[Suzuka_Ro]

We all know how the RS3 was inferior to the M135i according to his last video,
Now we have the A45 AMG against the M135i and this seems to be a more closely fought contest and does seem a bit of a machine the Merc.

Wouldn't have one myself tho...

Edited by CatnipRS3, 17 July 2013 - 09:36 PM.
Corrected YouTube link

[P_G]

I'd quite happily give him my car on Goodyears and sho him the difference it make. Are you reading this Mr. Harris? Get your 2 pet favourites back together and I'll give you my car and I'll put money on you being more impressed than you were with the RS3 press car on Conti's

[Douglas]

I do agree with Chris that the RS3 does understeers badly even after I changed to GYF1 tyres. But there is always the slow in fast out technique.

[CarrG]

Do you swith the traction off fully? I find it behaves much better fully off.

 

Think you could give C Harris a perfectly set-up RS3 and he would still slate it...

[Douglas]

In Singapore, we have the opportunity to drive in the Sepang Internation Circuit in Malaysia (just a 2-3hours drive away).

I drove about 10laps with the traction on and the car understeers badly even with the F1 tyres and I had the 034 Rear ARB installed and MTM Stage 1. It was my first time in Sepang with this car, so I was a little cautious and leave the traction control on.

 

But after getting familiar with the car, I turn it off and amazing things happened! I shaved a full 10secs off my previous time with traction control on. But the car still understeers when push to the limits and I have learnt to know the limits of this car and adapt the slow in fast out control. I was also running too high trye pressure as well, thus insufficient grip of the tyres. I only did 3 laps with the traction control off and the rear ARB started knocking against the rear drive bolts, so I have to call it a day.

 

 

Do you swith the traction off fully? I find it behaves much better fully off.

 

Think you could give C Harris a perfectly set-up RS3 and he would still slate it...

[ryes3]

I've said it before on other forums but I guarantee he would have a different opinion if he had driven the optional 255 front's that I have on mine. Only ever had the rear skip in mine, no mention of under steer at all!

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[ryes3]

Not to mention the muppets response to the stiffer suspension after pressing the S button..... Uurgh, taxi??

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[P_G]

Douglas, I still maintain you have the wrong spec bar from 034 which I also did initially, pity you can't get it changed unless you have found your invoice as yet? I have had zero issues with mine which is the revised spec and I don't believe Klauster has had any problems with his either.

 

And given the sound of a bar rubbing against fastly spinning diff bolts it's not a noise you would easily miss!

Edited by P_G, 19 July 2013 - 07:10 AM.

[Klauster]

I've been driving hard for a couple of weeks without any knocking, just a bit of tyre squeal

[PT3]

No knocking from mine either, and I drive hard.

[MacD]

I lost a lot of respect I had for harris when he claimed the suspension was awful when it changed on the S button and that the BMW was faster because it over took the RS3 at 140mph despite being slower 0-60 and around the track.........

 

Making the review fit to his own desired outcome!

 

Also while i'm ranting,  If you have to step out the rear of a car to keep up then realistically in the real world its considerably slower as 99.9% are not going to do that on the road!