just bought a new shape (well 07 plate) audi s3,

Anyone on here know much about them or had one.

They seem quite tuneable, anything to watch out for, weak gear boxes etc.

 

An expensive golf

 

golfs are gay wheel drive, thats why i got rid of my focus rs, no power in the wet

 

Not all golfs are FWD.

The mk6 R is hands down a much better car than a mk2 FRS,

Haldex pumps can fail on the transmission, but this is rare. The S3 is a good bombproof box and engine.

 

I think the s3's are cool, looked at them myself recently. Think there easy to get 330hp out of with basic mods on the standard turbo

 

Like hell they are.

Each to their own tho

 

Please tell me why?

The Golf is ten times nicer to be in, 4wd, better balanced.

You have driven them both, right?

 

I have and i love the frsmk2 but with power its useless and dont like the golf but it is a better all round car and tuned there brilliant to drive

 

The gearbox on the golf r makes the car.

A rare car you don't see many of, I'm sure it will be a future classic

 

my little bro chopped his e60 m5 in for one was an awesome little car,sounded like a rally car on full blip awesome cars!
that blue colour it was a 2011 one

 

The s3 is a quality car

Quattro is strong as fuck
Handle like there on rails
Nice I side

Can't go wrong really

Happy launching.

 

My bosses s3 (09-59 plate i think) only done 20k ish miles been serviced on time and correctly has a hidious whine in 4th gear wich is getting worse.took it into audi several times while under warrenty and they said there wasnt a problem every time it went there.now he took it back last week and left it with them (still hasnt got it back) and there now saying it requires a new gearbox.£4600+vat for the gearbox then £130+vat an hour for however long to replace.apparently audi warrenty wont cover it so he is fighting with them at the moment.perhaps his is just 1 in a million to have gone wrong but audi arnt seeming very helpfull at all.

 

I have yes.

The golf has a great engine, (incedentally the same engine as my skoda) haldex drives mainly like fwd to me, it certainly doesn't power oversteer so drives much like fwd with better traction

The focus is just more exciting and characterful to me.

As a tool for taking a road apart they both are behind the Megane 265

I'd want to own the focus tho for the bludgeon of power and the character

As I said each to their own but the golf is not hands down better, it's marginal which is 'best' and wholly subjective but there isn't a large gap

 

think you can change the haldex controller to put more power to the rear wheels

 

My mates box blew on his mid mileage 09 s3, i also drove this car and hated it from the off