Well the S3 is definately going, some of you will know of the problems I have had with it over the past few months and it has never been right since it has had a number of rather large repairs
I did think about keeping it the other day and carry on the modding trail but after an experience in it the other night which I will briefly explain it is definately going.
So quickly onto the other night, driving back from the misses late on everything seemed fine until I was going round a corner around 30 mph when suddenly everything in the car went off, no lights (interior & exterior), engine turned itself off, literally everything in the car went dark. The worst part was that the steering lock came on and the brakes just didn't work. So as you can imagine my arse was going, I thought I was gonna end up in a wall. Luckily The handbrake worked (
) and a quick flick off the ignition got the steering lock off so I managed to get it parked on the side of the road. Tried to get it going again but nothing, putting the key in the igniton and turning did feck all no lights, no power, zilch! Called the misses to come and pick me up and typically as soon as she arrived it fired back into life after turning over a few times, when it did evetually start the revs were maxxing out as far as the DSG restricion would let it (I think it's 4K) with no input from me whatsoever. It eventually settled and started running fine again. I got it home and straight back to Audi yesterday morning. The whole experience had made me lose complete faith in the car, I just don't want to drive it anymore. I hate to imagine what would have happened if I had been doing 70 mph on the m/way or my misses were driving (she would have just panicked), it could have turned out very nasty!
It is not what you would expect from a car that is barely a year old
So the question is now what to move on to. I have not got a clue. I have thought about the 135i and the 335i but I am just not sure. I would like some of your guys input. Budget is £30k ish
