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    Facelift Advice pls, Saloon 1.4 Sport with many options or S-Line with essential options

    Its been a while, too busy enjoying the Sportback 1.6TDi. 3 years are now up, our director has gave me the nod that Amalfi White is up for replacement so get looking. Sitting in showroom cars then back into mine got me thinking I want a change of surroundings. Checked out the Merc C Class, love...
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    My next A3 Sportback TDI, 1.6 S Tronic or 2.0 Manual?

    Im currently running 1.6TDI Sportback Sport Amalfi White Manual Company Car. 35000 miles and 2 years in ive 6 month to decide whats next (assuming 6 month delivery times). Im more than happy with what im driving, 1.6tdi is fast enough for me, I often think if I were to drive 2.0 would it be...
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    A3 1.6 Sport Back Sport, This is a great car 1 year on, 18000 Service

    Ive now ran this A3 from new for 1 year and clocked up 18000 enjoyable miles. Popped it into the dealer this morning and drove away an A4 SLine Saloon courtesy car. Im guessing it was a 2.0l, very smart looking with B&O Sound system. The A4 made me appreciate how good the the A3 is. The A4...
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    Parking Brake Close Call, And A Warning To All.

    Had the Audi since December and the only issue is the Automatic Parking brake. I have both buttons hill hold and Auto Handbrake, ie day to day I just forget the handbrake function and it looks after itself. And it works a treat. However i nearly **** myself the other day to find the car had...
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    Avg2 54.1mpg 470mile/tank Diesel Ultimate Odometer 5824 1.6D

    Been 5 or so month with the Sportback and Im a now pleased with the MPG and performance from the 1.6D. Just yesterday short term average 1 over an 87 mile trip returned 58.9mpg. Up the A1 which was mixed motor way under cruise control at 70mph some 60mph and some 50mph. I recently turned to...
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    Throttle position Eleven whats it for, is it the kick down?

    With ref to this thread http://www.audi-sport.net/vb/new-a3-s3-8v-chassis/205785-s3-kick-down-switch-manual-transmission.html#post2050765 made me play with what I would call throttle position Eleven the extra click you feel past the normal throttle pedal action of the scale 0-10. With the car...
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    Screen blank SD Card Sat Nav Rebooting Locked up then Lost all Favourites

    Had an issue with the onboard computer. Started car, screen popped up, set Nav for home favourite. All ok so far. Selected reverse. Reversing out of parking space noticed main pop up screen blank, still raised up position. Then noticed Audi Splash Screen as the computer rebooted itself 2-3...
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    Amalfi White & Amalfi White side by side

    I was parked up the other day, an A1 parked along side, both cars Amalfi White. The A1 looked cream compared to my A3's white tone. I wondered if there was a tone difference as this seemed a similar experience to what I saw at the Audi show room, ie the A1 looking very creamy. A couple of...
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    Good & Bad Fuel Economy 1.6TDI

    Ive had the car a week now, MPG is a mix of good and bad. My first run which was a good 200mile returned 67mpg if I remember correctly. Thereafter it went down hill, mainly due to shorter runs lasting not much longer than the engine getting fully up to temperature, around 46mpg. Now my old...
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    No more sleeps, Collected Amalfi Sportback Sport 1.6TDI today, 1st Day Review

    Dealer: free keyring, non euro plates, half a tank n 15 mile on the clock no die-cast toy car or R8 Carbon Fibre Pen.Old Car Passat 1.6TDI Estate, comfy ride, comfy seat & economical (which im comparing to in the below text) Today I collected my new company car (spec below, hopefully if...
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    How Expensive can you get your A8/S8 (game)

    My A3 Sportback will be arriving this week, so getting excited again so thought I would play Audi Configurator how expensive can you make an A8/S8 Unreal some of the options, like electric folding tow bar and power closing doors Anyway mines ACX64CTD £139,185.00 on the road
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    Audi Website/ Merchandise/ Miniatures Collection Model Car CataLogue PDF

    For all those waiting delivery of their new A3's (S3's included) and are done with reading the catalogue front to back. Here's some extra Eye Candy http://www.audi.co.uk/content/dam/audi/production/RestOfSite/OwnersArea/MerchandiseShop/Audi%20Model%20Cars%20Catalogue.pdf Any idea as to the...
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    Does the automatic brake option change how you would 'hold' an automatic stationary?

    Does the automatic brake option change how you would hold an automatic stationary? And How does the start/stop behave with the automatic? Fluges
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    Speedometer Accuracy compared against GPS

    I was reading through the MPG thread, it struck me that speedometer inaccuracies can account for mpg differences drivers are experiencing amongst all the other myriad of reasons. http://www.audi-sport.net/vb/new-a3-8v-chassis/177067-a3-real-fuel-consumption-2.html Im currently driving Passat...
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    A3 Sportback 1.6TDI Sport Ordered, negotiated some options.

    New to the forum, of which I may have found beneficial if id read some threads on what's in re options and trim. Any way the car was ordered yesterday. I had done some research and had settled for A3 Sportback 1.6TDI SE with the following options. Comfort Pack + Park Assist UH2 Hold Assist SD...