MK5 Golf GTI
General => Random Chat => Topic started by: Hurdy on December 19, 2010, 12:04:34 am
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£39,900 and you get as standard....... :evilgrin:
19” x 8J ‘5-arm Rotor’ design, titanium finish alloy wheels with 235/35 tyres front, 225/35 rear tyres
High performance brake system with brake calipers in high-gloss and RS emblem
RS Sports suspension
7-speed S tronic® transmission with launch control system
Tyre mobility system
Locking wheel bolts
Satellite Navigation system – DVD-based
Audi Music Interface
Mobile phone preparation – Bluetooth interface
quattro® all-wheel-drive
Electronic Stability Programme (ESP), including ABS, EBD, ASR, EDL, with Sport setting
Acoustic parking system rear (only)
Driver, front passenger and front side airbag system and Sideguard airbags
Audi backguard head restraints for front seats
First aid kit with warning triangle
ISOFIX child-seat preparation for front passenger seat (with airbag disabling feature) and rear seats
Rear head restraints (adjustable)
Remote central locking
Servotronic speed-dependent power steering
Thatcham Category 1 alarm and immobiliser
Tool kit and car jack
Front Sports seats, manually adjustable (optional RS 3 front bucket seats available)
Black Fine Nappa leather upholstery with silver contrast stitching and RS 3 embossing
Heated front seats
Seat belts – 3-point on all seats
Split-folding rear seats (1/3; 2/3 or all)
RS Sports 3-spoke multi-function flat-bottom perforated-leather steering wheel with matt aluminium-look inserts, RS 3 logo and gear shift paddles
Sport button on the centre console – allows the driver to change the RS 3’s sport settings by adjusting the throttle response and altering the exhaust note
Piano Finish black inlays
RS instrument dials
Door sills with aluminium inlays and RS 3 logo
RS 3 logo on the gear knob
Perforated leather gear knob gaiter
Black cloth headlining
Driver’s Information System, monochrome with RS 3 menu. Displays boost pressure, oil temperature and includes a lap timer
Dual-zone electronic climate control
Front centre armrest
Illuminated vanity mirrors
Aluminium-look pedals
Electric front and rear windows
Front and rear floor mats, with silver piping
Heat-insulating glass
Rear window blind – manual
Heated rear windscreen
Steering wheel adjustable for height and reach
Washer fluid level indicator
Ashtray and cigarette lighter in the centre console
RS body styling – RS design front bumper with widened front air intakes, flared front wheel arches, rear diffuser in high-gloss black and RS design rear roof spoiler
RS 3 badging front and rear
Anthracite single-frame grille with diamond-patterned styling
Xenon Plus headlights with automatic headlamp adjustment, dynamic range and headlamp washers. Includes LED daytime-running lights
RS twin elliptical exhausts on the left-hand side
Matt-aluminium look door mirror housings
Rear fog light
Electrically operated and heated door mirrors
More here.......
http://www.audi.co.uk/new-cars/a3/rs3-sportback/specifications.html
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This looks like an absolute bargain compared to the Golf R!
If you specced up a Golf R to the same as this You'd be spending almost the same amount and you'd still have the 6 speed DSG and a 2.0TFSI. Then you'd have to get it to stage 2+ for the same turn of speed.
I'm in awe :surprised:
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who will lend me £40,000 why bigger tyres on the front surely that can't be right
When you getting one John :signLOL:
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April :jumping: :jumpmove: :pomppomp: :star:
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April :jumping: :jumpmove: :pomppomp: :star:
:notworthy: :surprised:
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Stock TTRS with s-tronic did a 12.2 1/4 mile!
You will love it.
Just been out in mine for the last 5 hours having fun in the snow!
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RS 3 has to be best car out there at the minute :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:
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That is an absolute Bargain and I can't think of a option I would want that isn't on there.
Me needs to start being nice to the wife for the next 4 Months :evilgrin:
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Does seem very good value compared to the R, go for it John the engine is an absolute peach :xmaspresent:
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So have you gone for the bucket seats then ?
