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Originally Posted by Special K
Nardo looks nice on a big Audi, like a RS7.
Blue or white.
Don't waste your money on black optics or red calipers, unless you have no choice. Red calipers will covered in brake dust in no time.
When do these show up on the roads? The S3 is so fast already for a DD... RS3 will be flying...
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First ones arrive in summer, will be interesting to see what the tuning geeks can squeeze out of the car, I think I remember reading that 500HP is possible on the outgoing 2.5L cast iron block RS3, all that you need is a tune and DP. Consider the MK7 Golf R 2.0T can make gobs and gobs of power, people have broke 400WHP on tune and exhaust.
If you pass on black optics you get the big silver lower air dam piece in the front which i don't care for... Part of me hates the BO package because I know the gloss black trim will take a beating during washes, but such is life.
I went back and forth on the red callipers, even now I'm not totally sold. I worry that having grey callipers on a Nardo car would look a bit dull. The more videos I watch of Nardo cars the more I like it. I suspect it will be like the LSB E46 M3, there will be tons on the road at first, then 10 years later everyone will want a Nardo.. and they will be impossible to find.
On a white car you can't go wrong, red callipers will match red interior stitching and seatbelt trim + it's something to break up the exterior which is otherwise devoid of any color.
Also on the subject of brakes, Audi cheaped out, the rear callipers are the standard A3/S3 units, would have been nice to get a BBK at all 4 corners... something I might have to take care of on my own.
Off topic... 991.2 GT3, supposedly Porsche will make as many cars as people are wiling to order, though you might wait 18 months to get your car if you don't get an order in soon. Cities like VAN/LA/NY/London/HK will never get enough cars to satisfy demand, but for most other parts of the world it won't be hard to get a car if you order one. Having said that, god damn, Porsche has really cranked up the price of options, ouch.
On a positive note though, the new GT3 costs 10% less in Canada than it does in the USA considering the exchange rate - we're getting a deal!