HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO RUN AN RS3? | 6 MONTH OWNERSHIP REVIEW
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- čas přidán 30. 05. 2024
- Can't believe i'm at the 6 month point with this car already! I hope you guys find this informative - it's been a highly requested video. P.s please excuse the dog hair on my t-shirt haha dog mum life...
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It refreshing to see a lady doing this, lots of love from South Africa 🇿🇦....cheers to a new subscriber
Thank you for the support!
@@G6GXM you welcome
Have a 2016 s3 from sa too
Great video, very informative and pleasure to watch a proud RS3 owner justify the cost as we all know it’s worth it if you can afford it!!
I love my S3 but dream of an RS 😊
First time I've ever seen your videos but just wow........... so impressed!
Just loved how much you obviously enjoyed your RS3 when giving it the beans!
I've got a Mk3 Focus RS which I also love but have been considering a pre-facelift RS3.
You've definitely inspired me to think seriously about the change.
Please keep up your awesome videos!👍
I'm going to get a RS3 next year, so this has been very helpful to me thank you! Keep up the videos :)
2 things.
1. I thought you 'prefer not to speak'
2. With that payout from Tottenham and United, you can buy everyone in the comments one.
Come on special one!
Did you get one?
It was good to get an idea of how the RS3 costs compares to my Mustang in the UK 👍🏽
What would also be good to add would be the amount of help online for problems and modifications that's available. I quickly realised it was much cheaper and a much more in depth learning experience doing all the work myself - This car was the first I did more than fill up the washer fluid 🤣
Thank you for this useful video. How you celebrate the driving experience, the pops and bangs, lovely. 👍
Brilliantly put together video, I’m looking at an 8v FL RS3 after having an A45 and PFL 8v S3. Really enjoyed a “real” review from an owner
Thank you!
It was a toss up between a 3year old RS3 or a new Black edition S3. I spoke to a friend of mine at an Audi dealer who did some price comparisons on running costs and the results were quite frightening. In the end I chose the S3. looking back now, that was 3years ago, and the very little mileage I do, I wish I had chosen the RS3. But hindsight is a wonderful thing. But never say never .
Excellent videos buy the way. Keep them coming
Props on you finding someone at a dealer to run the costs with you, that's gotta be rare.
I can understand the dilemma, I have an s3 and rs3. The s3 costs peanuts to run compared to the rs3. Brakes for example, s3 are less much less than half the cost. Tyres if the s3 runs on 18in wheels, Costco do Michelin ps4 for £320 full set. Rs3 tyres are roughly £200 to £250 a corner.
@@stephenpeacock2627 I had an 18 s3 and now a 67 RS3 and i get better mpg with the RS3.
My brother owns an RS3 and it's absolutely lovely to drive. I had a M240i and i personally think the RS3 is levels above (as you'd expect, as its more in line with the m2). Wish I could afford such a car again. Unfortunately I am currently stuck with my mk5 Golf GTI haha! No more finance but my god, i miss these beasts!
Great video, I’m new to this channel. Keep these videos coming! 🤘
Thanks for the great video, 👍 absolutely love these cars
Love your reaction to the exhaust
Just found the chanel definitely worth a sub :) great work
The look of joy whenever the engine note goes up, was priceless.
Big kid at heart 😂
Cracking video! I've considered making a similar video on my car but I think the numbers would depress me! I haven't launched my car for years but a gearbox map would still be worthwhile for power delivery etc, I recently had my map tweaked by MRC and it's transformed the car!
Thank you!
The car is one of a kind. One of my favorites. It is sexy and so are you for having one, driving one and knowing more than some men about it. Drive safe!!!
Keep up the videos, quality content
It’s an absolutely savage 🚗
A dream car of mine
Best of luck with it🤛
Love it! Enjoy 😊
I love your car and your channel. Keep up it up...
New subscriber n i got to say i found this channel, interesting and informative, 👍 Thank you for the content 🍻
Love the colour! 😍 I've got an RS3 8P and the fuel economy is honestly not bad at all.
I own a 8p rs3 for ten years now. The major cost is the front brake. A single set of pad will end your set of disc at the same time. And they will only last 20000km or so, and it was driven really soft or even considered slow. My ABS sensors just keep dying one by one and they never last over 3 to 4 years. You end up with abs sensors issues pretty much every year. And the problem is that when you have ABS sensor issues, it is not just loosing ABS. You have ESP lights, steering system lights, gear change issues, accelerate in juddering manners... etc. You completely lose any confidence just to drive it from point A to point B, not even talk about spirited driving. Anyway, good car overall. It is just some parts needs better quality.
