mike150
RMS Regular
Well I finally got myself a 5 cylinder Audi after 27 years of wanting one!
I think the start of the want was the fact that in 1983 my dad did his last Circuit of Ireland rally in a works Audi Quattro as Co driver to the late Robert McBurney with the other 2 works car being driven by Stig Blomqvist and Harald Demuth. I had the job of sitting in the passenger seat as a kid going to and from scrutiny in Belfast and the noise and experience stuck with me. Here is the very car..................
www.thecoolector.com
Here's a background to 5 cylinder Audi's
In the late 90's I looked at a few UR Quattro's but never bought as I never saw a nice one I could afford. I recall driving one 350hp one that had been subject to a very glowing ad but it turned out to all BS as it had been white and badly resprayed red and the boot opened when you braked! Another one I went all the way to the Glenshane to see had been hit a few times with a baseball bat and had a massive dent in the windscreen pillar. I subsequently forgot about them.
So after all these years and never really seeing the value of RS3's and looking at F80 M3's that I have to say I love on a dry day and find them pita in the winter as you just can't use 400+ in a 2wd. So I came up with the RS3 again. I wasn't going to bother but my mum passed recently and I thought F##K IT.
Last week I called the Audi sales guy I bought my fantastic 2015 S3 from about an RS3 that they had. I told him I wanted a good test drive so, very obliging, he brought the car to my house and I drove on roads I know. Bought it that day. Delivery day was today............
Sports exhaust
Sound pack
Comfort pack
Super Sport seats
Bang and Olufsen
Reverse camera
Red calipers
Advanced key
The noise is amazing as is the virtual dash....... Watching Google maps on the dash is surreal, and drive...... great, it's a hardcore S3 really though it's not much faster with 400hp so............. I might Revo it
Car is now filthy as I went straight to Enniskillen in it.
I think the start of the want was the fact that in 1983 my dad did his last Circuit of Ireland rally in a works Audi Quattro as Co driver to the late Robert McBurney with the other 2 works car being driven by Stig Blomqvist and Harald Demuth. I had the job of sitting in the passenger seat as a kid going to and from scrutiny in Belfast and the noise and experience stuck with me. Here is the very car..................
1981 AUDI QUATTRO
www.thecoolector.com
Here's a background to 5 cylinder Audi's
In the late 90's I looked at a few UR Quattro's but never bought as I never saw a nice one I could afford. I recall driving one 350hp one that had been subject to a very glowing ad but it turned out to all BS as it had been white and badly resprayed red and the boot opened when you braked! Another one I went all the way to the Glenshane to see had been hit a few times with a baseball bat and had a massive dent in the windscreen pillar. I subsequently forgot about them.
So after all these years and never really seeing the value of RS3's and looking at F80 M3's that I have to say I love on a dry day and find them pita in the winter as you just can't use 400+ in a 2wd. So I came up with the RS3 again. I wasn't going to bother but my mum passed recently and I thought F##K IT.
Last week I called the Audi sales guy I bought my fantastic 2015 S3 from about an RS3 that they had. I told him I wanted a good test drive so, very obliging, he brought the car to my house and I drove on roads I know. Bought it that day. Delivery day was today............
Sports exhaust
Sound pack
Comfort pack
Super Sport seats
Bang and Olufsen
Reverse camera
Red calipers
Advanced key
The noise is amazing as is the virtual dash....... Watching Google maps on the dash is surreal, and drive...... great, it's a hardcore S3 really though it's not much faster with 400hp so............. I might Revo it
Car is now filthy as I went straight to Enniskillen in it.
Last edited:
those who neigh sayers who go on about it not being worth the 10k more than an s3 - well i think it is just for the 5cylinder note and the throw back to the UR quattro
These sound class! Just right to treat yourself
