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How much fitted Damien? Also including uprated Seat bushes?

I had this problem and after checking the tool box I thought I hadn't got one. Went to the dealers to buy another and he asked for the wrench thing out of the tool box and I found the wheel nut key. Moral of the story is - have another look and be sure you see a space where the key should be if you cant find it as it probably is in there somewhere... Good luck!

599.9 - got a photo to prove this lol. Gutted I didn't hold out for 600, never been close since!

No doesn't have to be diesel, just fancied a change and particularly liked the S3's. Must admit had looked at the new shape A3 diesels as an upmarket / bigger replacement for the fabia with a much nicer interior.

Thanks Brian, I appreciate your advice! What would be your thoughts on trading in a 4 year old car with 40k miles for an eight year old car with double the mileage? Guess the arguement would be a lot more car for the money and assuming the Audi' are generally fairly reliable then wouldn't be too bad a trade. Do you know what the road tax situation will be on an S3? I know the pre 2000(?) ones are done on engine size but I thought I had read that they were upping the road tax on highly emitting cars? Dont really want to get a £400 road tax bill next year...

To be honest also, I do quite fancy a 4wd car. I would also wonder just how useable a car with circa 250bhp+ through only the front wheels would be; a guy I know had a remapped Mk 5 golf gti and he said it was wheel spin city in first, second and third... I do love my VRS but I do also find it a little cramped at times. I'm 6 foot 4 and so have my seat fully back which means I then can't have the back seats folded flat. I'd like to do this because I play a lot of golf and don't like putting my clubs on the back seat because of the inpractical cloth colour. Guess I would need to check this could be done in a new car of course.

What do you think to the S3 Brian? Any experience?

Yeh guess the real world arguement of the VRS is a fair point however the counter arguement would obviously be that even a standard powered VRS can sometimes struggle to get its power down - I had a hairy moment recently where I tried to pull out onto a quick moving roundabout and because the roads were a little damp just got oodles of wheel spin until I was in second. Not a problem you would have in a 4wd car I imagine. Is an S3 ok with a generic remap? Much the same story as with a remapped VRS I imagine. Also what did you make of the S3's interior? I sometimes think the VRS's interior is a bit plasticy but do like the space above the heater dials / useful 'hidden' storage spaces and the dials.

Thanks for all the replies guys! Yes it would be the earlier S3's. Guess the best thing to do is to have a test drive to see what an S3 is like... The things about the VRS that annoy me are: Condensation on the inside of the windows / Bushes, anti roll bar etc noises and generally not very good standard suspension / Fairly cheap interior / Standard ride height. I know alot of these things can be cheaply fixed or improved however when you are considering changing your car anyway obviously such problems add to those feelings. On the other hand a VRS has: Nice straight line performance / Economical / Cheap ish insurance although not as cheap as you might think for group 9 :S / 5 door is good for my golf clubs on back seat. Are the S3's renowned to be very reliable? Also is a mileage of 80k - 120k anything to worry about on these cars assuming cambelt's changed and serviced etc regularly? I ask this as you would be hard pressed to find a car with under this mileage for reasonable money and if such a mileage isn't a problem then would be a good buy for me as I dont cover that many miles anymore. Cheers Boots.

Anybody any experience of the reliability of older &/or higher mileage S3's?

Excellent! Something I was considering...how much did it cost you? PM me if you would prefer not to say on here.

What does that mean sorry?

Could join the P-Torque remap group buy - $50 off... Also noticed in your sig you had an st as well, nice cars how do they compare? ST obviously a lot quicker but fabia feels almost as pokey..?

Group buy on for P-Torque remaps at the moment...

Is that not the same thing though..? A generic remap in conjunction with a de-cat causes the problems regardless of which modification was done first. In response to the OP's question - it might be worth enquiring about how much more a custom map would cost if they were particularly interested in an exhaust / map combination. Might be money well spent in order to guarantee optimum running etc.

Friend of mine has a brand new VW Polo and I told him how to vent his tank - anyone know if he'll be able to? ie does the new Polo have that function?

Yes does seem a little daft to have an exhaust system and then get a generic remap. Also, not sure if you would get a de-cat with that offer but believe the general consensus is that a de-cat in conjunction with a map that is NOT tailored for a de-catted is sytem is where turbo trouble is more likely to occur...

...and safer / more economical / reliable...

Think you're in luck because a couple of others have asked about adding friends with non skoda cars and think they're ok. Get your name down

Thought I'd post this here as currently have 6 of the ten people required to start the group buy... http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/171021-p-torque-remap-group-buy/ Check the thread out if you're interested in a remap...

Speaking of poor mapping. The "wallopy" power delivery you've mentioned a few times isn't really ideal - especcially in a remapped car. The power delivery in the standard vehicle can be troublesome on wet roads and so a similar delivery albeit with more torque wouldn't be that great a drive even if it would impress passengers when moving. Also worth considering the detrimental effect a 'spiky' torque curve would have on other engine components - clutch / flywheel's etc. *edit - spelling.

...and insurance group circa 17...

Sween_121 see you're after a P-Torque remap...Have you joined the group buy? Think there's six in it up til now and need 10...

Most I've ever had from a vented tank is 599.9 miles - bit annoying that I didn't dare drive around the forecourt a bit to reach 600 but its not exagerating to say that the needle was well and truely bent around the red pin!

Haha sorry, thought you were talking about some sort of aftermarket luxury armrest lol.