Recent content by Dr_Rick

SOLD!! Sent from my ONEPLUS A5010 using Tapatalk

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I changed mine without removing the bumper or loosening the wing fixings. I removed all the bumper fixings except for the passenger side wheelarch. I did need to buy some reeeeeeaaaallly long torx drivers though to reach the one at the back. All in, replacement took me about an hour with faffing.

Some initial photos added, to whet the appetite..

Yup, fully appreciate that. Just don't want dusty car pics to be what everyone sees. First impressions and all that. Sent from my ONEPLUS A5010 using Tapatalk

I'm just putting this note out, before I get a full as up and running (want to clean the car properly). I'm planning on selling my current steed as I fancy a change. Nothing more sinister than that. So, the details... 2009/59-plate Audi S3 Sportback S-Tronic Just below 54k miles (daily driver...

I used to have an S4 with the 3.0T, that was good too. I’m contemplating heading back to that size of vehicle, but an Avant to cope with shifting kids stuff and tip runs. Maybe with a Revo type tweak to 400+ Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

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@ch1z64, I bought mine from 'up your way' from the main dealer on the edge of town. Previous owner was an offshore guy too. Sent from my ONEPLUS A5010 using Tapatalk

I recently put my car into AutoTrader just to see what number it suggested. I have a late 2009 S3 Sportback, black leather, pano, S-tronic (no Bose) on 52k miles, full Audi SH bar the last which was local Audi specialist. It suggested £12500 private which is what I paid a year ago from trade...

Right, I'm aware that this thread is 20 pages / now 789 posts long and it's possible that the answers are here, but it's not clear. Does anyone have a definitive list of our various cars / audio combinations versus the various Android HU listed along the way. Then detailing whether they work...

Right, to conclude all this. I eventually took the plunge / risk on eBay and ordered what was listed as a new Hella unit from an JD Motorsports for part number 1LL 009 648-421. Grand total including P&P was £288.96. First issue was that someone seemed to have packed a left hand light (i.e...

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Interesting, and I'm not convinced they're right, despite being main dealers. There's a separate note in the service booklet about oil changes in the STronic (see photo). There are quite a few businesses around that do STronic rebuilds of clutch packs, Mechatronic units and occasionally...

They're not sealed for life units as far as I know. I had a B8 S4 with the STronic and that had a stated oil change interval of every 36k miles. I picked it up at 72k, it was then borked at 78k but the previous owners had missed the first oil change so I had no comeback. Change from D2 to D1...