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    clonk under sudden sharp braking

    No, mine broke after the gearbox had been taken out and put back in for a clutch job. It was a biyatch to undo, and probly weakened it, then when done back up with the impact gun, it started to make the clunk. Took a while to find it, and we ended up having to drill the gbox flange right through...
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    clonk under sudden sharp braking

    If it is like a loud twangy clonk, it is almost certainly a sheared engine / gearbox mounting bolt, on the n/s of the car, you may not even realise it as the bolts seize in the mount but also snap so dont hold the mount in lace properly. A lot of drilling out required , tap the threads and fit a...
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    8L leather Recaro seats

    I think you will fnd them to be in the region of £1500 EACH new from dealer! If yours are worn, get them recovred. Stick some new Pole Positions in, and save 60kg in the process.
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    Ice...wheel spin...strange sound

    Its ASR. A form of traction control in ice. Even without proper traction control, they all have ASR. Nowt to worry about, in fact you know it's working! Basically it is the ABS pulsing the brakes to aid traction...
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    The inevitable has happened....

    Replica alloys! It's like all these people with "CHs" now! All replica wheel stuff is potentially utter ****! It's why they are a quarter of the price of "genuine" rims. You had a lucky escape fella by the sounds of it. Do yourself a favour, forget the nankgong tyres, and maybe even your new...
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    Engine rebuild options, 2.1 conversion? ( Badger help? )

    I saw a very expensive 2l conversion bottom end, yesterday, that looked suspiciously like a 2.0TFSI bottom end out of a Mk5 GTI, albeit with a machined spacer about 4mil thick between the bottom of the block and the 18T sump. Head dowels were tapped through, to enable head to fit, but apart...
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    Finally found my problem

    I ma not convinced! I've seen K 03s with worse cracks than that and no "boost issues" at all! But it cannot be helping matters!
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    Liquid Gauge, S3 version review

    Why have you not fitted a diesel MAP sensor? They run up to 2bar IIRC?
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    Reprogramming with only 1 key

    whats the use though, if it wont then start the car? Surely only good for getting into the car if you lock the keys in, which you'd be able to do with the metal key since you need to have that to program the fob, anyway. So unless i am issing something, I dont see the point?
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    MJJ performance

    If your happy, so be it. But dont expect your joy to last. Over 100k miles on my golf Miltek, no one issue. Wait til you have to replace your stupid unvailable anywhere rubber hangers and find that the only way to replace one is to grind one of the twin metal hangers off, then reweld it, as this...
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    MJJ performance

    :whistle:
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    MJJ performance

    That was Maz. He left MIJ about a year ago..
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    MJJ performance

    The max pipe size they had was 2.75 when I had mine done.
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    MJJ performance

    This year. Junked it after about 4.5 months, could not be ***** with it! Easier and cheaper to get one done locally, more expense, but touch wood, so far not one issue.
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    MJJ performance

    You name it, it went wrong! HAd to give up on it in the end constant mesing, tyring to adjust it to stop it rattling, vibrating, rubber hangers breaking, baffles went, just a total nightmare. Never again
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    MJJ performance

    Just been alerted to here by a mod!! I hate to say it guys but I had a truly terrible experience when they made me an exhaust. I had problems almost immediately and gave up trying to get them to sort it in the end. Be careful
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    Want to sell, what is my car worth?

    S3s have done amazingly depreciation wise in the last 3 years. My 53 plate was bought in Nov 2006 43k miles for £12600. When nicked in July 09, at 63k miles, insurance valued it at £10970. £1700 in near three years and 20k miles seemed cheap motoring to me!
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    Maybe selling - what's it worth?

    .....Really.....Except his is 3 year + newer than yours (your wife's).... So not quite "exactly the same" is it? And you paid £3500 for your needing work, back in Feb when prices were lower than they currently are. So I'd say every chance, particularly if it is a decent colour and on a 53...
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    Maybe selling - what's it worth?

    Well you dont mention colour or 03/53, so assume it to be a silver 03 plate. I'd suggest 4300 ish as it sounds like it needs some paint and wheel refurb.