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Hi guys, Many moons ago I owned an A3 1.8T. It was a genuiniely fantastic car all round, classy, fun, suprisingly amazingly cheap to run, plus loved the turbo whoosh. Some years later I now really fancy getting an S3. My number one concern by far is the running costs. Assuming I buy a...

Hi guys, bit of an odd question coming - Where I work we have a company car policy with a limit of 10k, which includes used cars. After a bit of ebaying and autotradering it looks like £11.5 is the beginning of the S3 8P's. I havent tracked used prices for long enough to see the current rate...

Hi all, I have an a3 1.8t with continental sport contact 3's (225/45 - 17"). Does anyone know what tyre pressures I should have front/back? Its mostly motorway driving, and the car is mostly totally unladen with just me and maybe 1 passenger. Edit, went for 34f/31r

I replaced my faulty thermostat this weekend, as the temperature needle would generally hover around 75-80 deg C instead of 90. Obviously your engine is in danger of overheating if you have a stat that likes to stay closed, however mine had the opposite problem, meaning the engine coolant was...

My a3 1.8t had a full service at 85k (all filters, oil, blades and plugs). Its now on 97k 18 months on and ive just been given the chance to get it serviced. I can either leave it for another few months (~100k), get just an oil change or get the full service. What would you guys do? Was...

Ive got a 99 1.8T and it needs new front and rear discs and pads. Im not too bothered about spending loads of dosh on 'specialist high performance' brands, so was just looking at the regular pads and discs GSF will sell me. Before I buy them I wanted to make sure they were good for the job or...

Hi all, I have got a audi concert 2 head unit. I think its possible to code it from 'standard' mode to 'bose' mode (which my car has). Does anyone know what the correct code is? Accordig to the link here: Waks Wide Web i *think* its 04332. Can anyone confirm this?

Could someone do me a favour, next time they are standing outside their car, turn the wipers on. At the beginning of cycle mine go backwards about 3cm or 4cm, blink and you'll miss it, but its only apparent when standing outside of it. Not sure if this is normal or something is knackered.

As the windscreen wiper begins its wipe action of moving clockwise (from the drivers' perspective), the nearside wiper blade actually moves the wrong way / backwards, about an inch, hitting the bonnet with a clanging noise, before then going the correct way. Ive changed the wipers to some...

I remember a while ago I left my lights on after taking the key out and a constant beeping noise played. I was just checking the lights for somebody and the beeping noise didnt sound? Is there a rule of thumb im missing in this process or is something broken?

Some may have seen my post where Audi gave me the wrong mats for my car. Basically, although my car is a 1998/1999, those connectors on the carpet are for 2000> models (apparently). I think the colour match was ok (TH/Slate), however the ones they have re-ordered with the appropriate...

Need to service the car, so need pads and discs front and rear, and would rather use genuine parts. The parts department @ audi for joe public are rather expensive. Does anyone have any solutions or workarounds to this or should I just lump them and go to ECP/GSF instead?

Hi, Got a set of front mats from audi. Cant see how they clip in. Can anyone offer any advice? The top and bottom black plastic bits seperate, and then there's a plastic screw on top.

What on earth is that video intro that i keep seeing when trying to access the forums. Seriously, the person who thought that would be a good idea should be banned from the internet for life.

Hi, I have an 1998 1.8T Sport, and im shopping around for brake discs. Can anyone tell me if the front discs are 280mm or 288mm as ive seen both listed (on ebay for example). I assume the rear's are 232mm. Also was thinking of getting Pagid discs from eurocarparts as someone said they are...

Ive only had my 1.8T for about 6 weeks now and i need to top up the oil. The previous owner thinks he put in shell optimax 5/30, but is not sure. He seemed to also think this was longlife oil. Can anyone shed any light on this? Does optimax 5/30 come in standard and longlife varieties? Also I...

I have just retrofitted a Concert 2 into my 1999 A3 after having an aftermarket stereo. I was wondering what wire connects the stereo to the DIS (trip computer on the dash - to tell you what radio station you are listening to etc) as it is currently blank. Edit, just wondering also if this...

My rear view mirror can be toggled between two positions, no big deal right. I assume this is for when a car gets in your rear view with full beam on - to deflect the glare? Anyway, is the mirrors default position 'up' so it can be flicked down in this situation, or the opposite - the default...

Hi all, I have a '99 A3 1.8t with DIS. In it's current state, the interior light doesnt activate on the drivers side when the door is open, but will do on the passenger side. This isnt really a problem at all, however i've seen a few pics of people's DIS showing a car symbol indicating the...

I have the factory upgraded bose speaker setup in my mk1 (8l) a3. After replacing the original head unit with a mid-range Alpine model, the volume system has gone crazy. Basically, although the head unit goes upto volume level 35, setting the volume to 2 is abit quiet, 3 is slightly loud and 4...