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R8 is the same set up re exhaust tips, both sets on my two cars did corrode and both cars were less than 3 years old when I bought them with very low miles (R8V8 3000 at 3 years old) I was pretty anal trying to keep them looking nice, two things really pi** me off with VW/Audi, corroded tailpipes and rusty corroded brake discs/bells
The beauty of the tailpipes fitted into the rear PU/bumper is they can be changed, however, on the R8 it was still rear PU/bumper removal to get them off and they were still megga expensive for what they were
I demo'd an RS3 yesterday so I should put what I thought under reviews.
These were my initial thoughts comparing the RS3 to my current Golf 7.5R.
The RS3 was Quieter on engine and road noise, my R can sound a little 'mechanical' when pushed hard, also the engine was smoother as if the extra cylinder balanced things out and maybe the engine mounts are higher quality? The exhaust is very quiet at normal road speeds, i'm 70% convinced some noise is coming through the speakers, it's noticable when changing modes where the noise appears to come from
The STronic (mine is 7 speed as well) has smoother, better programmed changes than I am used of in the Golf
The suspension is better/nicely damped over bad roads, my golf feels under damped in 'comfort' and too hard in the other settings of Normal and Race on our crap roads,
The steering was lighter? I didn’t like that at first, I tried a few settings and eventually turned my attention to other aspects of the car, this feeling probably stopped me from pushing the car too hard, plus the fact we were in the middle of Storm Barra and there were huge puddles and tree c*ap everywhere. The car kept putting alarms up, Slippy road and reduced visibilty
lane assist was a PITA when crossing white lines, so turned that off, It gave a horrible feeling of the car 'jumping' over the road camber, I hope it was the lane assist doing that and not the wider front track and added negative camber, 911's used to do that when people turbo arched the front and then fitted either spacers or huge offset wheels.
Not hugely quicker? But, it only had 70 miles on it so maybe restricted through ecu? there again my Golf runs a Superchip at about 350/360hp so its fairly lively anyhow. I was a little disappointed power wise, but it may have been the sophistication and the ease of performance spoiling me? I certainly wasn’t shouting WOW and looking amazed like AHR was in his video
I did a short spell of Wifey type driving just to see how it felt and what mpg it would return under normal, just keeping with the traffic flow type stuff, mixed 30 to 70mph dual carriageway stuff, looks like it will return around 30-32mpg, just remember it was cold (they always do less in the cold) and the car had only done 70 miles.
The car felt very comfortable, sophisticated, premium and a notch above our Golf, quieter/smoother and probably quicker
These were my initial thoughts comparing the RS3 to my current Golf 7.5R.
The RS3 was Quieter on engine and road noise, my R can sound a little 'mechanical' when pushed hard, also the engine was smoother as if the extra cylinder balanced things out and maybe the engine mounts are higher quality? The exhaust is very quiet at normal road speeds, i'm 70% convinced some noise is coming through the speakers, it's noticable when changing modes where the noise appears to come from
The STronic (mine is 7 speed as well) has smoother, better programmed changes than I am used of in the Golf
The suspension is better/nicely damped over bad roads, my golf feels under damped in 'comfort' and too hard in the other settings of Normal and Race on our crap roads,
The steering was lighter? I didn’t like that at first, I tried a few settings and eventually turned my attention to other aspects of the car, this feeling probably stopped me from pushing the car too hard, plus the fact we were in the middle of Storm Barra and there were huge puddles and tree c*ap everywhere. The car kept putting alarms up, Slippy road and reduced visibilty
lane assist was a PITA when crossing white lines, so turned that off, It gave a horrible feeling of the car 'jumping' over the road camber, I hope it was the lane assist doing that and not the wider front track and added negative camber, 911's used to do that when people turbo arched the front and then fitted either spacers or huge offset wheels.
Not hugely quicker? But, it only had 70 miles on it so maybe restricted through ecu? there again my Golf runs a Superchip at about 350/360hp so its fairly lively anyhow. I was a little disappointed power wise, but it may have been the sophistication and the ease of performance spoiling me? I certainly wasn’t shouting WOW and looking amazed like AHR was in his video
I did a short spell of Wifey type driving just to see how it felt and what mpg it would return under normal, just keeping with the traffic flow type stuff, mixed 30 to 70mph dual carriageway stuff, looks like it will return around 30-32mpg, just remember it was cold (they always do less in the cold) and the car had only done 70 miles.
The car felt very comfortable, sophisticated, premium and a notch above our Golf, quieter/smoother and probably quicker
Good right up mate,
I have a slight different opinion my 7.5 running up 370 break Felt noticeably flat compared to the 8y did make me grin just keeps pulling,
And found that the seats were the only thing premium compare to the 7.5.
The performance did surprise me a little, I did drive a Golf 8R with even lower mileage and that had restricted boost, from memory it showed around 1.3bar on my first demo and 1.55bar on my second demo (I asked for another demo as the first time it just flashed ESC lights at me and I couldnt find the ESC Sport/OFF in the disaster that is the new infotainment mess) I do wonder whether they have restricted performance up to xx miles or maybe it had a tank full of E10 95 fuel?
I felt an hour or so wasnt long enough to properly explore all the options etc especially in the weather we were out in
The performance did surprise me a little, I did drive a Golf 8R with even lower mileage and that had restricted boost, from memory it showed around 1.3bar on my first demo and 1.55bar on my second demo (I asked for another demo as the first time it just flashed ESC lights at me and I couldnt find the ESC Sport/OFF in the disaster that is the new infotainment mess) I do wonder whether they have restricted performance up to xx miles or maybe it had a tank full of E10 95 fuel?
I felt an hour or so wasnt long enough to properly explore all the options etc especially in the weather we were out in
95 unleaded vs 99 will make a difference too.
