hello all.

Im going to look at an S3 tomorrow. Does any 1 no any major things to look out for??

And no im not turning to any dark side, i still own a classic

thanks for any info.


wayne

 

Hateful things, avoid corporate grey as people will think you are a yuppie...

LOL

dunx

 

Evening mate,you need to see how well it has been serviced really as poor oil changing or lack of it can be a big no no,ive personally changed oil on 2 which were badly kept for along time and with-in 1k miles the turbo's went along with a noisey top end's.
Also look at whether the cambelt has been changed recently because if due you have to counter in new water pump along with the job which isn't cheap any way,temp senders can be abit quirky causing poor running and bad consumption along with MAF sensor's.









But its still got to be said

Good night

 

thanks mate, just no some 1 who has 1 cheap. going to view it and see what its like?

says it has full service history, looks clean, low miles for age and its cheap enough...

 

What do you call cheap?
If it has a good service history and has cambelt changed then hopefully shouldn't be to bad,my friend has one with just over 200k on it and it still run's like a champ and believe it or not still has original clutch and turbo.

 

hav u considered tuning an a3 1.8 t
i know they are a tuners dream to extract serious power that would kill an s3 ! unless its not all about performance of coarse ?

 

its hard when its an s3 at a tidy a3 price

 

S3 has a good spec, recaros/bose and the like, i had one and it was a nice car, water pump packed in not long after getting it, plastic blades, expensive, xenon headlight went, again expensive,
was a really nice car, just went to ring in it and found it was not for me lol. then back to a scoob,
if not for that ring trip would still of had it.

 

You might as well go and park your Scoob at the side of the motorway with yours hazzards on and pretend to be broken down - that will save you having to buy an Audi and do it for real

 

are they that bad??

 

From what i see - they are that bad, but i still fancy one to tackle the daily hack. The following is what i posted on another thread - note how many cars come from VW

 

rubbish for around town I use to get 16mpg, parts were quite dear, don't bother once you go jap you Never go back.

 

Hmm let me think

Pads, discs etc are on par with the STi, bottom ends tend not to be a problem with the 20v, unlike the STi. My TT decided that the torque convertor for the 4wd system was no longer any good and started to whine, £1750 plus vat for one of those.....

They are NOT full time 4wd so be aware of that. Haldex controllers if faulty are around £500 fitted if the prices are steady. MAF's go all the time so budget to fit one straight away. Timing belts are around the £375.00 mark with the water pump at an indy.

Other than that they are nice cars and basically an Audi TT in an A3 shell. I might have missed something off the list but I'm sure someone will chime in

*Edit* Thermostats on the 1.8 t 20v seem to be a problem*

 

thanks for that floyd. its just something im off to look at in the intension of tidying up if it needs it and selling on.

 

moorning,
Have a look at the front chassis (below the engine) and the rear suspension, there is sometimes a bit of rust.
What MY is it? If it is a 1,8 you could tune them quite a lot, the 1,8 is a reliable engine. Sometimes Turbocharger failure, sometimes problems with the 4wd system.
Electric: ABS sensor, microswitches at door,..
have a check with VAG com whether there are fault codes listed or not.
chris

 

Thanks chris. its a 2000, 1.8 engine. it has the black leather with blue acantara inserts.

 

oh these are nice cars.
interested in details after you checked the car

 

Well lads i bought it.

was advertised at £2999 got it for £2500 as it needs a full set of boots and a few other minor bits.

all in all im happy. will get some pics up later.

thanks for the advice people gave

 

Nice

 

What type of car does your husband drive?>> a Classic did you say

Good luck with it, good deal

 

2500 - good price, waiting for some pics