And as for the S3 sticking to the GT3 in scotland in the RAIN.... 4WD vs RWD in the wet ain't exactly fair is it.
You're right, any idiot can drive an S3 very quickly, it's close to foolproof. You can get in an S3 and drive it at 95% within an hour. With the Porker (like with the M3) you start out at 60-70% (depending on your skills) and move the game on learning all the time.
It's not hard to be quick in a straight line in the dry, it's much harder to stop in a straight line (from 150mph+)
The wife borrows my car (as she has a company pool car and there is no point having another car for now). Letting her out in a 350+bhp car only made sense if it had a safety net eg. Quattro (well Haldex!) as I don't want her/it in a ditch, as she is no Sabine Schmidt. Likewise I'm no Stig, so when I ended up braking then hitting someone elses oil at the end of Castle Combe main straight at Audi Driver International in 2007 I was glad of the support!