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The 8v feels faster but may be due to combination of the 8v ride management and gearbox, the box now goes to S7 in sport mode, also the sports exhaust has to be a factor in the experience, get above 4000rpm and the sound is fantastic, only problem is when the turbo cuts in you get to 4000rpm...

Audi standard winter rims for the RS3 are 18", they come in the Rotor design same as the default 19" rims, only difference is both front and rear are same width unlike the 19" where there was an option for wider profile front tyres.

Still early days, but so far the new brakes are nice and quiet ;-)

Too soon to tell, only driven it 10km home from the garage.

Heres a few shots of the new discs & calipers

Just collected my car back from the dealer, outcome was as they initially stated complete replacement of both front discs, calipers and pads - this was documented in the Service book as 'Aktion 4716' there was also another outstanding recall - 'aktion 20T9' which requires checking and potential...

Deal is they swap the wheels then store the spare set till next required - all very civilised, as its now a legal requirement here to have winter tyres fitted everyone has to swap there tyres 2x a year and a lot of folks don't have the tools or where with-all to do this the dealers set up a...

Yep, still got snow on the ground, but at least its above zero now and can only get warmer, so given the difficulty in getting appointments for wheel changes at this time of year it was either keep the original appointment or wait another month to get a new date. So looking forward to getting...

Just took my RS3 into my local dealer in Munich to have the summer wheels/tyres fitted, they informed me that there was a couple of factory updates outstanding on my car, one of which was for the brakes and that they would have to replace the front discs, callipers and pads. Hopefully the car...

Way too early to think about summer tyres yet, still well below 0'C every night and 10cm of snow here in Bayern, but the autobahns are clear so can still get the turbos nicely spun up on the way to work.

Here in Germany most folks have a complete winter wheel/tyre sets - much easier to swap complete wheels. Standard Audi winter wheel set for the RS3 has 225/40 R18 92V XL Dunlop SP Winter Sport 3D AO, these tyres are left right specific but same spec front and rear on 18" rims. Lowest temp I've...

In Germany it's a legal requirement to fit winter tyres, Audi have standard 18" 5 rotor RS3 wheels with winter tyres fitted at €550 each. Tyres are rated at 240kph so won't limited you too much on absolute speed. Also note the standard Audi winter tyres are same spec front and rear, it's only...