if he shows appreciation once you will stop feeding him.
I wonder if I should have paid a man from the RAC to tell me yes or no. Last time I did that in 1997 - I bought the car and the next day it didn't start and needed a new battery.
I think that tie bar had been snapped for ages but because people rarely go in the back it held its position - its only money and time. but I have been looking at a 5 door 2014 S3 down the road and wondered if I will end up spending that much.
can I ask you whether this was an easy fix, my clutch switch is a doubtful item as pointed out by badger, basically between gear changes the revs don't drop immediately so I sound like a granny riding the clutch. there is a way of scanning it but I don't have a registered version of VCDS Lite yet.
it is just a matter of laying down in the foot well?
Compared to what you're currently doing Stuart,you could do this with your eyes closed.It's just a case of removing the driver's side lower dash panel,unplug the switch which is situated in front of the clutch pedal,twist the switch to pop it out of the holder and replace with a new one.
Another job done on your knees but you seem to be doing a lot of praying with your S3 recently,so should come naturally
This is the first car I have owned without a throttle cable and to me gear changes do seem a bit different to 'old skool' cars.
Thanks - can I ask was your old switch visibly broken or is it something inside - I may as well do this when I fit a boost gauge as I need to get in and around that area when the car has four wheels on again.
Hi. Can you please tell me what the latest revised part number is & how much it was? Thanks
No visible sign of it being broken mate,I just made an 'executive' decision to change it due to the revving.I haven't got round to ripping the old switch apart yet.
As I said before,gear changes are different with this car compared to older cars I've driven in the past,it may just be me but I think cable throttles shut off quicker than this 'fly by wire' one.I have had to change my driving style slightly (I'm 50 years old) and you sound to be a similar age mate (hopefully no offence caused ) so I lift off the throttle a fraction before engaging the clutch on spirited acceleration,hope that makes sense.
yeah it is the same you are used to swapping up and down like the last 30 years of driving but with this I have to take my foot off about half a second before
You really are having terrible luck and it's not fair. If it's a new pump you looking for try parts request system for a price. I really hope you get it sorted soon. You do have that big ball in the sky shining down on you and we have snowThe game of Snakes and Ladders continues with my S3...just landed on another snake!
When I bought the car from a member on here in January I couldn't check the air con as the weather was too cold for it to function but because of my trusting nature I believed him when he assured me it was fully functional.
Yes you guessed it,tried the air con this week due to the brief warm spell were having in Oxford (sorry for all you up north snowed in) and it doesn't work so took it in for a check and the air con pump is knackered.
So now a few more hundred quid and the search for another pump begins.
I think this post tells me as much about myself as the guy I bought it from.
Thats a bummer. Im sure you could source a mk4 platform air con pump second hand off facebook or ebay?
I have to agree, I had a Rover V8 P6 when I was eighteen, always being pulled up by the plod, asking why I had such a BIG car, then at nineteen I had a 3.0 litre S Capri, can you imagine the insurance on that today?I actually think they are unlucky, because cars, petrol, tax and insurance is so expensive and cars are too fast and complicated. They missed out a lot, no all driving at 17 with a car you bought for £200 with £180 for insurance and buying 6 months tax the day before the MOT runs out, with someone who passed their test the day before sitting next to you, all wheel spinning around roundabouts in cortinas, escort mark 2, Morris Marina or "front wheel drive cars"
Learning the only way to overtake is to get a run up.
I loved my beige escort mark 2 1.1 popular with its vinyl seats and 1.3 block instead, driving to a scrapyard and climbing up 2 cars on top of each other to take off some exhaust sections for a fiver. Or changing an engine you got for £30 with some rope and an adult helping you use two people's shoulders as a crane to lower the engine in.
Oh well times change.
tcg - sorry to hear about your aircon - there will always be something with these #moneypit S3's - maybe it was topped up incorrectly with eazyfreeze
Yeah, I had going sideways down to a fine art, drifting long before there was such a thing as drifting, I had three 3.0 capris over a ten year period, wet roundabouts were great fun.ayfreetee - was the 3.0s Capri always sideways (but uncontrollably because of its wheelbase)
tcg - sorry to hear about your aircon - there will always be something with these #moneypit S3's - maybe it was topped up incorrectly with eazyfreeze
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