8vs3
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I'm probably going to sound daft here, but what does opening the exhaust flaps actually do? Does it essentially leave the flaps open permanently as if I was driving around in dynamic mode?
Carista App Now Avaliable For the 8V A3/S3 - PFL & FL Covered
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8vs3
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Thanks! Is there any difference in fuel economy or any other performance gains / losses?
Got a Carista coming today, looking forward to having a play!
It doesn’t work on Facelift vehicles. Not sure about PFL
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I've got a PFL, seen a few posts from back in the thread that says it works with PFL, so fingers crossed
I have this done on my FL; or are you talking about Carista does not support this?
Carista doesn’t support it on FL, it is only on the beta.. and the beta errors. They are aware of the issue but their priority is not Audi at the moment so who knows when it will be fixed 
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Just tried to activate dippy mirrors when reversing, and it didn't work 
. Enabled and disabled all thre different options relating to dipping mirrors several times! I had the passenger mirror selected on the dial, and car was definitely in reverse. I also have folding mirrors. Any advice??
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. Enabled and disabled all thre different options relating to dipping mirrors several times! I had the passenger mirror selected on the dial, and car was definitely in reverse. I also have folding mirrors. Any advice??Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Just tried to activate dippy mirrors when reversing, and it didn't work
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You should already have it if you have folding mirrors - Check the MMI I think it's in there so you may activated using Carista but then you need to put a tick in the box in the MMI - I think
I have a PFL with Folding Mirrors and my passenger one dips
Mine worked out of the box too.
From Carista support:
As for the passenger mirror dip, please try the following steps. First, enable "Allow lowering passenger-side mirror when in reverse gear" and "Lower passenger-side mirror when in reverse gear". After that move the mirror switch to the passenger's position. Also, please do not enable any of these:
Remember position when lowering driver-side mirror in reverse gear
Remember position when lowering passenger-side mirror in reverse gear
Remember position when lowering passenger-side mirror in reverse gear (step 1 of 2)
Remember position when lowering passenger-side mirror in reverse gear (step 2 of 2)
Remember position when lowering driver-side mirror in reverse gear (step 1 of 2)
Remember position when lowering driver-side mirror in reverse gear (step 2 of 2)
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From Carista support:
As for the passenger mirror dip, please try the following steps. First, enable "Allow lowering passenger-side mirror when in reverse gear" and "Lower passenger-side mirror when in reverse gear". After that move the mirror switch to the passenger's position. Also, please do not enable any of these:
Remember position when lowering driver-side mirror in reverse gear
Remember position when lowering passenger-side mirror in reverse gear
Remember position when lowering passenger-side mirror in reverse gear (step 1 of 2)
Remember position when lowering passenger-side mirror in reverse gear (step 2 of 2)
Remember position when lowering driver-side mirror in reverse gear (step 1 of 2)
Remember position when lowering driver-side mirror in reverse gear (step 2 of 2)
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I'll give this a go in a second, cheers!
No option in any of the MMI menus unfortunately, only the option for 'Fold Mirrors' under Central Locking.
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I've not, but I'm not confident in that they will give me a good answer. I asked the sales guy when I bought it if it had folding mirrors, and he told me confidently that it didn't.... One look through the MMI menu later and it does!
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Yep, definitely there. I move it to the folding position and they fold up against the car! I accident did it once going down the motorway
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Just tried these steps, annoyingly still doesn’t work. I’m using Carista 3.7 beta if that helps! The only thing the above steps did was untick fold mirrors in the MMI
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Anyone tried out PFL exhaust flaps yet?
Got my res delete (anti drone) from BCS done on Wednesday, sounds good but even with it being an anti drone the noise on the motorway (2oomile trip) was a bit annoying when around 3k RPM, more so if the car got "stuck" with boost it makes more noise then. I didn't want to kill myself, it wasn't that bad but required the music to be a bit louder
But my flaps are open (cable unplugged), so I imagine if I closed them and was in none-dynamic mode then the sound should be OK (I hope!). However... for day to day driving I'm probably going to want them open... so looking for a quick way to open and close them while on the move. If Carista can do this, then excellent. But it's only in beta I think anyway which only lasts a month I believe..
If nobody else has tried it, imagine will do it at the weekend.
