New 2011 A3 TDI S-line

Had my A3 for a little while. Picked it up back in Nov 2015 for $11k. Pretty much loaded.

After doing some reading and mods here is how the car stands now.

Malone stage 2 tune, straight pipe exhaust and opened the bottom of the airbox up #becausedremel. Needed tires so I put in some taller LRR 225-45-18's. Did a upper grill block and made a front splitter. I have a vid of how the car sounds straight piped. While cruising and normal driving I can hardly hear any difference. I can hear the turbo a little with the windows down but that's it unless at WOT can You can tell it's not stock.

Mileage. I range between 50-54mpg hwy and 36-45mpg in town. Best of both is 56.1/46.5 respectively.

I'll be heading to the track when things cool off after Summer to get some numbers.

I wish the DSG TUNE allowed me to take off in 2nd gear! I still find the DSG programming sucks.

wow.. great deal.. how many miles?

Very nice man. Can you post a pic of how you covered the grill?

PeteZ06 said:

wow.. great deal.. how many miles?

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It's at 108k now. Had 84k when I bought it. It was perfect without a scratch and was a single owner who was a Doc that had it maintained by the same tech at the same dealer from new. I have the entire service history with the car. I drive around 2kmi/mo sometimes a bit more.

The tune woke the car up. But I would t say it's "fast" in anyway. It almost has enough power to get out of its own way now.

Terry270 said:

Very nice man. Can you post a pic of how you covered the grill?

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Black Duct tape. Lol

If I keep the car, I'll do a CF grill block using a RS3 Front bumper.

What exactly is the "S-Line" on the A3 TDI?

Jimmy Coconuts said:

What exactly is the "S-Line" on the A3 TDI?

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You get a wheel/tire upgrade, firmer, maybe a bit lower ride; some exterior black
accents, xenon/LED lights, leather sport seats, some brushed aluminum interior
trim and, of course, S-line badges!

flee said:

You get a wheel/tire upgrade, firmer, maybe a bit lower ride; some exterior black
accents, xenon/LED lights, leather sport seats, some brushed aluminum interior
trim and, of course, S-line badges!

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Right on, thank you! Is this considered the "Sport Package" on the FTC buyback tables? My 2012 Premium has it.

I think so...

I may make another thread but this DSG even with the Malone tune on it still isn't very good.

flee said:

I think so...

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I did some digging and found out the "S-Line" badging is an exterior "appearance" package that is on all of the TDI models, and is not part of the Sport Package (different wheels, different seats, lowered/stiffer suspension). Looks cool though!

We just got our 2nd A3, a 2013 Premium Plus. That car is fricken beautiful! Silver with black leather, Bose, sunroof, very low miles...

Even after $1k shipping from Florida, after sales tax, after registration, after interest on the loan (3 payments), after capital gains tax on the profit, after everything....we're making at least $7K profit on this bad boy, with roughly another $3600 tied-up in eligible seller funds. So profit only goes up from there. Ridiculous..

Jimmy Coconuts said:

I did some digging and found out the "S-Line" badging is an exterior "appearance" package that is on all of the TDI models, and is not part of the Sport Package (different wheels, different seats, lowered/stiffer suspension). Looks cool though!
We just got our 2nd A3, a 2013 Premium Plus. That car is fricken beautiful! Silver with black leather, Bose, sunroof, very low miles...
Even after $1k shipping from Florida, after sales tax, after registration, after interest on the loan (3 payments), after capital gains tax on the profit, after everything....we're making at least $7K profit on this bad boy, with roughly another $3600 tied-up in eligible seller funds. So profit only goes up from there. Ridiculous..

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are you asserting that every A3 TDI has S-line badging? more importantly, does every trim have paddle shifters standard?

joining in the fun - awaiting delivery of a loaded '11 PP w/ 50k. may keep and mod if we love it, or do the buyback later if something better pops up.
really intrigued to compare the driving dynamics with the Golf

St.Hubbins said:

joining in the fun - awaiting delivery of a loaded '11 PP w/ 50k. may keep and mod if we love it, or do the buyback later if something better pops up.
really intrigued to compare the driving dynamics with the Golf

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Congrats on the A3!

cheers, can't believe you didn't get to one before i did!
noticing this A3 forum is a real ghost town... is Audizine more happenin'?

St.Hubbins said:

cheers, can't believe you didn't get to one before i did!
noticing this A3 forum is a real ghost town... is Audizine more happenin'?

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He already got two before you, sir!

St.Hubbins said:

are you asserting that every A3 TDI has S-line badging? more importantly, does every trim have paddle shifters standard?

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I think every A3 TDI has the S-Line badging, yes. The Premium Plus has standard paddle shifters (not available on Premium).

MBQ said:

He already got two before you, sir!

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You bet!

How many did you end up with? I stopped at 5+1.

MBQ said:

He already got two before you, sir!

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should've said "i can't believe you left one behind for me to snatch!"

i'm actually hoping it's a keeper, as it has every bell/whistle other than NAV, which i didn't want anyway... only light-colored interior would've checked every wish.
you guys think there will be more than a handful of fixed ones sold back, if a fix even gets offered on these?

Jimmy Coconuts said:

You bet!

How many did you end up with? I stopped at 5+1.

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Let's start a statistical thread when this thing gets finalized and when the cars are flying into the dealer's lots. It will be fun.

By the way yesterday I picked up a 2011 Q7 TDI prestige with 92k miles on it, for 22k+TTL. On the first sight, the wifey said "it's so beautiful, can you NOT return it?". I answered "no they're not buying it back".

It's a very substantial SUV with lots of bells and whistles, drives great, like new. It's probably a keeper.

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should've said "i can't believe you left one behind for me to snatch!"
i'm actually hoping it's a keeper, as it has every bell/whistle other than NAV, which i didn't want anyway... only light-colored interior would've checked every wish.
you guys think there will be more than a handful of fixed ones sold back, if a fix even gets offered on these?

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The early birds definitely lost appetite after being fed for a while so there're bound to be leftovers, among which some are very nice ones. The game was definitely easier to play when the majority were in hybernation; when everybody woke up, the game was pretty much over.

I would go out on a limb to say that it's probably the same case for the 3.0s, especially the generation 1 cars, whatever that means. I guess 09&10 Touareg/Q7 must be among them, maybe 11&12 year models, too.