You nailed it right the cost of a broken rear dif. Used $2000 to $3000 and brand new from audi cost $5000. I had that experience first hand start of 2022.
hasta la vista audi an american product would get recalled and redesigned for that type of crap
What year is your RS4 and about how many miles did you have on it when the rear differential went out?
I’m seriously considering buying one of these so would greatly appreciate the info, thanks!
Very nice looking car!
Keep up the good work
The cyclist timing was perfection and a very neat trick 😋
Good vid. Had mine since new in 2017. Have a saloon, love it, sound is great on mine, 2018 onward don’t sound as good.
Great video very informative I’m looking at the Audi rsq3 vorsprung been on my list for a while finally able to afford it now I call it the baby urus 😂😂😂
I thought I recognised that driving route! Such great roads I hope I hear this gapping me soon 😂
very good vid Gem
This is an amazing review. Love it. Where did you get the map and exhaust from? If I can be cheeky, how much was it?!
Now i have a 2021 audi S3 but your RS3 is my dream car ❤🔥😍🤩
the interior is gorgeous unmatched
love this car pre opf cant wait to get mine
Immediate follow. Loved the detail in this review. 🙌🏾8:26
Excellent video! Beautiful car!
Thank you!
Nice to see a woman doing a review on an rs3 wow 👍🏽
Thank you! There is more content with my RS3 on the channel 😄
Lol the downshift near the cyclists got you a sub
When you said shhhh to the car🤦♂️🤣🤣🤣..love your video by the way
Well enjoyed this video
What a stunning car 😍 it’s a credit to you 👌
This is my first time here. Checking you out having fun in your RS3. I must admit it is awesome and refreshing to see you here. I mean you are a really a “Car Chick”. Really cool to see a woman enjoying this car. Seeing how you react to the car when the Pops and Bangs hit. Like you said about 13:11. That is disgusting and ridiculous. I rented a 2024 RS3 on the TURO app. I returned it today. It was lots of fun. Now that is coming from a Porsche 911 Turbo S owner. I still enjoyed the RS3. Maybe 20-25 Launches in that car over the past week. So much fun. That 2.5 liter, 5 cylinder is the Bees Knees. If you don’t mind my asking, how much wheel horsepower and torque did your RS3 make on the dyno? Have you had any problems with the car since you performed those mods? Thanks.
Hearing the replacement cost of the rear diff I was like oh that's not too bad till I realised the conversion rate to my aussie micro dollars!
Another absolutely brilliant informative video 👍🏻 Have you had it dyno’d? What figures did you achieve after the downpipe/remap if you don’t mind me asking? ☺️
Thank you! It’s being dyno’d & filmed in a couple weeks time!
@@G6GXM Tremendous! Can’t wait to see the results ☺️ 🚗💥💨💨
I have had a 2016 RS3 for 7 months and I love it. Getting the valve controller and secondary decat done for more noise. I have to agree on running costs. Pretty much same for me. I am dreading a big repair bill though!
Hello jonny... what mileage have you got on the clock mate ?
@@davidfletcher2162 about 30k or so mate
@@j0nnyvids you can have an 80 point check from audi and if the car passes you.can get the extended warranty which covers everything.. its a no brained for me with expensive cars
@@davidfletcher2162 Hi David, what is the requirement in order to try and get the extended warranty? How many miles can your car have?
@@seriousdubwise not sure mate I'm sure they'll be a cap on mileage but if you go online and search for the audi warranty it'll bring it up as its self service.
I'm sure it will explain terms and conditions plus the criteria you need to meet.
Don't know how I found ths video but I enjoyed it nice insight 👍
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@@G6GXM ❤️ 💙 💜 💖 💗 💘
I had a B5 RS4 for 15 years that was ££££ to run 😂 loved it though was a brilliant car that I miss a lot 😢 (MRC tuned to 496bhp and driven 220k miles when I sold it) love the RS3 very tempted
Nice video!
nice video!👌🏽
Great video, very informative and helpful. Currently driving a 3 door fl s3 310ps, its plenty quick enough and doesn't cost me much to run tbh. As awesome as the rs3 is i just couldn't justify the price difference between it and the s3.
Thank you!
The 5 cylinder is the reason… 4 cyls are lame and sound like garbage
Great video
That’s insane used price but appreciate used car values have gone crazy. My saloon was £57500 new in 2017, I paid £54k, unusually got a discount.
