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Interesting. I was trying to find out how the 'Hybrid Auto' mode actually worked. Does it make any difference to the MPG on long journeys at all? i.e. if you're travelling at 70mph for a 30 mile trip, does it get pushed along with a bit of electric assistance or nothing at all until the speed...

Interesting - does your car charge at the full rate (i.e. 30A) ok? I did read a post somewhere where someone had a 32A Rolec and borrowed an e-tron, tried it and it only worked for 16A charging??

having just looked at the prices of the charging cables themselves I certainly think i'll be getting the one with the tethered 5m cable attached!! It might be a bit of a stretch on my driveway. I really need to and measure things out properly with a 5m bit of string !!

sounds good. Lincoln Audi were telling me at the weekend that it was the ACC which was being problematic as Audi hadn't figured out how to get it to talk simultaneously to both electric drive and engine drive when on, so when one cut out and the other cut in the ACC was disabling itself...

Rolec - see here http://www.rolecserv.com/ev-charging/product/free-ev-home-charging-points I just prefer the look of their wall units. Trying to decide between having one with just a socket on or one with a 5m cable attached

Keyless - no problem with it technically, just don't like it (read: haven't got used to it yet) The GTE is great value when compared to the E-Tron. Yes it comes with adaptive cruise as standard too, but remember it doesn't include Navigation of any kind in the base price, and it adds c.£1700 on...

Evening everyone Well, as a current owner of an Audi 8v S3, which is great, I thought I'd try an e-tron as my local dealer offered me a borrow of it for the weekend. Wow - what a car. A great mix of economy and turn of speed and I never thought I'd say it, but the serenity of wafting along in...

Got to be Sepang out of those two choices. Just buy a Meggs G220 polisher to keep it looking nice and treat the paintwork nicely (i.e. no mechanical car washes and use 2 bucket method yourself) and it will be fine.

that is a serious point re the gearbox, as I only got the s-tronic box because the majority of my driving is in stop/start queues and I also got the adaptive cruise control which pairs up with the auto really nicely - right down to 0mph stop/start etc. The car just drives itself along. If i...

yep, they do get expensive once you get a decent spec sorted out, but it does make the overall experience better

i've noticed that too, but I just generally let them get on with whatever they want to do these days. I find if i'm driving towards very low bright morning sun they tend to be on, but if the sun is behind me they are off. It must be something to do with the UV they are picking up, unless it is a...

Yep - my old 996 Turbo had those, totally ridiculous, rocker switch on the steering wheel up/down for +/- - stupid germans!

Ok I can't resist any longer Why on earth would you use the stick in manual mode at all when you've got paddles behind the wheel meaning you can keep both hands in the right place to have maximum control?? Oh and lets not start the debate about which hand should be up and down shift or if they...

I have found that the current winter temps are hitting the MPG a little - no doubt due to the slower engine warm up to operating temp. I now tend to average around 31mpg in mixed driving in my SB Stronic S3, which does get up to 35-36 on a motorway run.

looking at your pics on here really shows me how much i need to get outside and wash mine - it's absolutely filthy dirty :( But it also is awesome in the snow here it the Midlands too.

I think there is actually quite a difference between Stronic and manual cars - just like there was on the Golf GTIs. Although on paper they are less CO and supposed to be more economical, they just seem to be more thirsty in real life. When we test drove an S3 (8V) for the first time it was a...

Good lad, it really is a great machine and just keeps getting better as you get used to it in the wet and nasty conditions. Such a nice place to be as well, civilised when it needs to be and then an animal when required. Now you just need to get under the back end and unplug the exhaust...

Mine only allows up to 100mph, which when travelling across germay is actually quite a pain, as its not that id want to use the ACC function specifically over there at 100+ but it won't even give you basic cruise control. 160kph is normal to slow over there, 110 - 120mph more is the cruising speed.

i've noticed this too and my car has ACC. If you're doing 70 and then go in to a 40 it brakes pretty hard!! Brake lights do come on though

i'd rather use my mobile and google than the SD nav, that screen is horrible. The tech pack really comes in to its own with the connect function which gives much better traffic information and then the ability to search 'properly' for destinations, via google straight from the nav - just like...