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  1. RacingTeatray

    New S3 discount

    I tried hard but couldn't get an offer of more than a 10% discount on a new S3 Sportback as a factory-order car.
  2. RacingTeatray

    Help me buy a S3 Sportback - purchasing advice req'd

    I've been looking into buying an S3 Sportback and had a PCP quote from my local dealer. Ignoring discounts for the moment, the price for what I wanted fully optioned was about £32k. With 10% deposit and 36 month term, the monthly instalments were quoted around £600. The guaranteed future...
  3. RacingTeatray

    First audi quote quote is it good/bad ?

    For what it's worth, I'm currently looking at buying a new S3 Sportback and the best offer I've got so far from a main dealer is 10% off the optioned-up price, so a saving of around 3,200 pounds. So deals are out there. That's without a trade-in though. The trade-in offer on my 2005 Alfa 156...
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    Parrot Kit Quote

    Perhaps Halfords are just idiots. It wouldn't be unheard of. I have Parrot systems in both my Alfa and my Merc, and they both cost well under 200 quid fitted. I had the dealers fit them when I bought the cars (second-hand) and they both did immaculate jobs - neither has ever gone wrong...
  5. RacingTeatray

    Manual Mode DSG

    It just seemed jerky and hard to control, whether using the paddles or not. And it's not that I'm not used to autos - my 500E has a proper old-fashioned torque-converter box. I think my view is perhaps that autos are best suited to cars with 8 cylinders or more. I recall trying a Z4 3.0si Coupe...
  6. RacingTeatray

    Sportback - roofrails or no roofrails?

    Ok - thanks. Interesting. Looks like massive favouring of the aluminium ones!
  7. RacingTeatray

    Manual Mode DSG

    It must be a personal thing but I had my first experience of DSG in a Scirocco the other day and thought it was absolutely dreadful. It never changed gears when I wanted to, even in so-called manual mode. Plus it gives weird catapulting acceleration that feels like you've been fired from a...
  8. RacingTeatray

    Sportback - roofrails or no roofrails?

    Trying to spec up an S3 Sportback. What do you all think - roofrails or no roofrails? If so, silver or black? I cannot make my mind up. My mother has an A3 Sportback 2.0 TDi SE which doesn't have them, and I've always thought it would have looked better with them. But I'm not sure about the S3...
  9. RacingTeatray

    Magnetic dampers on an S3?

    Thanks for that. So you reckon they are worth the extra expense - that's useful to know. I'd hope they are covered by the three-year warranty and not considered consumables?! Does anyone know what the position on them is? I've driven through Poland en route between London and Moscow, and I...
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    Magnetic dampers on an S3?

    Hi. After an Audi-free few years, I am contemplating now buying a new S3 Sportback. Has anyone tried an S3 with magnetic dampers yet? If so, do they make a worthwhile difference? The one I test-drove had normal dampers and seemed to ride well enough. I tried a Scirocco with the magnetic...
  11. RacingTeatray

    S3 easy sale?

    It took me nearly two months to sell my unmodified late S3. The car was low-mileage and immaculate (the eventual buyer had it fully inspected and the inspection found no faults at all) and I wasn't asking silly money. The phone just didn't ring and yet I had it advertised all over the place.
  12. RacingTeatray

    The time has come to change over!!!!!

    The Cupra R is ok. I tried one for a day and would second the comments about the 2wd power delivery and the build quality not actually being nearly as good. I would get a 5dr new Golf GTi or 2.0T A3 Sportback (budget permitting) if you must have a 5dr. Or frankly actually an R32 5dr. I'm...
  13. RacingTeatray

    Trading Post

    Ok - cheers.
  14. RacingTeatray

    Trading Post

    How long does it usually take for an advert to be added to this after you've posted it?
  15. RacingTeatray

    How much is my S3 Worth

    Dealers can really take the p*ss on a trade-in price. When my mother went to get a new car earlier this year, the average trade-in value (according to the guides) of her owned-from-new V-reg V40 was £2850. Given it was in a good spec and colour, and it was immaculate, I thought £3k was...
  16. RacingTeatray

    ok, for my 7th set of alloys?

    Wheels from the new A3 don't fit the old one...
  17. RacingTeatray

    S3 hesitation on acceleration?

    Who do? I didn't name the dealership at fault so far as I can tell. Anyway having collected my car this morning, it's now running beautifully and smoothly so it seem the MAF was to blame.
  18. RacingTeatray

    S3 hesitation on acceleration?

    Right well Docklands Audi tell me the MAF was faulty and it's been replaced under warranty so all should be well when I collect it this evening. I shall let you know. On the separate point I mentioned about the oddly short service interval - the mystery is solved and it's a shocker for the...
  19. RacingTeatray

    S3 hesitation on acceleration?

    My car is going in for an inspection on Wednesday so shall update with any findings.
  20. RacingTeatray

    S3 hesitation on acceleration?

    My local Audi dealer over the phone have suggested over the phone that it could be either the MAF, the temperature sensor or a sticky throttle body (is this the same as a potentiometer?). They want it in for inspection to identify the fault but indicate that the cost will be covered by the...