i get 40mpg on long motorway stuff and 25-30 usually allthough i have had it down to an average of 18

I average about 28-30mpg. And when on 3 cylinders about 15mpg.

The 'constant' mpg reading is quite scary though! switch that on and give it a boot full then it sometimes might go down to 10

The tax isn't too much but thats because its old enough to miss out on the newer tax bands..

as for insurance

lol ive had mine down to four

8 on mine booting it in 1st.
average in a diesel for me isnt that great, around 45~50mpg to work and back on the trip and best of 66.7mpg from stevenage to soham through duxford, although i was driving like a grandad and my car sounds like a van!

still got the mk2 James?

No the mk2 is gone sold quite a while ago now. Went to a guy on the forum though.

i bet i get worse mpg in my diesel haha!

Gave the ol' girl a clean today, my camera seems to be playing up at the minute though isnt focusing as well as it used to

Also laminex'd my front fogs.. havent quite grown on me yet but its an easy enough job to take off if i dont like. Audi rings have been painted black for a while now but never botherd to take a photo till today.

oh well don't like to bore anyone too much! i know i'd much rather read about some mk1/2 golf or caddy project than a fairly bog standard rep-mobile





And yes.. it needs lows badly but i am saving some pennies and it will be milltek or coil-overs next.

im liking the fogs mate as for next id go with the coilovers milltek later on... however ill give it two weeks before your paint falls off your audi badge

looking good dude, likin the aggressive looking front with the fogs and grill!

Lupton_20vt wrote:

give it two weeks before your paint falls off your audi badge

nah mate, have faith, had the badges on my audi blacked, never chipped off, even when i let other people wash it with the jet washer!

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The audi rings have been black for about a month now and havent peeled... yet

hmm im still un-decided on the fogs but they will probably grow on me.

i like it mate, thought it was staying "standard" lol
glad you changed your mind

It was staying standard but it might still stay that way, depends how well i can save/how much i can earn!

Also spotted this while polishing it had never noticed it untill then Looks like rust, feels like rust, can only really be rust I thought these things were galvanised bodies??

Looks like it would stick out a mile in the pic but in reality you wouldnt see it unless like i did you was going over every inch of the car with polish.

Its on the NS edge of the roof incase anyone couldnt make out where it is.

take it straight to audi asap it should be under waranty common problem they will replace the rails and repaint the roof for you they did mine same thing bout 18 months ago but get it done asap some audis have 10 year paint guarante and some have 12 years so get it there asap u might have to take it to swavesey though

oh right i didn't know that! will get to a dealer one day soonish then.

cheers for the heads up

btw do you know if service history has any play on if they will repair it or not?

no they just check that the car aint been painted before with a depth gauge but its a common problem on a3s should be no problem i know loads people who had it done