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I’ve had plenty of of A/S3’s over the years, the last being a rather tasty 2016 RS3 with Exclusive spec. Unfortunately I couldn’t get enough use from it, so I’ve been Audi-less in the last 9 months. Long story short, I consolidated the RS3 and our runabout into one new car that my wife hated -...

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I'm fortunate enough to be able to afford almost anything I want within reason - but it has to realistically live on the street outside our house. I'm also confident now that we only need one car, so the Mini makes a lot of sense for our tight city centre streets and parking situation. I could...

Very strange to see it for sale :grey:, but I'm sure on balance it's the right thing for me to focus my energies on other things. I can't see how I'd have used it for the whole of the coming month, for example. While no 7-year-old car is risk-fee, I'd recommend this RS3 - and it's being sold...

Well, I'm afraid this is my last update for this green RS3. My wife went away for the night last week and, as you do when your other half of 20+ years is away, the sleep was somewhat restless. I decided I wanted to refocus my resources a little - more on bikes and holidays basically. To my...

One year It's been just over a year since I got the car, and I last used it again to visit my parents at the weekend. It's the typical use the car gets; once every week or two on a long journey - 4,714 miles in all during the first 12 months. I took the opportunity to take a quick pic in the...

I do love the car's light interior - but it's proving quite hard to maintain. Mainly it's the fact that small scratches show where they wouldn't with a black dye - but my daughter also managed to get biro on a rear bolster on a trip during the autumn. In a moment of stupidity, I tackled the...

Unfortunately it was the whole alternator - not cheap! I opted for a genuine replacement part as I am keeping the car long term. The air con has been re-gassed at the same time because apparently the condenser needed to come off to complete the changeover. Hopefully all set for better...

The car blotted its copybook over Christmas for the first time, making a loud and constant pulsating from the front of the engine. This was evil-sounding enough for me to decide that leaving it in its garage over the holiday period was sensible, and so festive mile-munching plans were rescued...

Staggered by the tyre setup? Having taking the Fabia one the first of this month's reasonably long runs in winter weather, I was happy to step back into the creature comforts of the RS3 - a much more suitable vehicle for covering distances. During the course of a 450-mile weekend to Sussex...

Dreadful. This is an issue with items like MTBs, high value machinery - where people are likely following you. I'd do an audit of your online presence: do you post about your possessions, and is it easy to identify you and your address? My RS3 is a PFL so perhaps less attractive anyway...

S3s will be around for many years to come and people will always be selling them. I had cars like Clio Williams, Fiat Coupe 20V Turbo, supercharged Golf R32, S3s (and many more) back in the day. I'm not yet ancient, but like me now my cars then were a touch older; less expensive than you're...

I’ve had many performance cars over the years, including the recommended S3 facelift (pre-OPF) and now a unicorn spec RS3. I haven’t read all the posts, but since this is a moment that you’re considering that first big step up to a performance car I thought I’d share some thoughts. You’re...

Spot the difference: No? Ok, well it's the brake calipers. There was always something that bugged me about the look of the car, and it the calipers were the most cost-effective place to start. I think it's toned things down and is much more in keeping with the otherwise subtle look of...

The single motor Polestar 2 is more like 230hp, with 30-70 times being around double those of a PFL. The one I encountered was losing ground on full bore 3rd gear runs out of roundabouts, but it wasn't a wipeout. I assumed it could only have been the twin motor 407hp one. Incidentally, I...

Last weekend was typical of the sort of use that led me to a progression of AWD hot VAG models. It started off with a 4-up motorway run of >100 miles in poor weather, at which point the car was still looking presentable: We then drove a further 35 miles or so to the in-laws' country cottage...

Well, my latest update is that I've ordered a brand new car. It has a digital dash, pan roof, adaptive cruise control etc... Bah ha ha ha ha! Had you fooled didn't I?! ;) The replacement isn't for the RS3 but instead our trusty Skoda Fabia, which has been doing...

I haven't been using the car much recently and its mainstay is 100-mile round trips to see my parents. I did sneak it out of the garage today to give it a clean and then to pop it back in, before heading out tomorrow on another visit. Another day, another shade of the same green... ;) As I...

We've driven over 2,000 miles for holidays in the last month, with the bulk done by our van - pictured here in Cornwall. I'd planned to take the Bus on a long weekend break to visit my brother in Brighton, too - not least because we would also be carrying a 5th person in the form of a...

I haven’t done a trip as far as Portugal in my PFL, but I do use it for 500-mile journeys on business and have done so for many years in predecessor S3s and A3 2.0Ts. These can sometimes combine so that a few days are like a road trip. It’s one of the reasons I like the base car in high spec so...