MY mate had one of those (225 the same as yours) when I had my S. He got it remapped to 270bhp I think, but even then, in a straight line it was no faster than the S.

Far more relaxing and much easier to achieve the same effect though. I would be concentrating hard to get the traction out of wet rounabouts etc, and in the S3 he just put his foot to the floor and the car sorted it all out.

A lot to be said for that.

 

 

I had one of these - great car and with the bose the stereo is cracking!

Really miss it for its effortless 6th gear pull down the mway but it went cos I was going to loose my license - you can cruse to stupid speeds in them and not notice!!

Went to look at the new S3 the other day but they couldn't find it - bit strange but they were decking out the showroom at the time so the cars were all over the shop.

Try these guys http://www.qstuning.com/ the official UK MTM tuners...

 

Looks good, but

 

You know what I think of Audis Andy. Never happy with my S3, but it was a nice place to be on the motorway, and the BOSE stereo is good.

Although the Beemer is causing me a few headaches at the moment, dealer is being great though and getting them sorted so I can't complain. Much.

 

you need a warranty like mine

 

Well if it turns out to be hell on earth - Ill sell it - chances are I could make a few grand on it if I sold it now anyway so not worried as such.

I have to say, there are very few cars that really set my world on fire out there at the moment - those that do are too expensive for me! A few years back I had a list as long as my arm - maybe cars just arent as important to me as they once were - possibly because I walk to work and do very few miles these days - no bad thing in itself.

 

what did you find out about the costs Andy?

 

IKWYM!

I've always had that problem, but there seems to be a marked increase in those that seriously underwhelm me these days.

 

Now pimped up with a new plate