Model: Audi A3 S Line

Engine: 2.0TDi 140PS

Suspension: Standard

Brakes: Standard

Wheels and Tyres: 18" 5 spoke Audi rims, with low profile tyres.

Exterior Styling: N/A

Interior Styling: Black headlining, half leather seats with black cloth inserts, leather arm-rest, Black Magic Ice tree

ICE and Security: Pioneer F700BT: Sat Nav : Hands Free : iPod : Music : Video. Also got some Rainbow Components to go, just waiting on funds to get it installed properly all sound proofed etc.

Misc Personal Plate

Comments:

So the Polo has sadly gone and I've moved on. It was a bloody long search for my next car, mainly because I changed my mind every 2 minutes about what I wanted to do...new car...20vt the polo....new car.....20vt the polo. But after my sister bought an Audi A3 2.0T S-Line in black (the one with the BBS splits ) and she let me drive it, I fell in love with it and decided thats what I wanted. Couldn't quite afford one as nice as her's, but eventually found this one with everything I wanted

I'm know the proud owner of of this:-

Audi A3 S-Line 2.0TDi DSG

2004 Dolphin Metallic Grey, 52,000 on the clock, DSG gear box - meaning paddles shift gears , half leather seats, climate control, aero wipers, cruise control and 18inch alloys, fogs and 64 MPG!!

What do you think?

Edited 11 March, 200917 yr by Tom7

great cars albeit a tad heavy.......but too many as rep mobiles for my liking...enjoy tho, DSG is superb

cheers mate yea i know what you mean, did necessarily buy it for speed though, it is fairly quick, surprises me sometimes, but then I've come from a 75bhp Polo, so it would seem quick to me. I've bought it for the MPG's as i do a fair bit of mileage a year, plus its prob the nicer car i can insure being 20 lol

like it dude, but I've heard (From my step dad after he owned two audi's with dsg boxes) that they are crap, you cant change down 2 gears at once if you need too the engine doesent allow it, now to me that seems a mega dissadvantage tbh

my DSG drops 2 no problem at all?!

Dont look bad mate, least it is an early one without the single frame grill, looks much nicer.

Good luck with the DSG though mate, can be problematic rather then automatic! Should have got a 6 speed manual imo, but thats my biased opinion from working at audi! Dont be too worried though, some of them are good.

Need to get them badges off mate, 1st thing id do, then get the front grill surround and badge sprayed black, its a nice colour for it, dolphin grey iirc?

must say i havnt tried it, I'm obsessed with MPG at the mo, so just leave it in 'D' and try not to rag it. The DSG is just toy to have there from time to time for me, dont use it very often.

Dont look bad mate, least it is an early one without the single frame grill, looks much nicer.

Good luck with the DSG though mate, can be problematic rather then automatic! Should have got a 6 speed manual imo, but thats my biased opinion from working at audi! Dont be too worried though, some of them are good.

Need to get them badges off mate, 1st thing id do, then get the front grill surround and badge sprayed black, its a nice colour for it, dolphin grey iirc?

Cheers Matty, yea I've heard the boxes are iffy but fingers crossed it'll be ok. Yea someone at the weekend said get the badges off lol I'm not gonna mod this one, just wanna appreciate its Audi-nice-ness lol Am tempted by the black grill and badge tho. Yep Dolphin Grey spot on, or did u read it from above

Nah didnt read that bit till after mate! lol Iv seen so many i know pretty much all the colours names, theres lava grey, dolphin grey, ibis white, avus silver, reflex silver, moro blue, kingfisher blue, phantom black, etc etc. Geek!

You cant not debadge it mate, badges can be put back on, plus everyone knows what it is anyway! Just little bits to make it yours,and not the same as all the others.

Dont look bad mate, least it is an early one without the single frame grill, looks much nicer.

Good luck with the DSG though mate, can be problematic rather then automatic! Should have got a 6 speed manual imo, but thats my biased opinion from working at audi! Dont be too worried though, some of them are good.

Need to get them badges off mate, 1st thing id do, then get the front grill surround and badge sprayed black, its a nice colour for it, dolphin grey iirc?

Cheers Matty, yea I've heard the boxes are iffy but fingers crossed it'll be ok. Yea someone at the weekend said get the badges off lol I'm not gonna mod this one, just wanna appreciate its Audi-nice-ness lol Am tempted by the black grill and badge tho. Yep Dolphin Grey spot on, or did u read it from above

and those words i quote and i shall reuse when you have done something to it

lol yea i hear you...i'll think about it

How easy is it to fit a about din unit? I've got the Audi Concert stereo which i am reli impressed with btw and would keep it in there had i not spent £750 on a satn nav unit a few weeks back.

