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    FL S3 8P Manual - Very reluctant to go into 1st and Reverse gear (quite often)

    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...
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    Where do I find instructions for a job

    I had a quick question, where do I find step by step instructions on how to do something on my car. For example dropping the transmission, and putting it back in. And changing the crank seal. Is there something with torque specs that I could find. I checked my owners manual and it points me to...
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    Second hand A3 buying help

    Hi, I'm looking for some buying advice on second hand A3's, in particular between 2008 - 2010 . I've had a Mk4 Golf for the past 4 years and it's been a dream to run, but now with 230,000 miles I'm looking for an upgrade.. A3 range I'm looking at is 2008 - 2010, £6,000 budget roughly 80k...
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    S4 Auto or Manual?

    Hi folks, I'm currently in an 8P S3 (manual) with a stage 1 map but being a 2008 car the time is coming to move to something a little newer plus it never sounded good even with a sports exhaust (inline 4 pots I guess) I like anonymous looking cars with plenty of poke so an S4 with the smaller...
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    S4 reliability @ 80-100k+ miles (inc. sport diff/ADS)

    Hi everyone, As a serial BMW driver and hopefully soon to-be S4 owner, I thought it was time I made an appearance here. I’m looking to get a B8 S4 Avant manual, although the S5 V8 is still tempting... I’ve read loads of S4 threads here, on Pistonheads and elsewhere, but most of these seem to...
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