realistically, how much shit would i be getting myself into buying one of these?
>>28948150If you enjoy oud aftershave and vape stench you'll be OK. The EA888 is strong, powerful and reliable but boring.
>>28948150I really do not see the appealit's just a generic economy car with awd and turboat least get a bmw or porsche if you want a boring german car
Hot hatches are great when they're cheap. Hot hatches used to be a Golf, Rabbit, Fiat 500, Fiesta, Focus, etc. They were kind cheap and you could rip them around town like a go-kart, or red line them on the track and still not get instantly lapped. Buying an Audi hatch sounds like it'll be an expensive car to buy, maintain, and even upgrade. Are you going to red line it around a long fast bend or see just how much understeer it has? No? Then just say you like that format but want a nicer interior and better badge.
>>28948267These cars are really for going fast on the highway and having enough grunt to easily pass people at 80-90mphYou can do more technical stuff with them, but they're designed to be comfy while you cruise past traffic.
>>28948267This one in particular is just a Golf R with more screens in the interior.
>>28948272>These cars are really for going fast on the highway and having enough grunt to easily pass people at 80-90mphSo, literally any car with 250 or more horsepower? My v6 minivan could effortlessly get to 100mph passing a truck going uphill. Are you in the eurozone where going 80mph is a grand felony resulting in life in prison?>>28948281Thats my point: its a tarted up version of an already overpriced german car. Its not a hot hatch, its in its own little category that doesn't make sense.
>>28948171I'm 20, live w parents and am on £25k a year so an s3 is already at the very upper limit of how much I feel comfortable spending. Caymans m140is etc too much :/
>>28948267>>28948150I owned one. They’re reliable but the AWD system sucks. Have to change the fluid or it will fail. It’s only like $3k for a whole new one though.
Kids like you ought to stick to public transit imo. Ur parents are gonna be on the hook for petrol and insurance anyways.
>>28948267>fiat 500dont make me laugh
just get a gti
i30N/ElantraN if you want a car that’s actually fun
"Hot" hatches are only fun with sub 200hp and 3000lbs, otherwise their glorified minivans
>>28949087>>28948524>>28948267
I drive a Golf R which is basically an Audi S3...Yeah.
