I'm not criticising anyone here and apologies if my comments were misconstrued. And even though I have an S3, I'm not knocking any other model in any way at all. I'm on my first Audi and I'm blown away what a superb car the A3 is. I borrowed a 1.4 for just over a week and it was a lovely car. My point was around launch control. I think it is silly, even in an S3. I get its point in a drag race (eg Top Gear) but I simply don't get the point on a car that does 0-60 within 'normal' time frames, which I consider say 8 to 13 secs or so. Sorry.....just me.