Recent content by mickv

Sounds nice except for the upchange farts - they sounds very, well, farty!

Mine sometimes sticks too. I assumed it was just the seals clagging together a bit. The catch is releasing every time but the boot doesn't always open. Can't say it bothers me that much. If I could be bothered, a bit of grease on the seals would probably solve it.

Marmite outside and in, so deserves to be cheap.

I've noticed this quite a bit, when the road is wet or greasy. Doesn't bother me, as it's only a transient thing, but I never noticed it in my old B7 RS4 with "proper" Quattro. Traction in that always seemed as close to unbreakable as made no difference. Good to hear the technical explanation...

Was that for 18s? I checked the price for 19s and they were about £850 a set, which I thought was OTT, even though I was really keen to try them.

No. not sure what size the standard wheel are but the 19" I have were a paid for option. It's easier to get a new set of wheels as you say, so less hassle to change - just make sure you buy the right size!

Just had a set of Vredestein Wintrac Extreme S fitted in 235/35/19. I'll report back in a week or two once I know how they go in the grease and wet.

Just today had a set of Vredestein Wintrac Extreme S fitted (235/35/19s). Will report back once I've had chance to try them out in nasty conditions.

Possibly a bit OTT with that estimate - Akra systems for the Nissan GTR are around 5k, can't see them pricing s3 option at that level. Still, cant see it being less than 4k, and 10% of car's value on an exhaust is getting silly.

Checked level and it's approaching min - I'd say about 75% down the band between max and min. That's in 1400 miles.

I collected mine May 2014 - not sure when it was built, but assume not long before that. Interesting that the earlier thread concentrated on the pump but the recall states coolant pipework. Haven't checked the level yet but will do so.

Just had notification of a recall to check coolant pipe on my s3 saloon. Anyone else had this? Apparently it's not urgent, but they sent a reminder one week after the first notification, so I've booked in for the end of the month.

Sorry lucas, didn't quite catch that. Could you repeat it please?:)

Craig - you might not have had a problem but you probably drive better in bad conditions than most of us southern softies. Experience counts. However, until you try winters you aren't in a position to compare. In snow they are much better and instead of pussy footing around you can drive at a...

I keep telling myself there's no point either, so why do I keep reaching for one? Because my last car had one and you get used to it. I think it should be there - bit of a let down not having one. But at least I have a saloon so my middle button has some worth......