S3 Review

rizwankhan2001 · 12-08-2007, 07:18 AM

Hi i currently own an 8l A3 and am considering the 8L S3 could someone post a review on the S3 including common faults and what i should look out for which are signs of hard driving or old age as well as what spec i should look out for and possilbly some technical spec official figures as i have searched top to bottom looking for the official standard 0-60 and top speed figures (desritricted) as well as wanting to know more about the haldex system as this is fresh to me

lee-essex · 05-21-2008, 03:10 PM

the unmaped 210 bhp top speed is arounf 145mph acording to the book and 0-60 is just over 6 seconds mine is remaped by amd in lakeside befor i bought it and 0-60 now is 5.5 and top speed of around 160 im told as for issues the said at amd(a true tuning place) that on the S3 the only real issue is the ignition glowplugs think thats what he said they was call and this is aprantly a issue with all audis i have neva been in a a3 but also have neva lost to 1 in my s3 the s3 is a true joy to drive and on country roads it comes alive droping the gears and powering round tight bends the quottro system makes it a dream and even my friends 280bhp wrx(none sti) scooby has issues keeping up the only fault is the folding front seats go all the way back when u try to sit them back up crushing any 1s shins in the back befor u get the hang of them other then that its a absolutly AWSOME car u will love it

rizwankhan2001 · 05-22-2008, 05:02 AM

cheers for that so not very many common faults?

lee-essex · 05-25-2008, 03:59 AM

not that im awear of apart from my wife reversing in to a bollard lol but thats not a standerd fault

12-08-2007, 07:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
rizwankhan2001 Newbie Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: scotland glasgow Posts: 8 Gallery: (0)	S3 Review Hi i currently own an 8l A3 and am considering the 8L S3 could someone post a review on the S3 including common faults and what i should look out for which are signs of hard driving or old age as well as what spec i should look out for and possilbly some technical spec official figures as i have searched top to bottom looking for the official standard 0-60 and top speed figures (desritricted) as well as wanting to know more about the haldex system as this is fresh to me

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05-21-2008, 03:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
lee-essex Newbie Join Date: May 2008 Location: brentwood Posts: 9 Gallery: (0)	the unmaped 210 bhp top speed is arounf 145mph acording to the book and 0-60 is just over 6 seconds mine is remaped by amd in lakeside befor i bought it and 0-60 now is 5.5 and top speed of around 160 im told as for issues the said at amd(a true tuning place) that on the S3 the only real issue is the ignition glowplugs think thats what he said they was call and this is aprantly a issue with all audis i have neva been in a a3 but also have neva lost to 1 in my s3 the s3 is a true joy to drive and on country roads it comes alive droping the gears and powering round tight bends the quottro system makes it a dream and even my friends 280bhp wrx(none sti) scooby has issues keeping up the only fault is the folding front seats go all the way back when u try to sit them back up crushing any 1s shins in the back befor u get the hang of them other then that its a absolutly AWSOME car u will love it

05-22-2008, 05:02 AM	#3 (permalink)
rizwankhan2001 Newbie Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: scotland glasgow Posts: 8 Gallery: (0)	cheers for that so not very many common faults?

05-25-2008, 03:59 AM	#4 (permalink)
lee-essex Newbie Join Date: May 2008 Location: brentwood Posts: 9 Gallery: (0)	not that im awear of apart from my wife reversing in to a bollard lol but thats not a standerd fault

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