Absolutely love my RS3, but as we have been approaching our third anniversary, I have been considering trading her in for a younger model 
I've looked and tested a few alternatives with similar offerings from merc, VW & bmw but to be honest I was still smitten with what I had so I have decided another brand at the moment isn't for me and wouldn't tick all the boxes to give me the long term satisfaction and practicality I need with a young family, etc.
The 8V is becoming more and more appealing and if the sedan version was an option I would have signed up by now. I'm also a big buckets fan, so at the very least I will need to wait a bit longer to get my right spec and by then I will have had a chance to test drive too, so given that wait and then the build time from order time I recon I'm looking at a MY16 plate which is practically a year away...arrgghh!
Last week was MOT and TAX time, so I decided to give her a wee anniversary treat and got my one slightly scuffed alloy refurb'd to have 4 like new again. At the same time she has 4 recently new MPSS. I also replaced drivers headlamp as the current one had a crack from a motorway stone chip and would have been needed for MOT anyway, otherwise she passed with flying colours.
To top that off she's just had a full detail inside and out and looks like new.
So as I'm now out of warranty I have committed to the first serious performance mod. I looked at hundreds of threads and have taken advice on all the top 'mappers' and their warranty cover and have finally bitten the bullet and signed up for my baby to get some botox in the form of MTM Stage 1.
She's booked in for Monday and I should have her back by the end of next week.
Performance stats and graphs look good at 410ps (assuming she is currently standard at 340ps) and should help keep our relationship as strong as ever. The only other mod I have already done is the cat bypass mod which shouldn't make much of a difference I would have thought, although acoustically its one of the best mods I done in proportion to price!
Anyway, will keep you all posted on next week's treat.
Cheers,
E
I've looked and tested a few alternatives with similar offerings from merc, VW & bmw but to be honest I was still smitten with what I had so I have decided another brand at the moment isn't for me and wouldn't tick all the boxes to give me the long term satisfaction and practicality I need with a young family, etc.
The 8V is becoming more and more appealing and if the sedan version was an option I would have signed up by now. I'm also a big buckets fan, so at the very least I will need to wait a bit longer to get my right spec and by then I will have had a chance to test drive too, so given that wait and then the build time from order time I recon I'm looking at a MY16 plate which is practically a year away...arrgghh!
Last week was MOT and TAX time, so I decided to give her a wee anniversary treat and got my one slightly scuffed alloy refurb'd to have 4 like new again. At the same time she has 4 recently new MPSS. I also replaced drivers headlamp as the current one had a crack from a motorway stone chip and would have been needed for MOT anyway, otherwise she passed with flying colours.
To top that off she's just had a full detail inside and out and looks like new.
So as I'm now out of warranty I have committed to the first serious performance mod. I looked at hundreds of threads and have taken advice on all the top 'mappers' and their warranty cover and have finally bitten the bullet and signed up for my baby to get some botox in the form of MTM Stage 1.
She's booked in for Monday and I should have her back by the end of next week.
Performance stats and graphs look good at 410ps (assuming she is currently standard at 340ps) and should help keep our relationship as strong as ever. The only other mod I have already done is the cat bypass mod which shouldn't make much of a difference I would have thought, although acoustically its one of the best mods I done in proportion to price!
Anyway, will keep you all posted on next week's treat.
Cheers,
E
