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I might be paranoid but I'm convinced over the past couple of months my steering has gotten worse. I know the weather hasn't been great but I reckon I've had the car long enough and remember how well it held in the wet previously. If anyone can shed some light on what the following symptoms...

I currently drive an a3 1.8T Quattro (8L) but have recently been looking at selling up and getting a diesel a3 (8P). I drive 40-50 miles a day and I'm finding the quattro costly but I'm having a hard time working out whether I'd actually save much cash. Has anyone recently swapped from petrol...

Sunday Morning I reversed off 'the grassy bank' at my folks house and heard this graunching noise. Upon inspection I found I'd managed to rip and bend back part of the plastic that sits at the underside of the front of the vehicle below the engine. :sob: I've no idea what this is called but...

Someone's thefted mine during the wee hours and my car just looks plain crap without it. :sob: I've been on vagparts and they rock in at a little under £30. A high price to pay for an aerial and I'm not willing to chav the roof of my car courtesy of ebay. Anyone know if/where I can pick them up...

I've had my quattro for about 6 months now and something is bothering me. When I went for a test drive in it there was a 'woooshing' noise coming from the passenger footwell/glove box area. I was told it was an atmospheric dump valve (as standard) but I keep reading on here of folk loosing...

That's right, I think I've a stone in my brakes but I'm not certain. These noises only occur at low speeds. When first pulling away after it's been sat for some time there is a rotating squeak/rubbing noise. This stops as I accelerate. When in traffic at low speeds and the steering wheel...

My car was pranged a while back whilst parked outside my gaff. The **** that hit it claimed liability and my car was taken away for repair to Solus Norwich Union. It was returned to me 4 weeks later. Upon receiving the car I noticed that the drivers door didn't shut properly and the lock nodule...

So I'm upstairs, getting a bit of work sorted. It's about 9:30 am and I hear a crash and a car alarm go. I head to the window to see a Clio stuck in the side of my A3 and my neighbours car is up on the pavement. Out I go and it's not great. The rear passenger-side alloy is curbed badly...

Just had my car through its MOT and they've told me there's a problem with the suspension. Specifically the 'bottom suspension'. I've never heard of it and as it wasn't at the specialist I tend to use I wasn't willing for them to do the work. Can anyone give me any insight into what it is and...

So I sold the old 1.6 and bought a 1.8T quattro. It's lovely to drive but yesterday I needed to get something larger than a paperclip in the boot and I found that the rear seats won't go down. Well, of the 60/40 the passenger side rear seat will drop fine but the larger driver side section will...

I've just bought an a3 1.8T Quattro and I'm loving the ride... however I'm not loving the stereo. My old a3 had a MacStealth sub with alpine amp and headunit. the sound was lovely. This new car has a double din Symphony stereo and one of the front speakers seems to be farting badly at normal...

I've been running a custom eq setting for a while now and it sounds fine but I feel like I'm missing out on something not using the 5band parametric eq. The manual is about as helpful as a kick in the nuts. Can anyone shed any light on what differences there are running a parametric eq compared...

Ok, I followed the stealth sub install well over a year ago. Everything went swimmingly and I'm forever indebted to Mr AndyMac (he truely is a great chap). But due to the way I decided to mount the amp on the passenger side of the A3 I'm finding every 6 months or so I have to pull the panel off...

I'm spending ages trying to decide whether mileage should affect my purchase decision and want to know what others do when considering buying a new audi. I'm currently looking at 02-03 1.9TDI's of which there are a few around. I've never bought a car with a higher mileage than my current car as...

I recently got a new job and I'm (yet again) considering a new car. I do nearly 80 miles a day now so considering a diesel car to try and keep costs down. Whilst browsing Audi's site for used cars I've noticed that Audi claim the A3 1.9 TDI (130 PS) Sport can do 0-60 in 6.4 secs? Now, I'm not...

I have searched but all I can find is about DSG and pauses when pulling away?? I drive a 1.6 '99 A3 w/ 74k on the clock. When idle the car normally reads 0.9k on the rev meter but recently it's up at 1.2k? When this happens I seem to get an occasional pause in acceleration when changing gear...

I've never bought a second hand car from a dealer before so would like to know is there any point in turning up expecting to haggle or will an Audi dealership laugh in my face and send me packing? cheers, jbw

I need to replace the gear knob and center panel on my '99 A3 but don't know where to go (it could be the dealer is my only choice here)? The previous owner managed to pick the cap (with the gear layout embossed on it) off the top of the gear knob so it looks a tad shabby with a clump of leather...

I'm in the market for a new car but I'm after some advice from you kind folk. I currently drive a 1.6 a3 (99 plate) and I'm looking to get either a 1.8T quattro a3 or a VW golf equivalent but I can't decide which to go with. Top end of my budget is around £8,000-£9,000. What I would like to...

Can someone help me out with instructions on how to remove the front door cards? I've searched but I can't seem to find the info amongst the 750 search results. Also I've got some maystar speaker adaptors to fit my Kappa 50.5 components in my a3 but I can't seem to get them to fit over/around...