Got my res delete (anti drone) from BCS done on Wednesday, sounds good
but even with it being an anti drone the noise on the motorway (2oomile trip) was a bit annoying when around 3k RPM, more so if the car got "stuck" with boost it makes more noise then. I didn't want to kill myself, it wasn't that bad but required the music to be a bit louder But my flaps are open (cable unplugged), so I imagine if I closed them and was in none-dynamic mode then the sound should be OK (I hope!). However... for day to day driving I'm probably going to want them open... so looking for a quick way to open and close them while on the move. If Carista can do this, then excellent. But it's only in beta I think anyway which only lasts a month I believe..
If nobody else has tried it, imagine will do it at the weekend.
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Anyone tried out PFL exhaust flaps yet?
Got my res delete (anti drone) from BCS done on Wednesday, sounds good
But my flaps are open (cable unplugged), so I imagine if I closed them and was in none-dynamic mode then the sound should be OK (I hope!). However... for day to day driving I'm probably going to want them open... so looking for a quick way to open and close them while on the move. If Carista can do this, then excellent. But it's only in beta I think anyway which only lasts a month I believe..
If nobody else has tried it, imagine will do it at the weekend.
Whats the option for the flaps? Couldn't see it on my app (running 3.7 BETA).
Hmm. I'm sure I saw it, or read it about it.. Will have to check tomorrow, maybe is none.
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If you can't do it with Carista anyway I would recommend opening them anyway.
Turn the car on, go into dynamic so all valves open and then there is a cable (one on each side) you can unplug near the exhausts.. Just leaves them open all the time
never wanted to have them shut with stock exhaust.If Carista can't then need to see if obdeleven can.
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If you can't do it with Carista anyway I would recommend opening them anyway.
Turn the car on, go into dynamic so all valves open and then there is a cable (one on each side) you can unplug near the exhausts.. Just leaves them open all the time
If Carista can't then need to see if obdeleven can.
Nice I'll give that a go if I can't get Carista to work! Call me precious but I don't fancy sticking my face in the exhaust if I can avoid it
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Haha it's not so bad, can do it from side of the carNice I'll give that a go if I can't get Carista to work! Call me precious but I don't fancy sticking my face in the exhaust if I can avoid it
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Its under "other"Nice I'll give that a go if I can't get Carista to work! Call me precious but I don't fancy sticking my face in the exhaust if I can avoid it
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Can only assume it does what a think it does.. The description is never too helpful!
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New beta released tonight. Not holding my breath for Audi fixes
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Does the WiFi Hotspot option allow tethering the car Google Maps nav system to smartphones?
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Tried PFL exhaust flaps this morning. It just gives an error about intermittent issues communicating with the vehicle
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Tried PFL exhaust flaps this morning. It just gives an error about intermittent issues communicating with the vehicle
Mine kept saying that, but it did open the flap even though it was showing the error
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Interesting, I tried again this morning and same problem but flaps are shut.. I'm not doing anything wrong am I...?
1) turn on car
2) toggle between <something mode> and dynamic
3) stick finger in exhaust tips to make sure all are open
4) use Carista, say yes i'm in "race?" mode
5) get error message
6) toggle between dynamic and comfort
7) stick finger back in exhaust tips but the outer 2 are closed
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Interesting, I tried again this morning and same problem but flaps are shut.. I'm not doing anything wrong am I...?
1) turn on car
2) toggle between <something mode> and dynamic
3) stick finger in exhaust tips to make sure all are open
4) use Carista, say yes i'm in "race?" mode
5) get error message
6) toggle between dynamic and comfort
7) stick finger back in exhaust tips but the outer 2 are closed
I did it with the ignition on first, got the error, & with the car running, got the error.
Not sure which one worked but they are 100% open all the time
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Put you hand near it, you can feel flow coming from them. This time of year you can see vapour exiting all 4 pipes take it for a drive in comfort & you can hear a difference at low rev gear changes, slightly louder
So in comfort normally would only 1 pipe be open at idle? And after this change both pipes will be open in Comfort at idle?
Thanks!
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Perfect thanks. Will give it a go and see if it works on Facelift
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Mines a PFL, I'm sure I've read FL doesn't work? but not sure mate.... Good luck
