A3/S3 8V Owners... your car history?
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Passed driving test in 2005, got myself a 1998 Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 SXi. Boy racer style, added 17" wheels, exhaust and a ridiculous sub in the boot:
Then moved onto a 2003 Citroen Saxo 1.6 VTR, which I lowered 60mm and did a few other bits:
Next up was an 2006 Vauxhall Astra VXR. Spent a fair few quid on this, was stage 2 running at 290 bhp:
Then onto my current, 2008 Autovogue styled A5:
New S3 comes in March.. can't wait!
Then moved onto a 2003 Citroen Saxo 1.6 VTR, which I lowered 60mm and did a few other bits:
Next up was an 2006 Vauxhall Astra VXR. Spent a fair few quid on this, was stage 2 running at 290 bhp:
Then onto my current, 2008 Autovogue styled A5:
New S3 comes in March.. can't wait!
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I am 39 for a few more months and have had the following:
Ford Fiesta (Holiday special edition no less)
Nova SRi
Civic VTi ( great wee car)
Civic Type R
Mitsubishi Evo 8
BMW 320i performance (worst car I have owned but looked great)
Golf GTi mk6
And now the S3. Love this car so far and is the best of the bunch.
Ford Fiesta (Holiday special edition no less)
Nova SRi
Civic VTi ( great wee car)
Civic Type R
Mitsubishi Evo 8
BMW 320i performance (worst car I have owned but looked great)
Golf GTi mk6
And now the S3. Love this car so far and is the best of the bunch.
Got my first car back in September 2005....ONLY BECAUSE l had to get to work the chap that gave me a lift...left for another job and its all stemmed from there
1.New Sept 2005 1.4 Fiat Punto sporting..No Photo sadly
2 New June 2006 1.9 Multijet Grande Punto Sporting
Then November 2008....New Honda Civic Type R
Then a New 2011 Pug RCZ.....
Then a New 2013 Ford Focus ST3
Then....a New 2014 Ferarri 458 Speciale....lol took this car onsite as you can see.....lol
Then l said **** this l hate that Ferarri....and traded it in for this what l have just now....lol
Then whenever Audi can be bothered releasing the RS3....SOMETIME THIS YEAR....lol...i will have one of them.....the last new car l will ever waste money...on
1.New Sept 2005 1.4 Fiat Punto sporting..No Photo sadly
2 New June 2006 1.9 Multijet Grande Punto Sporting
Then November 2008....New Honda Civic Type R
Then a New 2011 Pug RCZ.....
Then a New 2013 Ford Focus ST3
Then....a New 2014 Ferarri 458 Speciale....lol took this car onsite as you can see.....lol
Then l said **** this l hate that Ferarri....and traded it in for this what l have just now....lol
Then whenever Audi can be bothered releasing the RS3....SOMETIME THIS YEAR....lol...i will have one of them.....the last new car l will ever waste money...on
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Ferarri....PMSL.....I almost fell for it for about a millionth of a second...
Ferarri....PMSL.....I almost fell for it for about a millionth of a second...
Ye know me....always the Joker....got a few others...l took photos of, enjoy...folks loved working on this site...
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Nice place to work..........Not at all jealous......lol
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My first car was a 2010 Toyota Auris SR which I inherited and then proceeded to fit a rude boy sub in the boot and then used to terrorise the local supermarket carparks.
My 2nd car was a 2012 mk2 Skoda Fabia VRS twincharged in factory Hulk colors
Then my 3rd car was a 2013 mk3 Skoda octavia VRS TDI mapped up to 240ps -508NM torque
Then my 4th and current car before my S3 arrives is a 2016 VW 6c polo GTI with 242ps and 400NM
Revo intake and Milltek catback
My 2nd car was a 2012 mk2 Skoda Fabia VRS twincharged in factory Hulk colors
Then my 3rd car was a 2013 mk3 Skoda octavia VRS TDI mapped up to 240ps -508NM torque
Then my 4th and current car before my S3 arrives is a 2016 VW 6c polo GTI with 242ps and 400NM
Revo intake and Milltek catback
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Somone has to be!! But why am I mental buying a S3 from a polo gti?
