CH on Cars (M135i vs RS3)

[Sunglasses Ron]

No VAG trolling (honest ), just worth a watch IMO..

I am a big fan of the RS3 (and would have one for my job tbh). But the ugly baby BM aint done so bad IMO. Especially in the head to head run..  

[Poverty]

The beemer is amazing value for money!

[Sunglasses Ron]

Certainly is Jas (even if it isn't a looker).. A potential 38mpg, £30k, 2WD, 5dr hatch that cracks 10 secs 0-100 out the box is bloody impressive IMO..

[Poverty]

Will they be making a coupe version do you know? Will be a 2nd hand bargain I think in 2 years time! 10sec 0-100 mental for the money. The way technology keeps moving on is great

[Sunglasses Ron]

Will they be making a coupe version do you know? Will be a 2nd hand bargain I think in 2 years time! 10sec 0-100 mental for the money. The way technology keeps moving on is great

Rumours of a 2 series Coupe are very strong.. 

[Poverty]

Will they be making a coupe version do you know? Will be a 2nd hand bargain I think in 2 years time! 10sec 0-100 mental for the money. The way technology keeps moving on is great

Rumours of a 2 series Coupe are very strong.. 

In time for your upgrade?

One thing I dont agree with the review though, ie driving position of the rs3, if its anything like my TT its fully adjustable? Ass can be sat on the floor, steering wheel goes up and down in and out. Jonny adjusted my seating position and it felt proper racecar 

[Top Cat]

You cant argue with the performance of the Bimmer for that money, You would think with the price differential between the 2 cars the BM would struggle to match all round performance, but it simply smashes it. 
I know you can lessen the under steer on the Audi with a few mods, but you shouldn't have to.  Under steer kills track day fun unless you are a rally driver.

[winrya]

it's such as shame the 1 series is so ugly as the noise of that engine on the track was just brilliant

[Poverty]

I wonder how the rs3 would have done on track with decent rubber though, my TT had understeer at the limits, then I fitted supersports like the m135 has fitted here and now it handles pretty much neutrally. The suspersports where developed partly with the TTRS and porkas (according to the article I read) with the aim to get more front end grip and less understeer which worked in my case.

[Top Cat]

I am sure you can greatly reduce it with good tyres, but you shouldn't have to, it cant be hard for Audi engineers to design a more neutral car at the design stage, this is there top sausage RS model. It has 4 wheel drive so they cant be worrying about everyone finding ditches. Just baffling.

[Poverty]

Well to be fair, and I dont know if it also includes the RS3, but you can spec the dunlop sportmaxx race tyres from the factory now, and they are on par with the supersports if not racier.

I recall a mag questioning a audi boss about why audi's are like this and his response was that an audi has to drive like an audi even the RS models as thats what apparently customers want. And having spent some time on the TT forums and reading some of the stuff the guys over there want from their cars I can see why. Sad for us, but at the same time I suppose thats why the VAG tuning scene thrives so much.

Im surprised at how good the BMW sounds, very nice, sounded like a NA car imo

[gobbleplease]

Just configured an m135i £31495, I think this could be the next car ! Diff and bye bye run flats job done !

[Oli]

It doesn't come with runflats.......does it?

[Poverty]

It doesn't come with runflats.......does it?

Only if you want it to. Free option looking at the bmw configurator

[Deako]

Just configured an m135i £31495, I think this could be the next car ! Diff and bye bye run flats job done !

Mine came to nearly £33k. Media professional is essenial in a BMW. Didnt Mike say BMW were offering fair discounts though?