That is a neat mod. Even though I am not in the car. I can feel how it rides. Very smooth

Awesome video! Lots of fun! So good to spend Saturday with you.

Hate to be that guy. But I feel compelled to share some knowledge about magride. APR seems to be pushing the narrative that the magride in the Audi's is either on or off. That not only is inaccurate but utterly false, hence why the car has Comfort, Auto, Dynamic and Individual modes. I really dislike when companies start looking at things they can sell just to make $$$. Profit driven. Typical business mentality. First let's establish that this product is not from APR this is a rebranding. This product is The DSC Sport Controller. All APR did was paying $$$ changing the logo for theirs and they didn't even bother to change the shape of the logo. Second the S3 suspension is not bad. And is not fair compared it to the likes of a Corvette a 2 door sport car capable of going toe to toe with the best European SuperCars. The S3 is a 4door saloon. And the suspension behaves like such. Is it soft? yes. Is it harsh? not really. Is it bad? No. Could it be better? Yes. What you should be wondering is the effects of constant aggressive so called "real time" adjustment and life expectancy of the dampers. Magnetorheological fluid are subject to thickening after prolonged use and need replacing and cannot operate at extremely High/Low temperatures. As this fluid assumes properties comparable to a solid when in the "on" state, up until a point of yield. The yield stress is dependent on the magnetic field applied to the fluid, but will reach a maximum point after which increases in magnetic flux density have no further effect, as the fluid is magnetically saturated. What sort of parameters have been set in place in the calculations to avoid over aggressive adjustment better than the OEM Audi did to avoid this? Unknown because neither APR or DSC will say. APR recently make a FAQ... In it they said and I quote. Does this wear out the stock shocks, springs, bushings, tires more quickly: We have no quantifiable data to say this will wear out your stock shocks more quickly. However, this will lessen strain on various components due to the switch between aggressive and comfort through the way it’s always adjusting in real time. This will extend your usable range and life for various components, such as your tires. This answer is utter Bullshit. They claim they don't have quantifiable data. Well no worries I do. This is one of many studies. Choosing this one because of how recent it was published. Publish in April 13,2022 Title: Influence of temperature on magnetorheological fluid properties and damping performance. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-665X/ac6346/meta I'm going to compress and simplified a bit, it goes to explain as follows: Magnetorheological fluid temperature rises significantly from atmospheric to 257.7°F with decrease in damping force by 66.32% at higher loading parameters. In other words on a racetrack or over a hard spirited drive is totally doable to be able to heat the fluid in the dampers to those temps. I have. Does Audi Race in TCR with magride on the RS3 LMS or Cupra or GolfR? No. Why? Mostly cost. Have they? Yes with the R8 but they have different mag dampers than the S3 obviously. Anyways After a scenario like this of let say having the car in Dynamic Mode on a racetrack doing sessions particle characterization will reveal particle morphology has not changed but the saturation magnetization of the particles is reduced by 57% at higher temperatures on or above 260.6°F. It has been observed through thermogravimetric analysis that, the life of the fluid is reduced marginally. Through scanning electron microscope image it is confirmed that deterioration of the particles starts after 392°F, if the fluid is operated for a prolonged amount of time. In other words. This product while cool will significantly reduced the life of the dampers, that by they way they're not cheap to buy. Have that in consideration before buying this product. Are magride good? yes. Does the S3 has good magride? To drive as Audi intended yes. To extract performance and ultimate handling not really. Is the product worth it? Can't say till I try it. But if you are so annoyed about the magride. Bilstein schocks, some DCC cancelation kit and called it a day. Or maybe check first that you don't have a bad magride damper. Also I know you are excited about this product and you are giving APR the advertisement. But saying that after 60 seconds of driving at low rural speeds you could feel the difference is not accurate. That is called PLACEBO EFFECT. Very few people who drive are that tuned into the car enough to "feel" the difference in suspensions behavior. Example Professional Race drivers. At the bare minimum I would take my S3 to a racetrack and do a before and after comparison hitting the same corners over and over, during a few sessions to really tell if there's a significant change in ride quality behavior. While data logging. Regardless if the product makes the car better or worse.

The excitement of men getting new mods and toys! APR

Looking forward to the long-term review! Wonder how this module would pair with the MSS Springs and MagRide on my '20 S3 🤔😁

Can't wait to see a future video after you've driven it for a while. I'm also always in dynamic. It's a little harsh, but it definitely bothers the wife in the passenger seat more than it does me. Not sure how I would ever convince myself it's worth $1200, but still an interesting possibility.

Looking forward to a longer drive review with this mod!

I see they also make this for the Golf R wth dcc wonder how much of a difference would it make since I'm also on lowering springs

Awesome mod bro! I haven't heard about it but then again I have no 'mag ride' (DCC) in my GTI.. It's one of my main regrets when I configured my car, should have ordered it..

Thanks for the review. You bought a spoiler from me last year! Would you mind sharing the tune that ships in this? I have the dsc version and am intetested in comparing.

Hi， I made a decision to get my APR SCU after watching your video. I received it today and installed it within 10mins. First feeling was, the car feel slow as it is much more stable, 100kmh feels like 70. However , I feel that high speed rebound is rather big, it won't settle down at once but rebound for 4 times in comfort mode, 3times in Auto, 2 times in dynamic. In which section should I tune?

How does this compare to using the individual setting with suspension set to automatic?

So it sounds like it’s turning it into a dynamically adaptive suspension?

As a 2016 S3 owner I think the standard suspension is just fine and not squishy. I don’t have a KZfaq channel where I need to modify my car constantly for content so therefore I’d never change the stock adjustable suspension. I’d love to hear more about that phone mount.