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I hate those bra's... never understood the point of em.
@RSS-S3 Nice set of motors though... bit of change in the middle with the wagon
I hate those bra's... never understood the point of em.
@RSS-S3 Nice set of motors though... bit of change in the middle with the wagon
Cheers!
The octy was needed when i was doing higher millage commuting!
Had a bit of a paint drama on the fabia!
When it was new and had 280miles on the clock, the paint on the leading edge of the bonnet actually broke off in 2-3 cm flakes!!!
Ended up needing a bonnet respray under warranty, but it went it for repairs just before i was road tripping to france. So in order to protect the freshly sprayed bonnet i got a flebay bra !
Ok I'll play this game..
Cars
Silver mini clubman 1100
Black mini 1275 GT
Gold metro 1100
MG metro Turbo
White escort 1.6 #mistake
1990Burgundy ford escort eclipse
1996Ford Fiesta Si (cosworth conversion)
1997MGF VVC *new
1998Rover 200 BRM *new
2000LOTUS Elise super sport *new
2004Mini Cooper S alpina edition (1/20) *new
2004Lotus Elise s2
2005Lotus exige S *new
2006BMW Z4 2.5si *new
2007BMW //M coupe *new
2009Audi A4 avant
2011Audi Q5 sline premium plus *new
2013Audi A3 sline premium plus ( 3 door) *new
2015Audi Q3 sline premium plus *new
2014Porsche Cayman S
2016Audi S3 (3Door) *CURRENT*
Yes yes wasted lots of money on cars in the past.. But you gotta have some vice right?
Cars
Silver mini clubman 1100
Black mini 1275 GT
Gold metro 1100
MG metro Turbo
White escort 1.6 #mistake
1990Burgundy ford escort eclipse
1996Ford Fiesta Si (cosworth conversion)
1997MGF VVC *new
1998Rover 200 BRM *new
2000LOTUS Elise super sport *new
2004Mini Cooper S alpina edition (1/20) *new
2004Lotus Elise s2
2005Lotus exige S *new
2006BMW Z4 2.5si *new
2007BMW //M coupe *new
2009Audi A4 avant
2011Audi Q5 sline premium plus *new
2013Audi A3 sline premium plus ( 3 door) *new
2015Audi Q3 sline premium plus *new
2014Porsche Cayman S
2016Audi S3 (3Door) *CURRENT*
Yes yes wasted lots of money on cars in the past.. But you gotta have some vice right?
Some nice uns in that list.
I drove an Exige at Silverstone as my warm up for the Ferrari day, it's was great fun!
Toyed with getting an Elise or Exige for the wife after that but never followed through with it.
Fantastic cars.. Seriously miss the exige the most .. Still undecided on S3 replacement in the future.. Im having bad thoughts about a new V6 exige..
Bad bad thoughts .. Rear seats are soo overrated Right ?
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always very fiddly to get off...I hate those bra's... never understood the point of em.
@RSS-S3 Nice set of motors though... bit of change in the middle with the wagon
Always went for older cars, started with the zetec s fantastic car, loved whizzing about in it. The RS was costing some wedge mainly in modifications and we were buying a new house, so it had to go, I hadn't long bought my wife a Street Ka, so that ended up being our car for a little while.
Then we found out we were expecting and a two seater was obviously not practical, so that got sold and we purchased the Renault Craptur (as I like to call it) wasn't actually all that bad, done exactly what it was meant to do.
However the RS itch returned and I got offered an RS, so just before baby was born I bought another RS this time all the tuning had been done and it was running around 360BHP. I still ended up with work to do on it and was soon pulling it apart and tidying it up, but I could fill the slippery slope of spending a fortune again! I also really wasn't using it with the new baby around, so that got sold and with the rising values I actually made a profit on a car, who'd have thought that ay!
I also sold the Craptur a few weeks later and found myself from two cars to no car in the space of 5 weeks. That prompted me to order the S3 and what I am currently driving now.
