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Re: RS3 Standard Equipment and pricing.
« Reply #45 on: December 20, 2010, 03:21:08 pm »
Can't be much on the options list then, other than the Recaro buckets and paint?

Race Haldex controller, Sir?  :happy2:
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Re: RS3 Standard Equipment and pricing.
« Reply #46 on: December 20, 2010, 03:34:21 pm »
Mike it's no haldex  :signLOL: it's a propper 4wd

Mods yes but way too many to stick in this little box

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Re: RS3 Standard Equipment and pricing.
« Reply #47 on: December 20, 2010, 03:42:17 pm »
Get ooouuuttttt...

The engine's shoved in the wrong way round for that, Shirley?

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Re: RS3 Standard Equipment and pricing.
« Reply #48 on: December 20, 2010, 03:47:57 pm »
Taken from the Audi website.

Introducing the multi-plate clutch

The task of channelling the massive power of the RS 3 Sportback engine onto the road – whatever the situation – is masterfully handled by the upgraded RS 3 Sportback quattro® drivetrain.

At its heart is The Haldex® clutch, an electronically controlled, hydraulic multi-plate clutch that controls the flow of power between the engine and the gearbox. If a situation calls for it, the clutch redirects a majority of the torque input from the front wheels to the rear wheels. And it does so in a fraction of a second.

quattro®: what it does and how it works

Front-wheel or rear-wheel drive has certainly improved thanks to innovations such as electronic stability programmes, anti-lock brakes and traction control. But two-wheel drive cars will, particularly in extreme circumstances, sometimes exhibit certain (and usually undesirable) characteristics.

Due to the weight of the engine and other assemblies resting on the front axle, front-wheel drive cars tend to be slightly superior to rear-wheel drive cars in the amount of grip they can transmit to the road during wet conditions.

But in a front-wheel drive car, hard cornering or cornering on a slippery road surface can cause understeer: where the car continues forwards even though the wheels are turned.

Conversely, rear-wheel drive cars can suffer from oversteer: the driving wheels deliver more power than the road surface can handle, causing the rear end to slide and the car to travel sideways. This can be quite difficult to control and traction aid systems and electronic stability programmes will engage quite early.

Slippery surfaces

With quattro, drive is distributed to all four wheels permanently in varying amounts, depending on the road conditions and how the car’s being driven; it’s constantly ‘feeling’ how much grip there is for each wheel. If a wheel loses grip, drive is diverted away to wheels that have better contact with the road. All his happens imperceptibly, but it results in a feeling of exceptional composure and control, even in what would ordinarily be potentially dangerous driving conditions.

Cornering

With front-wheel or rear-wheel drive the car is effectively being either pulled or pushed round a bend. Instead, with quattro four-wheel drive, all four wheels work together and drive is delivered to where it’s needed and regulated where it isn’t. This means greater stability, more assured road-holding, enhanced agility and improved steering precision.

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Re: RS3 Standard Equipment and pricing.
« Reply #49 on: December 20, 2010, 04:02:32 pm »
Colour me confused.
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Re: RS3 Standard Equipment and pricing.
« Reply #50 on: December 20, 2010, 04:05:06 pm »
They have diluted the quattro brand to include Haldex cars  :sick:

Does that mean my .:R is a quattro then?  :laugh:

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Re: RS3 Standard Equipment and pricing.
« Reply #51 on: December 20, 2010, 04:10:45 pm »
That's   :confused: me too now  :signLOL:

Mods yes but way too many to stick in this little box

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Re: RS3 Standard Equipment and pricing.
« Reply #52 on: December 20, 2010, 04:31:33 pm »
Sounds like they're trying to dress up Haldex?

Don't get me wrong, the new Gen4 stuff is really good, very aggressive in the R36 - but you can't call it quattro.

This is 5-pots and quattro... (my mate's 80 on a recent hoon around the Evo triangle)

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Re: RS3 Standard Equipment and pricing.
« Reply #53 on: December 20, 2010, 05:02:59 pm »
Next year I think I'm aiming for one of these  :drool:

Standard spec (for once) looks pretty much ok to me

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Re: RS3 Standard Equipment and pricing.
« Reply #54 on: December 20, 2010, 05:11:28 pm »
OT but TD clip that reminds me of many years spent watching the Gp B cars in the Welsh forests.  The noise was immense.

My M+D lived near Mold in North Wales and every year when the Lombard RAC was on we would take my Opel Manta 1.9 with the BVH and twin 40's over to Dolgellau for the service and then back onto Clocaenog to see the likes of Mikola, Blomqvist, Rohrl, Vatanen, Toivenen, McRae, and even Pondy in his TR.

Great great days, slightly later but seeing Kankkunen flying in his T16 205 with virtually all the body work missing smoking like Puffing Billy, but still spitting fire after an off in a fire break,  or seeing a Lancia Delta  leaving service in a hurry with a pressure washer following it, memories i will not forget.

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Re: RS3 Standard Equipment and pricing.
« Reply #55 on: December 20, 2010, 05:57:10 pm »
^^^^^ great days these never seen you there dave , rally gb is pants in comparison  :sad1:

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Re: RS3 Standard Equipment and pricing.
« Reply #56 on: December 23, 2010, 12:11:20 am »
So what colour John?

Daytona Grey - originally I wanted Solar "ASBO" orange, but decided it would take XX years to go through the system

Bose and cruise are the only options you need although the black optics pack looks nice. :smiley:
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Re: RS3 Standard Equipment and pricing.
« Reply #57 on: December 23, 2010, 08:27:09 am »
 :xmassmiley:That's my perfect spec car! I would prob add privacy glass instead of cruise (and would be hard to resist those buckets) but now I can't wait until you get this! :driver:

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Re: RS3 Standard Equipment and pricing.
« Reply #58 on: December 23, 2010, 03:48:50 pm »

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Re: RS3 Standard Equipment and pricing.
« Reply #59 on: December 23, 2010, 04:18:49 pm »
So what colour John?

Daytona Grey - originally I wanted Solar "ASBO" orange, but decided it would take XX years to go through the system

Bose and cruise are the only options you need although the black optics pack looks nice. :smiley:
i can only see black , red , grey and white is this right ? , i m loving the rs3  :happy2: