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Compared to my Golf R (7.5) my RS3 averages slightly less on shorter knocking about/shopping runs, 26 v 28mpg, but on longer runs that we have done in both cars the RS3 will show a shade over 40mpg (maybe 42) whereas the Golf would be in the 38/39 mpg area :)

Not a huge thing, mine does odd stuff like memory seat doesnt (90% of the time) alter to the correct key, mostly it doesnt do anything and needs a push on the Memory button, when it does move automatically it's hit and miss whether it goes to my postion or the wifes. Sometimes Auto Matrix...

With regard to 'Car meets' I agree with your comments but be carefull what you wish for, these things tend to come with added extra's like a total ban on any car meet or needing a Council permit for any 'meet' above a certain number. Years ago (70's) 6 mates in a Canvas topped Land Rover gave a...

Makes you wonder why he needed to do that on a car that is still in warrantyy

Whats next?

I would guess at they had to paint them orange or very few people would know/see the difference :)

I used to like the longer gear change on my Golf 7.5R, very handy when coming out of sharp turns with steering wheel maybe upside down (in manual mode) one of the things I miss actaully. One of my gripes with the Golf used to be the fact that even in manual mode it would auto change at or near...

A BMW with MHT (mild Hybrid technology) pulled away from a drive whilst I was walking the dog, such a smooth take off, it went around 10 feet before I heard the ICE cut in,

When I was getting Motorcycle quotes for my new bike EVERY tangible quote went back to the same under writter and they varied from mid £300 to £900

I went with Vorsprung as I fancied the sunroof and didnt really want a stuck on rear spoiler, as much as I like Carbon fibre I didnt fancy returning to my car to find some AH had tried removing the carbon mirrors. The Launch spec car would have worked for me, or, heavens forbid the idea that I...

I REALLY did not gell with ours at all, it was a 16 plate IIRC with 19 inch Santiago's but with std suspension, even on our normal run up the A55 to N Wales (where my RS3 returns 40mpg ish, my 7R returned 38 mpg ish) the GTD would only return around 40mpg, I was thinking whats the point of a...

I reckon these days a 2wd car would quickly get very tiring, we had a Golf GTD some years ago (I hated it with a vengence, only lasted 6 months) that would spin/tramp when trying to pull out of a junction quickly, a RWD car is (IMHO) great on a dry sunny warm day, but how many of those do we get?

Ah! I think the term 'The Ultimate driving machine' was around when BMW used to bang on and on about the power going to the rear only and the front only for steering, they seem to have shut up about that as horsepowers have creept up..........maybe they were wrong?

I used to do a lot of 911 stuff, we had a lovely conversion for the 964 Turbo, It would make around 450hp but with a lovely convex curve, a 'friendly' competitor used to use 'our' rolling road/dyno and came bouncing in to the workshop saying their 'similar' conversion had just done 503hp, but...

Interesting though, not at all sure that the RS3 will be doing 650hp the way the Golf just pulled away on the roll on (unless it's had the mid range turned down to stop the rods escaping) The standing start drag race is another thing, we know just how good the Audi launch programme is by the...

Some of the stuff it does is weird, maybe mine has sold it's soul to the Devil? Service last week and new heater control, that means I don’t have to have a lengthy conversation with the Audi voice command lady every time I feel the need to increase the temperature after wifey has been using the car

I didn’t really like the heart beat, I haven’t turned it off, As far as I am aware when I look at it in the MMI the volume is still in the middle yet the heart beat has mysteriously disappeared ? Has my RS3 lost it's soul, the will to live and died?

Sons Q7 is proving to be a complete nightmare, just had a secondhand gearbox fitted which lasted 5 miles before failing exactly the same as the original which is loads of slip in 1st then defualt to 6th with gearbox malfunction, vcds code is 'incorrect gear ratio' Does anyone know if the TCU...

I believe the red ones are getting very sought after and doubling in price :)

I see the configurator is back for the SB, no more Tango red, just Kyalami/Mythos/Python/Kemora/White and Daytona