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When I picked up my new RS3 in an Ottawa Canada Winter the dealer asked me to sign a waiver which said I was using Summer tires in the Winter. I drove for about 45 minutes in -6C (21F) with a light snow on the ground. It was awful. The reason drivers can get away with Summer tires in the UK...

From the manual: Vehicles with all wheel drive: all four wheels must be equipped with tires that are the same brand and have the same construction and tread pattern so that the drive system is not damaged by different wheel speeds. It also might be an idea to check the tread wear, traction...

On the 8V there are I believe three settings for the pre sense front. Best to select the least intrusive setting because, as you now know, the system has to reset to on after every ignition cycle.

Obviously check the oil on the dipstick. Had this happen on a new car a few years ago and it was the result of going up a steep hill.

After driving an 8V for 4 years I can pass on some information about the old car. Is the drive select the same as the 8V? On the 8V the car always starts in Comfort and must be set after every restart. It is best to stick to the basic drive modes. Going into Individual and doing a mix and...

The RS3 launches looked odd. Perhaps Matt Watson failed to put the car in Dynamic. On the 8V one must put the car in Dynamic after every restart. Could be the same thing with the 8Y.

Seen an 8V in FWD only dyno mode. As far as I know, the four way flashers must be on. I do remember one of the operators (in an 8Y video) talking about putting a car in dyno mode, but maybe he never found it.

There are 3 basic settings for the ESC. These settings are tied to the drive modes - comfort, auto, and dynamic. On startup the car is always in comfort (even though the dash says dynamic). The comfort mode cuts power when the ESC flashes. The power is not usually cut when dynamic is...

1 db quieter is 17% quieter in percentage terms.

Ten years ago I purchased a DQ250. Now I own a DQ500 (3 years) and a DQ381. First thing to consider is driver error. The DSG should be butter smooth with no stumbles/jerks/hesitations. Is the car butter smooth? Next, the car should be free of faults in the drivetrain. The DSG is usually the...

On my 2018 RS3 the mpg bar graph drops to the end of its range and lights up a green battery icon. This indicates that the alternator is charging and because it does this while coasting there is no drain in power. Normally the alternator is not charging because it is not engaged (freewheels)...

Audi actually has equipped the RS3 with a reverse stagger set up. A reverse stagger puts the wider tyres on the front, while a regular stagger puts the wider tyres on the rear. As far as I know, this is the first time any car company has used a reverse stagger. Bigger tyres on the front help...

Yes, you are correct. Since I changed to 18" wheels (OEMs were 19s) I had to purchase new aftermarket wheels. For the front I got 8.5 inch wheels (for the 255 tyres) and 8 inch wheels for the rear (for the 235 tyres).

The car always starts up in Comfort. It says Dynamic on the dash, but it is not in Dynamic. My car is stock and I see no reason for a controller. When you select Dynamic (stock car) the valve opens and the car always makes more noise than Comfort. I found that selecting Individual exhaust...

Every colour batch is going to be slightly different. You can go to a paint specialist and have them mix up a small quantity of paint that will be perfect. The specialist will have every batch (there could be more than a dozen) that Audi has made. You can pick which batch matches your car...

When the Airbag Control Module determines the criteria for an accident severe enough to deploy the pyrotechnic safety belts has been exceeded, the shoulder portion of the safety belt is tensioned from the clamping point of the locking buckle in the direction of the belt tensioner by the...

During the Summer I have managed to get rid of the anti-lag (which I call power cuts). In the Winter I still get one or two power cuts during a kickdown. I am in Canada which has lots of cold temperatures and cold gives more power. More power creates more anti-lag. The other thing that...

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You could look up Eurodyne, because that is their brand. Over the years I have seen them testing an S3 and an RS3 on their dyno. They own the S3 and RS3.

http://tappauto.com/ Not had one of their tunes, but I have been going there for service for 10 years.