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Looks like they've got most things covered. To be honest apart from the RS3 specific items it's pretty similar to the current base spec of the S3.
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Think I would be gutted if I had just stumped up the ££££ for a new s3 as this thing is going to look meaner on the road and sound so much better than a 4 pot
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Depends what you want from a car.
The only appeal over the S3 is the extra power really. Also an S3 is a good few £k cheaper (depending on spec) so it will be down to what people can afford as well.
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good price that, maybe next year when im a shareholder. :signLOL:
John, you made me smile, just read through the list and was like 'hurdy will change that, hurdy will change that, hurdy will change that' :signLOL:
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Think I would be gutted if I had just stumped up the ££££ for a new s3 as this thing is going to look meaner on the road and sound so much better than a 4 pot
There's quite a difference between the price of the two. A little like being gutted you just bought a GTi when actually you could have bought the R.
I'm certainly not gutted, I couldn't have afforded the extra. Sure, I'd like the RS3 but I have other priorities.
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I have been offered a decent price for the Roc R, due to long waiting lists etc someone wants to buy mine from me.
I asked at the Audi Dealers about a new S3, and also about the chances of an RS3 in std shape (non SB) and a manual version..........
No order as yet........
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Similar story here. Whilst mine was in for wty work they offered me what I paid for mine. Long waiting lists for A3/S3 at the moment too not to mention the VAT increase.
I'd be surprised if there were any discounts on the RS3.
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I have been offered a decent price for the Roc R, due to long waiting lists etc someone wants to buy mine from me.
I asked at the Audi Dealers about a new S3, and also about the chances of an RS3 in std shape (non SB) and a manual version..........
No order as yet........
Is there going to be a non SB version though ?, i went in Audi the other day but they were so obnoxious i walked back out, Audi wont be getting my cash anytime soon !!
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RS 3 has to be best car out there at the minute :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:
Really?... I know this is a VAG forum, but i bet the M1 is the better drive.
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RS 3 has to be best car out there at the minute :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:
Really?... I know this is a VAG forum, but i bet the M1 is the better drive.
I'm absolutely convinced the 1M will trounce the RS3 in every area bar practicality. It's what I'm lusting after at the moment!
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RS 3 has to be best car out there at the minute :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:
Really?... I know this is a VAG forum, but i bet the M1 is the better drive.
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slower round the nurb than the TT RS though :laugh: :laugh:
1M will be a great car no doubt, im down to test drive one, would love it and the TTRS on my drive.
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why bigger tyres on the front surely that can't be right
I guess its due to controlling the amount of understeer. a bigger rear tyre would outgrip the fronts so it would understeer more at the limit. If they have gone for a bigger front id guess it was because it was understeering a bit more than they wanted, Easiest solution is give the front end more grip with a bigger tyre.
RS 3 has to be best car out there at the minute :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:
Really?... I know this is a VAG forum, but i bet the M1 is the better drive.
I'm absolutely convinced the 1M will trounce the RS3 in every area bar practicality. It's what I'm lusting after at the moment!
too much VAG brand snobbery on here :innocent:. good to see people willing to accept VAG arent the best at everything. VAG do all rounders IMO. BMW do driving dynamics. That said id probably have the RS3 though, :wink:
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The RS3 will have the same engine as the TT-RS? If so......
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a little tuning potential there :happy2:
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I have been offered a decent price for the Roc R, due to long waiting lists etc someone wants to buy mine from me.
I asked at the Audi Dealers about a new S3, and also about the chances of an RS3 in std shape (non SB) and a manual version..........
No order as yet........
Is there going to be a non SB version though ?, i went in Audi the other day but they were so obnoxious i walked back out, Audi wont be getting my cash anytime soon !!
