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@Will-vk9th

Жыл бұрын

Congrats man! Hope you enjoy every bit of the car. Looks super!

Doesn't feel right watching an Audi video on here without the engine being on a pallet somewhere 😂

@bertone122

Жыл бұрын

Yes 😁 weird stuff

@eoinoconnell185

Жыл бұрын

And brand new 🤷‍♂

@1881Gordon

Жыл бұрын

Or any 'Signature Audi' Check Engine Light displays on the Dashboard 🤣

@fzr1000981

11 ай бұрын

5 cyl is legendary

I'm surprised with your amazing skills you buy new cars. Congrats though and hope you enjoy it - you certainly deserve it given how hard you work!

Hi Dean, great video and enjoy your ride. I will check, but pretty positive that you can switch off the lane assist via the MMI. This permanently turns it off, until you choose to switch it back on.

Really good point about the lane assist. I had a Beamer loaner recently. The lane assist was so aggressive, and as you say, dangerous!

VW across EU markets have many options just like we used to not long ago. I’ve just ordered my new car & if you pop on EU country configurators it’s a completely different story with the options list. Love the car & I’m a massive fan of the pan roof but I’d definitely have done the same for the Carbon Black looks so much better.

Congratulations on the new car... Keep the videos coming... As always I really njoy watching the work U do... Njoy the new RS3....

Strong figures! In the wet with a brand new engine. It will only come down with the nice weather and once the engine loosens up. Congrats on the new car. Enjoy!

I reckon you could turn off Lane Assist in an Audi - I did with my Tiguan - with VCDS. You can set it to memorise on or off - in other words when you set it OFF in the settings it stays off even when re-starting the car and if you turn it back ON it stays on. At least that way you can choose.

Well done on getting to the point of being able to afford the car, hard work and time does pay off. Cars nice but I agree that the interior does let it down slightly, Audi always had nice interiors and not cheap plastic.

The best thing for climate/air control are dials. I have a mondeo mk3 with Fan/Heat/Direction dials. Simple but perfect. 👌

Excellent choice Mate. Looks spot on, good music set-up, a must! Buttons are great. Subscriptions are becoming too common these days! Sounds OK at low revs. Well done

I've never been a massive Audi fan but well deserved Dean as you work your arse of. Have a question not specifically this car but when I was modding cars over 20 years we used to think that fake exhaust tips were often laughed at but allot of new cars have tips in the bumper which aren't actually connected to the car(my civic has it with triangles lol) what's your views on this as I notice the exhaust not being the same shape as the circles in bumper. Even akropovic exhaust are just tips. Maybe I'm old school with peco big 4 exhaust lol

Great review Dean, i really appreciate that you are so honest about everything. But what a lot of money, just what you said, you may aspect a better interior finish. But it sounds great and it is a very fast and beautiful car. I’m sure I stick with my Volvo V60 polestar 😊

My 8V has that feeling of its speed increasing and doesn't seem to peak but keeps getting faster, it's great. But then every time I drive a new car I get that sensation of it feeling faster than my 8V until I'm used to it.

Stunning car well deserved u work very hard and its paid off good luck fella from south wales respect.

Enjoy your new car Dean, you've worked for it and despite the few 'annoyances' I'm sure you'll come to enjoy it. Sadly its not my cup of tea, I find the interior cockpit area overly and unnecessarily complicated when we really should be concentrating on the road, but that's progress I guess.

@seanmoore4653

Жыл бұрын

you are gay

@MTKOZ

Жыл бұрын

In Aus the car is delivered standard with a HUD, which is great for keeping an eye on speed and warnings. Virtual cockpit has another display with gauges like the 8V too.

