1996-2003 audi s3 Real world mpg / running costs
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My avg recorded mpg is 33 so not too bad.
Cant say running costs are particularly bad. Small things can go wrong but not very expensive. MAF, coil packs etc.
Servicing is like any car apart from haldex needs looked at every 20k (awd system).
£100 a corner for tyres but they are good tyres. Should last atleast a year. Ive been using the same brake discs and pads for a year and a half with a handfull of spirited driving days chucked in.
Suspension might give up, arbs and springs are prone for cracking but should only really see this once in the time you own the car.
Overall...hasnt cost me much at all in maintenance
Cant say running costs are particularly bad. Small things can go wrong but not very expensive. MAF, coil packs etc.
Servicing is like any car apart from haldex needs looked at every 20k (awd system).
£100 a corner for tyres but they are good tyres. Should last atleast a year. Ive been using the same brake discs and pads for a year and a half with a handfull of spirited driving days chucked in.
Suspension might give up, arbs and springs are prone for cracking but should only really see this once in the time you own the car.
Overall...hasnt cost me much at all in maintenance
Had my 51-plate 2002 S3 225 from 67k, now showing 142k.
Touch wood, it has never let me down in the last 4 years and 75k miles. It has however eaten its way through plenty of parts.
MPG is 34-ish according to the trip computer. It is at least 10% optimistic.
Notable maintenance costs:
6 services (7th due on Friday)
2 front springs (one actually broke whilst driving)
2 rear springs
2 track control arms
1 set discs & pads all round
1 cambelt + waterpump
4 windscreens!
1 A/C regas
13 tyres (one blow out)
ARB bushes
I've got bills for just shy of £5k.
Fuel in that time must be about £12k.
Tax is approx £210 per year, so another £1k.
Insurance is cheap, because I'm old and live in the middle of nowhere. Another £1k in total.
So about 25 pence per mile.
Only grips are fuel gauge (unreliable / sticky sensor), quite a lot of road noise and it sounds like a sewing machine.
Have been looking for a replacement for ages, but can't find anything that has its blend of all weather usability, practicality, interior quality, pace and image (or rather, lack of). If I don't find anything soon I'll be refurbishing the alloys and respraying the front end and keeping it.
Touch wood, it has never let me down in the last 4 years and 75k miles. It has however eaten its way through plenty of parts.
MPG is 34-ish according to the trip computer. It is at least 10% optimistic.
Notable maintenance costs:
6 services (7th due on Friday)
2 front springs (one actually broke whilst driving)
2 rear springs
2 track control arms
1 set discs & pads all round
1 cambelt + waterpump
4 windscreens!
1 A/C regas
13 tyres (one blow out)
ARB bushes
I've got bills for just shy of £5k.
Fuel in that time must be about £12k.
Tax is approx £210 per year, so another £1k.
Insurance is cheap, because I'm old and live in the middle of nowhere. Another £1k in total.
So about 25 pence per mile.
Only grips are fuel gauge (unreliable / sticky sensor), quite a lot of road noise and it sounds like a sewing machine.
Have been looking for a replacement for ages, but can't find anything that has its blend of all weather usability, practicality, interior quality, pace and image (or rather, lack of). If I don't find anything soon I'll be refurbishing the alloys and respraying the front end and keeping it.
You can buy an uprate haldex controller which is meant to be quicker and more likely to send power to the back more regularly.
http://www.awesome-gti.co.uk/product.php?xProd=385...
http://www.awesome-gti.co.uk/product.php?xProd=385...
Edited by MintyChris on Wednesday 18th November 16:31
Seems to vary. Cost me £450 for cambelt(waterpump + tensioner), service, 4 tyres fitted and mot. That was a local specialist garage.
Heard prices between 300 and 600 for a cambelt service from a main dealer. I think Audi are doing fixed pricing these days though, might have info on their website. Audi also offer free mot's.
Heard prices between 300 and 600 for a cambelt service from a main dealer. I think Audi are doing fixed pricing these days though, might have info on their website. Audi also offer free mot's.
lol well plenty for sale. Pop across to www.audi-sport.net few nice examples there.
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