I find that most car dealers are like this now! My friend and i went down to marsh Barton in Exeter last week and every car garage you can think of is down a long stretch altogether. Now my friend has been looking at a range rover but we decided to take a look around a few other garages, audi, porsche, bmw etc etc and bearing in mind he drives a lovely white S5 easily 50k + with extras and not one salesman came over to us to ask if we needed help. Now we are both 25 and i can understand if we had pulled up in a saxo or something but why would you not try to help someone that looks to have money?
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They lost out a while a go too has i had gone in to look at a new S3 and i was treated exactly the same then, so i just walked away, the other problem would be that they would be my local dealer too !!
I have been offered a decent price for the Roc R, due to long waiting lists etc someone wants to buy mine from me.
I asked at the Audi Dealers about a new S3, and also about the chances of an RS3 in std shape (non SB) and a manual version..........
No order as yet........
Is there going to be a non SB version though ?, i went in Audi the other day but they were so obnoxious i walked back out, Audi wont be getting my cash anytime soon !!
I find that most car dealers are like this now! My friend and i went down to marsh Barton in Exeter last week and every car garage you can think of is down a long stretch altogether. Now my friend has been looking at a range rover but we decided to take a look around a few other garages, audi, porsche, bmw etc etc and bearing in mind he drives a lovely white S5 easily 50k + with extras and not one salesman came over to us to ask if we needed help. Now we are both 25 and i can understand if we had pulled up in a saxo or something but why would you not try to help someone that looks to have money?
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RS 3 has to be best car out there at the minute :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:
Really?... I know this is a VAG forum, but i bet the M1 is the better drive.
ive not looked at the bmw but i think id take the audi over the bmw any time , and i ve got a bmw at the moment which i m loving :happy2:
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They lost out a while a go too has i had gone in to look at a new S3 and i was treated exactly the same then, so i just walked away, the other problem would be that they would be my local dealer too !!
I have been offered a decent price for the Roc R, due to long waiting lists etc someone wants to buy mine from me.
I asked at the Audi Dealers about a new S3, and also about the chances of an RS3 in std shape (non SB) and a manual version..........
No order as yet........
Is there going to be a non SB version though ?, i went in Audi the other day but they were so obnoxious i walked back out, Audi wont be getting my cash anytime soon !!
I find that most car dealers are like this now! My friend and i went down to marsh Barton in Exeter last week and every car garage you can think of is down a long stretch altogether. Now my friend has been looking at a range rover but we decided to take a look around a few other garages, audi, porsche, bmw etc etc and bearing in mind he drives a lovely white S5 easily 50k + with extras and not one salesman came over to us to ask if we needed help. Now we are both 25 and i can understand if we had pulled up in a saxo or something but why would you not try to help someone that looks to have money?
audi dealers are terible for this but in my experience when you ve got the car , service etc is pretty good , leicester audi i found really helpful and friendlier than others
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They lost out a while a go too has i had gone in to look at a new S3 and i was treated exactly the same then, so i just walked away, the other problem would be that they would be my local dealer too !!
I have been offered a decent price for the Roc R, due to long waiting lists etc someone wants to buy mine from me.
I asked at the Audi Dealers about a new S3, and also about the chances of an RS3 in std shape (non SB) and a manual version..........
No order as yet........
Is there going to be a non SB version though ?, i went in Audi the other day but they were so obnoxious i walked back out, Audi wont be getting my cash anytime soon !!
I find that most car dealers are like this now! My friend and i went down to marsh Barton in Exeter last week and every car garage you can think of is down a long stretch altogether. Now my friend has been looking at a range rover but we decided to take a look around a few other garages, audi, porsche, bmw etc etc and bearing in mind he drives a lovely white S5 easily 50k + with extras and not one salesman came over to us to ask if we needed help. Now we are both 25 and i can understand if we had pulled up in a saxo or something but why would you not try to help someone that looks to have money?
I'm glad you walked out mate, i would do the same. The thing i love is, all the car dealers are saying what a hard time they are having selling new cars, but when someone shows some interest it's like they just really can't be bothered to get up.
The RS3 looks like it has a stunning spec but would i spend £40k on it, unfortunately no!
