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Highly unlikely that the timing chain would stretch with that milage unlike cam belts chains don't suffer with age related change intervals, as for the oil consumption you will only find out what your chosen vehicles is after you buy it unfortunately, a good indicator would be service history as even the most basic garage knows the importance of low SAPS oil. Steve.

Hello Steven, If you look back to my reply to Vivian some 2 years plus ago. You will see that this isn’t uncommon. Why change both? Not uncommon, equates to a likelihood that the driver side rear will also break in the longer/shorter even, term. Couple this with the fact that these settle, you could end up with a vehicle which is sitting slightly off level. Obviously your call Steven. It sounds as as if this work is being done at a main dealer ( your reference to ‘health check’). If so, I would question why not get a pair of new springs fitted at a trusted local garage, probably cheaper than the main dealer will charge for fitting one - I guess the main dealer labour rates are north of £100/hr plus VAT = £120 minimum. Kind regards, Gareth.

Just bought the online Haynes manual (called Autofix) for the Q7. lots of useful information but some of it a bit general. Interesting to see what it’s like when I get my first problem!