Keiron

My new Audi A3 2.0 tdi S Line (170) arrived today!!!! I've already booked it in to West Tuning for a power hike. It's the smoothest car I've driven in a long time and the torque is impressive.

Having driven my WRX for so long I forgot what it was like not to hear rattles etc. All being well i'll run the wagon as a weekend car especially after being to API and seeing the goodies I can add to it

paul2070

Sounds good mate,what power/torque are they saying it will have after the remap?

Coupe-Se

I went from a modded WRX to a Navara to a A3 TDi S-Line 170 ........ superb motors aren't they??? People who go for a test run in mine are always pretty gobsmacked at how rapid these babies are and how well they stop.

Be very careful about remapping though as the usual specialist VAG tuners haven't released a remap yet due to various problems they have come across including the DPF throwing up faults.

Keiron

After the remap Ray West @ West Tuning reckons an extra 30bhp and 40lb/ft torque

I spoke to superchips, who I've used before for my Golf's, and they only do the 140 model and say they are developing one for the 170. To be honest having driven now (all day) I'll probably keep it stock until someone like Superchips have released a well tested remap - I don't want to be the guinnea pig.

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

Went in my brother in laws, does that bar on the centre console get on your nerves.

Coupe-Se

Initially I kept hitting my knee on the centre console bar 'thingy' and sent me nuts. After a couple of weeks I got used to it and now naturaly rest my knee against it.

It's a common complaint amongst new owners and people who test drive the A3, not sure why Audi insist on designing it in!!

Keiron

Yeah I find that bar thing annoying at the moment, i'm sure after a while i'll get used to it. Have to admit though no other complaints - I'm loving it

NotoriousREV

I know they're nice cars, but I just think that getting excited over a diesel is something we should all be ashamed of

REV (diesel owner)

Keiron

I take your point it is "only" a diesel however having owned a diesel as a company car back in the early 90's it still amazes me how far they've come along.

Anyway I still have the WRX and a 350Z to play when I need my petrol fix

NotoriousREV

Ignore me, I'm having an "I hate my clattery diesel" day

Luckily the wife has signed me off for 2 days so I can get my bike out this weekend and head for north Wales! An unsilenced, booming V-twin will resolve my slump.

Keiron

Sounds like a plan - I however I can't get any petrol fun as I have a massive proposal document to write and the wife is going out on the p*ss this afternoon. Somedays life just SUCKS!!!!!!!!

AudiLover

Except that your fogetting its an audi.


AudiLover....Because audi wins le mans championships with diesel engines

NotoriousREV

Nope, I'm not forgetting it's an Audi. While diesels these days make plenty of power and torque, while they're quieter than ever they do not make for sweet, aurally entertaining powerplants that encourage driving just for the sheer pleasure of it. Although, to be fair, you could level the same at many a modern petrol powerplant.