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    Abt factory approved tuning

    How is it that Seat are able to get factory approval for a 65 bhp engine tune from Abt on their new Leon Cupra R ST. https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/seat/leon/106297/seat-announces-365bhp-leon-cupra-r-st Why does Audi UK not approve this for the S3 with the same engine??????
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    One year on

    Well a bit more since I took delivery of my S3 saloon. I have had several Audis in the past from A4 company diesels through an S3 Sportback (8P) and an RS4 saloon (B7). Each of them were good in their own way the A4s were great on a motorway cruise. The S3 sportback was good for family motoring...
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    Creaking seat belt post

    Well I finally tracked the creaking noise to my drivers side seat belt post. If I squeeze the latch which the belt clicks into while driving along the creaking stops. There seems to be some "give" in it which isn't present on the other seat belt post or other latches. My question is has anyone...
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    Audi Connect free?

    I was initially bemused by Audi Connect and hadn't taken time to use it much when my 3 month subscription ran out. So I tried to renew this via My Audi but seemed to end up on a US site which would recognise I was already logged in but also wouldn't let me register as I didn't have a US state...
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    FL S3 turbo?

    I was at the garage with my wifes Golf GTi today and talking to the owner who was asking about my FL S3. He said he believes that the turbo on the FL is different to the one on the PFL car and is the one VW were going to use for the Golf R400 but didn't. He was saying they had down some tuning...
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    A3/S3 footrest cover?

    Hi folks, has anyone any experience of this item? http://www.osirusa.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=VGT7-ORESTGT7R&Category_Code=A38VIA Does it fit and does it look ok? Alternatively does anyone know of any other such solution to the plastic footrest pedal issue?
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    What were they thinking?

    I wonder who the genius was that designed a dipstick to have the same colour as the oil you are trying to check???? Not a massive deal but really.........
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    MMI and iPod Classic

    Hi folks, a question on MMI please for my new S3 8V FL saloon. I'm trying to get my old 5th Gen Classic iPod (with a wheel not a touchscreen) to work with the MMI but it wont do so with just the white Apple cable and 30 pin connector. Can someone please advise which Audi connector cable that I...
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    18 or 19 inch winter tyres with magnetic ride

    Hi there, this is my first post so bear with me please. I have an S3 8V FL Saloon which came with 19 inch wheels and mag ride as standard. My question is can I go down to an 18 inch winter tyre (on 18 inch rims) or is that not advised because of the mag ride? I see conflicting information and...