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If your car has Shell oil you only get the top up oil without the nice carry bag, if you car has Castrol oil you also get the bag. The bag is made by Castrol (BP) not Audi. Mine had Shell oil so no bag. My daughter works for BP and she gave me a bag which I use to keep a damp fly sponge and...

[ QUOTE ] I have learnt far more about A3 from this site than from my dealer who only ever asks if I'm now ready to place order and yes, good news, prices haven't gone up so he can indeed still offer me the 2% discount [/ QUOTE ] Only 2% discount, I was given over 8% with no problem.

[ QUOTE ] How opaque is the mesh on the sunroofs? [/ QUOTE ] Not easy to get a picture to give the right impression as the roof is tinted as well as having blinds, this is about the best I could do. The front has the blind across.

Yes I agree, so I only use manual mode unless in heavy traffic when I'll use D mode for a while

The blinds are mesh and the front one can be used with the roof back. The back part does not open in any way but lets in light and with black roof lining on the S Line pack that's a help as without a sun roof it's very dark inside. Note the opensky is factory fit only. It's at bit expensive...

The catalogue car is Dolphin Grey but shot in bright light with porberley extra artrifical lighting. My car looks the same in the right high level of lighting, but looks a lot duller when the light drops.

The catalogue car is Dolphin Grey. The colour changes with light, looks best in sun light but a bit dull almost non mattalic in dull light.

Some pics of my car with opensky are in My Gallery

Did the LCR have EBA if it did mine never worked? I find the EBA on the A3 a pain and have needed to re-adjust my braking tecniche, it's very similar to the TT.

Hi Japper My car is the same as the pic. Must have changed it with the new style wheel

<font color="blue">Can you explain what you mean by 'manual mode' cats ? I picked up my DSG today. I only see D and S on the stick. </font> Move the stick to "D" then push it left. This is then manual, you change gear with the paddles or push the stick forward to up shift and back to down...

Hi Fuzzman Try driving the car in manual mode rather than in “D” if you are not familiar with normal auto boxes this will feel more natural. I use this mode in all but heavy town traffic when I get lazy and may use D mode. Normally I use manual to up shift and let the car down shift on it’s own...

All UK s line Sportback's have s-line embossed on the seats

Hi richardb Pics of my car on this thread http://www.audi-sport.net/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=162901&an=0&page=1#162901

I think superchips are the actual measured readings on their car not Audi's claimed figures