Recent content by Tzsteve

I’ve used WD-40 to clean mine, spray it on, let it soak for a few min then wipe off, works well on tar spots. If you have soot marks on the rolled edge of the tailpipe try scrunching up some aluminum foil and wet with WD-40 then a light polish will remove them, rinse off and if then use a fine...

my S3 saloon 8y does it when in sport while in dynamic mode, defo not as pronounced as the 8v though

The bonnet skin is aluminum which makes lighter and more flexible than steel, I try pull it down with one of the clamps underneath then get my hand out of the way rather than pressing it from the top.

I went with the contrasting red stitching on Nappa with flat bottom wheel, I think it looks nicer than the other steering wheel that they were offering. I don’t think either option is available on the facelift

Is the steering wheel in the right place on the Uk configurator? Audi Ireland hasn’t bothered to fix this yet Drive comfortably it says

That’s ridiculous! , I see they had a high degree of attention to detail on the Audi website, looks like they forgot to photoshop something

all things being equal, if there was little or no increase in the price the upgrade could be worth while, but going on what my dealer says a similar spec S3 to my pre facelift will be well over €80k when orders open here in Ireland. WTF! It will be interesting to see what they do with the RS3.

Nice! What spec did you order? Any idea of the lead time? My pre facelift was pretty quick, ordered last Nov, got it Feb just gone

Looks good in district green on the configurator with the black optics , Akrapovik exhaust €4100 extra

I’ve seen A4 in district green black edition and it looked lovely so should suit the S3 too. My Audi dealer doesn’t have full pricing yet, however he did say that there would be a considerable increase over pre facelift, wonder how much extra the Akrapovik exhaust will be

Not sure if this has been posted already, aside from the changes they have made to the bumpers/grills not a fan of the new Audi badge, they changed the S3 lettering on the rear also. Thoughts? https://youtu.be/PT9UVnaruUQ?si=7U8z8RGQtERiLOhQ

It’s a strange one alright, makes more sense I suppose to have the oil temp displayed instead, my S3 takes a good while to get to 90C in the mornings, it’s a much nicer display than the regular vc though

I had the 1.5 tfsi in the 8v from 2019, manual and it had 152,000 kms on it when I traded it in last week, long term average over my 5 years of ownership was 6.2 litre per 100kms which works out at 45 mpg.

Less than 500 miles on my S3, averaging 27.6. mix of roads. Mostly backroads with a bit of motorway