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Yes they were very good, it would have been £221.40 less if he would have had the old skirt repaired but decided on a new one. hopefully now Greg that will be it, he now takes a much wider line going through the gateposts which too be fair are quite narrow.

After my son buying a Toyota Aygo since passing his test Oct 2021 he has drove it around for 2.5 years with no issues whatsoever, not even a scraped wheel trim. Had his Audi A3 for 9 days and OUCH !!. Coming home at 5am in the morning after a hateful night shift, don't know if it was he is not used to the size of the car yet or tiredness / lack of concentration but he scraped the passenger side along the gatepost albeit luckily very slowly. Both doors needed respraying and a new skirt needed as the old one was badly damaged by the bricks in the gatepost and it had to be ordered in from Germany as amazingly Audi never had one. We took it to a bodywork guy who is not the cheapest but is very highly recommended and by the look of all the high end cars he repairs its understandable. Its all fixed now and my son is £1100 out of pocket, luckily he had savings so no insurance claim needed.

Not an Audi owner (my son is) but it definitely seems like your battery is on the way out. I had a 2004 Jaguar S-type which threw out lots of error codes one morning and that was just a failing battery. I always buy my batteries from these guys (see below), they are usually one of the cheapest and most of the time get next day delivery. Regards Colin https://www.tayna.co.uk/

Cheers Jason, its a win win situation , a spare wheel and the subwoofer. Happy Dad and happy son. Only cost £73 for everything as well as had a £20 amazon voucher from work to help with the Jack/Tools.

Certainly does Ian, I get the nice feeling he has got a spare tyre (albeit a spacesaver) if he does have a puncture. He is happy as the subwoofer stays in the hatch 😀

Its amazing how things can happen, was out in the driveway last night and a guy from the top of my street commented how nice my sons A3 looked. He mentioned his son had a 2020 A3 but it got wrote off and he got another car on the insurance. I mentioned I needed a spare wheel and he quickly got on his phone rung his son up and found out he had a 18" Audi spacesaver (125/70/18) in his shed. I bought it from him for £30 , also bought a 2.5T Jack / toolkit from Amazon and am awaiting 5 wheel bolts for the spacesaver from GSF cars. The best thing is the subwoofer fits perfectly inside the spacesaver wheel. My son is a happy chappie !!!

Hi, Not an Audi owner but my wife's 2014 Citroen C4 Picasso had exactly the same issue. Lovely and hot on the passenger side and luke warm at the best on the drivers side. In the end had the matrix changed at my usual garage which luckily was not a big job (approx 1 1 /2 hours) but still cost £295 for parts and labour, The result after was a very hot car from all vents.

Hi Guys, Do you think this one will be Ok (see below) , messaged the guy and he thinks so. My son is not bothered about the wheel being brand new as it will spend most of its time hidden in the lower regions of the hatchback. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/375275304818

Thanks Ian, He has done well in his career so far , I know sending him to college for 2 years to get his qualifications needed to work in a well paid local paper mill has turned up trumps. He hated me at the time for sending him there but quite regularly thanks me now. Probably helps that I work there to but I don't tell him that !!!

Thanks Jason, I thought you would have to get different wheel lugs that's why i asked, will have a look at the main car factors for some. Thanks for your reply. Regards Colin

Thanks Ian for looking, the same size tyres as my sons so I will look for that particular size space saver (125/70/18) and tools as i know it will fit in the wheel well. Regards Colin

Many thanks guys, just took my 16" space saver out of the Aircross and it looked the exact size when I put it up to the side of the A3 alloy wheels / tyres so I think 16" is the way to go. I just tried to see if the subwoofer would fit inside the Aircross space saver wheel but the sub woofer was too large, maybe fits inside a 17" space saver but not sure. My opinion which you can bet wont be the same as my sons is a spare wheel is much more important as a subwoofer but he will probably disagree 😀. I will see what he says later when he finishes work as can get a 16" space saver and the tools which fit inside the wheel from many places on the old internet. Just another thought would you need different set of wheel nuts for a steel space saver wheels then the ones holding the alloys on. Thanks Colin

Hi, My son went to view the 2019 A3 with my wife last week, they drove down to 97 miles to Birmingham. I unfortunately could not go as just had an operation so not in any fit state last week to do anything. They had a test drive in it and agreed a decent part exchange on his Aygo. They delivered it late last night after giving it a new MOT and a service and I went for a long test-drive with he guy who brought it up and it was a very nice drive and extremely quiet as expected with only 23k on the clock. I have been giving it a good looking over today as my son is in work till 7pm and all looks lovely apart from I noticed there was no spare wheel or any tools. There was something in the wheel well which I believe is a sub woofer but could not find any tools for changing a wheel (Jack, wheel wrench etc). Inside a small compartment to the right in the hatchback was a small compressor, a small set of tools (screwdrivers, towing hitch etc) and a tin of wheel sealant. What are my options as would like a spare wheel even a space saver would be ok with a set of wheel removal tools . My son likes the idea of the subwoofer so really don't want to lose that but if it has to be removed its not the end of the world. Just to add the alloy wheels are 18" so if I purchase a space saver wheel what size would he need. Any help would much appreciated. Thanks Colin

A very quick hello from Flintshire, My name is Colin I am 59 years old and I am actually not the owner of this 2019 A3 Sportback (8VA, 8VF) 35 TFSI its my sons new car (I drive a 2020 Citroen C3 Aircross...sorry guys) . My son passed his test in October 2021 age 19 and has always dreamed about owning an Audi A3 but due to money and insurance costs he has had to drive a Toyota Aygo since passing his test till now.I will have a few questions which I will ask today and many thanks in advance for your answers. Regards Colin