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thanks for everyone's help, all sorted now

Quick update, turns out there was a huge air leak in the EGR pipework, one of the solid pipes with "flexi" sections had split on one of the flexi sections. Have fixed the pipe and the car seems to have stopped smoking. Will monitor it over the coming weeks and if the issue returns I'll continue to investigate, but for now all seems good. 🙏🏻

thanks very much for the picture, im just putting it all back together now

Greetings fellow Audi Owner and Biker. Enjoy the company here - a vat of wisdom unless you ask a silly question...

Fear the worst and hope for the best. I expect there has been an issue found in the model, not the individual car. Rather than release many out to customers they will hold onto them until this issue is resolved and handled internally. the $1000 question is how many have been sold and delivered? Anyone?

Thanks for the gen spartacus, very useful... although I'm slightly confused as to what a "decent dry sunny day" is. 😂

Welcome to the forum you'll find the members on here are a friendly and helpful bunch 🙂

You're welcome 🙂

Hi if its not rattling or making a noise leave it alone. Steve.

Welcome John. If you're from the Western Isles, then your first job should be to Lanoguard the underside of your A3. I've got family from that part of the world too, so know all about the salt-air, and the destruction that it will ultimately do to your car, never mind the local council salt and gritting the roads. Wash the car as normal. Remove each wheel and jet-wash under arches, etc. If you want to be thorough, then remove the inner wheel arch liners too and make sure you remove soil and other road detritus which will be lurking in the base of the wings. Let the car dry. For any crusty areas underneath on the subframe - you can use a wire brush. Spray Lanoguard (basically lanolin) on all exposed metalwork except the exhaust and watch going near the brakes. A decent dry sunny day is perfect. Leave for a few hours to harden. Repeat annually. If you're doing it on your drive, or lock-block or such like, stick down a tarp first. If it's bare ground - crack on.

Thanks Steve.

Not heard of Ispeed, only Heko ones. But looking at that, both brands make a nice aesthetic difference to any car, IMO of course.