[JMcLellan]

Originally Posted by NewToM

Last weekend a Corvette tried on the freeway right before my exit. When he realized I wasn’t going to he cut across all the lanes as it was his exit too apparently…

Actually now that you mention it there was a kid in a X4M comp on the freeway one day revving his motor and wanting me to run. We were already going 70 MPH and my 11 year was in the car with me. In my 20's I would have played along but now in my 40's I just don't care along with not wanting to set a poor example for my kiddo. Probably why I get good insurance rates.

[two_three_two]

Originally Posted by JMcLellan

I've had zero people try to race me in the 6 months I've had my car. I must not drive enough?

do you look like an older gentleman with untinted windows and no mods? people might think you are borrowing your sons car

concur i get tried by everyone from patagonia vest dads in cayennes to mustang bros

[Carefree]

Originally Posted by NewToM

I’ve had more people try to race me in the 9 months I’ve owned the M2 than in all my other cars combined.

Most of my driving is in the Scottsdale/Paradise Valley area where it seems every other car is exotic/performance.

Anyway, I’ve never been approached or challenged; maybe it’s the black color.

But it does turn heads.

[JABCAT]

Originally Posted by JMcLellan

now in my 40's I just don't care along with not wanting to set a poor example for my kiddo. Probably why I get good insurance rates.

Agree

[JMcLellan]

Originally Posted by two_three_two

do you look like an older gentleman with untinted windows and no mods? people might think you are borrowing your sons car

concur i get tried by everyone from patagonia vest dads in cayennes to mustang bros

Funny. My windows are pretty darkly tinted but wheel spacers are my only mods thus far. Lots of traffic on the roads around my house so not lots of space to rip it. I think the car being black there is a blending-in to the crowd factor.

[NewToM]

Originally Posted by JMcLellan

Funny. My windows are pretty darkly tinted but wheel spacers are my only mods thus far. Lots of traffic on the roads around my house so not lots of space to rip it. I think the car being black there is a blending-in to the crowd factor.

Mine is BG so definitely not a stand out color. I only have small CF spoiler and lip at the moment.

[KC87ZB]

Originally Posted by two_three_two

do you look like an older gentleman with untinted windows and no mods? people might think you are borrowing your sons car

concur i get tried by everyone from patagonia vest dads in cayennes to mustang bros

That’s why I tinted my windows, no-one knows who is driving

[Carefree]

Originally Posted by two_three_two

do you look like an older gentleman with untinted windows and no mods? people might think you are borrowing your sons car

concur i get tried by everyone from patagonia vest dads in cayennes to mustang bros

I wear a Joe Biden mask.
It clears out the lane on either side of me.

[NewToM]

Originally Posted by Carefree

I wear a Joe Biden mask.
It clears out the lane on either side of me.

Regardless of what the mask is, I see someone driving with one on and I am sticking well away.

[Ugly Kar]

Originally Posted by JMcLellan

I've had zero people try to race me in the 6 months I've had my car. I must not drive enough?

I don't know how people get in all these races. First of all, it's rare I even pull up next to another car that's worthy of racing. Second, it's dangerous on city streets in traffic.

The only car that's tried to race me was a 5.0 Stang, exact model and HP I don't know but I got a decent lead then backed off as I didn't want a ticket/jail when I was in a 40 mph zone. He came flying past me like he was the winner. What an idiot.

[Geighty7]

Did you try pit maneuvering him? That’s what I’d do if someone started to gap me.

[two_three_two]

Originally Posted by KC87ZB

That’s why I tinted my windows, no-one knows who is driving

i know its different south of the mason dixon, but in the north where tinted windows are more a preference than anything else, seeing tints on an otherwise stock M3 or S4 signals to me that this is someone who cares about the appearance of the car and will likely have a go

[DrewNewM2]

As tempting as it may be , I don’t street race and surprisingly rarely get challenged. Not worth the risk. I live on an Island with 3m people and you can barely get up over 40mph anyway due to traffic. I will do pulls on my own though, late at night. Nobody races from and dig and roll races are just about how much whp you make so no need to race, Just ask how much power the car is making. No doubt a stock S58 car is getting walked by a tuned Rs3. It was probably well over 500 whp.

[Dave07997S]

With AWD and the DSG from 0-100 they are blistering. A stock RS3i s slower than a manual M2 to 0-130 and 0-150 and runs are higher trap speed. Its just you're playing catch up the whole time. Tuned its got to be a beast. That being said there is always someone faster than you. The fact that this car isn't available with a manual and Audis have one of the worse records for reliability I would pass.

