wrightster Posted September 18, 2006 Report Share Posted September 18, 2006 Hi i am looking at buying an S3 budget of around 11k, can you tell me what year they swapped from 210 to 225 bhp please, also anything else apart from the normal stuff i should be looking out for when viewing? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReverend Posted September 18, 2006 Report Share Posted September 18, 2006 Welcome aboard fella. You should get a few people replying in due course. What I'd recommend is a little searching on this forum too as the question has been posed many times. You'll see regular threads like Coil Packs (should already have been done on warranty at the age you're looking at)/ MAF's / ARB's / Rear wash wipe / Tyre choice... The 225 bhp came out towards the end of 2001 IIRC. The earlier models are cheaper to insure and once you've chipped / remapped it, the power is the same. I had a facelifted one on 210 bhp which had the new interior and badges. To be honest you'd be hard pushed to notice the extra 15 horses and some conspiracy theorists believe it was always 225 anyway..;-) The only things I'd think of are; 1) Buy the best car you can (least # of owners, as each owner tends to run the car on a tigher budget generally). 2) Take your time & choose carefully - there should be a decent # about now. 3) Decide on your colour - Lots of silver & black which look lovely if a little anonymous. Red, Yellow and Blue look beautiful if a little more of an acquired taste. 4) Spec is critical, leather, Bose, Accoustic parking, FCAR, Alloy wing mirrors, heated seats, are all lovely. Not sold on Sunroofs as they cut down on headroom (I'm tall!) 5) Tuning - the car takes moderate tuning well as long as it's been looked after. Whatever you but check it's had a decent life, what tyres is it on? lots of bills for oil changes etc. The running costs are not low but for the performance they're pretty good. Whatever it's a lot easier to live with during the winter than the Vx220! Good luck & happy hunting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook Posted September 18, 2006 Report Share Posted September 18, 2006 wrightster, I might be persuaded to part with my S3, if you are interested. It's a one owner car, and would be within your budget. I'm also local to you (Preston). If you are interested, drop me a PM, and I'll let you have the details. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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