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So after years and years of promising myself I’d own my dream car I finally saved enough money to buy one, and I got myself a 2016 RS3…a thing of f’ing beauty if you ask me .
For ages I couldn’t find one for the right price with the dynamic pack (which is the main extra I wanted) and I wasn’t going to pay ridiculous money just for that, I also originally wanted nardo grey and being a stubborn fella wouldn’t even consider anything else…..however, what I ended up getting in my opinion is and absolute stunning colour! Right price, right mileage, right-ish optional extras (comfort, nav, black packs).
Absolute stunning piece of kit!!
That 5 cylinder sound too…biblical haha. Obviously it would be even better with the upgraded sports exhaust but we’ll come to that.
I won’t lie though, the whole new car experience was tainted by the fact the day after I got it an abs wheel speed sensor failed tripping all my driving aids: hill hold, adaptive lights, parking sensors, stability control and of course the abs ( my dashboard was like Blackpool prom at Christmas). Luckily it’s in under warranty to get sorted this weekend.
So like I said the sports exhaust would have been better so already I’m torn; I don’t want a miltek or scorpion cat back and to be fair i don’t wana touch the down pipe at all, so do I buy a second hand oe sports exhaust or just go secondary cat deletes and cete valve controller ( oh I already have the pipes for the cat deletes, I went oe over miltek or scorpion too)…how much better would the factory sports exhaust be…is it worth the money?
I’ve also already got some springs for for the Girl, I went for the Eibach pro kit. Reason being the arch gap isn’t actually that bad I don’t think, and I’ve heard the sportlines with the bigger drop really sacrifice a lot more comfort then I’m willing to part with. Who knows maybe I’ll hate the subtle drop and upgrade further…only time will tell (and my bank balance).
As for other mods in the future maybe a stage 1 mrc map, few bits and bobs from Maxton, and new wheels. But apart from that I don’t think I’ll be going overly mad with mods.
Although one thing I do want is to retrofit cruise control as it is sorely missed on the motorway!
Like I said I don’t think I’ll be going too mad with mods and tuning, money being the overarching factor in this, It really pains me to even process the maintenance costs of the car; services, tyres, brakes, this that and the other.
But yeah…short and sweet, i used to be on here with an 8p s3 and the knowledge and input from everyone on here was invaluable in helping me make decisions and rectify problems, so no doubt I’ll be asking everyone for help again in the future.
peace!
For ages I couldn’t find one for the right price with the dynamic pack (which is the main extra I wanted) and I wasn’t going to pay ridiculous money just for that, I also originally wanted nardo grey and being a stubborn fella wouldn’t even consider anything else…..however, what I ended up getting in my opinion is and absolute stunning colour! Right price, right mileage, right-ish optional extras (comfort, nav, black packs).
Absolute stunning piece of kit!!
That 5 cylinder sound too…biblical haha. Obviously it would be even better with the upgraded sports exhaust but we’ll come to that.
I won’t lie though, the whole new car experience was tainted by the fact the day after I got it an abs wheel speed sensor failed tripping all my driving aids: hill hold, adaptive lights, parking sensors, stability control and of course the abs ( my dashboard was like Blackpool prom at Christmas). Luckily it’s in under warranty to get sorted this weekend.
So like I said the sports exhaust would have been better so already I’m torn; I don’t want a miltek or scorpion cat back and to be fair i don’t wana touch the down pipe at all, so do I buy a second hand oe sports exhaust or just go secondary cat deletes and cete valve controller ( oh I already have the pipes for the cat deletes, I went oe over miltek or scorpion too)…how much better would the factory sports exhaust be…is it worth the money?
I’ve also already got some springs for for the Girl, I went for the Eibach pro kit. Reason being the arch gap isn’t actually that bad I don’t think, and I’ve heard the sportlines with the bigger drop really sacrifice a lot more comfort then I’m willing to part with. Who knows maybe I’ll hate the subtle drop and upgrade further…only time will tell (and my bank balance).
As for other mods in the future maybe a stage 1 mrc map, few bits and bobs from Maxton, and new wheels. But apart from that I don’t think I’ll be going overly mad with mods.
Although one thing I do want is to retrofit cruise control as it is sorely missed on the motorway!
Like I said I don’t think I’ll be going too mad with mods and tuning, money being the overarching factor in this, It really pains me to even process the maintenance costs of the car; services, tyres, brakes, this that and the other.
But yeah…short and sweet, i used to be on here with an 8p s3 and the knowledge and input from everyone on here was invaluable in helping me make decisions and rectify problems, so no doubt I’ll be asking everyone for help again in the future.
peace!
