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Cheers, 2 1/2 years old with 26k km on the clock (about 16k miles I think). 95% of cars here are black/grey/silver/white so this one stands out

Picked up on Friday, Dragon Orange S3 Cabrio. Great time of year for it!

Hi audisporters, thought I'd post in the welcome threads as I'm back after a 7 year hiatus. Dalliance with rear wheel drive and a move to the continent in that time. Now back with VAG in a S3 8V FL Cabrio as of yesterday when I picked up my new ride, 2 1/2 years old with 26k on the clock...

Try the Toyota GT86 (or Subaru BRZ). Front engine, RWD,1250kg. An absolute blast to drive, puts a smile on your face when cornering at 30mph. It really proves that 200bhp is enough, but then again it could benefit from a bit more

Definitely wash first, or you may as well be dragging sandpaper over your car if you go straight for the clay mitt

You might want to check that the side assist actually works on both sides of the car. Heard somewhere it only works on the inside (ie left only for RHD vehicles, and vice versa). Could be wrong but worth clarifying as they wouldn't help much on the continent if that's the case

My old S3 had a unicorn stage 2+ and seemed to run out of ideas (engine power vs air resistance) at 163 mph GPS speed. Could have maybe wring a couple more mph but 190 would likely require a downhill gradient. This was on an autobahn so perfectly legal

Ricks based in Stockport, Google unicorn motor developments for the website or contact him on the forum here as he's one of the sponsors. As for price it depends what you want as he does some enticing optional extras like launch control and flat shift. His prices are very reasonable

Or for £1k more an immaculate silver stage 2+ nearly half the mileage. Sorry, shameless plug

Totally agree with warren_S3. I have a unicorn custom map on mine. At stage 2+ it's 350bhp which is on the lower end of what you would expect but with a massive torque figure and a good progressive profile it's still a seriously quick machine. Ricks service was second to none when the map was...

Head Turner?? Stomach more like!

I did like the 'red and green' advert though :-D

I think that's ice silver the same as mine but can't be 100% from the photo

I'll second what jimmcgee said, I did this once, but lesson learnt. The torque app itself isn't bad at all, some of the features are a bit pointless (like the 'eco tree') but it's fairly decent. When I was down Santa Pod a few months ago the quarter mile times the app showed were not exactly the...

I think it's because Sony are going full on gaming machine for the PS4 whereas the PS3 was marketed as a 'media centre'. Agree it's a bit annoying but still got the 3 so it's not the end of the world