Yeh I know mate, Will do over the weekend hopefully , Cost today for removing back discs and pads putting all new back and the front swopping the pads for new , and cleaning all the area around the discs /painting the front discs (my paint) price £144 , Happy with it all, The back drilled discs >> So nice! thanks to cosmicblue.You know the rules Alan - pictures or it didn't happen!
Hi folks, I hope you are all well.
Collected my RSQ3 Sportback just before lockdown, and it is growing on me. However, it is too quiet, and lacks drama (due to the filters I believe). Are there any places doing custom exhausts for these yet?
Thank you
I agree its a brave colour choice but my other half always wanted an S3 in that colour.Not for me,chavy and nasty.
I agree its a brave colour choice but my other half always wanted an S3 in that colour.
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Maybe not quite halfway there, I was definitely keeping the SQ5, I even have an 034 Arb ready to go on...damn that little devil on my shoulder lolSo you are more than halfway there then @Ju
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Audi exclusive colour (i think its java green) and near enough every extra. Not a performance model though unfortunately!
Itch is being scratched next saturday when I pick it up and then a 240 mile drive home to get acclimatised!Ju - you'll have to itch that scratch one day and move that 'ol bread van on
Itch is being scratched next saturday when I pick it up and then a 240 mile drive home to get acclimatised!
I knew when I saw it and read the spec it was the one and definitely will never see another in that colour on my travels.
The previous owner always buys his cars from the same dealership, specs them up to the max and trades them in every 3 years. He's ocd and hasn't even used the drivers floor mat......or at least thats what the saleswoman has promised me!
I'll miss the SQ5 when it goes as its been awesome, but i need to tick the RS on my bucket list.
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Itch is being scratched next saturday when I pick it up and then a 240 mile drive home to get acclimatised!
I knew when I saw it and read the spec it was the one and definitely will never see another in that colour on my travels.
The previous owner always buys his cars from the same dealership, specs them up to the max and trades them in every 3 years. He's ocd and hasn't even used the drivers floor mat......or at least thats what the saleswoman has promised me!
I'll miss the SQ5 when it goes as its been awesome, but i need to tick the RS on my bucket list.
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Don't think I mentioned the mileage?Low mileage too,you’ve done well there.
Reg number then goggle think its about 24 K ish trouble with internet Not a lot you can hide!Don't think I mentioned the mileage?
Haha yeah thats true...its 26kReg number then goggle think its about 24 K ish trouble with internet Not a lot you can hide!
Thanks for the very detailed and knowledgeable reply.Ju, you'll love it.
When I 1st drove an RSQ3 (Swindon Audi/Misano Red ex Audi staff car) I was, well, a bit underwhelmed - you see that the RSQ3 has a Jekyll & Hyde personality - which when understood makes it very easy to live with, Driven 'normally' it is just effortless, swift, smooth - crikey, almost sensible. I actually didn't buy the car...but, like you, had that itch and a Sepang Blue 340ps was the result from Southend - should never had traded it for an RS4, regret that to this day.
Try a little bit harder and the other personality appears even in 'D' - to be perfectly honest I almost never drive mine in Sport mode (in a standard car that's your only option to get the exhaust valve open - solution is a Cete AVC). Sport mode is brutal - partners are usually not happy in the passenger seat, not helped by your manic grin
Checking the car over:
1) Check the front discs - those monster wavy discs are gripped by huge 8 pot Brembo calipers with 4 brake pads each side (they are formidable stoppers), the discs however have a 1mm wear limit off each face, 2mm total - it is actually stamped on the disc hub. The OEM pads are abrasive so if there is a noticeable lip on the outer edge of the disk negotiate to get them measured/changed. They are around £500 a pair. plus pads - OEMs are £367 a set - Redstuffs (see below) are about £200.
Many RSQ3 owners, myself included, use EBC Redstuff pads - better than OEM, ceramic and don't wear the discs - polish like mirrors instead and little dust. Highly recommended.
2) The RSQ3 has a different Quattro system than the SQ5 - no Torsen coupling. It has a Haldex - an electromagnetic clutch in the back axle that is activated if the car senses that the front wheels are rotating faster than the fronts...in an RSQ3 the Haldex is often awoken from it's slumbers. The standard servicing routine is to change the oil - however the Haldex pump has a filter gauze (see picture) that needs checking/cleaning too - removing the pump needs two new O rings - I had the dealer do mine - with photos to prove. The consensus view is every 20,000 miles is prudent. Might be worth seeing if you can get the dealer to do it....expect the usual 'it doesn't need it sir'.
3) An RSQ3 needs a new set of spark plugs every 20,000 miles (different from most other Audi cars), they are about £200 a set (made by Beru), should have been replaced on yours but check it has actually been done - often overlooked.
Let us know what you think!
Thanks for the very detailed and knowledgeable reply.
A valve controller will be on my list.....
Are you more excited than me John96-hours or thereabouts, Ju
Are you more excited than me John
Hope it went well on the other front too John, keeping fingers crossed for you both.Not as much but for sure looking forward to hearing of your own evaluation.
Our run went well yesterday and in love again - PM sending
Hope it went well on the other front too John, keeping fingers crossed for you both.
Are you more excited than me John
Sat on the train on the way down now john. I've even made helen have her nails done green to match
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