I don't street race, you're just asking for problems.

[Ugly Kar]

The RS3 is a cool car, but the one thing people keep failing to mention with it is Actual Price paid. MSRP may be about the same as an M2, in reality Actual Prices are often at least $10k more (and sometimes a lot more) as Joe A points out in his review. That's what I experienced when I shopped and the wait was a year. There's simply no way an RS3 is worth $25k more than an M240xi. Audi simply restricts the quantity supplied too much. BMW doesn't restrict quantity supplied near as much even with full M cars.

And when people talk about depreciation that's misleading too because the RS3 may not depreciate as much vs MSRP, but does when Actual Price is used.

[Tag]

Skip to the 9m mark for first drag race.

[two_three_two]

Originally Posted by Ugly Kar

The RS3 is a cool car, but the one thing people keep failing to mention with it is Actual Price paid. MSRP may be about the same as an M2, in reality Actual Prices are often at least $10k more (and sometimes a lot more) as Joe A points out in his review. That's what I experienced when I shopped and the wait was a year. There's simply no way an RS3 is worth $25k more than an M240xi. Audi simply restricts the quantity supplied too much. BMW doesn't restrict quantity supplied near as much even with full M cars.

i was approached by two audi dealers with RS3s on the ground at MSRP in potentially the hottest audi market in the country. I don't think ADM is the norm for anything anymore. save the usual Pouuurscha GT3RS Carbon Package Burgerkingring Black Edition Weissach package in PTBS++++ "we hate our customers orange" shit

[JABCAT]

I had some jackhole in a 911 GT2RS trying to get me to run on the tollway yesterday in a lot of traffic. Funny part is every time he whipped into the other lanes he got stuck behind more traffic. Kept zipping around lane to lane to get next to me & rev it. Took him a good 15 min before I guess he finally realized I didn't give a sh!t. Nice looking car though.

[BroDoze]

Originally Posted by JABCAT

I had some jackhole in a 911 GT2RS trying to get me to run on the tollway yesterday in a lot of traffic. Funny part is every time he whipped into the other lanes he got stuck behind more traffic. Kept zipping around lane to lane to get next to me & rev it. Took him a good 15 min before I guess he finally realized I didn't give a sh!t. Nice looking car though.

Mmmmm…GT2RS

Never forget walking into my P dealer and seeing 4 new GT2RSs and 3 GT3RSs all clumped together. It was quite a sight. Like $3M worth of new P right in a small area. I felt pretty out of place.

Truly my dream car.

[shoe3k]

Originally Posted by Ugly Kar

The RS3 is a cool car, but the one thing people keep failing to mention with it is Actual Price paid. MSRP may be about the same as an M2, in reality Actual Prices are often at least $10k more (and sometimes a lot more) as Joe A points out in his review. That's what I experienced when I shopped and the wait was a year. There's simply no way an RS3 is worth $25k more than an M240xi. Audi simply restricts the quantity supplied too much. BMW doesn't restrict quantity supplied near as much even with full M cars.

And when people talk about depreciation that's misleading too because the RS3 may not depreciate as much vs MSRP, but does when Actual Price is used.

That video is two years old and not in the US. Doesn't really apply from what I experienced car shopping in late '23. Also, that video itself is comparing an RS3 to a non-M car, which is strange since they have their target markets.

[techwhiz1]

Originally Posted by BroDoze

Mmmmm…GT2RS

Never forget walking into my P dealer and seeing 4 new GT2RSs and 3 GT3RSs all clumped together. It was quite a sight. Like $3M worth of new P right in a small area. I felt pretty out of place.

Truly my dream car.

You know I like look at P cars and also F cars, but they don't move me to buy one.

My brother has had a couple of Ferraris, have a friend that has a GT3-RS and my brother in law has had a string of 911s.

Just not what I want to drive. I actually prefer BMW over those others.

My i4 M50 will be my "practical" car and the M2 will lose anything that was practical about it as I build it into a pint sized monster.

[robopp]

Originally Posted by techwhiz1

You know I like look at P cars and also F cars, but they don't move me to buy one.

My brother has had a couple of Ferraris, have a friend that has a GT3-RS and my brother in law has had a string of 911s.

Just not what I want to drive. I actually prefer BMW over those others.

My i4 M50 will be my "practical" car and the M2 will lose anything that was practical about it as I build it into a pint sized monster.

You do realized the M2 is nearly the same size as a M4 and nearly identical weight. There’s nothing pint about it