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    In cabin fan power increases under acceleration/turbo spooling

    Alternator struck me as a potential source. @Matt82 -- Just guaging how serious your comment is! Is this something a not so handy mechanic might have mistakenly done? Or is it a serious mod? ....cue my embarassment here! It is just the air coming out the vents, not the climate control unit...
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    In cabin fan power increases under acceleration/turbo spooling

    Really odd one this, but recently had a new cylinder head and head gasket fitted, and since I've had it back from the garage, when accelerating/when the turbo spools up, the air flow increases out of the cabin vents - like someone has turned the fan up...only for it to slow down again when...
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    Passenger speaker

    Hi Pinola/Dan - have you had any joy yet? I have a carbon copy of your problem, and was about to buy the same speakers as you did in the picture above. Are they the rear speakers? I'm looking around, but the stealers are beginning to look like the only immediate option.:(
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    Costly Message!

    Cheers guys Certain it hasn't been remapped. What would haveing the Haldex controller on once do?
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    Costly Message!

    Hi all, Only had the car a week or three, and went to pick up a brake light switch from local stealers. They plugged it in to check brake light switch was the problem - which it was - but also found the following error: 65535 000 Internal Control Module Memory Check Sum Error They...
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    Upgrading from Bose in 8L S3

    Cheers for that Andymac Considering the variety of wiring adaptors - which one do I use as a starting point if I'm bypassing the bose system? I guess there will then be some rearranging of wires - or at least adding new speaker wires.
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    Upgrading from Bose in 8L S3

    Sorry to redo something to death: This post is a bit of a beast - sorry. I didn't look on here before buying my 20th Dec 2000 8L S3, and went for Bose as I assumed it would sound sweet - and it is in fact quite poor. I am not looking to spend serious cash, but I am looking to slowly...
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    Fiat 20V Turbo

    Morning all. Congrats on a quality forum. I've been on here for a couple of weeks now, and picked up my S3 last week. Already saved £70 on fitting a new brake light switch, further to wisdom I found on here. I have come from an Alfa GTV - albeit the 2.0l T Spark - and considered the Fiat...