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Thanks for that, Gareth. Unfortunately, the original owner's address is not on the v5, it would have been good to see where the car had lived. I may still have a contact for the grandson on Luing though, I'm sure he would give me it. He told me he could remember get picked up from school in the Audi by his grandad when he was a wee boy! You could tell the car ment a lot to him! One thing I have just noticed on the v5 is under the Special Notes on the front page, it reads: No. of former keepers 2 (one would be the grandson, the other, grandad) 1. Was registered/used overseas. Declared manufactured 1983 I like the idea of sending an article to local paper, might just do that out of interest. It does so happen to have a distinctive reg so maybe someone would have a memory. I'll be sure to keep you informed though. Thanks again, Douglas

Yep I saw the story and the quy is local.to me. Unfortunately this will be the future, cars not even living to 10 years old, and the public haven't yet twigged! Plus the increase in energy will show the electric car to be no cheaper to run. A horse could be a logical alternative if it comes to it, could you imagine. Or a cycle! But if they do price us regular people out of cars then either the market will crash, or prices will explode to compensate it. Which would mean an a3 would cost at least 100k at a guess. Then they'd definitely be for the super rich.

With the electrical gremlins it's worth checking the quality of the battery as a failing battery can cause all sorts of electrical system issues.