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When i bought my A3 sportback from Audi i dealt with a young saleman who could wanted to help as much as possible and made the buying process very easy but i have been to same dealer a few times and they were pants and dont even bother you any more :confused:
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I know that some people don't like to be bothered when looking around cars, in shops and things but all i think it would take is for the salesman to simple come over and say hi, I'm so and so can i help you with anything. If the customer doesn't want it, fine but at least his asked the question you know.
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i have done it when i worked for Honda and mitsubishi if i ever saw someone looking at a car i would ask if they needed any help or info on the car they were looking and if they said yes just grabbed a salesman as i worked in part dept. It only take 2 secs to ask if they need any help
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I've always found the opposite when i have been in Audi Garages. I even got a test drive in an RS6 from one of them.
It was the BMW garages that i've been in that were the shockers. Only once have i been in a BMW garage were a salesman bent over backwards to help. Mind you i think he felt bad as i told him i was looking at a 535D Touring and he said "Approved Used i take it?" When i replied "Er no! New thank you very much" he couldn't apologise enough. The thing with BMW is, for example, I sat in a 535D Touring and then sat in and M5 Touring and i said to the salesman the M5 doesn't feel £30k more expensive. Whereas the Audi RS6 felt £30k more expensive than an A6 Le Mans. It's hard to explain and it may just be I'm biased towards the Olympic Logo I have a feeling that the M1 won't feel however many £k more expensive than a 135i. All my opinion of course.
But i do think Audi are on to a winner with this one. £40k for that car with that engine and that spec is a very good price imho.
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if i had a spare £40k i d give it to audi even if the salesman was too far up his own ar*% :rolleye:
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Better not let Mrs C see that beastie..she won't let me have the S3 for a day... :love:
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you need to change your sig pic :signLOL:
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When i bought my A3 sportback from Audi i dealt with a young saleman who could wanted to help as much as possible and made the buying process very easy but i have been to same dealer a few times and they were pants and dont even bother you any more :confused:
yeah but you rolled up in a clio with green wheels :signLOL:
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:P no i rolled up in the ed30 when it was brand new :P
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RS 3 has to be best car out there at the minute :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:
Really?... I know this is a VAG forum, but i bet the M1 is the better drive.
ive not looked at the bmw but i think id take the audi over the bmw any time , and i ve got a bmw at the moment which i m loving :happy2:
Oh and id actually have to say that the GT3RS is the best car out there at the moment :drool: :wink:
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why bigger tyres on the front surely that can't be right
I guess its due to controlling the amount of understeer. a bigger rear tyre would outgrip the fronts so it would understeer more at the limit. If they have gone for a bigger front id guess it was because it was understeering a bit more than they wanted, Easiest solution is give the front end more grip with a bigger tyre.
RS 3 has to be best car out there at the minute :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:
Really?... I know this is a VAG forum, but i bet the M1 is the better drive.
I'm absolutely convinced the 1M will trounce the RS3 in every area bar practicality. It's what I'm lusting after at the moment!
too much VAG brand snobbery on here :innocent:. good to see people willing to accept VAG arent the best at everything. VAG do all rounders IMO. BMW do driving dynamics. That said id probably have the RS3 though, :wink:
BMW also do all rounders, dont let their marketing department make you think otherwise.
Porsche, ferrari, lotus, they do driving dynamics.
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RedRobins gone quiet, is he at an Audi dealership :grin: :xmaspresent:
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RedRobins gone quiet, is he at an Audi dealership :grin: :xmaspresent:
You know he is defo getting one :signLOL:
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Robin I've got first dibs on your golf, when you buy the Rs3
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So what colour John?
Got to say found Audi (Harold Wood, Essex) very good, they have rung with updates and just got my build date for the A1 (week 1). My first new Audi, always had BM's & VW, shold be interesting to compare :happy2:
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i need a pay rise, really liking the idea of an RS3 now :sad1:
we expect a full review in april john! :happy2:
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I cant wait to see one in the flesh (or real pics) - daytona grey would look :evilgrin:!
