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    Driving in France with Xenon headlights

    Hi, drove to France and picked these up at The AA shop at Eurotunnel, and did not get stopped ... they say they work for Xenon ... Buy Beam converters from theAA.com/shop I have a 58 plate A3 Sportback with Xenons
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    Coming from an 8L - looking at an 8P - 3.2V6 and 170D Quattro questions.

    Hmmm ... TDI 170CR Quattro Sportback and also mainly motorway ... well ... motorway as in M25 car park "You are all lemmings!" ... I struggle to get above 36 to 38 MPG. I drive it fairly hard (and as I pay stupid amounts of tax for my diesel fuel card I do not really care), but even trying to...
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    Coil pack recall 28E9 - Anyone know anything?

    My missus '04 R32 has just had them done ... as a recall ... so pretty chuffed as no cost (Was billed as £145 I think)
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    New to Audi and looking to buy a3 quattro - but petrol or diesel?

    ... 58 2.0 TDI 170 bhp Quattro Sportback S/Line at 45k and, albeit with "fast" cruising mainly up and down motorways, I am getting about 35 mpg. Company car with my tax already paid on the fuel card, so don't really care about economy, but bit surprised about the drop in fuel economy when...
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    New A3 sport 2.0 TDI Sportback (170 HP)

    DSG was 140 bhp ... and that sort of MPG is what you get ... still if you insist :)
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    New A3 sport 2.0 TDI Sportback (170 HP)

    58 Plate A3 2.0 TDI SportBack Quattro 170 bhp ... err ... 34 mpg ... and mainly motorway ... Audi said "Well, 5 doors and 4 wheel drive makes it thirsty" when compared to my 06 Plate A3 2.0 TDI 3dr Direct Sequential Guessbox which was getting 46!
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    DSG Failures

    http://www.audi-sport.net/vb/showthread.php?91394-Advantages-and-disadvantages-of-a-DSG-box&p=929746#post929746 However, if the DSG changes can be customized to individual requirements, even in the Diesel I think DSG should be good - just wasn't for me.
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    ASR / ESP ... ON / On or ON / OFF or OFF / ON

    Hi, Probably a tedious question, but ... So, A3 S/Line 170 CR Quattro. Debating the pros / cons of having these "on" (i.e. the default) all the time, or some other combination for a bit of "fun"! (Some bizarre combination of "press, press and wait" etc. etc. and you can select both or one...
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    Advantages and disadvantages of a DSG box

    Yep, I called it the "Friday build car" .. another "interesting" thing was it would manage to kick our enough smoke, having just slowed down to a stop and then pulling off, to poison a small village - ended up being a "badly fitting ring" on the Turbo (something like that ... but took 3 months...
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    Advantages and disadvantages of a DSG box

    Hmmm ... Interesting :P Well, I had a DSG on a 140 CR TDI, and ... Ended up with no gears at all 3 times within a year whilst moving at speed, crossing at junctions (1st to 2nd ... nope nothing!). Slowing to roundabout to check nothing coming, then try and accelerate ... err 3rd to 2nd to 3rd...
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    2.0tdi quattro s line

    I have the 5 door 2.0 TDI Quattro CR, and struggle to get above 35 mpg, even during motoryway driving.
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    Audi A3 USB Connection - Is It Simply "Plug n Play"?

    Just about ... 6 "folders" accessed through the CD changer interface 1 through 6. It does struggle when running high bit rate MP3s and can cut out really annoyingly, sometimes not seeing the USB stick at all (open glovebox ... unplug ... wait ... plug it in ... wait .. hit CD again to go...
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    Not overly impressed with my DSGizzle

    http://www.tyresmoke.net/forum/audi-a3-s3-cabrio/104456-a3-2-0-tdi-dsg-hesitation.html
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    Magnetic suspension

    I have Magnetic Ride on my 170 TDI S/Line SportBack quattro, and have it on all the time. Would I recommend it? Well, the car is still a bit front heavy when going into corners quick, and will still want to drift wide, so given the choice I would probably put on "custom suspension"; having said...
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