Recent content by Gandy

Thanks. I hope there is a way of doing this, it feels like the kind of thing that should be possible.

Hi there, 2 questions: 1. Is it possible to make the opensky on my 8P S3 open/close when the keyfob open/close is held down in the same way that the windows open/close? 2. If it is possible how do I go about getting the change made - I don't have VCDS myself? I am based in Yorkshire and can...

As promised I am reporting back having now completed another 7,700 miles with the stage 1 shark. I have averaged 27.1mpg. That is 0.9mpg or 3.3% better than the 26.2mpg I had recorded previously. To put that in context, given 4.54 litres per gallon and about £1.38 per litre for Sainsbury’s 97...

As an owner of the Shark switching box let me explain how it works. You get the box in the post with an obd cable for the car, and USB for the computer. First job is to copy your existing map off the car, and email to shark. This takes 15 mins. Then wait under a day in my case for an email with...

Bluetooth device sounds good, I will look it up. You are right that the gearing does not change. The important factor is where the rev limiter is which is about 500rpm higher on my stage 1 map. This allows a higher speed in any given gear. Imagine if the rev limiter was set to say 3,000rpm, you...

That's fast! Benefits of S2+ and STronic. Do you have some kind of launch control like in the RS3? Regarding some of the other comments, I agree I am not 100% sure the app is any good. The manufacturer claims 'g-tac is the first car performance meter app to use both accelerometer and GPS for...

It is over 20 degrees in Harrogate at the moment. Must be a freak!

I have an iPhone app called g-tac which measures acceleration using GPS. I just gave it a try just now on a 0-60 run stats below. 0-30mph 2.21s 0-60mph 5.97s I fluffed the change to 2nd gear which cost me time, so could definitely go quicker. I am running Stage 1 shark. Other stuff: Traction...

I actually really fancy a GTR after the S3, amazing cars. I just thought the BM bashing was funny. I agree on the old M5, also reasonably priced now too!

Hilarious anti-BMW sentiment in this thread, but fast Datsuns are ok?

EVO magazine tested the RS3 0-60 and found it was much closer to 4.0 than stated by Audi. They summised having a hatch cheaper than the R8 and faster to 60 was not good PR. Even still getting an S3 as fast would be a cheaper option as others have said. I like the idea if a mapped RS3 - mental...

If I was going to go properly for some big mods I would use your build thread as a shopping list and go Revo. Anything else would be pointless! We should do a mass RR day for fun, given correct time/location I am up for it. Almost impossible to do a comparison which is objective. For example I...

Nice car - I would say that as mine is the same only 5 door (see in my profile for a pic). Gutted about the dent for you. After 8k miles my missus kerbed the alloys on the offside, i can feel your pain!

There seem to be quite a few threads at the moment discussing the merits of various tuners/maps. In the ideal world we would take a standard car to a RR and test each map back to back using the same dyno, and operator and nearly the same weather/temp etc. We would then run subjective tests on...

Definitely worth calling around a few. Shark including the switching box (Sts) was £450 when I bought mine. The list price on the revo equivalent was well north of that even given a discount. Ps your car is awesome, but you probably already know that!