2009 - 2000 Fiesta Zetec s
2011 - 2003 Mk1 Focus RS - Tune to 320bhp or so
2014 - 2004 Street KA
2014 - 2002 Mk1 Focus RS - Tuned to 360bhp or so
2014 - 2013 Renault Captur - Had a baby
2016 - 2016 FL Audi S3 - Current car
Then we found out we were expecting and a two seater was obviously not practical, so that got sold and we purchased the Renault Craptur (as I like to call it) wasn't actually all that bad, done exactly what it was meant to do.
However the RS itch returned and I got offered an RS, so just before baby was born I bought another RS this time all the tuning had been done and it was running around 360BHP. I still ended up with work to do on it and was soon pulling it apart and tidying it up, but I could fill the slippery slope of spending a fortune again! I also really wasn't using it with the new baby around, so that got sold and with the rising values I actually made a profit on a car, who'd have thought that ay!
I also sold the Craptur a few weeks later and found myself from two cars to no car in the space of 5 weeks. That prompted me to order the S3 and what I am currently driving now.
2009 - 2000 Fiesta Zetec s
2011 - 2003 Mk1 Focus RS - Tune to 320bhp or so
2014 - 2004 Street KA
2014 - 2002 Mk1 Focus RS - Tuned to 360bhp or so
2014 - 2013 Renault Captur - Had a baby
2016 - 2016 FL Audi S3 - Current car
Another Lotus fan here.
Passed my test in 1991. Had motorbikes until 1998 so cars were secondry.
1978 Mini 1000. Low mileage Rust bucket. Crashed
1981 Mini 1000. Wheel came off into dealer forecourt.
1989 Peugeot 205 998cc
1994 Fiat Punto 1.2
1998-ish Saxo VTR. Hit a kerb, bent something. New
2001 Saxo VTS. Written off, rolled discovering lift off oversteer. New.
2002 Saxo VTS Insurance replacement New.
2004 Civic Type R EP3 New. Free MAC driving course with car, realise I am not a driving god.
2002 VW Polo 1.4 SE
2003 Lotus Elise 111s 2nd car
2010 Fiesta Zetec S New
2012 Fiesta Metal New
2013 Fiesta ST2 Great car New.
2014 Lotus Evora S New.
2014 Fiesta ST3 2nd car New
2015 Fiesta 1.0 Ecoboost. Lease.
2016 Audi S3 3 door New
2016 Lotus Elise Cup 250 2nd car. New
Should of got a Audi earlier as fit and finish are so good. No more cars for 5 years
Passed my test in 1991. Had motorbikes until 1998 so cars were secondry.
1978 Mini 1000. Low mileage Rust bucket. Crashed
1981 Mini 1000. Wheel came off into dealer forecourt.
1989 Peugeot 205 998cc
1994 Fiat Punto 1.2
1998-ish Saxo VTR. Hit a kerb, bent something. New
2001 Saxo VTS. Written off, rolled discovering lift off oversteer. New.
2002 Saxo VTS Insurance replacement New.
2004 Civic Type R EP3 New. Free MAC driving course with car, realise I am not a driving god.
2002 VW Polo 1.4 SE
2003 Lotus Elise 111s 2nd car
2010 Fiesta Zetec S New
2012 Fiesta Metal New
2013 Fiesta ST2 Great car New.
2014 Lotus Evora S New.
2014 Fiesta ST3 2nd car New
2015 Fiesta 1.0 Ecoboost. Lease.
2016 Audi S3 3 door New
2016 Lotus Elise Cup 250 2nd car. New
Should of got a Audi earlier as fit and finish are so good. No more cars for 5 years
Nope not a millionaire lol just knew how to trade up with cars as apposed to loosing money on them.
only started to have finance in 2012 and before that had supra`s, m3`s, Audi s-lines, loadsssssss of a vauxhalls, rs turbos, list goes on
only started to have finance in 2012 and before that had supra`s, m3`s, Audi s-lines, loadsssssss of a vauxhalls, rs turbos, list goes on
cheeky ****** lol
Hi all. Happy new year. Passed test Nov 89. My list so far, good memory test....