Nice car Dean! Well earned! I love an RS Audi, I took possession of a 23 plate Audi Q7 Black Edition a few weeks ago, the black accents really look nice, prefer it to the chrome effect plastic trims. Audi are doing some odd stuff though, The Q7 Black Edition is meant to come with Matrix Dynamic LED Headlamps and tail lights, due to "chip shortage" I only got basic LED headlamps with no halo DLR`s and standard incandescent bulb indicators... I think it spoils the look a bit, especially on at 70K car.. but had no other option. Looking forward to the RS6 engine out and turbo referb if / when you get to it!!

That carbon spec looks pukka.. the audi heads up display are epic compared to others.. Nice one Dean, well deserved dude 👏

Just seen an S3 in Lime Green. Boy, does it stand out! You're right. The black looks awesome 👌

Hard work pats off, great to see pal massive well done

Saw one of these in white a week ago. Front end looked amazing, nice car congrats 😃

Also, I think lane assist works okay for motorways especially at night in heavy rain because sometimes it's hard to make out the lanes. But other than that it's annoying

What a beautiful car😎 best of luck with it👍👍

I had a hatchback A3 2T. It was awesome. I always wanted an RS3 in the same body style but in the US, it has never happened. Funny enough, my other option was an RS4 four door sedan, but again the US only brought the RS4 until 2008 and S4 since-plus I think Audi only makes de avant- nowadays. I settled for a 2019 RS5 coupe; awesome car, love it. I only wished the back seats were more roomy.

Get the ASR valve controller fitted, I fitted it to mine within 2 days, makes a big difference to the noise.

Not an Audi/VW group fan, but as long as Dean is happy, I’m happy for him!

We are extremely lucky in Australia with these as they come pretty much with everything on them. Only options are carbon package, sunroof and carbon brakes really, most other things are standard fitment so there is no such thing as a volfsprung and you can put any package on and aren’t limited to three models.

@9:17, Astra GTE rev counter was like that, we've gone full circle!

@mauricetoussaint7283

11 ай бұрын

He didn't show you the twin dial display, which looks really sick.

Lovely car. Complete agree carbon black trim level is the sweet spot in the range. Enjoy!

'Black, all black like the procession of night that leads us into the valley of despair'...Johnny Nice, painter, Fast Show.

Beautiful 🤩 I’m well jealous 😢 work hard get rewarded well done mate . Love the carbon black

Like a squashed down RS4!, but does look so nice!!, congratulations and well done🙌🏼

What a great car review, unscripted and honest and informative.

Jeeezus min, loadsa stuff to do on that car as a future project 😮 Good to see you doing well tho. . IMO, diamond cut alloys don't last long before they need tidying up. . Matt Black wheels do it for me like.

I agree with you about lane departure, I’ve got it on my Q3 and find it most annoying. That and stop/start. I think Audi should give you the opportunity to turn off both permanently should you wish too.

Congrats on the new car!

Been waiting since you said it last week 💯💯💪

Lovely car. ❤. Audis are a very special purchase. I love my A6 blk edition.

I bought a 2023 A3 and I had to turn off the lane keeping assist, it is way too intrusive. I'm in USA and I turned it off once and it's stayed off. Congrats on the new car it is gorgeous! I wish we had the hatchback versions over here.

Great video as always - nice work. It is truly a nice car, and I'm sure it is hugely quick and capable, but I can't help feeling you were a bit underwhelmed. If I'd dropped that much cash into a motor I think I would want more fizz and spank. More gasp & tremble. More gratification. And yes, I know that all sounds a bit saucy. I would want sauce. It depends on what you need it for, and I don't doubt it will fulfil its purpose extremely well. But... 62k? I do hope it works out well for you with this car, Dean. Your channel is great, and I look forward to more excellent content 👍

Enjoy the car, Dean. Looks amazing

Lovely looking car Dean. Fantastic. This appears to be a wider problem I've found regarding the RS versions. The biggest competition to them is the S versions: running costs, modding etc....... TBH it's why I've got an S5b (V6t) over the RS5....... You pay a lot more for the RS looks imho.

