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Thanks for all your input. I've cancelled the test drive. They wouldn't budge more than a few hundred. If anyone else wants to look at it, it's at Hatfield.

SB. The steering wheel piqued my curiosity as well! Not an option I knew existed and certainly not one that I'd want. Cooled wheel and seats would be much more useful gadgets.

They gave me a spiel about it being used effectively as a company car for someone within the wider group. No way to verify it, I guess.

On Saturday I'm going to look at an S3 at a main dealer. It's done ~2000 miles, belonged to VW-Audi group internally, registered at the start of this year and with a pretty good spec (Sprint Blue SB, S-tronic, AMI, Bose, adaptive lights, magnetic, cruise, DVD satnav, light and rain, phone prep...

Which is why I rejected the deal :-)

As I say, Sprint Blue is not one of the colours an S3 Black Edition can be ordered in, unless you pay the extra for an "Exclusive" colour... it's not worth £1700 to me, but that's how much it would cost to buy.

It's exclusive on a Black Edition.

Drive the deal = £285 off list! There's something up in cyberspace! In case you're wondering, I'm after: S-Tronic, SB in Sprint Blue + two-tone leather, comfort, Bose, low mobile prep, interior lights, luggage/storage/reversible, adaptive, alu roof-bars (buh-ling, I'm bored of stealth!)...

Tried Broadspeed, as suggested. Sadly they weren't much better. The spec I'm after lists at about 34360 OTR. Dealer offered it for 33329. Broadspeed 33062 (including their fees and delivery). In the past I've seen up to 9% from them, so I wonder if the MY11 has tightened things up a bit. I'm...

I was in the Lincoln Audi dealership to try a magnetic ride TT 3.2 V6 (unimpressed by the car - other than the exhaust note - or the mag-ride, so £900 saved). They had a new, unregistered, still in it's transport wrapper, Black Edition S3 S-Tronic SB w/Tech Pack and in Sprint Blue (an exclusive...

C: for the charger, I believe you'll need to add 9ZU GSM mobile telephone preparation located in front centre armrest - with hands-free function, located in front centre armrest (a phone adapter is required at extra cost. Please consult your Audi Centre for details). Must be combined with...

Online, it's not a problem - on the exterior page there's a chooser for wheels that includes the Titanium look for no extra charge (sorry :-( ). But I think MY2011 may put a spanner in the works anyway, since I think the wheel is being discontinued (along, I believe, with the reversible mat)...

Hi Yaks, I'm an utter newbie, just in the process of ordering an S3. By the "Anthracite" wheels, do you mean: HM4 225/40 R18 Y tyres F18 Audi exclusive cast alum. alloy wheels, 7.5Jx18, 7-twin-sp. des., titanium look, w. 225/40 R18 tyres (quattro GmbH) These are the standard wheels...

Back from the second half of the test-drive - the motorway. No worries on that score, although economy was a bit low (28mpg according to the on-board) given that I just set the cruise to 70mph and sat back. Showed it off to a few old work colleagues and they all made the right noises, but also...

Got the car (an S3 Speedback in white, with 2500 on the clock) at 9am and took a spin round the back lanes around Hadlow. Affixed grin after first flooring the loud pedal. Take it easy on the twisty stuff whilst I get used to the dimensions of the car. Off to Benenden next, with Wendy, to drop...