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Hi All My 2010 S3 is due its 5th year service in June, any body tell me rough cost to get this done? Been told it needs cambelt & water pump changed, car has 28k Thanks Gary

Hi All Car has just failed mot on broken rear coil spring, been quoted £325 to fix by the garage I took it to! That's price to replace both springs as they said best to change both. Am I being ripped off as thought that price was high? Car mot runs out Thursday so pretty urgent. Thanks Gary

Hi Can someone tell me when the Haldex oil is recommended to be changed? Thanks

As above, looking forward to my drive to work tomorrow!

Hi Anyone got a link to the software required to use a reset Shark STS unit, cant seem to find it on there website but remember downloading something a while back, computer has crashed since meaning lost the data. Cheers Gary

Hi all As above, do you use Audi Main Dealer or Independent Audi Specialist for your yearly servicing? I used Independent for my last service but it was only the Oil service so just wondering whether to go main dealer for next service? Car is 2010 plate S3 & was set up on long life service but...

Hi All Looking to getting my wheels refurbished & resprayed in new year & wondered if anyone had used or know of anyone who has used the above place to get there wheels done? They have quoted me £78 per wheel inc vat. Have also looked at the wheel specialist in Fareham but they want £112 inc...

Hi all Just noticed that I have a patch of paint that has come off one of my wheels, so im going to get them refurbished as they have a few nicks & scratches on them. My car is S3 Black Edition in Black with the Anthracite coloured alloys. Was thinking of changing colour slightly but unsure...

Hi Just got a 2nd hand STS Unit, which had been erased by previous owner. Ive downloaded the xconsole to my computer. When I plugged in the STS Unit it downloaded the files to my computer but when I open xconsole & try & link box it says "Device not found" Hoping someone can tell me what im...

Hi all As title, has anybody got an idea how much it cost to have the swirls removed or anything I can use to make them better? I don't own a machine polisher & the swirls mainly show up on the bonnet. The car is met black S3, not sure if its the phantom black or other ? Thanks Gary

Hi I need to replace my 2 rear tyres on my S3 shortly, ive read that some people don't recommend the Bridgestone Potenza as there are better tyres for the money. Anyone recommend me good alternatives as not had car long so first time of replacing tyres. Thanks

Hi, Looking at remapping my 10 plate S3 soon. Anyone used the Shark STS & got any views on the remap? Ive used Bluefin in past on previous car (Corsa vxr) & was pretty happy with results it gave, but not seen many people on here that have used it? Thanks Gary

Hi All My car has recently developed a rattle on the drivers side window, if I wind the window down the rattle is gone. Anyone had similar issue & know fix for it as the rattle is doing my head in! Apart from sticking the stereo up a few notches!! Thanks Gary

Hi all, seen a few people saying to check Camfollower regular & recommend changing every 5k or so as its a cheap thing to do. Just wondering where it is located & how easy it is to change yourself? Im not really mechanical on cars, can change things like filters etc but not much other experience...

Hi, bought my S3 from a independent garage approx. 4 weeks ago. At the time it had private plates on the car but was told I could take car & they would let me know when the log book was sorted so I could swap back to the original plates. Today I phoned the DVLA to check as dealer had told me...

Hi All, My S3 is currently standard, have heard that Stage 1 not only improves the cars driveability & fun factor but can also improve the fuel economy as its pretty bad! Was after peoples experience of stage 1, both fuel wise & driveability? Thanks

Hi All, my S3 is coming up for oil service, my question is do you all get it done at your local Audi dealer or just take it somewhere else as its just oil & filter change? I have to dealers local to me Portsmouth & Southampton (Harwood, dealers). Thanks

Hi all, just looked under boot cover & noticed something missing? Ive got jack, spare wheel etc but there is a space jus inside on righthand side? Reading the manual im guessing its where the tyre repair kit & compressor should be? Can anyone confirm this for me please? Sorry not sure how to...

Doing some S3 insurance quotes & the car coming up is A3 S Line Black Edition 2.0 Tfsi? I have put reg in & done it manually & the price still comes out at only £196! Seems bit low as rang my current insurer & they have quoted £370? Anyone else had this when doing quotes for there S3? Thanks

Hi all, picking up my S3 on Thursday. Just wondering what fuel you all use? Is it safe to run on 95 ron as probably going to need to fill it up before trip home & there are no Tesco or Shell near to be able to put Vpower or Momentum 99 in! It will be run on Vpower once home though! Thanks