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Sep 4, 2018 | 04:18 AM

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sanchez

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I had a OEM Black on Black 1984 Series 3 back in 2013. After restoration I sold it, not knowing the rarity of that color combination.
Doug made me aware of that after I had sold it. Can't go back in time though.

Sep 4, 2018 | 06:01 AM

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Thanks. That’s very interesting. My wife says mine looks like a hearse!

Sep 4, 2018 | 08:24 PM

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Thanks. That’s very interesting. My wife says mine looks like a hearse!

Your wife is pretty close with that assessment. A number of years ago I was interested in an original, one owner Mk 2 - very unusual because the colour / trim combination was (again) a special order black on black. The owner? A funeral director! (I am not inventing this). In the end we could not come to an agreement. Now I have much more cheerful Pale Primrose over Black leather Mk 2.

Sep 4, 2018 | 08:27 PM

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Yeah. That’s a story I’m not going to share with my wife. I’m in enough trouble already!

Sep 5, 2018 | 06:48 AM

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The problem with black and black on black interior (as mine is) is the heat from the sun. My mechanic suggests a slight tint on the windows to reduce the interior heat but not sure I want to go that route.

Very nice looking S3 Gismo.

I wasn't sure I wanted to go that route ether having the windows blacked out taking away from the original look. But in our 40c + summers I had to try something and went with the lightest possible tint I could get (20%), this blocks out 80% of external light and heat. The numbers work backwards for window tinting. Best $300 I ever spent.

Below is a pic of S1's with and without tint. For what it saves in summer heat in the cabin I can live with the slightly darker windows.

Sep 5, 2018 | 08:54 AM

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Thanks Clarke that’s very thoughtful. Beautiful cars by the way. It looks fine on your car. And there’s no denying the practicality of it. But with a black car I worry it’s going to look even more limousine-ish than it already does. I don’t have to decide really until next summer I guess. And of course it’s easily reversible.