1989 ELV 331Y white fiesta 950 pop
1990 D57 BCW silver fiesta 1.1 ghia
1992 J366 MCK blue astra 1.4 sport. New. 21st present from me to me!
1993 J532 CUB white calibra 16v.
1996 N374 JFV green mgf vvc. New. One of first vvc's produced.
1997 R129 HEC silver mgf vvc. New.
1998 S778 SCA viper blue TVR chimera 4.0. New
2000 W511 SMO silver s3. New
2006 PJ06 ZVA Silver Leon fr diesel. New. First child.... family car!
2010 BK60 GJF black mini Cooper s. 4 months old.
2013 PX13 SXG grey evoque sd4 dynamic. New.
2014 current car. S3 sport back in sepang . new.
I still use the mot checking website and car tax website to see which ones are still on the road.
Wish I'd kept the 2000 s3, loved it, looks like it went to car heaven in 2009. Still can't believe I traded it for a Leon diesel.
Biggest cash cow was the TVR, but hell was it fun and my mates still talk about the noise, but they didn't have the Costs!!
More than happy with the current s3, no plans to change, decided to save some cash instead as I owe nothing on it.
Regards.
Steve.
1989 ELV 331Y white fiesta 950 pop
1990 D57 BCW silver fiesta 1.1 ghia
1992 J366 MCK blue astra 1.4 sport. New. 21st present from me to me!
1993 J532 CUB white calibra 16v.
1996 N374 JFV green mgf vvc. New. One of first vvc's produced.
1997 R129 HEC silver mgf vvc. New.
1998 S778 SCA viper blue TVR chimera 4.0. New
2000 W511 SMO silver s3. New
2006 PJ06 ZVA Silver Leon fr diesel. New. First child.... family car!
2010 BK60 GJF black mini Cooper s. 4 months old.
2013 PX13 SXG grey evoque sd4 dynamic. New.
2014 current car. S3 sport back in sepang . new.
I still use the mot checking website and car tax website to see which ones are still on the road.
Wish I'd kept the 2000 s3, loved it, looks like it went to car heaven in 2009. Still can't believe I traded it for a Leon diesel.
Biggest cash cow was the TVR, but hell was it fun and my mates still talk about the noise, but they didn't have the Costs!!
More than happy with the current s3, no plans to change, decided to save some cash instead as I owe nothing on it.
Regards.
Steve.
Massive love for the RS's I am from Essex near southend, so grew up with Cossies, escorts, sierras etc hooning around the seafront etc! Was tempted by the Mk2 Focus RS too, but fancied a change of brand altogether and so far so good.A lot of love for fast Fords from people then
Well here goes mine, passed my test in April '03,
1989, escort rs turbo
1986 205 gti 1.9
1988 fiesta xr2
1992 Astra sport
1987 golf gti 16v
1993 Toyota starlet turbo
1999 Saxo vts
1995 106 rallye
1991 pulsar Gtir
2005 Clio 182 cup
2002 Audi s3
2007 Audi s3
2003 golf gt tdi150
2012 62' Audi A3 8v, 1.4 sline
2014 Audi s3
2017 Audi s3 saloon
Various vans
Few track cars and auto grass cars as well.
1989, escort rs turbo
1986 205 gti 1.9
1988 fiesta xr2
1992 Astra sport
1987 golf gti 16v
1993 Toyota starlet turbo
1999 Saxo vts
1995 106 rallye
1991 pulsar Gtir
2005 Clio 182 cup
2002 Audi s3
2007 Audi s3
2003 golf gt tdi150
2012 62' Audi A3 8v, 1.4 sline
2014 Audi s3
2017 Audi s3 saloon
Various vans
Few track cars and auto grass cars as well.
Is this thread exclusively for S3 owners? I ask because this was the A3 section last time I checked...
Technically the section is called A3/S3 8V and the OP was asking S3 owners about their previous car history ..