I’m waiting for my carbon RS3 Sportback in black , I’ve been waiting nearly a year . Great video

After your review glad I got a new BMW 240i last year instead of a Audi the whole interior is so much better and is fully loaded and the only purchase I got after was traffic camera on my heads-up display.

Gday Dean, The fruits of your labour. Enjoy mate. Black is by far the best looking colour when clean imho. My last black car was a blown Holden HSV Maloo Ute. Loved driving it, hated the constant cleaning. Will you be off to the tuners soon? Cheers 👍👍🍻

Very nice car, it has such an aggressive stance, and the performance to match, however the price is eye watering😮.

Nice video and a super nice Car ! Wish you lot off fun with and many save miles !!!

i had my rs3 vorsprung saloon for 2 weeks and loving it 👍 last car was AMG A35 saloon and did not like the build quality so back audi as i had a S3 saloon 8v before 😊

Morning, yip well deserved car for you buddy, however as you walk around I kept anticipating a corner of the body caved inn or a wheel at an odd angle due to collision and a pile of bits to be fitted!! Enjoy😜😜😜🚗🚗🚗

For £60+k, you’d definitely expect more for your money, especially better tactical surfaces for starters

congratulations mate & good luck 👍🏻

I'm glad my mk3 TT you just hit the button at the end of the stalk and that turns off the land assist and it doesn't turn on again till I hit the bottom again.

Beautiful car, congrats.

Lovely car well done you deserve the nice things hard work always wins 👍 now get back to some saving salvage lol

Totally agree with the lane assist, we have a polo R and it's my biggest hate of the car. Really sketchy when you are not expecting it to force you over to the other lane. Hate it

Four seconds to turn off lane assist. I coded mine to be permanently off. Add some of the RS interior styling pack, as I have. Makes a difference to the interior and parts are easy to fit and can be ordered from your dealer.

Very nice but make sure it's garaged at night. Firm favourites for the guys walking about in hoodies at 2am

Congrats mate ❤

Looks amazing mate, Ghost and a tracker needed 👍

@fast_eddie3441

Жыл бұрын

Best tracker recommendations please?

@slats1987

Жыл бұрын

They shite needed. If someone wants it they're taking it whether that involves dragging you outside to put the code in or not.

Awesome car, some cars are going to charge a subscription for heated seats I hear, cruise control on a sub, whatever next.

Congrats Dean..Not sure about that spoiler though!

Dean it’s your money and your choice, no one should judge your choices. They don’t have to agree with you but respect your choices.

Had roof rails on my 8V at the time and loved them!!!!!

thankyou Dean,that certainly is a beautiful motor,,👍👍

Great video Dean. Nice car but the price is a no go for me. My other thoughts and comments I could not possibly post here!! Cheers, Bob

Stoked for you purchasing a new car. Is all this tech going to look like a 1980s arcade game in a few years?

How great would it be to have a macro button so that when you get in the car you press it to disable all the flannel and put all of the dynamics exactly how you like them.

Lovely car, congrats. One thing about specs, while it is easier to build, the main reason(so I've been told) is that they no longer let you pick individual options is the WLPT emissions testing system. They would have to test pretty much every possible spec configuration if you could pick individual options. Option packs makes it far simpler to run the tests! Pretty annoying tbh!🙄

Great video. I watch your channel all the time. I’m on the Island of Skye. Keep op the great work.

glad you got the hatch, much better than the sedan

Great video as always. I was interested to see the differences to my RSQ3. I don’t have to turn off the lane control. Or pay for the adaptive cruise (don’t especially like it though). I waited 10 months for mine and could have made a sizeable profit as I got a good discount but, despite the interior not being up to the 65k list, I love driving it. So it stays. Mine has the Sonos which sounds great compared to my previous C63 or the truly awful system in the F Tyoe.

I think you choose very well. Personally I don’t like sunroofs even the panoramic ones.

Did they actually forget to put an exhaust on it and gave you only the exhaust tips? Are the rear disks ventilated or they are still using non ventilated disks on the rs3 as well?

