Wasn't expecting that....

Post by **adsgreen** » Mon Feb 18, 2013 8:05 pm

To be honest it takes quite a big difference in power before you really notice the difference from behind the wheel.

Post by **JonG** » Tue Feb 19, 2013 11:20 pm

D_K wrote:Had a drag with a SEAT Ibiza Cupra 1.4TFSI. Must have been mapped as kept the RS 3 honest up to 100!

I'd be worried ... you should have trounced it to 100

Did he have a jump start on you ? ... must have been a Stage 2 map otherwise or something !

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Post by **geek** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 10:36 pm

D_K wrote:I was suprised!
They are 180PS standard ... So maybe 240PS mapped?
But 300KG lighter?

Makes sense.

We do all get hung up on what is quicker than what...in most cases all we are ever talking about are fractions of a second in a theoretical world. In reality on road differences simply aren't that visibly vast......

Post by **drybeer** » Wed Feb 20, 2013 10:50 pm

D_K wrote:I was suprised!
They are 180PS standard ... So maybe 240PS mapped?
But 300KG lighter?

A colleague used to have the A1 185ps - and on a dry road it would see off a Focus RS until above 100mph, without mods.

Post by **WillRS** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 9:49 am

adsgreen wrote:To be honest it takes quite a big difference in power before you really notice the difference from behind the wheel.

totally agree with that. I drove up to a Ford dealership in a 435bhp VXR8 and test drove a 300bph focus RS (mk2). despite the fact the Focus on paper and in real life is a fair bit slower than the VXR8 it felt pretty much the same (a lot smaller obviously!)

Got back in the VXR8 and drove home and I didn't think "wow I can feel those extra 130bhp"

Post by **Dave_Hedgehog** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 1:10 pm

D_K wrote:Had a drag with a SEAT Ibiza Cupra 1.4TFSI. Must have been mapped as kept the RS 3 honest up to 100!

Take the hand brake off

My OH has a 180bhp 1.4TFSI polo GTI (and breath) and whilst its pokey (faster than my R32) it would be a dot in the mirror of my 3 from a standing start to 100

Post by **HYFR** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 1:28 pm

1. it was a rolling start, from about 30mph
2. it was obviously mapped as it was lowered
3. what dont you understand about WOT ?!?!

I over took it eventually by 100, but it kept me honest

live with it, the RS 3 isnt THAT fast !

R8 V10 tops 2nd gear at 70mph, now thats fast !

Post by **klauster** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 10:12 pm

D_K wrote:1. it was a rolling start, from about 30mph
2. it was obviously mapped as it was lowered
3. what dont you understand about WOT ?!?!

I over took it eventually by 100, but it kept me honest

live with it, the RS 3 isnt THAT fast !

R8 V10 tops 2nd gear at 70mph, now thats fast !

I'm sure its the turbo thing but it deffo 'feels' faster than the RS4....

Post by **PJC** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 10:21 pm

When DK took me for a spin in his RS3 I did think it was quicker than the RS4.

Not keen on the interior though looked and felt cheap.

Definitely needs buckets to make it feel special.

Post by **RIV** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 10:49 pm

Not keen on the interior though looked and felt cheap.

Definitely needs buckets to make it feel special.

+1
I was thinking of buying one a while back, but TBH I like my b7 better

Post by **klauster** » Thu Feb 21, 2013 11:46 pm

I don't want buckets, read too many horror stories about them sagging and wearing badly... I actually like the standard seats

interior is not a patch on the rs4 but I'm preferring the mpg already

Post by **adsgreen** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 9:02 am

WillRS wrote:
adsgreen wrote:To be honest it takes quite a big difference in power before you really notice the difference from behind the wheel.
totally agree with that. I drove up to a Ford dealership in a 435bhp VXR8 and test drove a 300bph focus RS (mk2). despite the fact the Focus on paper and in real life is a fair bit slower than the VXR8 it felt pretty much the same (a lot smaller obviously!)

Got back in the VXR8 and drove home and I didn't think "wow I can feel those extra 130bhp"

I remember my vxr8 - power was there but so was nearly two tonnes!

'Nippy' was never a word I'd have used to describe it. Was awful driving in London.
But once moving it was hilarious - to the point where drifting every corner became monotonous!

Post by **Dave_Hedgehog** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 3:52 pm

D_K wrote:1. it was a rolling start, from about 30mph
2. it was obviously mapped as it was lowered
3. what dont you understand about WOT ?!?!

I over took it eventually by 100, but it kept me honest

live with it, the RS 3 isnt THAT fast !

R8 V10 tops 2nd gear at 70mph, now thats fast !

3 possibilities come to mind

1) the other car had far more than a light tune to it

2) your cars a bit pony, coil packs are a vag Achilles heal

3) you have a vagina

So far the evidence is pointing to 3

Post by **HYFR** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 4:17 pm

Is that cos you fancy me?

Post by **Daytona3** » Fri Feb 22, 2013 10:41 pm

TBO I have not yet ridden in an RS4 so can't say how faster or slower it is than the RS3 - and I cannot compare build qualities.... but i have seen a fair lot of premium segment cars... quite frankly the 3 performs very very well in terms performance, (speed and acceleration) and comfort (even though I don't have the full bucket seats in mine)...

I must say that to buy this car i had to stretch a little bit my budget because as i have said in an another thread - I was even looking at the S3 but as many of you chaps pointed out to me... the RS3 is in a different league.....I love the car and it's cult status for me from beginning to end.... can't say it's perfect of course ( I still prefer the mmi over the rns-e for eg) but it's very well damn close.......

Three weeks back on the M1 i think, there was a v12 merc approaching me fast on the outside lane - it still felt like David and GOliath - but the RS 3 kept things uncomfortably close for the merc and - that - baby is what I was looking for all along - an under rated pocket rocket

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