The seller apologized for the exhaust. Said his wife hated the sound, said the downpipe 'wasn't his idea,' said the tune was 'just a stage one.' He thought he was listing flaws. He was reading me a résumé. That's the 8V RS3 right now. Most people still treat it like a fast compact with a nice interior, and it's priced like the Audi crowd hasn't done the math yet. Everyone talks about the B7 RS4 like the one that got away, the high-revving V8 they could've had cheap before the clean ones disappeared into collections. Cult Audis don't stay cheap. They just stay quiet until they don't. Here's why this one's next. The DAZA 2.5L inline-five, with that 1-2-4-5-3 firing order that sounds like a Group B tribute band every time you get on it. 500+ on the stock turbo, which is territory other platforms need a big-turbo kit and a prayer to reach. And it takes abuse, which is the whole reason enthusiast Audis become legends instead of cautionary tales. The twist: that seller's nervous little sp...