I like Banrock station. Rather cheap plonk but does the trick because now i like everything including skoda's
Sorry but an engine being thrashed in a race series is not the same as trying to keep it reliable on the road. I bet those race engines didnt last past one season.
I don’t even think the 3.2 lump was dropped because of emission laws. It still powers the fastest A5 and VW Eos. It is just cheaper to produce 4cyl engines. the problem with the 3.2 was general reliability. I don’t know anyone on this forum who didn’t have the hesitation problem that took 6 years for Audi to even admit there was a problem ! Most of us have a stretched or knackers timing chain which is an expense waiting to happen. Some on here got away with £3k or £4k to fix it with help from Audi, my bill came to £10k and without Audi’s help would have written the car of at just 43k miles. Even so it cost me £5k to fix. R32's are no better, just look on the VW forums at stretched chains....lol
Compared to a Merc 350 or Nissan 370 the 3.2 engine is not that bad on emissions.
On the + plus side the engine is silky smooth and is streets ahead of the S3 lump in refinement ! the S3 is rough noisy and suffers un acceptable turbo lag that makes it a pain with DSG which constantly drops the engine out of its power band at speed below 40-50 mph. Really the 3.2 lump has run its course, I had the early version in my 1992 VR6 nearly 20 years ago and there comes a point where you cant keep developing an old design to suit modern needs.
Its a bit of an odd choice really...in that they are quite different cars. Now if you were looking at a A3 3.2 and a S3 I could understand it. I don’t agree with Akash that the S3 has a better interior because it just depends on the options list when it was new. Most S3’s I have looked at are really poorly equipped, finding one with a light pack/rnse/cruise etc. is not easy. Yes you can add bits later but then that goes for the 3.2 as well.
No one on here or even Clarkson knows what you want/need so its down to you to drive both and as Nige says, see what floats your boat. Your comment “[FONT=Luciped, most have. Your better off chipping it yourself with a good make like Revo and knowing its history than paying good money for a thrash8230;Its not a speed thing, unless your talking fractions of a second there is not a lot in it, its just that the S3 will always be more saleable in years to come and the 3.2 is going to cost you a lot of money to maintain. My service bills and maintenance over 3 years has cost far more than the cars value alone.[/FONT]
phantom black is a bitch to keep clean ! apart from that the S3 is all good ..................
Aw! poor Everton, my Boss will be unhappy on Monday now! thanks for that lol
Thats the problem with Italians, they always support the wrong side lmfao
I'd also like to point out that both the 227bhp Ed30 and 237bhp Leon don't have the K04 or strengthened internals.
Going to have to correct you on that one. The ED30 and Cupra both have the same K04 turbo as the S3. The only difference is that the S3 comes with an uprated intercooler while the ED30 and and Cupra do not. Hence why the S3 is mapped with more power from the factory. All the three cars will remap to similar figures.
The Golf R with the 265bhp 20T is just new out this year and supercedes the old R32 with the 3.2 lump.
...and costs more than an S3.
No, spec them like for like and the S3 is still cheaper (and was before they added more kit as standard). Barmy.
Gives you an idea how much the next A3 is going to cost !!!!!
And its bit of a moose.
Even the old codger that the S3 is, it looks much nicer.
The Gti is the looker of the MK6 line up IMO.
Phantom Black is a superb colour and not that bad to keep clean ... we have had 6 in the family so far A3 x3 (sorry 2 , one was Ebony Black not so good.), TT, A6,A4, A5... superb colour with depth, a wash, chamois and polish up with a micro fibre e cloth and bob's your uncle...
yes then one trip out and car looks filthy again !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!