Comparing S3 Sportback and R 5 Door Build Quality

[am1w]

Otherwise the car is pretty damn good, fake noise and all. 

Don't you keep saying you're going to have the Soundkator disconnected or turned down?  Or is it growing on you, unlike the crappy paint 

Personally, I don't think the paint is crappy as Orange Peel is par of the course. Good enough for me. Just mentioned it to inform.

The Soundaktor will be turned down to zero or better still disconnected at some stage. The workshop manager said it cannot be disconnected but only turned down and for this I had to book it in. Their Master Tech was on holiday, so I was unable to get real sense out of them.

Here is a vid of Sounaktor 'on' and Spudaktor 'disconnected':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsiTedxwCBA

And a vid of how to disconnect it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf5RJY9Kx68

[matchboy]

No offence but you seem to moan quite a lot about most things on your new R - and about things that you knew it came with eg. the soundkator - seems slightly strange to spend all that money and after spending all that time researching a new car to then moan about it after you've got it - especially about things you knew you wouldn't like from the offset?

It's a bit like reading into how many calaries are in a McDonalds to then go and stuff your face with 3 cheeseburgers and a large fries, to then moan about how greasy and fattening it is - you knew what you were getting into beforehand so why moan about something that you did of your own free will??  Either buy it and enjoy it or don't buy it and save yourself all these pointless comparisons.

Just saying, like 

[Booth11]

Personally, I don't think the paint is crappy as Orange Peel is par of the course. Good enough for me. Just mentioned it to inform.

The Soundaktor will be turned down to zero or better still disconnected at some stage. The workshop manager said it cannot be disconnected but only turned down and for this I had to book it in. Their Master Tech was on holiday, so I was unable to get real sense out of them.

Here is a vid of Sounaktor 'on' and Spudaktor 'disconnected':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsiTedxwCBA

And a vid of how to disconnect it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kf5RJY9Kx68

Thanks, I saw those vids on the other forum.  Might come in handy if I decide I can't live with it in the long term. Will reserve judgement until I hear it in my own car 

[monkeyhanger]

Rolled up next to a 64 plate A3 Sportback today in a mid metallic grey (putting in a suit at the dry cleaners - job interview next week), and it had orange peel, more noticeable than mine, less noticeable than a few BMWs and a Honda Civic at work. If I wanted an A3 then i'd consider it more than reasonable - the price of water based paints most likely, everyone's got orange peel these days.

[am1w]

No offence but you seem to moan quite a lot about most things on your new R - and about things that you knew it came with eg. the soundkator - seems slightly strange to spend all that money and after spending all that time researching a new car to then moan about it after you've got it - especially about things you knew you wouldn't like from the offset?
It's a bit like reading into how many calaries are in a McDonalds to then go and stuff your face with 3 cheeseburgers and a large fries, to then moan about how greasy and fattening it is - you knew what you were getting into beforehand so why moan about something that you did of your own free will??  Either buy it and enjoy it or don't buy it and save yourself all these pointless comparisons.
Just saying, like 

Not moaning but stating some observations which I thought I'd share. But it seems I should not have. And yes, I am cut to the quick. 

I would respectfully suggest you don't read any of my posts due their pointlessness. Ditto!

[phazer]

Rolled up next to a 64 plate A3 Sportback today in a mid metallic grey (putting in a suit at the dry cleaners - job interview next week), and it had orange peel, more noticeable than mine, less noticeable than a few BMWs and a Honda Civic at work. If I wanted an A3 then i'd consider it more than reasonable - the price of water based paints most likely, everyone's got orange peel these days.

Indeed it is water based paints. BMW are particularly bad as their cars are now dipped, which gives a finish similar (albeit smoother) to powder coating. There's a vid somewhere on youtube showing the process.

Like most I don't find it a problem (our Carbon GTD is very flat anyway), you do need a good sprayer if you need a repaint to match the level of peel though

[Poached]

And almost certainly the irony is that if you spent a lot more money on a low volume car, that would be a massive pile of gremlins... my mate had a new TVR which wasn't really a car, It was a way of disposing of money - he should have just bought an office shredder and fed 10 pound notes into it every day, at least the motor would probably have consistently run.

Well put .

[matchboy]

Not moaning but stating some observations which I thought I'd share. But it seems I should not have. And yes, I am cut to the quick. 

I would respectfully suggest you don't read any of my posts due their pointlessness. Ditto!

You can post what you want.  And I'll reply to what I want - that's what a forum is all about 

I'm afraid when I read mince I can't help but reply - but there's no offence meant    I have spent the last few days crying about how I wished I'd bought an S3/330d though 

[am1w]

And, on that note, this thread has run its course.