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First of all I must thank you all for the imput into my Insurance woes. I have now received my new renewal quote from Admiral. It has come in a few pence short of £2k. Which I am more than happy about. So I go on another year driving my fabulous E-Tron GT. Tony

Hi all. Really sorry I forgot to post. This is how it went with Audi, Oldham. The technician told me that the diagnostic found no faults and that the issue was that I had deselected intelligent coasting in the MMI. He told me that he activated it again, drove up and down the motorway, and all is well. So…when I went to collect the car, and although I told him that the intelligent coasting mode had been switched off since new, he was adamant that this is what the issue was. Anyway, since being plugged in the diagnostic, and intelligent coasting off again, it’s back to normal !? I think a reset of the ‘brain’ of the car must have been done, but I wasn’t told that. in conclusion, when the electric charge is depleted, it shuts off the petrol engine into regen electric just as it should. The complete opposite to the issue I had, which was that the car never shut off the petrol engine, and instead decided to charge the battery, which resulted in sub 20 mpg for two weeks of driving. Again, sorry for this very late post and that I can’t be more helpful. Andrew

Least yours is easy, my dsg has 2 drain plugs, strange I know.

Great Tony -very pleased for you. Back to your SP30, didn’t they offer you the option of attending a speed awareness course for around £90, rather than 3 points? Regards, Gareth.

The first picture shows the drain plug, I left the hex to show where it's located in ref to the filler plug in the 2nd picture

Finally got around to draining the gear box oil today. I was expecting it to be low as could see that the last owner had a new driveshaft fitted, but wasn't expecting there to only be 1 litre in there. Car was level and I filled it up using a large syringe 1.5 litres. There must have been some of the old oil left in the gearbox as I read that these take 1.8 litres. Will check it in a few days to make sure its still topped up.

almost got it sorted just cannot access 13 Auto Dist Reg in VCDS the controller is not responding followed these instructions all of it worked but cannot access STG 13 Coding applies to Audi A6 C8 STG 19 > Installation List > "69 - Trailer/Anhänger" - Activate STG 01 > Coding > Byte 5 > Bit 4 "Trailer installed" - Activate STG 09 > Coding > Byte 13 > Bit 4 "Hitch ECU,installed" Activate STG 13 > Coding > Byte 3 > Bit 3 Activate STG 17 > Coding > Byte 14 > Bit 5 "Trailer, YES" Activate STG 46 > Coding > Byte 14 > Bit 6 "Trailer control unit, 0=not installed / 1=installed" Activate STG 6D > Coding > Byte 01 > Bit 7 "Trailer Recognition installed" - Activate STG A5 > Coding > Byte 14 > Bit 1 "FW_AAG,installed" Activate

Hi Dan. No, you just said that you were unable to offer me cover. I know that the problem is that I am 81 years old driving a high powered car. Also unfortunately I picked up a speeding ticket last month which was most annoying. I was taking my son and his wife to Gatwick at 03.40 in the morning and set a camera off in Selsdon. It clocked me at 34 mph!!! and I got a £100 fine and 3 points for that. I know that the insurance is going to expensive but I have a car which is my pride and joy. I have had it 2 years now and have only done 6100 miles so it is not as if I am chasing up and down motorways with it. Tony