I got a reply from haynes the other day about a manual for the a3. basicaly the more owners who contact them by email etc showing them interest in a manual; the more they will take note and see that us a3 owners are interested in diy on our cars. so lets start lobbing them and get em to do a book for us all.

Good idea, email sent. fingers crossed one day we may get it one day

LOL, they're probably sitting there thinking "please god no, don't make us dismantle an Audi, we'll be here all year!" :)