Thinking Hard About This One...

"Shane Moore" (snakesm13)
09/14/2020 at 21:22 • Filed to: None

2018 RS3

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Don’t worry both they and I know the price is too high. They’ve come down $5,500 from the initial offer.

Anyone have any experience with these? Or Audi’s? This is still under warranty until 5/22.

DISCUSSION (34)

412GTI > Shane Moore
09/14/2020 at 21:33

Yes is all I can say. I’m a sucker for these and that’s a great color to go with it!

gettingoldercarguy > Shane Moore
09/14/2020 at 21:33

Amazing car that responds better than most anything to mods.

Nom De Plume > Shane Moore
09/14/2020 at 21:33

Looks nice.

Have to laugh at the first 8 photos. Lot boy/photo assistant must be an utterly unsatisfying occupation. Laying across the front seats that many times is enough to put a sympathy crick in my back.

gettingoldercarguy > Shane Moore
09/14/2020 at 21:33

Nick Has an Exocet > Shane Moore
09/14/2020 at 21:36

I’ve heard that the TTR-S is a better car despite being the same drivetrain. The TT also got the better interior of the two. That said, it was on my shortlist for a while for replacing the Lancer.

I really love the A udi glass cockpit. The digital gauge cluster was (not sure if it still is) optional and an absolute must-have. Audi nails it on that.

The RS3 didn’t get a very good exhaust so a catback is a good first mod if you buy one - the t5 really deserves to be heard.

E90M3 > Shane Moore
09/14/2020 at 21:37

Porsche of San Antonio has been the only Porsche dealer that wasn’t hospitable to me.

Nick Has an Exocet > Nick Has an Exocet
09/14/2020 at 21:40

functionoverfashion > Shane Moore
09/14/2020 at 21:42

Yes, buy it and then also sell it before 5/22. But yessssss

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > Shane Moore
09/14/2020 at 21:44

Looks great! Love the color and they sound amazing too...takes well to mods as well

These can be had in manual right?

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > gettingoldercarguy
09/14/2020 at 21:48

Wow.

VaporishPuma > Shane Moore
09/14/2020 at 21:48

Love the RS3, especially in that blue. The I5 engine is wild. I (personally) was not a huge fan of the transmission, but there is only one option in that aspect. I didn’t drive one other than briefly while my own A4 was in for service.

As with any Audi, a warranty will likely be very helpful.

Shane Moore > gettingoldercarguy
09/14/2020 at 21:49

Why would you show me this!

Shane Moore > Nick Has an Exocet
09/14/2020 at 21:51

Yeah, I really can’t give up the convenience of the back doors with kids. Or else I would go M2 with manual or GT350.

Shane Moore > ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability
09/14/2020 at 21:52

Nope, Dual Clutch only.

Shane Moore > E90M3
09/14/2020 at 21:54

I had the same experience the first 2 times (2012-2014) until I took my Cayenne GTS in for service. Ever since I was taken seriously and even encouraged to take a joyride.

Shane Moore > VaporishPuma
09/14/2020 at 21:56

There is a red one for sale also but I think the blue is much better. I have never driven an Audi outside of the original TT.

Shane Moore > Nom De Plume
09/14/2020 at 21:57

Ha, this is a take I had never considered.

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > Shane Moore
09/14/2020 at 22:13

Aah ok! Best luck, oppo needs more blue cars :)

OmerCarrothers333 > Shane Moore
09/14/2020 at 22:13

My kids want me to get rid of my 3-door GTI so bad. I'm not going to, because it looks "right"

Shane Moore > OmerCarrothers333
09/14/2020 at 22:25

The golf only looks good in 2 door.

Shane Moore > 412GTI
09/14/2020 at 22:25

I’ll add one to the yays column.

Shane Moore > functionoverfashion
09/14/2020 at 22:26

Who am I kidding, no way will I keep a car that long.

Merkin Muffley > Shane Moore
09/14/2020 at 22:39

I have a thing for these.

Shane Moore > Merkin Muffley
09/14/2020 at 22:41

That sounds like a yes to me, noted.

VaporishPuma > Shane Moore
09/14/2020 at 23:18

Yeah that blue is something else on the RS3. I drive a B7 generation A4, with the 3.2V6, and it puts a smile on my face every time I drive it. The only thing that hurts is the maintenance on a 12 year old Audi haha!

Merkin Muffley > Shane Moore
09/15/2020 at 00:12

“You had me at '5 cylinder growl'...."

gettingoldercarguy > Shane Moore
09/15/2020 at 00:13

Uh I’ve got a bunch of reasons, but I’m tipsy.

I like your SUV collection however, I love small high powered cars. There’s something to be said for having a sedan (or wagon) that dunks on dedicated performance cars. SUVs are inherently at a disadvantage for many reasons. This car...looks like a fancy golf and it is. So when you kick the shit out of somebody in a much “faster” car it’s fantastic.

I remember street racing several decades ago against somebody in a mustang and we were in my rotary. After we dunked on them I said “Great race! The V8s are really fast.”

We just got a “fuck you”.

Good times

pip bip - choose Corrour > Shane Moore
09/15/2020 at 05:49

as an Audi dealership employee in the parts department, get shot of it when warranty expires.

E90M3 > Shane Moore
09/15/2020 at 08:01

In Hilton Head, the only question they asked was whether or not the salesman was coming along on the test drive.

Bought the M3 over the phone from Park Place Porsche in Dallas, and that was a very pleasant buying experience .

They didn’t even come talk to me when I showed up to the one in San Antonio.

Textured Soy Protein > Shane Moore
09/15/2020 at 13:17

I’m nearly physically incapable of being excited by an Audi.

Shane Moore > Textured Soy Protein
09/15/2020 at 16:30

Man... What happened to you with em? And now I’m back on the Veloster N at a different dealership and you go and post about how it wasn’t for you. Strange.

Textured Soy Protein > Shane Moore
09/15/2020 at 18:23

There are certain car brands I just don’t vibe with. VW/Audi being one and Toyota/Lexus being the other. It’s not that I hate either of them but they just don’t do it for me.

Veloster N is good in its own way but I hate the body shape and there are other fwd hot hatches I prefer driving .

I... may have just bought a car, but I can’t spill the beans yet! I’m picking it up tomorrow and have a long post drafted up.

Shane Moore > Textured Soy Protein
09/15/2020 at 18:44

Congrats! I’m going to venture a guess... Mercedes-Benz

Textured Soy Protein > Shane Moore
09/15/2020 at 19:34

The car I bought has active cruise, unlike all the Mercedes CLA 45s I found that were equipped with the optional LSD. Come on now , lemme hold on to the news until I actually am in possession of the car lol.