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Cheers mate, pretty much like I'd read from other owners then. Were you able to verify via VCDS at all?

The other night driving home I noticed it, really bad wheel spin when flooring it in 1st and 2nd. Along with a fair bit of torque steer, Kind of felt like the front wheels were skipping, really juddering, and didn't feel at all like the rears were kicking in to help shove the car forward like it...

Haha yes very good point. I work about 5 minutes from the nearest Audi dealer and am always tired AF from work so I think I subconsciously avoid considering them as a go-to as a result.

It's hardly a priority part but the last time the car went for some work the engine undertray got caught on the middle part of the lift when the mechanic was reversing it off and almost got ripped off. He lifted the car back up and showed me that the engine undertray itself is hanging off quite...

My 2012 S3 is coming up for it's cam belt and water pump change. I'm just looking at prices for cam belt and water pump kits on Autodoc and the Bosch kit is approx £230, I'm assuming because it's OEM. Whereas the Continental kit is £130. My garage is about 5 minutes away from home so I'm happy...

Mileage is 55k, recently serviced before I bought it in September. Previous owner sold up to get an RS3 (they sold to Carwow, who then sold to the dealer who I bought from). ANyway, sometimes it doesn't want to go into 1st gear regardless of whether the engine/ gearbox is cold or warmed up. The...

Don't think so. I watched the mechanic spinning the front wheels while the car was on a 4 post, and they didn't seem to have any problem rotating. As far as I'm aware the suspension was put on OK, the lowering springs were done back in late september and it hadn't done it since then (until a few...

Few weeks ago I put my foot down fairly hard in 2nd gear and the steering wheel pulled extremely hard to the right, by about 1/8th of a turn, and the whole front of the car felt like it was drifting. Really odd and quite scary given that I was in the outside lane with a solid concrete wall to my...

Wanted to get my front and rear calipers painted red to add a bit of subtle colour coding behind the gloss black and diamond cut rotor alloys. But... I don't have a place to have both front & rear wheels off. The premise of this seller seems quite decent... To my understanding you pay £450, they...

Yeah I wasn't sure about the wheels at first, was going to have them refurbed back to normal black edition anthracite, but they really suit the car I think. They look great every time I clean the car and they go all glossy again haha (they look very flat right now as the car is a bit grubby).

The rear driver's side has been making a weird intermittent creaking sound upon braking at low speeds... It's seemingly when I apply the brakes, every time I press the brake pedal down, and then goes away once the brake is completely applied. It doesn't sound like a scraping sound, it's more...

I don't think the car photographs that well from the side, I do find you need certain distance/ perspective/ position to capture it. For example, pretty much side on... Compared to several weeks later, not entirely flat ground, considerably dirtier even after a 2nd wash haha...

H&R TRAK+ 15mm Hubcentric Spacers with extended bolts & locking bolts, 5x112 PCD. Were on my now sold A3 for approx 6 months. Both spacers in very good condition, no lumps or bumps to the rear or front faces of either spacer. Includes 10x 38mm M14x1.5 ‘radius seat’ bolts and 2x 40mm M14x1.5...

No, the parking sensors work just fine. I get the beep when I put the car in reverse too.

Just noticed this yesterday. Previous owner said it was working fine before they sold it to the dealer, so at least I know it hasn't been ripped out during the clutch replacement. Not getting any sort of error message on the DIS also, which is odd. Does anyone know how I could troubleshoot it...

My new to me 2012 S3 Black Edition, Manual... Installed some H&R spacers 10mm front 12mm rear to see how it looked. Then, after an epic fail trying to do it myself, siezed bolts and split spline ends on droplinks galore, had a garage fit some Eibach Pro Front Springs (and much needed new...

Thanks mate. Do both front wheels have to be on axle stands for this to work? How do I know when I've jacked up the strut enough? I've seen someone say 'watch for that side of the car it to lift up off one axle stand slightly then back off'. Is that a super sketchy way of doing it, or should I...

I wanted to fit some Eibach Pro Kit front springs to my new my S3. I have all the right tools, torque specs etc. Something I'm not sure about is torquing up the ball joint to lower control arm nuts, and the nut on the drop link to strut. Every video I've seen, from both professionals and...

Yeah it does generally feel the same. I find it is very dependant on how early you get the revs up high from the jump; As I said when I launched it off the lights I didn't dump the clutch, but I sort of dumped it up to the biting point and floored it fairly quickly, which isn't something I can...

Apologies for the long post but I'm a bit puzzled by the car today... I bought a 2012 Manual 3 door S3 last Friday. FSH, 3 owners, 53k miles, cambelt & water pump done back in Feb 2021, APR Stage 1 & Ramair filter, all invoices present, wingbacks, seems well looked after. I got it from a dealer...