Dont look bad mate, least it is an early one without the single frame grill, looks much nicer.

Good luck with the DSG though mate, can be problematic rather then automatic! Should have got a 6 speed manual imo, but thats my biased opinion from working at audi! Dont be too worried though, some of them are good.

Need to get them badges off mate, 1st thing id do, then get the front grill surround and badge sprayed black, its a nice colour for it, dolphin grey iirc?

Cheers Matty, yea I've heard the boxes are iffy but fingers crossed it'll be ok. Yea someone at the weekend said get the badges off lol I'm not gonna mod this one, just wanna appreciate its Audi-nice-ness lol Am tempted by the black grill and badge tho. Yep Dolphin Grey spot on, or did u read it from above

and those words i quote and i shall reuse when you have done something to it

lol cheers man, its reli hard not to but i am resisting

You would have to go to halfrauds or an an audio specialists and get a fascia plate for a double din unit. Halfords do do most cars though mate.

ah cool is it hard tho? Read a guide on the net,and it pretty much suggested taking the dash apart

Nah, should be pretty easy, the concert head unit in yours takes up the space of a double din unit anyway if iirc. I think it might also depend on what version a/c control panel yours has. Either way it is really easy to take apart if you have the radio removal keys (which i have! :p ), il take a look for if u want mate? Dont let that dodgey kuran touch it though!

ah cool yea i showed Kuran n he's "going to look into it" lol na mines a single Din its the Synphony one that is double din, which is what my sis has. I have the climate unit with out heated seats if that helps?

like it dude, but I've heard (From my step dad after he owned two audi's with dsg boxes) that they are crap, you cant change down 2 gears at once if you need too the engine doesent allow it, now to me that seems a mega dissadvantage tbh

tried it today mate, and mine drops two no problem

sweet then, i take the comment back :p

he is abit of a old moaning bastard, so it was probbaly just an excuse to sell up

Right'o,

Gave the car its first OCD clean by me today, took me 4 and a half hours lol. Here its goes then

First of all hoovered the whole car

Then cleaned the wheels, used some of the chemical guys Premium Blue Rim and wheel cleaner mixed with water.

Then rinsed the car off using a pressure washer

Washed the car, starting at the top, using Chemical Guys maxi suds, lambs wool wash mit and two bucket method

Rinsed the car off again, and dried.

Cleaned the windows inside and out using AutoGlym Fast Glass

Cleaned the leather seats using Sonus Leather Cleaner, and Sonus Leather conditioner

Applied Meguiars High Gloss Tyre Gel, with tyre gel applicator

Taped off all the window rubbers, and machine polished the car using Meguiars G220 machine polisher and AutoGlym Super Resin Polish, was going to use the compounds but it was my first time using the machine polisher and I know it can go horribly wrong, so I thought I'd do some more homework first before I attacked the car with it lol.

Then applied back to black on the grills, Autosol Chrome polish and gave the engine bay a tidy up too

Ok thats enough talking, so here is the results:

This one is off the rear quarter, not a blurry pic of my house and parents car lol

Thanks for looking

Tom

Also got a personal plate coming soon, sorting the documents at the DVLA on Monday....Polomon does that count as a mod?

Edited 18 October, 200817 yr by Tom7

turn flash off i say, and if your going to detail do them arches and underside

EDIT: sorry iw as getting abit carried away then, it looks bloody good! i muct get myself one of them megs detailers, how you finding it mate?

Edited 18 October, 200817 yr by POLOMON

lol i know i know, but i would expect that from you having seen your ocd thread lol that was mental!!

Really like the polisher, only used it once, so real test will come from when i use it with the compounds and that

haha i reckon soem cream arches, cream centres polished lip on some bentley splits and a cream roof... POLISH THAT!

and ye i see what you mean, well as you use it can you post up how your finding it please. I've been on detailing world a while and have been listening to peopels comments on them but I'm not sure what to get for a decent price, thanks

yea all that would be sweet BUT its not being modded remember? lol

yea i'll post up when I've been brave enough to use the compounds mate

nice ... saw it for 2 mins at the west london meet u left when i came lol

lol sorry mate was gonna stay but my mate was worried that the po po was gonna come again cos his car isnt insured properly (his insurance dont know about any of his mods) so he wanted to leave lol was pointless tho, were there for like 5 mins then left. We need to find a new venue though or people need to stop playin there subs so loud cos thats gonna get us chucked out again, and the police will prob start picking holes in people's cars next time