Delirium tremens

I'm sitting behind the wheel of the new Audi S3, standing on one of the spare bands Munich airport, waiting for a visual signal and a flag. To drown once the gas pedal and screwed into the first turn, marked striped cones, at the highest possible speed. When I drove up to the same flag, the second time I try to stay away from him to win the meters and fractions of a second acceleration. The third time, turn off the ESP. So much fun - felt like a machine slips on the pavement with all four, and you're correct its trajectory more gas than driving. Steering wheel, by the way, at low speeds - and to the airfield more snake "hundred" was simply impossible to squeeze - a bit pustovat, but again: we drive quattro, the car is excellent and not so much the wheel is controlled by how many pedals. If you open the window, then heard a whistle and a great roar of the turbine exhaust tuned - there where planes taking off nearly there! Good asphalt road, stunning car, and no limits - how often do these factors converge in real life? Brake Assist, as well as ESP, is standard. By default, S3 are placed 18-inch wheels, but in winter you can put 17-inch tires povyshe.S two liter engine Audi engineers managed to "remove" 265 hp To blame the synthesis of perfectly complementary technologies - it's turbocharging and gasoline direct injection FSI. Turbocharger develops pressure of 1.2 bar instead of 0.9 bar in the previous Audi S3. The capacity intercooler up to 850 kg or 650 cubic meters of air. At the same time he forced the new engine weighs just 152 kg - less than similar engines of direct competitors. In addition to the digital speedometer on the dashboard you can see the Audi S3 segment of the passage way. It is obvious that the average owner of the car often will not use this function to measure the passage of time racing the ring, but in order to understand how much he spent on this occasion the time to through traffic jams to get to the office. So, on public roads Audi S3 - a very comfortable car. Squeezing grip, unlike other sports cars are not paired with noticeable physical activity. Gas pedal is also very soft, but because the engine is gaining momentum almost instantly, then, if you are lazy not removed from it before the end of his right foot when squeezing grip, the tachometer needle at once rested in the red zone, and you'll be sick for a few seconds, and not to go. On asphalt joints only a little shaking - in accordance with "purely sporting", so says the press release, the nature of the car; springs and dampers are stiffer, and the body close to the road as much as 25 mm.Sozdanie "hot" car with a flip up rear door might seem a matter of ordinary, if we were talking about the hatchback of some media brands: more powerful engine, bumper wider, brighter fog - that's the whole recipe. However, in the premium class are several other laws. Obviously, buyers Audi S3 - not those who glues on the rear window sticker No Fear. Therefore, such a machine must simply consist of a compromise: between sportiness and comfort, between athletic appearance and intelligence, which does not suit reysersky kitsch. So apparently the car is not too catchy. Chrome trimmed radiator grille, air intake openings in the front spoiler are great, but not obscene. Roof spoiler, mirrors, "aluminum" and other rapids, platinum-colored diffusor in the rear spoiler and chrome exhaust pipe two - that is, perhaps, and all the outward differences. Inside - also finished with "aluminum" handle manual, pedal and vent rings collectors. Plus a few red-silver nameplates S3. If installed in the front row bucket racing seats, then get on the second row - a difficult task. Backrest tilts forward, but the front seat cushion forward, not going away, as many are accustomed to - have to pull the bracket. Uncomfortable? Then buy Megane Scenic or go around the conventional, more comfortable seating in the home. The very same "scoops" - is a special order. Another option - "cut" on the bottom edge of the wheel, already familiar to us from Audi RS4 and the latest edition of Audi TT. Yes, in racing cars allegedly made to sit buried in the windshield, if it is, and putting the wheel on your lap. Here is it more zest that can draw attention to themselves and to emphasize the sportiness of the car. While the gentle bends of this wheel is also convenient - you take it for a corner as the young lady behind the elbow, and precisely to the desired degree dovorachivat. On the Russian price of the car while we can only guess. At home in the Audi S3 is € 1700 more than the Audi A3 3,2 quattro, for which Moscow dealer asks $ 54 257. This model has bigger engine and a half times or more, but less power at 15, not to mention the moment, which is less than half. In short, a completely different car. And obviously, in Ingolstadt, when inventing a new Audi S3, not looking in the direction of their own fleets, but on the BMW 130i. Y "eski" the same forces of 265, but better performance acceleration to 100 km / h and four-wheel drive that gives the Audi AG occasion declare its leadership in the premium segment of the hot hatchbacks. Who do we have more? Mercedes-Benz A-Klasse? But he is unlikely to enter into this arms race. Even if it is to paint white.