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    SW Driving roads.

    OK until you meet the tourists with caravans!!!
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    Awesome GTI Remap £150 with a DSG Box (2.0tdi)

    Hi BradHatton, DSG box is the DIRECT SHIFT GEARBOX, which is the auto/semi-auto gearbox which is a cost option fitted to VAG group cars.... DSG, S-Tronic, Sportronic etc...all pretty much the same, so I believe. The DSG gearbox basically is a fast operating auto gear box. It achieves this by...
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    Wasted!!!!!!!! (Unless the driver has ambition????? or another car in waiting?)

    Ha...probably just the Pic, Chris....we had to be quick to get the photo, they weren't hanging about!
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    Wasted!!!!!!!! (Unless the driver has ambition????? or another car in waiting?)

    Spotted this on the M4 the other afternoon....made me smile....... Could be worth a fair bit that reg I thought??? Nice one!
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    not a good day

    I feel for you, Blobbob2....same happened to me. Pulled up behind a Citroen Picasso to exit from a side road. Large gap in oncoming traffic, went to pull out and turn left but the flipping Picasso was still there! Yep...my fault but I couldn't understand why they didn't go....put it down to...
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    Which wheels advice would be great

    Crikey....you guys must spend an age cleaning your alloys with all those spokes!!! Ha Ha....I'll stick to 5 spoke standard alloys...much easier! Hats off to you though for doing a great job on them....they all look great!
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    Brake caliper clean up and paint....

    Also, just a quick thought, how does the Hammerite fair in terms of high temperatures when brakes are used? Any signs of burning yet?
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    Brake caliper clean up and paint....

    Nice job, Bootneck, they look good. What did you do then? Remove wheels, scrub up caliper, mask and paint? What worked best to clean & prep the calipers - wire brush? Presumably you brushed the Smoothrite on? Or can you buy a spray version then? Thanks for your help.
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    VAG Silvered front indicator bulbs

    OK. I want to change the indictaors to silvered ones in my SB fitted with HID units.....how the heck do you get the bulbs out? Looks nigh on impossible from my first look! Is it a bumper off, headlights out job, like we used to do with the Golf Mk4???? Cheers
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    What Mileage have your cars done?

    Ho Ho.....not quite what it seems....did 76K in first three years March 1999 -March 2002 and then 68K since..... Currently doing about 18K per annum at the mo. Yep not a lot I guess compared to you but then again I don't need to do the miles so much anymore. Just enjoy the driving now.
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    New S3 8P3 White or Black

    Go Misano Red.....looks awesome poslished! Red every time for me....
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    What Mileage have your cars done?

    Still got my old Golf Mk4 1.8T Gti - 1999 plate - 138,878 on the clock and still running beautifully!:happy: The 56-plate A3 has 59989 miles and going great too....:thumbsup:
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    A3 injector recall

    Guys...had my injector recall mod done a while back now and its done nothing but run fine ever since....if not better than before it went in. Ceratinly sems to be quicker than before. Maybe the placebo affect but Audi Swindon were very good, didn't cost me a penny and as I was working nearby...
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    STOLEN RS3 INTEROIR - please help

    I really feel for you mate...it once happened to a pal of my, with his MR2. I had an early White T-Bar with leather, he had a Red one with the Red/Black cloth seats. Got up to go to work and discovered his MR2 propped up on bricks....all four alloys gone. Then he opened the door and found both...
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    HELP - A3 SB DSG/Sportronic or DMF issue???

    Over the past few weeks, I have noticed a randon metallic tinging or pinging sound coming from, I think, under the car behind the engine, middle of the car. When you pull away you can hear this 'ting, ting' or single knock. Notice it more when driving past buildings/stationary cars with the...
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    What would you do???? EURO MILLIONS

    Ha Ha...I spent £20 and got Jack S....! So you did better than me! Remember, there's always someone worse off than you..so just be happy with your lot and what you got. Works for me.
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    TDi 170, worth upgrading air filter?

    Hi Cossie_boy, yep, recently done this on my A3 170 SB using a Pipercross Panel Air Filter - Pipercross Audi A3 Mk2 2.0 TDI (170bhp) Panel Filter Part No. PP1621 Got mine on ebay for about £20 I think. IMHO - I think the performance has improved over the old paper filter one fitted, and...
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    Post your rattles (and fixes)

    I has simialr sounds....drove me mad! Mine turned out to be the pastic protective stone guards attached to the rear trailing suspension arms - one was loose and nearly falling off, the other had damage around the fixing point (previous owner I suspect!) Local stealer noticed the issue when...
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    What is the worst mod you have ever seen

    Ha Ha....I wonder if it plays a tune (like pan pipes) when it back fires!!!
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    What is the worst mod you have ever seen

    OK Ok...here it is in all its glory...ta dahhh!!!!