So yes but.. Im sure no one would mind if anyone listed there car history regardless if they own an S3 or not.. Were all car jockeys after all
So yes but.. Im sure no one would mind if anyone listed there car history regardless if they own an S3 or not.. Were all car jockeys after all
Not as long as some lists, but been fun all the same.
1996: passed test and had the use off:
1993 Ford Fiesta 1.0 LX (crashed it 4 days after passing test!)
1989 Renault 21 Savannah GTS
1994 Ford Maverick Chasseur LWB 2.7td
Then got my own wheels.
Owned 1997:
1992 Ford Escort 1.4 LX (mods - 15" TSW Stealth alloys, Sony CD multi changer, 6"x9" speakers)
Owned 1998:
1994 Ford Fiesta Si 1.6 (mods 15" Valbrem 971 alloys, reinstalled multi changer and got better 6"x9" speakers, MOMO seat belt pads & K&N filter)
Owned 2000:
2000 Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec (mods trusty multi changer reinstalled)
Owned 2003:
2002 Peugeot 307xsi 2.0 (worst car ever, built on a Friday, new engine at 30k miles, spent most of its time at the dealer)
Owned 2005:
2004 Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec
Owned 2007:
2004 Alfa Romeo 156 JTS Veloce 2.0
Owned2009:
2008 Toyota Auris SR180 Dcat and Vauxhall Vectra 1.8LS (company car)
Owned 2011:
2011 Vauxhall Insignia 1.8 SRi
Owned 2013:
2012 Mini Countryman Cooper SD 2.0
Current:
2016 Audi S3 Sportback Stronic
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1996: passed test and had the use off:
1993 Ford Fiesta 1.0 LX (crashed it 4 days after passing test!)
1989 Renault 21 Savannah GTS
1994 Ford Maverick Chasseur LWB 2.7td
Then got my own wheels.
Owned 1997:
1992 Ford Escort 1.4 LX (mods - 15" TSW Stealth alloys, Sony CD multi changer, 6"x9" speakers)
Owned 1998:
1994 Ford Fiesta Si 1.6 (mods 15" Valbrem 971 alloys, reinstalled multi changer and got better 6"x9" speakers, MOMO seat belt pads & K&N filter)
Owned 2000:
2000 Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec (mods trusty multi changer reinstalled)
Owned 2003:
2002 Peugeot 307xsi 2.0 (worst car ever, built on a Friday, new engine at 30k miles, spent most of its time at the dealer)
Owned 2005:
2004 Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec
Owned 2007:
2004 Alfa Romeo 156 JTS Veloce 2.0
Owned2009:
2008 Toyota Auris SR180 Dcat and Vauxhall Vectra 1.8LS (company car)
Owned 2011:
2011 Vauxhall Insignia 1.8 SRi
Owned 2013:
2012 Mini Countryman Cooper SD 2.0
Current:
2016 Audi S3 Sportback Stronic
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Yes sorry, I'll amend the title, but unless I've missed something... the A3/S3 8V is one section?
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How BMW have the nerve to call that a Mini is beyond me...Some pics of my last car.
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Lol
Yeah parked up beside my old mans X6 there wasn't much in it height wise.
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They aint small are they....lol
Had a Clubman back in the day....Loved the fact your bum was only a couple of inches off the floor doing 50mph seemed like you were doing 100...lol
I should imagine you would get a touch of vertigo in the Mini's that come out of the factory today...Ha ha
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Past cars:
2002 Seat Arosa
2001 Ford Focus
2006 Honda Civic
2005 Nissan 350Z
2006Clio Sport 197
2008 Porsche Boxster S
2011Porsche Cayman
2013 BMW M135i
2011 Porsche Boxster
2015 Mercedes C200 Estate
+ many many motorbikes
2002 Seat Arosa
2001 Ford Focus
2006 Honda Civic
2005 Nissan 350Z
2006Clio Sport 197
2008 Porsche Boxster S
2011Porsche Cayman
2013 BMW M135i
2011 Porsche Boxster
2015 Mercedes C200 Estate
+ many many motorbikes
