It looks quite likely that I'll be leaving. I've had my S3 for three years now, other than a paint problem on the inside of the rear bumper its been faultless.
But I'm looking for a new car, sadly I wouldn't consider another S3. Whilst its a great car I've always thought that the handling should be better, I used to agree with veeeight, if you've been on here long enough to remember him.
My thoughts on a new ride are, Golf R, AMG 45, M2, Focus RS, M140, and perhaps an RS3.
I'm a bit reluctant to buy a car that's over the forty grand limit as I think the VED is a pure rip off. So that rules out the AMG and the RS3 which I've found to be hugely nose heavy, but I'd consider a low mileage M2 if it was registered before the tax changes. I'm not keen on the M140 or M240 for that matter. So that leaves the Golf R and the Focus RS.
There are so many Golf R's about that the residuals are very low. The S3 fares so much better in this respect. So at the moment it's looking very much like an RS. I had another long test drive the other day and it's a joy to have a much better grippy front end, no understeer. It sits really flat and goes well, though quicker than the S3 not by much.
It's not final yet, I was hoping for a better deal on my as new ten thousand mile Sepang S3.
I'll be sad to leave the Audi marque but may well be back at some point.
But I'm looking for a new car, sadly I wouldn't consider another S3. Whilst its a great car I've always thought that the handling should be better, I used to agree with veeeight, if you've been on here long enough to remember him.
My thoughts on a new ride are, Golf R, AMG 45, M2, Focus RS, M140, and perhaps an RS3.
I'm a bit reluctant to buy a car that's over the forty grand limit as I think the VED is a pure rip off. So that rules out the AMG and the RS3 which I've found to be hugely nose heavy, but I'd consider a low mileage M2 if it was registered before the tax changes. I'm not keen on the M140 or M240 for that matter. So that leaves the Golf R and the Focus RS.
There are so many Golf R's about that the residuals are very low. The S3 fares so much better in this respect. So at the moment it's looking very much like an RS. I had another long test drive the other day and it's a joy to have a much better grippy front end, no understeer. It sits really flat and goes well, though quicker than the S3 not by much.
It's not final yet, I was hoping for a better deal on my as new ten thousand mile Sepang S3.
I'll be sad to leave the Audi marque but may well be back at some point.