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  1. richinsoton

    Cam Belt ?

    You're going to the wrong tyre shops if they have years old stock of tyres in common sizes such as those that fit an A3!!
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    Cam Belt ?

    It's a rubber belt therefore it perishes over time irrespective of mileage / usage & hence why it should be replaced at the 5 yr interval. It's the same reason there is a production date on tyres etc.
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    Add a SatNav to Audi SE

    It's just an SD card & activation at a retailer isn't it?. Or at least that's what was required on my 2014 version.
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    Cam Belt ?

    It has a cambelt as it's the same age / model as my car. It's due renewal at 5 yrs so I'd get it changed.
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    Next model A3

    Those wheels are a bit too similar to the ones on a Focus ST for my liking! :puke::puke2::puke::puke2:
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    Next model A3

    I had mine changed in the 3rd year as it was starting to make a spring 'twanging' noise in operation so I had it changed before it failed completely & it has gone v.slightly on the wonk a couple of times since (only by a couple of degrees tbh). I'm not a fan of touchscreens either seeing the...
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    Car insurance time again

    The way some parents abandon their cars outside of schools they should have their premiums doubled!!! :yes::racer:
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    Wipers moving

    My 2014 3dr does it occassionaly when switching off too. It's a neat little idea I think & it seems to work as in over 90k miles / 5yrs now I've never had a wiper judder.
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    Interior heater issue. cold air when fans at full speed

    it sounds like an airlock in the heater matrix to me & the cooling sytem needs rebleeding with the heater temp set to max heat to ensure fluid flow through the matrix.
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    Oil level?

    You do know you're supposed to be checking the oil when hot a few mnutes after switching off the engine don't you?. The oil level is obviously going to read lower when cold as no thermal expansion has taken place.
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    Audi Service Price Match - have they told the dealers?

    Nothing stupid about it, perhaps Wearside were close but not quite there with reaching their month end target so doing a few customers cheap deals towards month end was enough to push them over the line. What they've not made off of you in the front end, they've made in bonus for reaching their...
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    Spotters Thread For 8V Chassis

    Blue 65 plate S3 3dr northbound on the M3 08:30 this morning. Lovely shade of blue... just a shame about the nasty gash on the drivers door continuing onto the quarter panel doh!
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    S3 stripped of parts in Holiday Inn Heathrow car park

    You can see the S3 was parked correctly in this image also... The tea leaves obviously came back for it after doing over the Insignia I would assume?. (Glad I'm not travelling out of Thiefrow anytime soon!)
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    S3 stripped of parts in Holiday Inn Heathrow car park

    Not what you want to come home from holiday to. :frowning: https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=74&t=1746731
  15. richinsoton

    Main Dealer Experiences

    If you were in a commission based role would you want to spend time talking to someone who has disclosed they're not looking to buy in the near future?. & as you're not looking to buy until the summer by when the mileage, value & condition of your car could've greatly changed with different...
  16. richinsoton

    My dream is over

    It's okay saying well it's only another fiver a week, therefore you can't afford the car, but I could afford the car & I certainly would begrudge giving the tax man another £5 per week when I could spend it better elsewhere. £450 for each of the 1st 5 yrs no way Jose!! :-)
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    Wet driver's footwell

    Being towards the centre console I'd say it's the air con drain tubes adrift / blocked from the bottom of the heater box & instead of the moisture that the a/c has removed from the incoming air draining out under the car it's draining into the cabin.
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    S3 stolen

    Well if the knuckledraggers read any of the forums vaguely relating to S3, RS or Golf R thefts it's the one immobiliser that always pops up as a recommendation & how likely is it that a car sat on a driveway breaksdown at that point rather than having already been recovered to a retailer for a...
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    a3 humming

    Possibly would've helped if you had posted a clip of the noise?.
  20. richinsoton

    Coolant leak.. or not..

    I believe Audi now recommend ignoring the max fill level & fill up to the halfway seam around the expansion tank instead which is slightly higher up.