Recent content by David-AKL

It's about 273mm between the holes

Hi s1n3r There aren’t very many of us in NZ, about 30 odd plus about 12 from overseas, mainly Japan. We’re too small to form a club (and too spread out). Best thing to do is join the Audi RS and S Owners New Zealand Facebook page. They occasionally have get togethers.

Many thanks Labern.

The car looks very clean. Enjoy. Any chance of posting the rego to add to my list? Even the first 4 letters would help.

Upload a photo when you get it.

Hi Labern. I'm also from Auckland and have a NZ new S1. I've been trying to track all the cars here and the list is up to 25 NZ new. All are 5 doors but the spec level seems to vary from car to car. There have been two 3 door cars advertised by import dealers and I presume these are ex Japan...

It's probably the traction control. Makes a terrible racket when it kicks in. Had this happen on my previous A1 and thought something had broken. Even stopped to have a look and everything looked fine.

Mine has a small ripple, about the same place. I'm sure someone else has mentioned this before. Probably a standard "feature".

Try putting the airconditioner on and see if the noise disappears. My airco pump makes a noise at idle sometimes but never when it's at the dealers (of course).

I found the GTI quite sterile (only available here with a DSG box which might not have helped) and did nothing for me. The S1 is like a rollerskate and puts a smile on my face every time I drive it. Space isn't a necessity so the small boot doesn't worry me. And GTI's are common - the S1 is not.

There's a list of the mods at https://www.motormag.com.au/events/hot-tuner/1611/harding-performance-audi-s1-hot-tuner-2016

Hi Rockall Have the same issue so very interested in how this lasts. David

Ifcrule1972 - if you can cleanly and quickly shift between 1st and 2nd then it sounds as though you don't have a problem. I've had the problem since day 1.

After Rockall's post above, I've been adding a pause between shifts into 2nd. For my gearbox, the best way is to pause once the shift into 2nd has just started to feel some resistance. Also have to agree with willh92 - the synchro isn't as refined as it could be. Other manufacturers don't have...

Thanks Rockall for the info. Will give this a try.