Can't make up my mind: R or GTI? Please help.

[Jkctr]

You wouldnt buy a very good car, which an audi is, because of image 

I wouldn't buy an S3 because they look horrible!  Is that the same thing?

Looks are subjective but its fair enough not to buy something because you dont like how it looks yes.

[p3eps]

Looks are subjective but its fair enough not to buy something because you dont like how it looks yes.

Its nothing to do with the Audi brand.  Apart from Top Gear saying all Audi drivers are w@nkers - I have nothing against them!
I wouldn't buy an S3 cause it looks horrid.  I wouldn't buy a Focus RS because it looks severely chavvy.  I wouldn't buy an Astra VXR because it looks cheap.  I could go on and on!

On a side note - did anyone know that CHAV is an acronym for Council House And Violence?!

[Jkctr]

Looks are subjective but its fair enough not to buy something because you dont like how it looks yes.

Its nothing to do with the Audi brand.  Apart from Top Gear saying all Audi drivers are w@nkers - I have nothing against them!
I wouldn't buy an S3 cause it looks horrid.  I wouldn't buy a Focus RS because it looks severely chavvy.  I wouldn't buy an Astra VXR because it looks cheap.  I could go on and on!

On a side note - did anyone know that CHAV is an acronym for Council House And Violence?!

Yeah it was made up bu the papers as 'chavs' have been a round for years. When i was twelve i used to wear trackies etc as everyone did, so i was a 'chav', we were called townies though then.

[Ess_Three]

You wouldnt buy a very good car, which an audi is, because of image 

A Hyundai i20 is a good car. Would I buy one of them?
No.

I've had Audis...they are very well built etc...but assumiung the S3 was so good that I got over the image problem, then yes, I'd buy one.
But it's not.
It's quick, but the suspension has little feel, the steering even less and it's boring as hell to drive hard.
So would I buy an imperfect - but well built car - with an image problem?
No, I wouldn't.

[Ess_Three]

I wouldn't buy an S3 because they look horrible!  Is that the same thing?

I find them bland. Especially when Audi insist on making the S line look so similar...and that appeals to those who want suburban  one-upmanship....all the looks with little to back it up.

Had Audi given the 8P S3 some bespoke panels - like the 8L S3 - then I'm sure I would be more interested. As it is, I'm not and have never wanted to own one.

Sadly, the Golf R doesn't look different enough from the GTI to make me look twice either...I prefer the look of the GTI.

[Snoopy]

Its funny all this talk of BMW drivers moving to Audi's. When the mk5 GTI first came out there was a flood of BMW drivers moved to it. One of the reasons i had second thoughts about it.