1.5 Years of R Ownership

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James321
Posts: 363
Joined: Thu May 03, 2012 1:01 pm
I drive a: Scirocco R
In: Rising Blue
With a: DSG box
Options: REVO Stage 2+, Bilstein B16 iRC, Supalloy Wishbones, Akrapovic Carbon Exhaust, Revo Intake, EuroJet Intercooler. (Wife's car)
I'm in an RS5

1.5 Years of R Ownership

Post by James321 »

And I'm moving on already!

Keeping it R though, well RS to be exact. Just placed my order for a 2014 RS5 in Sepang blue with the black optics pack, sports pack, in fact all the packs options were ticked :)

The scirocco isn't going anywhere, I'm going to keep her and she will become my girlfriends car. There's no way I could face parting with the R, it's far too much of a great car and there's no way you could replace it for similar money.

With a stage 2+ it actually feels quicker than the RS5 but the power delivery is completely different, the Scirocco has a wall of torque that just surges the car forward, the RS has less torque low down and the V8 has to be rev'd to it 8500rpm redline to make it shift but it does shift. The scirocco is a feather weight in comparison with the portly Audi and you can really feel this, especially under braking where you can feel the big brakes of the RS working hard to bring things to a halt. The scirocco just stops on a six pence and never complains.
Cornering and handling are in a different league so I won't compare those two.

The main reason for the RS was the fact that it's two cars in one, in Comfort mode it's a quiet soft ride, a nice relaxed coupe, flick it in to Dynamic mode and it's a different beast, the suspension stiffens, the exhaust opens it's valves, the steering firms up, it becomes Mr Hyde, this suits me perfectly, I can cruise to work in relative comfort but have a genuine sports car when I want some fun.

The scirocco I love, especially since I updated the Bilstein Ride Control box to the new iRC which has totally transformed the car again but it was always a little too much of a small car for long distance cruising.

I'll put some pics up (in the correct section mods) once it arrives which isn't until around June!

I'll still be on here as the R will be sharing the same garage, although I'm still not sure about owning 2 blue cars.
RS5, Scirocco R. You can never have enough R's
Basho
Posts: 89
Joined: Thu Mar 08, 2012 11:50 am
I drive a: Scirocco R
In: Night Blue
With a: DSG box
Options: Panoramic Roof, bi-xenon, Dual Climate Control,navigation, Black Vienna Leather, 19" Talladegas, RNS-510, 6CD, Dynaudio, Rear Parking Sensors, Cruise Control, Folding Mirrors, Electric Drivers Seat, Heated Seats.
Location: Dubai, UAE

Re: 1.5 Years of R Ownership

Post by Basho »

James the RS5 is an amazing car. But I would suggest for you to wait some more time and consider the M4 its going to be epic car. and it looks amazing too.
"Mashallah You got a nice car"
James321
Posts: 363
Joined: Thu May 03, 2012 1:01 pm
I drive a: Scirocco R
In: Rising Blue
With a: DSG box
Options: REVO Stage 2+, Bilstein B16 iRC, Supalloy Wishbones, Akrapovic Carbon Exhaust, Revo Intake, EuroJet Intercooler. (Wife's car)
I'm in an RS5

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I agree the M4 will be an amazing car but I'll be doing the Dubai to Abu Dhabi drive every day so I want more of a cruiser than an out and out performance coupe, this is my reason for the RS5, in comfort mode it's a big engined nice coupe to cruise in, if I want to have some fun, switch to dynamic mode and it's an R8 in a 2 door coupe body shell.
RS5, Scirocco R. You can never have enough R's
Basho
Posts: 89
Joined: Thu Mar 08, 2012 11:50 am
I drive a: Scirocco R
In: Night Blue
With a: DSG box
Options: Panoramic Roof, bi-xenon, Dual Climate Control,navigation, Black Vienna Leather, 19" Talladegas, RNS-510, 6CD, Dynaudio, Rear Parking Sensors, Cruise Control, Folding Mirrors, Electric Drivers Seat, Heated Seats.
Location: Dubai, UAE

Re: 1.5 Years of R Ownership

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James321 wrote:I agree the M4 will be an amazing car but I'll be doing the Dubai to Abu Dhabi drive every day so I want more of a cruiser than an out and out performance coupe, this is my reason for the RS5, in comfort mode it's a big engined nice coupe to cruise in, if I want to have some fun, switch to dynamic mode and it's an R8 in a 2 door coupe body shell.
James watch this video of the new golf r, i think the rpm is up to 7000 the sound in cabin lookshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQwuq0_aFK0 acoustic fake but amazing, what u think?
"Mashallah You got a nice car"
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eMiL-VR6
Posts: 308
Joined: Mon Apr 26, 2010 4:47 pm
I drive a: Scirocco R
In: Indium Grey
With a: Manual box
Options: Media-In, RNS 510, Black windows and GIAC Extreme, 300whp+
Location: Sweden

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Post by eMiL-VR6 »

The sound of the engine reminds me of the old VW V6 engines.
James321
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Joined: Thu May 03, 2012 1:01 pm
I drive a: Scirocco R
In: Rising Blue
With a: DSG box
Options: REVO Stage 2+, Bilstein B16 iRC, Supalloy Wishbones, Akrapovic Carbon Exhaust, Revo Intake, EuroJet Intercooler. (Wife's car)
I'm in an RS5

Re: 1.5 Years of R Ownership

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Sounds nice Basho, I'll make you a clip of the RS5 in June.
RS5, Scirocco R. You can never have enough R's
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