Recent content by Stratman

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    A3 (US spec) audio upgrade

    The place offered that and, at the time, I thought they were just trying to up sell be on everything. Now I wish have done it as when I get the volume up, stuff starts making a little noise.
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    A3 (US spec) audio upgrade

    Since day one I planned up upgrading the sound in my A3 base trim. The came with the 10 speaker system that includes a sub. I noticed the following with the stock system; - The front tweeters were really loud in comparison with the door and sounded very harsh to my ears. - The lows from the...
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    Brake Pedal Height

    Relatively new owner of a 8Y A3 in the US. Love the car but one thing seems weird to me. The brake pedal height relative to the gas pedal seems way too high. Without measuring it, I'd say it's at least a 2" - 2.5" between the pedals. It makes it so that it's difficult to get the the brake pedal...
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    So I did some trim changes with carbon vinyl

    Looks cool! The shiny black drives me nuts too. How difficult was it to do?
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    48V mild hybrid

    I have quattro with mild hybrid and 7 speed DSG here in the US. I came to this car from a MK7 GTI with 6 speed DSG. I like this new Audi transmission much better and the mild hybrid is pretty cool! It does 2 things I like; 1) when you let off the gas when rolling it "coasts". I thought it was...
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    MMI navigation thru playlists

    I got a 2022 A3 recently with the standard audio system. How it sounds aside, it's awkward to navigate through files and playlists on an external thumb drive. It's fine searching through to find what you want to play but as SOON AS YOU PLAY a song, you can't navigate back step by step. It forces...
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    A3 speaker upgrade

    New to the forum and to Audi! I recently got a 2022 A3 (I think that's what all are calling the 8Y version) with the 10 speaker sound system. The sound is 'ok' IMO and think it could be alot better fidelity with a couple key speaker upgrades. Problem is that I have never dealt with a system...