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paradigm said:
Nah, so long as you have the right discs for the right MMI type it's easily doable on your own.
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Are you referring to just the MMI software or the maps as well? I was told maps need to be activated and registered back to Audi on newer models.

I did get my MMI updates at no cost during regular servicing, but a map update cost me £260 with one dealer wanting £320!
 
There is a GPS site, from the underground, that might be able to help. Certainly with my BMW you can get the FSC activation code for about $50 instead of £220+ from BMW.
 
With the facelift A6, it "should" be MMI 3G, but this will either be High or Low.

Do you have a "jukebox" option in your "Media" (AMI)? If so, then you have the HDD based "3G High". If not you have 3G low.

Actually, the easier way to check is does your MMI control "knob" have a joystick on top, or is it just flat?

Joystick = 3G high.
 
Achieved an astonishing 67MPG on a 35-mile run from Utrecht to Schiphol.

Perhaps it's because I was 5m below sea level in the flattest country on the planet, or perhaps it was because I was on cruise control at 52MPH behind a lorry.

Either way, it's quite impressive. What's not impressive is that official extra-urban figures for the 2.0 TDI is 57MPG. I average just over 40 on my usual motorway driving.
I shouldn't have to slipstream a lorry at 30MPH below the speed limit to get official figures.
 
mjt said:
Achieved an astonishing 67MPG on a 35-mile run from Utrecht to Schiphol.

Perhaps it's because I was 5m below sea level in the flattest country on the planet, or perhaps it was because I was on cruise control at 52MPH behind a lorry.

Either way, it's quite impressive. What's not impressive is that official extra-urban figures for the 2.0 TDI is 57MPG. I average just over 40 on my usual motorway driving.
I shouldn't have to slipstream a lorry at 30MPH below the speed limit to get official figures.
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Extra-urban figures aren't based on motorway type driving though, you won't reach them sat at 70. It's a 4.5mile test, of a warmed up car, averaging 39mph.
 
Well there you go :p

FWIW, for every car I own, I always end up with my MPG average being the quoted urban figures. Says a lot about my driving style as well though :p
 
mjt said:
Achieved an astonishing 67MPG on a 35-mile run from Utrecht to Schiphol.

Perhaps it's because I was 5m below sea level in the flattest country on the planet, or perhaps it was because I was on cruise control at 52MPH behind a lorry.

Either way, it's quite impressive. What's not impressive is that official extra-urban figures for the 2.0 TDI is 57MPG. I average just over 40 on my usual motorway driving.
I shouldn't have to slipstream a lorry at 30MPH below the speed limit to get official figures.
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No you shouldn't, I can get an average of 65mpg out of my 1.4 cod engine without slipstreaming anything on A roads...
 
What (apart from the usual car critic nonsense) can y'all tell me about the Mk1 RS3. What are they like in the real world?
 
If it's anything like the S3 I had, it'll be quick but ultimately a bit boring and safe, with hard suspension.

The S3 was brilliant for cross-Germany autobahn blats and fun for blasting past people everywhere, but it lacked a spark that BMWs have, probably due to its penchant for understeer.
 
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Are your really experiencing that understeer in the real world? I pressume one would have to be pushing extremely hard through a corner to feel it... Or is the threshold really low?
 
mjt said:
I presume your 1.4 is in something small?

My 2.0 TDI had to lug around a 6-year-old A6 with passengers and luggage!
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I wouldn't call a a3 saloon small small, I had a passenger and weeks worth of luggage too. Should also say I wasn't really trying. My usual average over a complete journey is around 55mpg and that's not hanging around either. Urban runs out at about 40mpg, doesn't budge from that even if I cane it.
 
[TW]Fox;29762681 said:
I didn't think there was an RS3 available until the Mk2. The Mk1 was S3 only.
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Im referring to the first gen RS3. The one which come out in '12 iirc.
 
Those have always struck me as a bizarre car that came out far too late. By the time they released it, the A3 had been around since 2003. So you end up with an incredibly old tech car for... big money. Something like a Golf R might be a better bet, slightly less powerful but at least if you go digging around the boot you won't find dinosaur fossils.

They should have released it in 2005 not 2012. Though to be fair if you stick a Killers album on you could pretend it's 2005 whilst driving it around.
 
In terms of when it was built, sure, but when it was designed, no, it's a 13-15 year old car. That model of A3 was released in 2003. Normally cars have a 7-8 year life cycle but not only did Audi keep flogging the dead horse long past 2010 they waited and ages before releasing the RS3.

So it might say '12' on the plate but it says 'Tony Blair!' everywhere else :D

I suspect they are overpriced used too - I'd genuinely consider a current model S3 over an old model RS3.
 
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