My 8V Daza engined car always performed better on momentum 99.
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Probs the first person/review I've seen where it doesn't really impress them.
Joe A comments below and says it’s the best RS he’s driven...can’t and won’t ever please everyone
Agreed. Even those with the outgoing model say it’s a step forward.
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Lol did see that...gotta love the abuse haIt’s kicking off in the comments section now
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Yup when I was on Perons Dyno it’s a linked rollers one.
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NO WAY! I was going this weekend to be the first one to get one dynoed! That will be that then haha
You might still be the first to get a proper one done, this one seemed a little rough.
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Not surprising as it’s not really his sort of car.
For someone well versed in handling rwd, the rs3 is going to be very fake.
If I was knocking around in super cars or rare classics all the time I wouldn’t be interested in the rs3 either tbh.
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I am sure that everyone wants more than one dyno. I am hoping to get the car back next week and take it to one; and maybe try some drifting.Lol missed oppo for Tech in the car
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If you go yours will still be the first worthwhile result from the looks of the evolve video.
Fair play they posted it but it gave fairly meaningless results imho.
Feel free to post yours up when you get the chance
Well, I managed to head out in my local dealerships demo car today for about three hours. I know there’s plenty of opinions and reviews but thought I’d throw mine into the mix. In case anyone missed it, the car is a Turbo Blue Frankenstein spec saloon for reference.
I managed a mix of town, back roads and dual carriageway driving to try to get a feel for how it was in all the situations I could think of.
I really liked the drive, you can genuinely notice the rear diff doing its thing in RS Performance mode as well as dynamic. I did feel like it was still likely to understeer a bit if you’re off the power when you throw it into a corner because the diff can’t really do much to help you at that point. Being on summer tyres in damp, 3° temperatures really won’t have helped either, with none of the tyres getting above 19°…
I think I might be the only one so far to say this, but I didn’t come away from it thinking ‘I can’t wait for mine to arrive!’. I came away thinking ‘is it worth £60k with the A3 interior, despite the drivetrain?’.
It ticks all the boxes. Size, acceleration, braking, cornering, sound, etc. were all spot on but I just didn’t get the ‘fizz’ I expected. Not going to cancel my order just yet or anything, I’m just going to have to have a think I reckon.
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I managed a mix of town, back roads and dual carriageway driving to try to get a feel for how it was in all the situations I could think of.
I really liked the drive, you can genuinely notice the rear diff doing its thing in RS Performance mode as well as dynamic. I did feel like it was still likely to understeer a bit if you’re off the power when you throw it into a corner because the diff can’t really do much to help you at that point. Being on summer tyres in damp, 3° temperatures really won’t have helped either, with none of the tyres getting above 19°…
I think I might be the only one so far to say this, but I didn’t come away from it thinking ‘I can’t wait for mine to arrive!’. I came away thinking ‘is it worth £60k with the A3 interior, despite the drivetrain?’.
It ticks all the boxes. Size, acceleration, braking, cornering, sound, etc. were all spot on but I just didn’t get the ‘fizz’ I expected. Not going to cancel my order just yet or anything, I’m just going to have to have a think I reckon.
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Well, I managed to head out in my local dealerships demo car today for about three hours. I know there’s plenty of opinions and reviews but thought I’d throw mine into the mix. In case anyone missed it, the car is a Turbo Blue Frankenstein spec saloon for reference.
I managed a mix of town, back roads and dual carriageway driving to try to get a feel for how it was in all the situations I could think of.
I really liked the drive, you can genuinely notice the rear diff doing its thing in RS Performance mode as well as dynamic. I did feel like it was still likely to understeer a bit if you’re off the power when you throw it into a corner because the diff can’t really do much to help you at that point. Being on summer tyres in damp, 3° temperatures really won’t have helped either, with none of the tyres getting above 19°…
I think I might be the only one so far to say this, but I didn’t come away from it thinking ‘I can’t wait for mine to arrive!’. I came away thinking ‘is it worth £60k with the A3 interior, despite the drivetrain?’.
It ticks all the boxes. Size, acceleration, braking, cornering, sound, etc. were all spot on but I just didn’t get the ‘fizz’ I expected. Not going to cancel my order just yet or anything, I’m just going to have to have a think I reckon.
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I must admit, this week I’ve considered cancelling my order.
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I don’t want to be negative about it, I just can’t put my finger on what I feel is missing!
It’s ballistically fast and fun and I’m sure it could keep up with most things on a twist road while sounding good at the same time (despite the OPF). I don’t know if it was partly the VC layouts that bugged me? Don’t know.
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Not what I want to hear!
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Don’t worry too much about it, it’s just my opinion!
Give it a drive when you’re able and see what you think. There’s nothing ‘wrong’ with it that I found, so I find it weird I wasn’t more excited by it.
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Definitely worth it. You may well click a bit better than I did!
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The Chris Harris effect?
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That had crossed my mind! I don’t think so though, I don’t usually give too much weight to journalists really, I like to drive and try to make my own mind up. Hopefully it wasn’t in my subconscious!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Dunno, feeling a bit indifferent towards the 8Y now, has it moved on significantly enough to justify the cost, the long wait may get the better of me and could quite easily go and buy something else in the interim.
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Similar thoughts, then I checked on what else I wished for had similar or uncommitted delivery schedule.That had crossed my mind! I don’t think so though, I don’t usually give too much weight to journalists really, I like to drive and try to make my own mind up. Hopefully it wasn’t in my subconscious!
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Was it the Crewe demo car?
I must admit to getting back in our Golf and not being dissapointed like I thought I would be, I do that with Motorcycle demo, I learn more on my decision as to buy or not when I jump back on my own bike,
I just can’t come up with anything else exciting in the same price bracket that I actually want…
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