New Toy
#1
Posted 21 September 2016 - 08:11 PM
Can you guess what it is yet?
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#2
Posted 21 September 2016 - 08:16 PM
#3
Posted 21 September 2016 - 08:20 PM
Tut ! Huge give away in the photo ! It's an Audi !!!!Ok so it's not strictly an RS3 but thought I'd share anyway
Can you guess what it is yet?[emoji41
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But do these have the standard squeal !
#4
Posted 21 September 2016 - 08:43 PM
#5
Posted 21 September 2016 - 08:44 PM
#6
Posted 21 September 2016 - 08:51 PM
#7
Posted 21 September 2016 - 09:14 PM
Big thanks to Roy for meeting up and he has a heap of photos on the car. Had the journey back home to get to grips with it and one of the immediate things..... the brakes are SO much better. Makes a good noise as well and to top it all off;
It does similar mpg to the '3 and only used 2/3 of a tank from Bexley to Newcastle!
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#8
Posted 21 September 2016 - 09:26 PM
#9
Posted 22 September 2016 - 06:16 AM
#10
Posted 22 September 2016 - 06:27 AM
Hopefully not in my lifetime of ownership! That said having spent £3-4K on brakes for the '3 since I owned it I'm about half way there but have far better stopping power this time!
Edited by P_G, 22 September 2016 - 09:40 AM.
#11
Posted 22 September 2016 - 06:56 AM
#12
Posted 22 September 2016 - 06:57 AM
An excellent choice, Graeme; enjoy...
I'll go and measure my garage once again to see if an RS7 (5012 x 2139) might just fit...
#13
Posted 22 September 2016 - 07:17 AM
#14
Posted 22 September 2016 - 08:00 AM
#15
Posted 22 September 2016 - 08:05 AM
Just seen the MPG. What??? That's better than I'm getting in my '3 and I've got a very light right foot.
Edited by BillTheButcher, 22 September 2016 - 08:05 AM.
#16
Posted 22 September 2016 - 08:11 AM
#17
Posted 22 September 2016 - 08:48 AM
An excellent choice, Graeme; enjoy...
I'll go and measure my garage once again to see if an RS7 (5012 x 2139) might just fit...
I still think with the right goal post steel work supports that central spine wall could come out.
Just have to shift the gas main.
#18
Posted 22 September 2016 - 09:38 AM
It's only 10 cms wider, it's the near 2 foot extra length that would scupper any move to one and fitting it in your garage
Just seen the MPG. What??? That's better than I'm getting in my '3 and I've got a very light right foot.
it's the great thing with C.O.D. tech, stick the car in comfort mode and it shuts half down to 4cyl and at 77mph its not even ticking over 1850 rpm. There was a couple of 50mph sections on the way home so pootled through them but as soon as you step on the loud pedal, V8 power restored and you're near 3 figure speeds before you can see 'fook me!' It get's off the line slowly relatively to the '3 but when on the move....
And just to check last night was no fluke, 30.5 mpg on my commute to work this morning which is only 1 less than the '3, probably with me being a hooligan in the Tyne tunnel with the sports exhaust! And that's on 95 fuel so should get more when it's run properly on v-Power.
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Edited by P_G, 22 September 2016 - 09:55 AM.
#19
Posted 22 September 2016 - 09:54 AM
Sepang Blue 8V RS3. Loud Exhaust. Loud Music. Louder Interior. Quiet Exterior.
#20
Posted 22 September 2016 - 10:27 AM
It's only 10 cms wider, it's the near 2 foot extra length that would scupper any move to one and fitting it in your garage
it's the great thing with C.O.D. tech, stick the car in comfort mode and it shuts half down to 4cyl and at 77mph its not even ticking over 1850 rpm. There was a couple of 50mph sections on the way home so pootled through them but as soon as you step on the loud pedal, V8 power restored and you're near 3 figure speeds before you can see 'fook me!' It get's off the line slowly relatively to the '3 but when on the move....
And just to check last night was no fluke, 30.5 mpg on my commute to work this morning which is only 1 less than the '3, probably with me being a hooligan in the Tyne tunnel with the sports exhaust! And that's on 95 fuel so should get more when it's run properly on v-Power.
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Amazing.
What does it sound like when it's tickling along on 4 cylinders?
Edited by BillTheButcher, 22 September 2016 - 10:27 AM.