Agreed front brake discs aren’t cheap £700 to £800 and uprated ferrodo ds2500 pads are £400 ish fitted
Great video - I am getting an a45 so I assume will be reasonably similar. Great content! Are you local to kent - Those orads looked like a lovely drive.
Essex!
When you mention how it eats up the tarmac, I had the old first generation a3 1.8t quattro, 180bhp, basically an s3 but without the flared arches, and under the hood it had the ko3s turbo instead of the ko4, few other tiny differences but 1 remap and power is the same as the s3 and you're good to go. Anyway my point was that it was the quattro and when it snowed I went to work and all these 30k, 40k, upto like a 100k Mercedes, bmws all the big boy cars stuck going up hills and couldn't go anywhere, and my little 2k second hand audi didn't miss a beat. Didn't even have snow tyres, infact I had 19" rims with the cheapest tyres you could buy, but the thing never had a single issue on ice, snow or dirt. You really can't beat the quattro system. Well not when you think of the price, yeah a range rover or something 4x4 would do the same but your paying way way more money. Although mpg was terrible, like 20mpg on average, maybe you could get a tiny bit over 25mpg on a motorway journey.
Miss if you dont mind me asking what do you do for a living in order to be able to pay these costs because audi rs3 is one of my dream car
Sports gearbox please.....thank you! Love it!
Great review! Big eye opener to those that don't realise how much it actually costs! My Golf R mk7 was an expensive car to run! sold it as it really wasn't that much fun and now I'm looking at one of these in a years time
Lol golf is cheap to run given the performance. Even cheaper than the Audi s3
U can use autosol and use it on the tips to shine it like new. U can get a tube from Halfords for like a fiver it basically shines the chrome
Not on the sports exhaust sadly as they’re black tips
you deserve more subs you just earned 1 more :)
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Hi G6GXM, did you only get the Scorpion Downpipe intalled, then get a stage one? OR did you upgrade any other internals for a stage 1?
Also, you see when you say you put it in comfort and it sounds like an a3, say if you started the car on a cold start in the morning and you were in comfort, is it still loud or is not too loud? As I don't want to piss of neighbours with a cold start
All that RS3 had was a Scorpion sports cat downpipe & a stage one ECU tune which included coding out the GPF/OPF. Cold start in the morning wasn’t much louder than stock. With the valves shut you’ll be fine
Thank you so much it's appreciated. Gutted you sold this, absolutely gorgeous motor@@G6GXM
When you say it doesn't look aggressive enough, I agree but I don't think audis should look over the top aggressive. They are a upper class beast, meaning I think they should look a bit understated so they can blend in with the posh mercs and bmws. Not look like a boy racer car. You can but plenty of aftermarket parts to make them look as aggressive as you like but I like that they are a bit of a sleeper compared to other brands.
I’m ready to empty my savings on the right rs3. Just a waiting game, was wondering did you say you had a cat delete? Does this affect the m.o.t? Enjoy 👍
I play Golf and easy spent £10k in the last 3 years. Used to do sports photography which was a £15k cost in gear alone so £4,300 doesn’t sound too heartbreaking. Measuring up the idea of getting one of these as I had a Golf R last year.
Do you suggest this car over the M2/others? Currently looking at one :) for a daily/street/ocassional track
Yes! If you’ve never owned one, the RS3 is incredible
This is the first I’ve heard of the rear diff issues, is there a particular year that this is an issue or is it all 17 onwards facelifts, definitely slightly concerning .
I’m not sure if it’s the same on the pre-facelifts but pretty common on all facelifts
@@G6GXM definitely makes me think twice about launching , but I suppose there’s no point worrying , can only keep on top of maintenance and hope for the best, great video btw, amazing car.
PFL's are known to suffer badly. I have a 16 plate PFL with 42k on the clock (bought it on 35,500) luckily so far so good. But I don't drive it like a maniac and have never launched it and don't intend to. Saying that it has a good few previous owners (drug dealers, serial killers.. Who knows) and if it's survived them, I'm sure it'll be ok.
Quality video
You don't even need to press the u lock button to open the doors if you didn't know just have key next to driver or passenger door
Where am I going wrong on life to not be able to afford an rs3 🤣
My partner has the TT TFSI. Brand new parts can be very expensive but if you call Audi directly, they can search the stock across all service centres in the UK, and ultimately provide quotes on used parts.
wasnt aware of weak trans prob - so many monster tunes out there
My rs3 is completely stock and I only do town driving 90% of the time and my mpg is 22/23mpg town and 35/38mpg motorway, do you hoon it constantly round town to get such low mpg lol. Great vid and keep it up.
bro bought an RS3 to drive it like a granny , SMH
Wonder how much it would add up in Sydney
The sound of the 5 cylinder would be what makes the car, closest thing to a v10 which is the best sounding motor. I've got a GR yaris and chose that over a used rs3 mainly because I had a Q5 previously and the fucker was very unreliable electronically, might have just been a dodgy car but really turned me off the brand.
