Morbo66

A4/S4 feels like a big heavy boat compared to M2/RS3. But opinions are like aresholes, everyone has one. haha. You definitely should test drive both if you can. I never could get a M2 for test drive, but you can see if they will let drive a m235i, should get an approximation of atleast how the chasis handles and what the interior is like.

i find that the mag suspension comfort vs dynamic really only changes the soft bump and rebound settings in the dampers. You can feel the car leans a lot more in comfort mode when you throw the car into the corner hard.
But it doesn't have much of a difference in fast bump/rebound control. So from a bump handling perspective, there is not much difference between the 2.

From my own personal experience, going from oem pirelli to MPS4S has actually made a noticeable difference in ride comfort. Michellins have nice beefy side wall compared to the oem pirellis.

Baekhyun

The salesman will prepare both RS3s for me in case I decide to make a purchase tomorrow. I understand the rarity of the RS3 so the price may not change as much as I’d like but I’m going to try anyways. I test drive the S4 before and I quite like it but it’s seems to be a boat compared to the RS3. I will keep this post updated on what will go on tomorrow! Thanks so much for the replies guys!!

tigerhonaker

It will be interesting to read what your final decision is.

Terry

Baekhyun

It was definitely an interesting out turn today!!

Baekhyun

Instead of the RS3 and S4, I picked up a 2019 S5 Sportback in quantum gray!!

MH62

I understand. I just came back from a 3-week vacation driving a 2019 M2 Competition for over 3000 KM and I would not buy that car as a daily driver. It may be a different story on the track but now back home and my S5 SB still puts a smile on my face. I found too many issues in the M2 for my taste. The interior has annoying ergonomic issues. I had to pull my right elbow way back behind the seat in order for my hand to land on the iDrive control **** and some of the button labels around the **** are obstructed by the **** itself. In the S5 SB, my hand naturally flows from the steering wheel to the shifter or MMI wheel or volume control button. Also, the M2 DCT was a pain a low speed maneuvers such as parking in tight spots, the car was either not moving at all or moving too fast. It does shift a bit faster than the S5 8-speed auto but that's not enough to make it a nice car to drive all the time. And if you get the S5 sport package, you get such a nice range of adaptive suspension, the difference between comfort and dynamic is really appreciated.

BusStopF1

Congrats. Definitely a great car and that Quantum Gray color is really nice.

zzcett

You know we're going to need a photo to verify that.
Congrats!

scot

Dchang81

Particular reason to change to the s5 vs the rs3?

tigerhonaker

I did see on the showroom floor an RS5 sedan or maybe it's called a Sportback .

Anyway since it was right there really close to our RS3 we walked over and checked it out.
To both of us it was a much larger size car.
I wanted a small sedan so that's why I'm mentioning the RS5 and it's size.
Also the window-sticker was $95,000.00 US Dollars Plus.
Versus the RS3 at $65,000.00 US Dollars I ordered.

Congrats on your New Machine.
Enjoy buddy ............

Terry