RE: PH Blog: S express

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YorkshireAndy

387 posts

161 months

Friday 22nd June 2012
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Bash Brannigan said:
YorkshireAndy said:
Bash Brannigan said:
What other cars did you look at when you got the S3 after the RS? A couple of friends have bought s3s lately and they really do seem to have the market to themselves, aside from the already dated looking 135 coupe.
I know not aimed at me, but when I got my S3 the only alternative seriously considered was a Golf R, which was more expensive for a similar spec for basically the same car.
Golfs are insanely expensive! I'm really starting to warm to the S3, I love the way that the A4 looks but the 3 series is more fun to drive for me.
You can spec a Golf R up to nearly £40k. For a Golf!
BMW wasn't an option for me despite being a good car due to rear wheel drive and snow not being a good mix.

saints400

99 posts

152 months

Saturday 23rd June 2012
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joedesi said:
saints400 said:
I like Dan's article. I have a December 09 B8 S4 Avant with S Tronic transmission without the sports diff & I think it is a great car. Fast & practicle. I have the MTM M-Cantronic upgrade, which makes a reasonable difference over the standard car. Drives well, stops well & goes round corners well. All round good motor.
Also considering the MTM upgrade...would you recommend it? Any problems so far?
No not yet. I bought the car from an Audi main dealer. It was approved used & one year old. The previous owner had the same upgrade, MTM exhaust & MTM wheels. QST had done this but Audi took it off when it came back to them to sell. I had QST put the upgrade to 430hp back & space the wheels. Runs great & Audi have not made an issue of it.
QST put the M Cantronic on new Audi's out of Glasgow Audi for customers so you would assume they don't expect any problems long term.

Jip

103 posts

144 months

Monday 2nd July 2012
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vjj said:
Jip said:
Ah awesome, lot of time for Dan - he's taught me a lot of what I know, decent bloke too. Interesting to see how much more BHP you have from the S3 from just a stage one - having driven every single Audi, for me the S3 is the pick of the range - considering selling my A4 and getting one, definitely got to be a manual though.

That A6 Bi-turbo will be a monster! Sounds like Dan's looking after you as well with that kind of deal.
You are right Alex - Big Dan is a top man

They are a decent lot Crawley Audi

I can thoroughly recommend the the S3 - I had the wife's done at Revo HQ.

The only downside is that you HAVE to run on 98 - 95 will make it pink a bit

As for the Biturbo - look for the youtube video of 'Audi A6 3.0 tdi Avant BiTurbo v BMW M550d'

You will be blown away


Edited by vjj on Thursday 21st June 17:59
Yeah they really are!

Insane video - technically speaking that just shouldn't happen! We've just got an S3 in as a part ex at BMW and I am seriously tempted.....

535dBoy who were you dealing with? Agreed Jeremey is a top bloke, no longer at Crawley though, moved on a while back!