GR Yaris is cracking! A true petrol head appreciates them
Great choice, a car that's not even 2 years old and has legendary status. Will appreciate in coming years. Amazing
Hi. Great video. Very informative. 😎👌🏻
Just out of interest. Where did you go for your insurance?
I’m planning on starting to shop for an RS3 in a few months so trying to get organised and prepared for all the “performance” costs. 😆
At the time I was with Admiral!
Money well spent. You got some good deals there.
I notice you get 350 mile on a tank of fuel when a brim my rs3 tank it only goes to 320
Many thanks
Wow the price or one of those diffs is unreal 😳
Thanks alot
What kind job do you do ? Lovely car and informative vid
I’m a Sales Engineer!
Beautiful car. It's a classic and some have said it looks too mean ;)
This is my dream car
Car is absolutely awesome, very very expensive motor 😆 Would love one but not sure I could afford that. Currently running a Mk7 Gtd. Looking to get back into a Petrol next. Maybe a Mk7.5 of some sort. R, TCR or Gti Performance.
I dont know if anyone clocked the 20.2 mpg 😂 fair play for driving it how it’s supposed to be driven!
It can be much worse than that trust me 😂 no garage queens here!
20.2 is half decent 🤣 had mine down at like 12/13mpg, and never seen 350 miles on fuel range.
What year is that car?
honestly love the RS3... buh wanna switch those front seats for the carbon back mk6 seats, prefer those......
Hey Gem, love this video. I have just purchases a 2019 OPF rs3, noise is a killer, spoke to MRC and full stage 2 is just too expensive right now! Maybe could you drop me a message and put me in contact with who fitted your downpipe and tune, seems you got a great deal on sorting the OPF out! Kind regards Luke
Hey Luke! Congrats on the purchase, feel free to drop me a DM on Instagram and i’ll send some links over!
@@G6GXM Brilliant thanks! I have dropped you a DM
wow nice car
Beautiful car ;-). I owned one too.
Great informative video, I was considering an RS3 or M3 but I can safely say I will hold off on that listening to these expenses 🤣
I imagine an F80 M3 will be similar maintenance to an RS3...
Your RS3 looks great, very tasteful mods 👍
@Nick D What's pricey about the RS 3 maintenance?
Should get an 340i
I don't know. Not the cheapest to run but it helps to be savvy.
Filters and oil - eBay and marketplace. Oem parts available fraction of the price. Oil is cheap as chips from tps. Think 25 quid for 5L from TPS. Independent mechanics will charge a fraction compared to main dealer's.
Front brakes. FL genuine OEM discs about 450 off ebay brand new and pads (brembo) about 150ish. Rear pads and discs you can buy as complete sets for about 200 - 250. Independent mechanics again.
The only thing I got done was gearbox and haldex from Audi, in total think it came to 230. Again. Not the cheapest but not bad at all. Some people are anal about a full service history which I get but means you're paying an absolute fortune for a stamp. No thanks, I'd rather keep the receipts and video the work being done as proof for a potential buyer!
always get the 2017 daza engine rs3's
Lol she said 4-5k total. Man I've spent so much on all my builds lol. I wish that was the end of it. I know my next car will be an RS3 and it's going to be a lot
How do you MOT the car without a GPF?
'Friendly' MOT garages 🤣
Got a MRC stage 1 saloon I’ve just paid £1800 for Tarox front discs ds2000 pads and braided lines and there a 100 times better than oem 😝😳😬
You should try barefoot driving if you haven’t already, a lot of racing drivers do it because they say it gives you far better feel 👍🏻
Why did you get the hatch ,and not the sedan
I would have had either! This was the first car I found available
Saying you’re concerned about blowing the rear diff or the transfer box after tuning the car is a bit like saying you were surprised that a sumo wrestler broke your Easter egg when they sat on it !! You’ve tuned the engine beyond the manufacturers standard design limit and the weakest link after the engine is the transmission.
For instance I wasn’t surprised when I cooked the standard brakes on my golf because they’re made of cheese !!
Really nice.. cars not too bad either
Bloody lovely motor lucky girl
I just fixed the diff. On my s3. It was $4485.89.
Still prefer BMW m2 comp ..Nice video thou 👍 ...