I probably be selling soon :???: so thought I'd take a few pics while she was nice and shiny! That's been tough to do with all this rain we've had here in the south this year. Got to admit, she's a looker in her sexy blackness! :cool:

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A Black Beauty!!!

i'm definitely a fan.

It's like a black mirror. You can see yourself... in both sides!

- Jeff

SWEET............why in the Heck would you sell that beauty?

Looks clean!

why sell a new car???

AWESOME! Love your car....

why sell a new car???

oh it's hardly new anymore. Had it since november! :D

Seriously though, it's nice... just not my bag.
I thought I could do the practical thing (cheap and reliable)... and learn to like driving an suv.
I was wrong on both accounts. :rolleyes: Oh well.

I really miss the lux and fun of my Audi so i'm getting one just like this but with Nav and DSG transmission.
http://audizine.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1781265&postcount=1

makes me wanna get a real spoiler asap! great looking pictures! :cool:

Aw, are you sure you want an Audi? I've heard bad things from friends...similar to this:

But then yesterday, my lil automatic A3 decided to trade in the Dr. Jekyll personality for Mr. Hyde. While accelerating up a 6% grade hill at 75 mph, I completely lost power. The display showed the gearbox was spinning its wheels in neutral while seemingly randomly picking out gears that nearly stalled or redlined. What followed was a terrifying 30 seconds of jerking, whining, revving, slowing down and speeding up, and feeling like my car was about to not only completely stop on the freeway, but then start to roll backwards into an approaching semi. Eventually I got it to a safe place to pull off and it reverted to its domesticated persona, shifting as normal. After feeling slightly idiotic waiting for a tow truck to pick up a sub1K car that appeared to running just fine, I got back on the highway, this time downhill and cruised home without problem.

"Talking with the dealership on the phone on the ride home they wouldn't concede it could possibly be a tranny problem and instead blamed the occurance on ineffective gas intack due to low gas (1/4 full) which resulted in "sputtering." Taking the car in tomorrow and see what they have to say. Hope to god i don't have a lemon. At less than 1000 miles if they need to replace the transimission i think i'm gonna demand a replacement car, i don't wanna drop 30+G for a frankenstien jalopy. Anybody had similar trouble with an 07 or have heard of won cases over A3 transmission with regards to lemon laws?

From reading this forum tonight and my own experience, all i can say is that the Auto DSG Transmission is a true idiot savant! Most the time it performs amazing feats but sometimes you're gonna have a psychotic on your hands."

"I was stuck in traffic last March and my transmission for no apparent reason went into neutral and the indicator lights(r-n-d-s) started flashing.I had to put the transmission in park and then back to drive for it to start again.This happened a couple of times while in traffic.As I got out of traffic on the highway at +/- 100km/hr,it did it again.
The following week I went to the dealer for the 8000km check up and told them about my experience.They never found anything.Two weeks after this check up my transmission started acting up....up and down 1st to 2nd and so on...at stop signs it would jerk,at one point I had to put it into neutral because I thought the car would stall.I took it in and the dealer had the car in for over one month and changed the transmission control module.
One week later,I stopped to put some gas in and when I returned to my car,I would not start.I had to get it towed to the nearest Audi dealer.They said the problem this time was that the computer was on ''safety shut down'',probably caused by a power surge.
Anybody else having these experiences??"

Aw, are you sure you want an Audi? I've heard bad things from friends...similar to this:


Haha, yeah i could go on any car forum for any manufacturer and come up with similar issues. ;-) I'm on 4 different Audi forums and never heard of that dsg problem. It's a complicated beast so it doesn't suprise me that once in a blue you might hear of a car going on the fritz. All the lux brands have a glitch now and then with all those electronics and computers.

Like I said, I've owned an Audi before and it fits like a glove.
I'd much rather put up with a broken window switch or other warranty issue here and there if it means I get my Audi interior, german road handling, quiet cabin, and that amazing DSG tranny mated to the award winning 2.0 TFSI. <drooool> I want to feel connected to the road again. I want driving to be exciting again. :cool:

Would LOVE to keep both. I like the styling of the SC and it was great for trips to the beach, especially in Galveston where you can drive on the beach. My doggies will miss the E and it was great for my photo equipment. But there is no way I can afford it. And there is nothing exciting in the rest of honda's lineup. The japanese make nice, reliable, safe cars. But where's the fun in that?!?! :D Cars are a hobby for me. I've had about 6 new cars since 1997... the A3 will be #7. :rolleyes: Honda, Saturn, VW, Audi, and MINI. My wife has also had acura, vw, audi and nissan. Both of us have had more than one of some of those brands. We both think Audi is by far the best out of all of them for what we look for in a vehicle. Just a matter of personal style, taste and various preferences.