[JerseyM3]

Originally Posted by Ugly Kar

No, I don't get pissed off. Ha! Just trying to have an honest conversation. I appreciate your response because, like I said, I like the RS3. And Audi hasn't uglified their cars like BMW. And they have always had better interiors than BMW.

I just don't think the RS3 is a good value. And I don't put much weight into depreciation because: 1. It changes, 2. The car could get stolen, 3. The car could get totalled. 4. The better reliability of BMW makes up for the depreciation difference. Yes, have a good one.

What did your wife end up getting?

[Donut Lord]

I have drive/tested them all. I would go RS3 or M2 and I am leaning M2. If M2 Comp is option than that wins.

[G30M]

Originally Posted by Egrunt

Looking for the next vehicle for my of 37 years, she is very frugal but I have her considering the price difference from a Golf R to the Audi RS3 and BMW M2.

We currently have a 18 BMW M5 (F90) and prior to the F90 we had a 15 BMW M3 F80. Both purchased new and used as a 3rd vehicle since we have other vehicles. My wifes current vehicle is a 12 VW GTI Autobahn DSG 2-door (puchased new), with a APR stage 1 tune and APR DSG tune. She loves that car and I am thinking about keeping it.

The cars in the running for her: 24 Audi RS3, 24 VW Golf R, and 24 BMW M2. Currently the RS3 is in the lead, it has a proper dash, stereo sounds great compared to the others (very important to the wife) and we both like the looks of the vehicle over the other two.

The Golf R is considered but the lack of buttons and having to go through the center screen just to turn on the front defoster was a time consuming task. This is well documented online and others have stated once you own the vehicle for some time you will become use to finding the functions through the center screen. Stereo is just ok and I would have to spend roughly 5k - 8k for a system upgrade.

Then there is the M2, we think the looks of the vehicle on the outside is just ok, yes we are old pushing 60 and we miss the days of our E46 M3 and E39 5 series. As they say looks are subjective. Not a fan of the computer monitor looking dash but as my wife stated once you are sitting in the drivers seat it is an after thought. To us the exhaust sound is the worst of the 3 but we also did not like the sound of our F80 either. Again the sound of an exhaust is subjective.

Any input good or bad on the vehicles we are considering.

the RS3 has half a Lamborghini Huracan V10 engine.

That'd be my pick, then slap on some kind of exhaust to bring out the Huracan in the beast.

[Donatello.]

5k for a stereo upgrade? Audio installs are not hard to DIY