New arrival - 2016 Audi S3 (310ps) Sportback 5 door S-tronic

[ANJ91]

Martin_Hx said:

Is that the grey people call primer grey? The lighter version? I saw one near us last night, sounded very fruity... my Mrs liked the colour anyway! This too was a 5 door, very new and shiny... enjoy OP

The primer one is called Nardo Grey.

[RemyMartin]

JD said:

kapiteinlangzaam said:

Beefmeister said:

Still can't believe rear parking sensors aren't standard on a £35,000 car though!!

ROFL! I thought you couldnt be serious, turns out its true.

The thing is, theyll carry on doing it as they can clearly get away with it.


Nice car OP, be careful reversing!

They spent all the money on making the car do this instead:

Please tell me that is a photoshop. Wow that is so so st.

[PixelpeepS3]

stewies_minion said:

PixelpeepS3 said:

Arrived Monday 31/10...

Nano-Grey with no options..

Still getting used to it - will do a proper write up soon.

Do us a favour fella?

Those vents want aligning the temperatures changes to either 20.0 or 22.0.

Pics required to aid sleeping patterns. There's a pal.

I decided to go 18 instead. sorry about the bad quality pic..

[garreth64]

RemyMartin said:

Please tell me that is a photoshop. Wow that is so so st.

You'll be please to know you can buy then cheaply online then:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/2PCS-LED-Car-Door-...

[anonymous-user]

JD said:

They spent all the money on making the car do this instead:

Wow. That really is tacky. I'd expect that from the 21st century Mercedes Benz, but it seems that tasteful and subtle Audi from the 80s/90s is dead too.

[Begall]

Just noticed that Ara blue is now an option on the s3's - that's a good looking colour

[PixelpeepS3]

took it out in the pouring rain yesterday, very planted, very solid.

Another few observations

traction control lets you have 'more fun' before kicking in than the R - pulled out of a t-junction with TC fully engaged and the back came right out on half throttle - no flashing lights, no intervention..

When on motorways, doing a fairly decent speed and you floor it (kickdown) the exhaust kinda farts and there is a good second delay before the gearbox shifts down and then some lag.... seems better if you dont mash it all the way - this is car in dynamic and gearbox in S. - JD have you experienced this?

[TotalControl]

ANJ91 said:

The primer one is called Nardo Grey.

I honestly reckon the saloon S3 looks miles better than the sportback.

OP, do they have the same kind of lease deals on the saloon as they do on the hatch?

[PixelpeepS3]

TotalControl said:

I honestly reckon the saloon S3 looks miles better than the sportback.

OP, do they have the same kind of lease deals on the saloon as they do on the hatch?

I hate the saloon - although ive just seen some pics of the new RS3 saloon which looks very pretty...

with regard to the question - no, the saloon doesn't seem to be included on the good deals..

[dalzo]

PixelpeepS3 said:

When on motorways, doing a fairly decent speed and you floor it (kickdown) the exhaust kinda farts and there is a good second delay before the gearbox shifts down and then some lag.... seems better if you dont mash it all the way - this is car in dynamic and gearbox in S. - JD have you experienced this?

That does it with mine, really annoying.
Love the colour though I went with glacier white and super sports seats.

[stuart-b]

JD said:

They spent all the money on making the car do this instead:

Wow that iz wkid sick innit bruv?

I iz well jelly now coz me mate Dave 'ad em on his Nova and now you got em.

[PixelpeepS3]

i have had a look under mine and i 'just' have the puddle lights.

Also, weirdly, i don't appear to have the handwriting MMI wheel - there are no options or prompts to input anything on there...

[aspirated]

Nice car OP, facelift version so it already has the bigger screen, but from sitting in a friends S3 saloon with B&O and anothers RS3 without, it's seriously worth the money

[NWMark]

PixelpeepS3 said:

i have had a look under mine and i 'just' have the puddle lights.

Also, weirdly, i don't appear to have the handwriting MMI wheel - there are no options or prompts to input anything on there...

The touch sensitive dial is part of the tech pack.

It also seems not all facelifts have been supplied with the Audi rings and quattro puddle lights, some early builds got the pre-facelift standard puddle lights.

p.s. great colour.

[PixelpeepS3]

NWMark said:

PixelpeepS3 said:

i have had a look under mine and i 'just' have the puddle lights.

Also, weirdly, i don't appear to have the handwriting MMI wheel - there are no options or prompts to input anything on there...

The touch sensitive dial is part of the tech pack.

It also seems not all facelifts have been supplied with the Audi rings and quattro puddle lights, some early builds got the pre-facelift standard puddle lights.

p.s. great colour.

Makes perfect sense now - thank you x 2

[PixelpeepS3]

this farting thing is really starting to irritate me.

anyone know if a remap clears it?

[magnum555]

PixelpeepS3 said:

this farting thing is really starting to irritate me.

anyone know if a remap clears it?

Totally agree it's horrible.

[CAPP0]

PixelpeepS3 said:

JD said:

kapiteinlangzaam said:

Beefmeister said:

Still can't believe rear parking sensors aren't standard on a £35,000 car though!!

ROFL! I thought you couldnt be serious, turns out its true.

The thing is, theyll carry on doing it as they can clearly get away with it.


Nice car OP, be careful reversing!

They spent all the money on making the car do this instead:

Mine doesn't do that... i am (almost) disappointed ?

That's another £425 option I expect!

Lots of cars do that now, saw it on an Evoque I walked past - probably on all the other JLR products too.

[JD]

PixelpeepS3 said:

this farting thing is really starting to irritate me.

anyone know if a remap clears it?

Just set up the individual program with the exhaust set to comfort, and then it will be quiet as a mouse.

[S3_Graham]

PixelpeepS3 said:

Beefmeister said:

One of the cheap lease deals i'm guessing? Looks great.

Still can't believe rear parking sensors aren't standard on a £35,000 car though!!

+1 lol... depends on your definition of cheap lol - £341 pm...

Sounds very similar to the 140. similar monthly, similar RRP and still £400 option for parking sensors.