Sir_Dave
ClioSport Trader
Firstly, this wasn't an intentional purchase, i was perfectly happy with my green Mini and obviously Audi's are for people that like to understeer everywhere, xenons blazing. Especially the faux by faux ones with auto boxes. The Golf Gti/R however, had my interest, so i was looking at them. Alot. Unfortunately, it seemed that 99% of Golf R's were lease-spec poverty things without leather, so the ones with decent nav/speakers/leather/DSG were all rare/rather expensive and the VW dealers that i visited/spoke to also appeared rather inept. With that in mind, I was essentially getting nowhere quickly. Hell i hadn't even test driven one ...
Then a business associate (not @Waitey, although he did try & flog me his, a lot) asked me if i wanted his RS3 as he was only going to trade it in with Audi anyways ... a quick play on the Barclays app, a loan extension to near Greek levels of debt & i agreed to pick the car up last Thursday. Oops.
He wasn't that into cars, so was unsure on the exact spec, but from what i gather from poking around the car it has the following:
Technology Pack with Audi Connect, Comfort & Sound Pack, Magnetic Ride, Audi Phone Box, Lunar Silver Supersport Seats, Extended Mono Purr trims, Folding Mirrors, Extended Matt Exterior, Titanium Wheels (wider fronts) & Mythos Black paint.
He got it serviced (£380 for an oil change & an "inspection") & put 2 Pirellis on before i collected it - although unfortunately Kwik Fit being Kwik Fit, they've rotated the wider front wheels to the rear 😂 They also put the two other directional Pirellis on the wrong way round last November, so they are pretty much knackered after only 3k miles. Muppets. So im currently unsure whether to buy two more Pirellis (£400), or four Pilot 4S (£800), then sell the Pirellis he just had fitted ... as its on 36k miles, it also needs spark plugs & s-tronic oil change in 2k miles (£400).
Since Thursday, ive done 1k miles in it and my initial impressions are as follows:
The technology, interior quality & engine are utterly epic. The noise (despite not having a sports exhaust) is also rather amusing for something that is currently as the manufacturer intended. The gearbox is very good most of the time, albeit a little keen to get into 7th at 30 mph, start stop works quite well, but i still hate the car going from silent>noisy, silent>noisy every time i stop in a traffic jam. Speed wise, it doesn't feel that quick when you are accelerating (but it is), with no massive "WTF" kick in the back of the head, but if you are rolling at say 50 mph & hoof it so it kicks down, bugger me its swift. Cross country pace, considering it rained all the way home to Cornwall and all the way back, is umm, quick. It weighs as much as a small house, so even in the wet, it feels very planted on the road. The steering is light, but i don't find myself instantly thinking "god this is awful" like i did in the M135i. Although perhaps that is because i expected far more from the BMW, i expect the Audi to be, well Audi like.
Some poor pictures, its filthy already. Black ftl.
Parking like an Audi driver, next to the car that i also part own, but never see as Sarah has it all the time 😂
I'll update this as & when, but initial impressions are very good if i'm entirely honest, it feels like the car that my beloved R32 would have developed into over the years if VW hadn't gone for 4 cylinder only :up:
Then a business associate (not @Waitey, although he did try & flog me his, a lot) asked me if i wanted his RS3 as he was only going to trade it in with Audi anyways ... a quick play on the Barclays app, a loan extension to near Greek levels of debt & i agreed to pick the car up last Thursday. Oops.
He wasn't that into cars, so was unsure on the exact spec, but from what i gather from poking around the car it has the following:
Technology Pack with Audi Connect, Comfort & Sound Pack, Magnetic Ride, Audi Phone Box, Lunar Silver Supersport Seats, Extended Mono Purr trims, Folding Mirrors, Extended Matt Exterior, Titanium Wheels (wider fronts) & Mythos Black paint.
He got it serviced (£380 for an oil change & an "inspection") & put 2 Pirellis on before i collected it - although unfortunately Kwik Fit being Kwik Fit, they've rotated the wider front wheels to the rear 😂 They also put the two other directional Pirellis on the wrong way round last November, so they are pretty much knackered after only 3k miles. Muppets. So im currently unsure whether to buy two more Pirellis (£400), or four Pilot 4S (£800), then sell the Pirellis he just had fitted ... as its on 36k miles, it also needs spark plugs & s-tronic oil change in 2k miles (£400).
Since Thursday, ive done 1k miles in it and my initial impressions are as follows:
The technology, interior quality & engine are utterly epic. The noise (despite not having a sports exhaust) is also rather amusing for something that is currently as the manufacturer intended. The gearbox is very good most of the time, albeit a little keen to get into 7th at 30 mph, start stop works quite well, but i still hate the car going from silent>noisy, silent>noisy every time i stop in a traffic jam. Speed wise, it doesn't feel that quick when you are accelerating (but it is), with no massive "WTF" kick in the back of the head, but if you are rolling at say 50 mph & hoof it so it kicks down, bugger me its swift. Cross country pace, considering it rained all the way home to Cornwall and all the way back, is umm, quick. It weighs as much as a small house, so even in the wet, it feels very planted on the road. The steering is light, but i don't find myself instantly thinking "god this is awful" like i did in the M135i. Although perhaps that is because i expected far more from the BMW, i expect the Audi to be, well Audi like.
Some poor pictures, its filthy already. Black ftl.
Parking like an Audi driver, next to the car that i also part own, but never see as Sarah has it all the time 😂
I'll update this as & when, but initial impressions are very good if i'm entirely honest, it feels like the car that my beloved R32 would have developed into over the years if VW hadn't gone for 4 cylinder only :up:
