can't do much about being 5'7 though).At least I'm quite pleased at being called a nuclear grade bell end - sounds as though I've made a good job of it - thanks very much
Richard-G said:
Imagine problem, i see what you did there!
Audi RS's and R's of all models have a bit of a problem really, they are often driven by tits and seem to go from driveway to stolen faster than they go to 62.
i will admit though that across ground in all weathers they are great (ive driven an RS3, S3 RS7 and an RS4), however they just do fast. That is all they do.
Also if youve got anything approacing fancy/interesting and an RS/S3 see's you, you can guarantee itll be up your arse in no time, the amount i get greifing me in my I8 is too many to be conincidental!
Richard, I have this an awful lot & I have a AUDI TTRS , they zoom right up behind me , the other evening a pick up did it ??? Did he want a race ??? lol.Audi RS's and R's of all models have a bit of a problem really, they are often driven by tits and seem to go from driveway to stolen faster than they go to 62.
i will admit though that across ground in all weathers they are great (ive driven an RS3, S3 RS7 and an RS4), however they just do fast. That is all they do.
Also if youve got anything approacing fancy/interesting and an RS/S3 see's you, you can guarantee itll be up your arse in no time, the amount i get greifing me in my I8 is too many to be conincidental!
I had similar in a Carrera 4 , but never ever in my Cerbera ....very odd?
I've had one RS3 do that to me, it turned around & went into a golf club, as I had just purchased the car that very afternoon & was in fact driving it back from Portsmouth I went back to the Manor House Golf club in Castle Coombe Golf club car park. We had a good chin wag. He was very informative & loved his car...the reason he flew up behind me about 6" off my bumper (he did seem sheepish about it) was I was driving a TTRS & he had not seen many at all. he was very interested in my car & I was equally interested in his tales of the cars ability etc. He invited me to a Audi meeting @ Castle Coombe that week end,which I did pop along too & had a great time. Everyone was I spoke to were really friendly & interested in my car , this was in October last year by the way.
I do admit it bemuses me how they shoot up behind me , they soon regret it as i am a dawdler in town & seem to drift out to the white @ around 27mph or less & they do seem enraged but hey there you go ...I really enjoy driving my little Alfa Spider but annoyingly I have just picked up a Nip as I was going 50 mph in a 40mph (Damned refuge lorry lol) never get anyone up my pipe in that either ...maybe I'm to fast in that heheheh.
AVALYN
You sound like a clone of myself...albeit your 16yrs younger., thought I'd have grown up by now but this blasted Nip sayss otherwise.
One good thing though , I'm not very photgenic but the photo on the polce website made look quite dashing, I'm going to keep that one...keep on the boost!!!
OH Si...do relax , you'll damage your artery's for later life, all that pent up anger...HTH xxx
Dr G said:
Stunning; if you/she ever wants out of it there's a cheque waiting (serious offer).
Thanks and interest noted, she loves the car so will probably hang onto it for another 18 months (until it's 3) and then change for something else. We went to town on options too as it's her first ever new car.vtecyo said:
I've recently moved back down from West Yorkshire, and these are everywhere around Leeds and Bradford. I'll leave the drivers description to your imagination. Think of the area stereotype and you're about there.
I don't live in the UK so what is the area stereotype in Leeds and Bradford? Here, the choice of vehicle for the local riff raff is the type R or some sort of Acura.Edited by eddharris on Tuesday 27th August 18:16
Edited by eddharris on Tuesday 27th August 18:31
The 8P was definitely a bit of a lemon, in my opinion never a true RS due to it being a factory bolt on car. I’d also go with the image problem the sportback has, especially in nardo grey. However no one can deny they are an absolute weapon to drive especially the Facelift with the lighter aluminium engine. After coming from a B7 RS4 and driving one I desperately wanted one so the natural option was a saloon, they are much rarer and optioned correctly can look much more executive. Naturally I had to fettle it and its knocking on 500hp, just about anything is passable on a B-Road if you need to and safely. Oh and it’s kept well out of sight from prying eyes.
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