Interesting read warren. Just how different is the s3 in stock form then?
I'm sure I speak for alot of others on here.. Whats for sale?
It's interesting to hear how the standard S3 can feel so constrained. This still is, remember, a car capable to 0-60 in the mid 5s, 0-100 in the mid 13s and blistering all weather backroad pace straight out of the box!
Woz where are you going to get the intake ceramic coated as I have a itg and was going to paint the metal bits ibis but getting it ceramic coated sounds nice
Haldex drivetrain losses make a noticeable difference in 4th gear and above, 2wd TFSIs feel more lively.Its OK, but it lacks the immediacy, urgency and shove in the back the S2+. S2+ is a whole different ball game to even S2, it's everything the car should be but isnt. Turned a car from something I was considering binning after 3 months into something I've bought again. Can't really put it clearer than that!
****** all, I must be approached every day about this, but I AM BUYING A NEW S3 , I promise!
I had a Stage 2 LCR before the S3, and the S3 felt quick off the line, but not in the midrange. They do free up with some mileage on them, but they're not what I'd call a soulful drive which means they feel slower than they are. With a good clutch and S2+ you can achieve high 4's rather than mid 5's and that's when it begins to feel properly quick. Don't get me wrong, it's no slouch, but the TBE, CAI, Pump and S2+ make the car sound great, go great and add that missing dimension which help remind you its not just a grown up hot hatch. Adds some Jeckyl to the Hyde!
3dr hatch MY12.
Just ordered a set of 12mm per wheel HR spacers from a guy in our classified section called Seb, a bottle of Jetseal 109 to seal the black paint, then calling DPM in the morning for some 15mm per wheel spacers for the back axle!
Next WALKs!
will that affect camber angle / trurning radius/ tyre wear ?
Warren have you got the new one? If so where are the pics!!?
Hi Warren, fascinating thread!
Btw I have some 15mms for sale: http://www.audi-sport.net/vb/sale-w...m-hubcentric-trak-spacers-extended-bolts.html
Can let them go for £65 delivered
Nope, still waiting! Should be 5pm tonight, if not tomorrow night. A monumental wait for an ordinary car.
ORDINARY!!!! i dont think so! lookin forward to seeing this new Black...
You and me both!
Ordinary fom the perspective it's an A3, which is basically a Golf /Leon / Octavia is a posh frock. Not rare would probably have been a better way of crouching it, but if it took this long hopefully it's built properly!!!
As I'll be picking up in the dark you'll have to wait for Panther pics until tomorrow unless it's in the collection area under LED lights when I pick it up.
15mm per wheel spacers now secured from Donny_DJ, so by end of week she'll have Richbrooke tax disc holder, 12/15mm front rear spacers, and a coat of Jetseal. Now to sort out when she goes to Daventry.
Supposedly as they're doing the trim swap today (from black gloss to alu), but this cannot be done until the interior has been scotchguarded as part of the 'finish pack' they offer. I've already told them not to clean it as I don't want swirl marks before I've even started out with it.
It's hideous knowing it's just up the road but yet you can't have it. The delivery date just seems to be eeking out and out and it's starting to do my head in.