New Car : S3

Clown · 20 May 2010 at 21:03

Is that oil on the floor?

Maxeh · 20 May 2010 at 21:09

No idea

lordrobs · 20 May 2010 at 21:39

hopefully a drop of polish will get it right again.

MarkDavis · 20 May 2010 at 22:04

What's the ride quality like on these? Stiff?

NickXX · 20 May 2010 at 22:28

Maxeh said:
Just came outside to see this, brilliant!!

That actually will just T-cut out.

Alex_6n2 · 20 May 2010 at 22:45

Hadn't realised these had dropped so far below £7k! You had any niggles with it so far? If I can find one at this kind of price it'd be in my next upgrade budget, very tempting!

Maxeh · 20 May 2010 at 22:48

Cheap to buy, not cheap to run!

Since I have had it (not long lol) I have had the cambelt changed.

I recently had new discs and pads all round along with uprated anti roll bars, that set me back £900...

The ride quality is fine, not too stiff.

Yeah I am hoping I can just polish it out, still annoying though

triggerthat · 22 May 2010 at 09:03

Maxeh said:
Cheap to buy, not cheap to run!

Since I have had it (not long lol) I have had the cambelt changed.

I recently had new discs and pads all round along with uprated anti roll bars, that set me back £900...

The ride quality is fine, not too stiff.

Yeah I am hoping I can just polish it out, still annoying though

Since when where up-rated anti roll bars part of the service?

Maxeh · 22 May 2010 at 13:37

Just saying parts be it OEM or aftermarket are not cheap.

Icing on the cake though, 2 days in a row someone has hit my car! (no note this time either)

Yesterday my rear light got smashed and the boot has creased, bad things come in 3s apparently...

grudas · 22 May 2010 at 14:24

wtf... someone really hates it or is jealous of it? its a nice car.. keep it this way...

sigma · 22 May 2010 at 14:32

What the hell? That's pretty harsh!

Maxeh · 22 May 2010 at 15:53

On the weekends I park down a 1 way round in town and some of the driving is atrocious.

Going to have to leave it in London (safe area) in the week now I think...

DM · 22 May 2010 at 15:58

Might be worth doing your bumpers with that clear protective plastic wrap, i'm having it done this week to my new one by this lot:

http://www.raccoon.co.uk/london2.aspx

Maxeh · 30 May 2010 at 15:18

Swapped the lights over to the older style ones (I think!)

Still need to get the bumper touched up and the boot sorted

mjt · 30 May 2010 at 15:44

Why did you swap the clusters?
And I presume the paint hasn't faded and it's just a poor camera

Maxeh · 30 May 2010 at 17:24

Someone drove into it the other day and smashed the rear light, luckily I had a set of those ones in the shed so fitted them.

And yeah, crap camera lol

Joshy · 30 May 2010 at 17:32

We seriously need to meet up, I've heard seriously good things about these cars and wouldn't mind a ride!

Have you got any trackdays planned for it?

Maxeh · 30 May 2010 at 17:49

No trackdays planned I am afraid mate, the Polo is going to fill that role!

Joshy · 30 May 2010 at 18:03

I'm sure we'll be able to talk you around

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Out of curiosity, what sort of MPGz have you been getting on your commute?

Maxeh · 30 May 2010 at 19:02

Trip computer says 29.4mpg average at the moment.