Recent content by eddyg

Queenstown should have 98, maybe pop down there have a beer and a meal and fill up the car with 98 and see how that goes? Should tell you whether it is an octane issue. Good luck!

So I left work yesterday in my Audi S3, and then 2mins later I heard a big bang from the front and lost power steering and the alternater light lit up on the dash. So I pulled over, had a good look under the car and under the hood. Couldn't see anything wrong. So drove the car back to work (with...

I found it very hard to take decent pictures with the wheels on, but here is an attempt to see what KW coilovers look like. Neither front nor rear are signicantly compressed. This is with a cm or two of drop. Rear: Front:

Make sure you keep the old grill in pristine condition so you can sell the car later, just in case others aren't as enamoured as you are with the look :) Personally I like the badging, it gives the front more of a nose. Without it I think it looks flat. I also believe that debadging devalues...

Have fast car = must be speeding Otherwise why have a fast car? Doh.

I was under the impression that the S3 value was of the re-circulating variety for precisely this reason. Dumping that boost to the atmosphere will reduce the turbine speed during the gear change, hence require longer after the gear change to get it spinning again. That's how I figured it all...

Don't you find that the A3/S3 front looks all wrong without the badge on the front. Sort of naked. You could argue that this makes it look more bestial, but I reckon it makes it look more babyish. Sorry - no help on how to remove it. I would guess the front bumper needs to come off...

When you buy the car you get two identical fully functioning flip keys and one plastic key of last resort. I put one flip key in a cupboard, and have been using the other one full time. The plastic one is attached to the one in the cupboard. If the key is failing to open, and only close...

Well let's see, you're going to be slower as you lose boost between gears, and you'll have to short shift last at night to avoid ******* off all the people asleep around you. Got to be a good thing! Anyone who feels they need the external blow off value deserves the penalties in having one...