Audi S3 after DC5
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Its up to you at the end of the day I was only voicing an opinion. Plenty of people do like the S3 which why Audi sold so many. Not for me at all though.armjoker said:You guys scare the excrement out of me) for the first time in my life i knew approximately what car to buy, no im in more doubts. S3 is boring, M3 will try to kill me and rob me same time...
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This comment in a nut shell.josh92 said:
I've owned high power, quicker cars to the Teg but the Teg for me ticks more of the boxes I want from a car; however if I was to do longer commutes more often, or had to go on rough terrain more often the Teg wouldn't be for me.
I've driven the newest S3 s Tronic model, it was blistering quick, really easy to cover ground and instant pace. However I can echo the above, it was boring due to the feeling on controls was very numb. Saying that I would still have one for right reasons if you want something more grown up, useable space, okay mpg, quick turn of speed as a hot hatch; but think I would prefer the golf r as it feel audi drives are more numb and soulless (for me).
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Well im looking for something fast when needed, eco when needed, some space for 4-5 people to sit, decent boot. Something that you could put a baby in there (dont have one at the moment but you never know And not too expensive to keep.
Sounds like perfect car recipe to me
And not too expensive to keep.Sounds like perfect car recipe to me
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Road tax for my M3 is the same as my Teg was.
Fuel I'm averaging 22mpg, though it's my second car so most of that is fun miles! Sit at 80-90 and it'll return low 30s for mpg, maybe more if I tried! Can't resist using the pedal to hear the rasp though
Mine hasn't been due a service in my ownership yet, but looking at the invoices from previous BMW visits they are not cheap! The last invoice dated a few weeks before I bought it came to just shy of £1k!
Fuel I'm averaging 22mpg, though it's my second car so most of that is fun miles! Sit at 80-90 and it'll return low 30s for mpg, maybe more if I tried! Can't resist using the pedal to hear the rasp though
Mine hasn't been due a service in my ownership yet, but looking at the invoices from previous BMW visits they are not cheap! The last invoice dated a few weeks before I bought it came to just shy of £1k!
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Good luck and have funarmjoker said:Going to test drive S3 tomorrow, will report back if it not bore me to death
The turn of pace and power on tap makes things a lot easier to drive and point to point quick.
The comfort ride might suite your next needs, so don't go in there with a clouded judgement from views on here.
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Yes ...it sounds like a Teg to be honest!armjoker said:Well im looking for something fast when needed, eco when needed, some space for 4-5 people to sit, decent boot. Something that you could put a baby in there (dont have one at the moment but you never know
Sounds like perfect car recipe to me
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ok guys, just got back from test drive.
it was 2008 S3 in silver with 53k km (32k miles) on the clock. The car was so new that its hard to imagine the condition of it. I would compare it with brand new car only. After looking around and inside i looked under the hood. Unlike the teg when you open the hood you can see only a plastic with audi logo and S3 on it, not much too look at there, very clean though. Its stock, no modifications at all.
Now the test drive. Even though the owner was keep telling me it has 330 bhp and not 265 like Audi said, I dint see any performance difference compared to DC5 to be honest. We were 4 ppl in car, AC on max (very hot in here). The only difference with the teg is it was more torquei For some reason I was expecting more from it The drive was on highway. Good thing is, very confy, quite, no noise at all (too quite for me though, i want engine and exhaust noise). Bad is as many ppl her already said, its kind of boring if you could say like that and as was mentioned before, it was soulless. Didnt catch me... Also it was out of my budget any way It was good experience any way.
here is a link if you want to see the car http://www.autotrader.com.cy/autos/audi/s3/audi-s3-2008-hatchback-20-500-30132.html
it was 2008 S3 in silver with 53k km (32k miles) on the clock. The car was so new that its hard to imagine the condition of it. I would compare it with brand new car only. After looking around and inside i looked under the hood. Unlike the teg when you open the hood you can see only a plastic with audi logo and S3 on it, not much too look at there, very clean though. Its stock, no modifications at all.
Now the test drive. Even though the owner was keep telling me it has 330 bhp and not 265 like Audi said, I dint see any performance difference compared to DC5 to be honest. We were 4 ppl in car, AC on max (very hot in here). The only difference with the teg is it was more torquei
For some reason I was expecting more from it The drive was on highway. Good thing is, very confy, quite, no noise at all (too quite for me though, i want engine and exhaust noise). Bad is as many ppl her already said, its kind of boring if you could say like that and as was mentioned before, it was soulless. Didnt catch me... Also it was out of my budget any way It was good experience any way. here is a link if you want to see the car http://www.autotrader.com.cy/autos/audi/s3/audi-s3-2008-hatchback-20-500-30132.html
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I've had a r32 mk5 dsgjosh92 said:
The exhaust noise in standard form is a lovely growl, very distinct. I kept it standard as was the family car
Probably not much in it on pace to teg, but the Quattro helped but a good geo setup on dc5 is good on normal dry roads
Running cost not much difference to teg either.
I was part of this r32 orchestra
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=patIkvMUAY8
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No idea m8. M3 i cannot afford. Evo and subaru im not considering ither. I sold my teg, driving civic rs right nowPatch_teg said:
will stick to it for now. I would love FD2 but there are 2 problems with it, 1st i cant afford to buy one and 2nd there isnt one for sale in CY. Actually there is one, but the guy is selling it for last 3 years i cannot afford it any way and i guess no one can since its for sale for 3 years.