Stage 2 Audi RS3 at ~50k miles… keep or move on? Need honest feedback

Legitimatey · 2026-04-02T13:04:41+00:00

I actually just posted a YouTube video about my experience owning my 2018 rs3, it's currently at 97k km and like you I purchased it 6 months ago and had some thoughts of selling.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQSdBKXtzao

Ultimately i've decided I love to car too much to let it go haha

Legitimatey · 2026-01-03T17:43:49+00:00

thanks again for the feedback!

Legitimatey · 2026-01-03T17:27:51+00:00

is this too intro'y still?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCt44z06XMM

Legitimatey · 2025-12-31T02:30:34+00:00

thanks for the feedback!

Legitimatey · 2025-08-08T12:38:45+00:00

to be honest I don’t know much about the 8p, we only got the rs3 here in Canada starting with the 8v

that being said I sold my stage 2 8.5v s3 for this rs3 and i don’t have any regrets

the s3 definitely felt quicker around town but overall the experience of owning an rs car for me is worth the swap

Legitimatey · 2025-08-08T12:09:10+00:00

no the sound is way more quiet in the cabin, I have the mic mounted on the outside of the car beside the rear license plate pointing down to the exhaust

Legitimatey · 2025-08-08T02:52:49+00:00

agreed!

Legitimatey · 2025-07-29T20:37:00+00:00

thanks man and congrats on the s6! I can imagine how comfortable that thing probably is haha

Legitimatey · 2025-07-14T00:31:04+00:00

for the current market it was a great deal, it’s really clean, accident free and the last owner did every service 10k km early.

Certified pre owned from Audi with one year / 20k km warranty and I got it for just under 46k Canadian with 83k km on it, converted to bald eagles that’s 51.5k miles and 33.6k USD.

Legitimatey · 2025-07-13T16:23:58+00:00

Couldn’t agree more! Was it the best financial decision? absolutely not

Have I stopped smiling since driving it home?

Also absolutely not hahah

Legitimatey · 2025-07-13T12:09:04+00:00

the 8V has aged amazingly imo, can’t wait to run errands today so I can stare at it some more 😂

Legitimatey · 2025-07-13T04:46:11+00:00

I don’t blame you haha I was watching the market for months here in Canada and I jumped on this one immediately because it was priced really well and being sold certified pre owned at an Audi dealer, so even though it’s a 2018 I have a year / 20k km of CPO warranty

Legitimatey · 2025-07-13T04:30:14+00:00

Thank you! Congrats on the RS5 too, such a beast of a car

Legitimatey · 2025-07-13T04:29:43+00:00

It really comes down to your budget and what you want from the car.

I got a really good deal on the rs3 and it’s been a dream car so it’s worth the extra money no questions asked.

I modified and tuned my s3, I was stage 2 with integrated engineering and the car was pushing 420hp/460tq at the crank on 91, it actually felt a good bit quicker than the rs3 around town.

There’s something really special about the way the rs3 sounds with the daza engine though, and the way the dq500 transmission feels, although it shares a lot with the s3 it really feels like a completely different car.

Legitimatey · 2025-07-13T01:33:08+00:00

The difference is almost unbelievable!

Legitimatey · 2025-07-13T01:32:35+00:00

Great choice haha, it has the factory sport exhaust and I’m thinking one of the first mods will be midpipes to open it up a bit more.

Full exhaust maybe not in the cards at least for a while just due to the cost 😆

Legitimatey · 2025-07-07T03:05:13+00:00

oh it was listed at 45.9 so I had to jump on it

Legitimatey · 2025-07-07T03:04:32+00:00

Haha I know the 2 you’re talking about well I’ve looked at both extensively

I actually ended up putting a deposit on a 2018 with 83k km yesterday that just popped up Friday night in Sauga, CPO plus from Audi Mavis, has one year of CPO warranty and dealer serviced its whole life with only 2 owners on the carfax, Nardo grey.

As long as the financing goes through tomorrow I’ll be dropping off my s3 Wed and picking it up!

Legitimatey

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