Jeez Dean!! £62 grand!!!!! OMG - I agree with you on the door cards, etc, as well, really “scratchy” plastic (way too much plastic IMHO) my Q5 is the same and I have got leather seats…I just think it’s a weird trim level! Im not a BMW fan but I think their interiors are much better!

Congrats stunning car , good vid , rapid

Isn't there a run in period on these from new?

I agree the buttons for the climate control temps etc very hard to see in the dark when I drove this generation a3. Also the lane control warning is even worse to switch off now you have to press and hold rather than just one touch

@knight2425

Жыл бұрын

I do t fully understand why they didn’t light them up but I get the feeling it’s because they are right beneath the display for that function so in reality they aren’t to hard too find in the dark if you look at the display

I once had a hire van the steering made me feel sick felt like I was driving on ice I couldn't wait to hand it back.

What a beast!

Looks good 👍👍 On a personal note, I don't like what the brands are doing nowadays with the rear bumpers and the exhaust tips. Looks weird having those tips into the holes, also for a car like this it could blend in a bit better.

@Tyronnster

Жыл бұрын

I said same thing. I remember exhausts were welded that shape lol

I drove my wife’s TT for the first time lane assist nearly pulled me into park cars 😱 I turned it off straight away

Great car! good luck with black tho.

Hi I drive a Audi A6 and get get the same feeling as you with the steering I drive with steering in dynamic setting all the time .

Deano.... technology wise Audi/VW are way ahead of anybody. Looks..... to die for, black roofrails.... absolutely finish it off. Price...... for Matt Black Alloys and some carbon trim (is it real carbon??)..... over the S3... a bit rich. But I am still insanely jealous mate, keep it up!!!

Agree with you 100% about the light steering. It's my only real complaint... It seems there should be a way to have a little bit of resistance to match the driving modes. Here in the US we get the round steering wheels, there you get the flat bottom ones, and I believe the performance models get the alcantara? Anyway, I think only those of us who really appreciate a good 'driver's car' will wish the steering wasn't so light.

@MTKOZ

Жыл бұрын

It does change? Steering gets heavier in performance modes.

Would love to be horrible about the spec and I am not the biggest Audi fan, but thats mint ! Love it

Fair play for been honest about your new car…. A few surprises about the spec… the whole subscription thing is silly tho…. 62k and pay monthly for adaptive cruise. Madness

this car is sooo beautiful

Lovely car,enjoy!!

I got a lot of customers complaining about the lane assist.

I like the fact how's this brand new engine is being run in :P pedal to the floor and when the finance runs out you take it back to the dealership and new owner will be happy with a low mileage car xD

@SavingSalvage

Жыл бұрын

That’s how you run these in. Best way, let the oil get up to temp and run it in hard

Lane assist was the first thing I turned off on my golf gti.

Congratulations Dean. But I would have put the money into the Porcshe and bought another Skoda

Nice car mate. Never been a fan of Audi's and for 62k there's lots of interior issues that I actually agree with you about. It's a lot of money for a car like that when the interior isnt very impressive.

As a fellow Gen 1.5 R8 V10 owner, I'm interested to know how you feel the performance of the RS3 compares to the R8? 👍

round steering wheel on the vorsprung is because the wheel is heated the flat bottom isnt heated in any model

Nice car u should of gone for the a45 Mercedes interior much more quality and about the same power outlet but again beautiful car love the black pack looks sick I’m just Mercedes all day on my 4th now anyway cool video 👌🔥

I'm sure it's a great car. Speaking for myself, I preferred the previous generation virtual cockpit with the round rev counter.

@MTKOZ

Жыл бұрын

There are 3 virtual cockpit displays. The stupid reverse runway, the Lambo curve and a twin round dial display. Selectable in an mmi menu however the round dial can't be used in rs modes from memory.

@Franksey180

Жыл бұрын

@@MTKOZI agree about the reverse runway, junk design but I guess opinions may differ.

Love it ❤ enjoy