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Can't be much on the options list then, other than the Recaro buckets and paint?
Race Haldex controller, Sir? :happy2:
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Mike it's no haldex :signLOL: it's a propper 4wd
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Get ooouuuttttt...
The engine's shoved in the wrong way round for that, Shirley?
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Taken from the Audi website.
Introducing the multi-plate clutch
The task of channelling the massive power of the RS 3 Sportback engine onto the road – whatever the situation – is masterfully handled by the upgraded RS 3 Sportback quattro® drivetrain.
At its heart is The Haldex® clutch, an electronically controlled, hydraulic multi-plate clutch that controls the flow of power between the engine and the gearbox. If a situation calls for it, the clutch redirects a majority of the torque input from the front wheels to the rear wheels. And it does so in a fraction of a second.
quattro®: what it does and how it works
Front-wheel or rear-wheel drive has certainly improved thanks to innovations such as electronic stability programmes, anti-lock brakes and traction control. But two-wheel drive cars will, particularly in extreme circumstances, sometimes exhibit certain (and usually undesirable) characteristics.
Due to the weight of the engine and other assemblies resting on the front axle, front-wheel drive cars tend to be slightly superior to rear-wheel drive cars in the amount of grip they can transmit to the road during wet conditions.
But in a front-wheel drive car, hard cornering or cornering on a slippery road surface can cause understeer: where the car continues forwards even though the wheels are turned.
Conversely, rear-wheel drive cars can suffer from oversteer: the driving wheels deliver more power than the road surface can handle, causing the rear end to slide and the car to travel sideways. This can be quite difficult to control and traction aid systems and electronic stability programmes will engage quite early.
Slippery surfaces
With quattro, drive is distributed to all four wheels permanently in varying amounts, depending on the road conditions and how the car’s being driven; it’s constantly ‘feeling’ how much grip there is for each wheel. If a wheel loses grip, drive is diverted away to wheels that have better contact with the road. All his happens imperceptibly, but it results in a feeling of exceptional composure and control, even in what would ordinarily be potentially dangerous driving conditions.
Cornering
With front-wheel or rear-wheel drive the car is effectively being either pulled or pushed round a bend. Instead, with quattro four-wheel drive, all four wheels work together and drive is delivered to where it’s needed and regulated where it isn’t. This means greater stability, more assured road-holding, enhanced agility and improved steering precision.
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Colour me confused.
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They have diluted the quattro brand to include Haldex cars :sick:
Does that mean my .:R is a quattro then? :laugh:
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That's :confused: me too now :signLOL:
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Sounds like they're trying to dress up Haldex?
Don't get me wrong, the new Gen4 stuff is really good, very aggressive in the R36 - but you can't call it quattro.
This is 5-pots and quattro... (my mate's 80 on a recent hoon around the Evo triangle)
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Next year I think I'm aiming for one of these :drool:
Standard spec (for once) looks pretty much ok to me
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OT but TD clip that reminds me of many years spent watching the Gp B cars in the Welsh forests. The noise was immense.
My M+D lived near Mold in North Wales and every year when the Lombard RAC was on we would take my Opel Manta 1.9 with the BVH and twin 40's over to Dolgellau for the service and then back onto Clocaenog to see the likes of Mikola, Blomqvist, Rohrl, Vatanen, Toivenen, McRae, and even Pondy in his TR.
Great great days, slightly later but seeing Kankkunen flying in his T16 205 with virtually all the body work missing smoking like Puffing Billy, but still spitting fire after an off in a fire break, or seeing a Lancia Delta leaving service in a hurry with a pressure washer following it, memories i will not forget.
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^^^^^ great days these never seen you there dave , rally gb is pants in comparison :sad1:
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So what colour John?
