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This is one i can attend only 55 miles down the road from me :)

Hi Allan....welcome to the Forum The usual thing that occurs on VAG cars is for the washer jet hose to pop off or leak and that tends to fill up the tailgate and also the boot latch mechanism which then fails after a while...worth pulling off the cover to investigate the cause. Cheers, Trevor

Marc, if you haven't already sorted this, I seem to remember watching a YouTube video on how to do this as I was looking into doing it myself. It can be done, but you need a new double din frame that replaces the single din frame in the centre console, the A/C panel can either be modified by filing down the sides or replace with another unit. Video below

My Boss is touring Croatia and it is over 45C there - need to average across Europe and we can all be happy.

Hello Steve, As you are probably aware, you will first need to obtain a Retention certificate for the number and this costs around £110 (or did) and will entitle you or someone who buys it from you to transfer it onto another car without cost, but the cost will be down to you to start. You will of course then need to buy another set of number plates which will return your current car back to what it was originally, but for £110 plus the cost of the replacement plates, you will have a number to sell. Registration Transfers (and there are far more) will value the number for you and my experience is that that valuation will be "encouraging" and they will advertise it for you without charge and offer you the agreed 'price back to you' price. Fast forward some time (and in my case it was almost 10 years before I gave up!) and it is possible you will be asked whether you want to bump it up and pay an advertising cost or perhaps reduce your 'back to you price'. You may get - as I did- a discussion about a rock bottom offer from which they deduct the cost of the retention cert ( for which I held and had paid for!) - experienced sales person turned out to be inexperienced and that info.was wrong in my case, and at which point the interested purchaser disappeared! Now it's possible to have them advertise the number while it remains on your car and a prospective buyer then pays for the transfer. Sounds fine, but I think you will, find there would be very little left in the pot for you when all is said and done - to a not worth the bother level. If it were mine, I would be looking on the DVLA website for similar format/layout numbers which can be bought straight from them at a price which includes the transfer fee and it would not surprise me if around £250 might be the buying price. So if it goes to Reg. Transfers, taking the £110 transfer fee, plus repalcement plate costs for your car plus Reg.mTransfers commission it could leave you with enough to buy a packet of !Removed!! I really would look at what DVLA are selling similar ones (including transfer costs ) for and go from there. I appreciate this is all very pessimistic and Reg. Transfers valuation may appear to make it seem attractive to follow up, but.... Possibly worth thinking about why the previous owner didn't sell it. I guess you didn't pay a premium for the car because of the number (hope not) so I would take it as valueless (in real terms) and move on buying your replacemnt number. Having said all of that, it is just possible at someone may fancy it and be prepared to cover the cost of transfer plus some added funds. You could be lucky Steve. Kind regards, Gareth.

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Enjoy the Car - Scotland Climate + Winter Wheels / Tyres + Quattro - there will be no stopping you....

Your welcome :)

I would love to attend and show my car if possible

Hey Dave, I won't be able to help with all questions but il offer my advice :) the service interval is long life so every 20k miles or 2 years I believe. I would deffo ask Audi about the kick plate as you should get a 10 year anti perforation warranty with the body. Don't know how this will apply but I imagine it should be covered. With regard to mudflaps I'm unsure but I don't see why you can't get front ones. Mum unsure on the wheel offset, sorry. Hope iv helped :) cheers steve

I'd dread taking mine in! She's currently having both driveshafts replaced and at least 2 new engine mounts! To be fair though it's never had driveshafts previously so I think getting 324,800 miles out of them is pretty good! Last week she had lower suspension arms and rear discs and pads! Abd I know she'll need the upper suspension arms doing before the mot in March! But il have it done because I'm crazy and I live this a6 as it has sentimental value!

Just to add to Gareth's post one thing you could do after you've dried the boot/tailgate out and taken off the trim panel you could get someone to sit in the boot and watch whilst you spray the boot and roof with a pressure washer. Hope iv helped :) cheers steve

Hello Allan, I would go with Steve's suggestion for a starter. I would advise that you remove the inner panel and indeed this may give up some clues of where this water is getting in (via evidence of stains etc.), and thoroughly dry the inside of the tailgate. You could then tape over the top outside paintwork to glass area, overlapping from paintwork to glass. I would just do the top join to start and test with a hose. If this does not eliminate the problem then add additional tape to each side join (one at a time) and finally the bottom glass to paintwork. The idea of doing this one section at a time is that you will know which one solves it - if it does. Another possible source could be where the flexible electrical wiring harness runs from the main body into the tailgate frame. Possibly some of this might help. Kind regards, Gareth.

Iv not even dared to show the wife these! Lol ;)

Lol, As Mr Q said, you have literally given permission to have at least one full bag of clothes carefully stowed away in the boot every time she gets in the car. Even my partner said to me why don't you get some of those Dan!!!!!! What have you done Piotr, what have you done

lol now that's the best way to prevent shopping!