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    so, the new Audi S3 is out in oz

    ... and cheaper than I expected at $65.5k but still well kitted with 188kw, 6spd, quattro, 18's, silk nappa leather, xenons, bose stereo, front, front-side and rear-side airbags.

    $1300 for metallic paint is a little silly.

    so, along with the golf r32 sounds to be a reasonably priced alternative to sti's and evo's.
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    #2
    I'd still have an R32 though.

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      #3
      Originally posted by tremolo
      I'd still have an R32 though.
      not down with the 2.0 turbo FSI powaaa?

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        #4
        Have you heard the V6?

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          #5
          Yeah - hard to forget. But just doesn't seem to have the urge it should. This 2.0TFSI puts out the same power and Audi clames 0-100 in 5.8

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            #6
            DMS reflash of R32 netts 200kw and 360Nm. Price is $2000
            Upgrade headers and intake and get 210kW and 381Nm. Price $3000

            And its still cheaper than a S3.

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              #7
              drove a 2.0tfsi a couple of weeks ago. very nice car. impressed with the DSG too.
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                #8
                If you're after an occassional track day car, I would not look at a VW or Audi. Using the Dutton Rally as a guide, VW/Audis are no where near the pace of the Evos/Stis. As a luxury daily with a bit of poke, they'd be nice.
                "If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough horsepower." - Mark Donahue Penske Porsche 917

                "In Japan we no give fark for Subaru" - Trust Japan Technical Director
                (TM - AVENGE)

                "You can never have enough power. I remember when we had Group B cars... THEN we had enough power!"
                Juha Kankkunen - Rally of Argentina '02

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by itsnotagsr
                  VW/Audis are no where near the pace of the Evos/Stis. As a luxury daily with a bit of poke, they'd be nice.
                  Exactly. The S3/R32 are more competitors to the BMW 130i, Merc C320 Coupe etc.

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                    BMW 130i took out 6th, 7th, and 8th at the Bathurst 12 hour this year.
                    It's not how fast you go, it's how you go fast.

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                      #11
                      how many people are really going to be cross-shopping STI/EVO with S3/130/R32 though?
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                        #12
                        yeah pretty much

                        s3/130/r32 euro lovers will find the AWD Japs to be 'vulgar'
                        Originally posted by boxxx

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                          #13
                          pics?

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                            #14
                            Originally posted by T0nyGTSt
                            yeah pretty much

                            s3/130/r32 euro lovers will find the AWD Japs to be 'vulgar'
                            Ok I'll bite. They are totally different things. The WRX and EVO are both fairly cheaply finished and you pay for performance. The euros are the opposite. You can get them to perform as well, but it will cost a small fortune. In real terms few people use either to their full potential anyway. I'd sooner have a comfortable daily driver and sacrifice performance for luxury/finish. If I had to have only one car, I'd probably buy an EVO.

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                            The most dangerous risk of all - the risk of spending your life not doing what you want, on the bet you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later. - Randy Komisar.

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                              #15
                              Originally posted by jtir
                              BMW 130i took out 6th, 7th, and 8th at the Bathurst 12 hour this year.
                              Those weren't exactly standard
                              "If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough horsepower." - Mark Donahue Penske Porsche 917

                              "In Japan we no give fark for Subaru" - Trust Japan Technical Director
                              (TM - AVENGE)

                              "You can never have enough power. I remember when we had Group B cars... THEN we had enough power!"
                              Juha Kankkunen - Rally of Argentina '02

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