Daytona Grey - originally I wanted Solar "ASBO" orange, but decided it would take XX years to go through the system
Bose and cruise are the only options you need although the black optics pack looks nice. :smiley:
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:xmassmiley:That's my perfect spec car! I would prob add privacy glass instead of cruise (and would be hard to resist those buckets) but now I can't wait until you get this! :driver:
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So what colour John?
Daytona Grey - originally I wanted Solar "ASBO" orange, but decided it would take XX years to go through the system
Bose and cruise are the only options you need although the black optics pack looks nice. :smiley:
i can only see black , red , grey and white is this right ? , i m loving the rs3 :happy2:
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Here you go..... :happy2:
http://configurator.audi.co.uk/controller?next=exterior-page&mandant=accx-uk
Solar orange is in the audi exclusive paint range :wink:
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Just spec'd one up in Daytona Grey :drool: £45k on the road. Thats to my ideal spec. You could quite easily go north of £50k if you start picking Audi Exclusive stuff
Only gripe I have is why the fcuk do I need a through load facility to have Electric front seats :confused: :fighting:
I know its only £180 but I don't see what it has to do with the front seats!
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whjat is it with VAGs making pretty much every thing an optional extra. its 38k basic price for fook sake
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It's £40k OTR price though. £5k of extras aint bad for Audi :laugh:
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has the rs3 got same body as s3 sportback ? in preview pics had big arches like the rs4 but dont look like it has on release pics :confused:
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Yeah, it still has the flared arches :drool:
Wierd though that the tyres are wider at the front than the rear. Maybe a giveaway to either track width or a front wheel drive bias. :confused: Doesn't matter to me though as I'm sure I can get 9" wide lightweight alloys and 265 section tyres in there :laugh: and possibly even the RS4 ceramic brakes :party:
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Good news john :happy2:
I heard the rear tyres are narrower to encourage a more tail happy driving experience :driver:
Is magnaride an option and did you spec it?
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Good news john :happy2:
I heard the rear tyres are narrower to encourage a more tail happy driving experience :driver:
Is magnaride an option and did you spec it?
Not an option as far as I'm aware. :smiley:
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Yeah, it still has the flared arches :drool:
Wierd though that the tyres are wider at the front than the rear. Maybe a giveaway to either track width or a front wheel drive bias. :confused: Doesn't matter to me though as I'm sure I can get 9" wide lightweight alloys and 265 section tyres in there :laugh: and possibly even the RS4 ceramic brakes :party:
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/quote]you cant start modding it already , surely !!! :jumping: :jumping:
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Mine came to £45k. Got rid of that horrendous matt silver trim that was in the release pics. Looks much better in stealth black!
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That sounds vicious! Suits the TT-RS as that also looks aggressive.... :evilgrin:
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Comes with "Tyre Mobility System" as standard eh? Isn't that poncy talk for a rattle can full of tyre sealant?
To be honest, I don't like the RS3 at all. The 2-tone wheels are horrible, it should have 2 oval tailpipes like the other RS cars, there's no manual option and no 3 door option (Sportback is dull to look at). If I had that sort of money to blow on an Audi I'd get the S4. It's cheaper, you can get one with 3 pedals and it sounds better in my opinion.
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That sounds vicious! Suits the TT-RS as that also looks aggressive.... :evilgrin:
I like this video much better of the sound track of Andys TTRS.
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^^ too much wind noise !
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just been looking at the bmw 1 m must admit i m liking that too
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can t afford either but no harm in looking :santa:
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I would have to get dentmaster out to get rid of that dint in the side. Then buy one of These (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-BLACK-BALACLAVA-SAS-STYLE-SKI-MASK-/220674141139?pt=Men_s_Accessories_UK&hash=item3361342bd3)
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Ive just bought a new bmw and my last few cars have been m3s, ive got to admit though that 2.5l audi turbo engine is a beast there is not much out there that will touch one of these at stage 2, and thats including supercars ! where as even mega tuned twin turbo 3.0l bmw engines (like the new M1 M3 engines) seem to be struggling to meet these figures, the vag engines at the moment are pretty special, although IMO RWD doubles the fun !