Scott1906

Good morning and welcome to the Audi Owner's Club! You'll love it here, everyone is very friendly and informative. Really glad to hear that you're so excited. What spec are you getting? 

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Welcome to the forum dude 😎 

I'd also just reiterate what Steve's said - you took it back to the dealer yet? 

Ooh 😉

Aboriginal

... Damn this got dark!

To be honest, cycling on the cycle path would always be the safer option, but in most cases there unfortunately isn't a cycle path, and I think you can receive a penalty for cycling on the pavement (don't hold me to that). 

Having said that, I do still find cyclists on the roads really annoying most of the time. There should definitely be some sort of limit on how bright a cyclist's lights can be though, because if they're dazzling you then they're just as dangerous, if not more dangerous, than they would be with no lights at all. 

Hi Prawn, 

Bit of a long shot I know because it's an old post, but did you end up selling these parts? If not, which model of R8 are they from? Wouldn't be a bad shout to have some more spare parts I reckon. 

On 2/15/2019 at 7:24 PM, PeteB said:

Happy New Year to you too!

I try to give a daily update into the life of a machinery sales rep! Some full moments but the rest is full on and frantic at times!

Got to love the ups and downs though, ey 😉

On 2/15/2019 at 4:44 PM, Steve Q said:

Thanks Scott's, same to you 🙂

the year has been interesting to say the least lol. How's yours been so far? 

Cheers Steve! 

I couldn't agree more. Definitely been a good one so far though, work is going well and I'm off to Vegas very soon.

On 2/17/2019 at 9:44 PM, Simon P said:

I'm a long(ish) distance trucker. When The Beast from the East struck I'd picked up a load near Manchester and was heading back home to our yard at Stirling, ie an essential journey.

All went well almost all the way up, there was some snow but nothing to worry me. Then at around 2pm I reached Cumbernauld and hit the back of a queue, which is pretty normal even in good weather, so not unexpected as there was a fair bit of snow by then. I was eventually released at around 1am Thursday morning, along with quite a few other vehicles. We had to weave around abandoned cars and vans, which was rather frustrating. During the time spent waiting we had moved up several times, each time we stopped I invited everyone parked around me into my cab. I've got a small diesel furnace fitted to my truck (all sleeper cabs have them these days). As I'm a long distance trucker I'm prepared with emergency food and have coffee, water, sugar and milk and a small gas cooker, a kettle and a pot, so was offering warmth and coffee to anyone who wanted it. One person took me up on the offer in those 11 hours. I also saw some local residents walking through the traffic with bags of food and flasks of tea or coffee presumably, none of them came to me though so I don't know what was on offer. Speaking to other truckers stuck there afterwards, I know I wasn't the only one offering warmth and hot drinks. I was a little bit annoyed at a news report on the radio on the Thursday, someone with very young children in the car was complaining that the authorities hadn't done enough to prevent the situation occuring and not enough support for him with his young children once it had occured. I don't know what his essential journey was, with very young children, but there were plenty of warnings not to drive anywhere on Wednesday in particular unless it was essential.

After we were released from the problem at Cumbernauld, me and one other truck turned off towards Stirling, I was the second truck. Just half a mile off the main road we had to stop again, A car had grounded out on top of the snow. Not much later the police turned up, asked the car driver where he intended going and asked the two of us truckers where we were going (both to the same industrial estate 5 miles along the road), we were instructed to remain exactly where we were, ie in the middle of the road, we would be sorted as much as possible in daylight, but the snow was falling and drifting so quickly they were unable to keep that 5 miles stretch open. We were then moved a couple of hundred yards into a layby once daylight appeared. The car driver was rescued and sent home. I eventually got back to our company yard around midday Friday, after hitting the queue at 2pm Wednesday. As I said, I'm prepared for most eventuallities. I'm teaching myself to play the flute (from books) and I read a lot. I'm not a tv watcher so don't have one in the truck. There was a petrol station at the end of the road, so I bought a pint of milk, but none of their consessions was open so no hot food. Soup and sandwiches then. Comfy enough bed, my flute, my kindle, internet on my phone, warm and dry. That'll do me nicely 🙂 

Wow!! I would have honestly given you a medal for going through this. How did you do in terms of keeping a level head when stuck in the traffic for all those hours? I suppose you're probably used to long queues if you're a trucker and do mammoth journeys on the regular, but I normally lose my head if I'm stuck in traffic for 1 or 2 hours - never mind the length of time you were stuck on the roads! Then again, if I've got a good podcast on then that usually helps ease the frustration. 

I think in terms of authorities advising people not to drive unless essential when the weather is dire, too many people have that "it won't affect me" mentality whereby they seem to think the weather is less likely to affect their driving and that they're less likely to get stuck in queues. Very kind of you to offer warmth and coffee to the other motorists in the traffic jam though - I would have been more than happy to come and listen to some flute playing over a nice warm brew. 

I bet it felt like a blessing when you finally got home on Friday evening!

Thanks for sharing, 

Scott. 

On 2/15/2019 at 4:43 PM, Steve Q said:

You're lucky you an choose to drive or not 🙂

I have to drive in all weathers regardless. 

Agreed, I feel blessed. I decided to work from home for a couple of weeks when the Beast from the East hit us last year, mainly because I was involved a bad crash in the snow when I was younger but also because I would drop dead if anything were to happen to my car. 

I suppose if you look at the plus sides though, you'll be a lot more used to driving in those conditions than I am so will most likely be better at handling yourself when sh*t hits the fan 😅

Was speaking to a friend of mine who was up north at the time the weather was bad, and wow. I try my best to avoid driving at all if it's really really bad. I think I hardly drove at all last February in late Feb-early March when we had the beast of the east over in the UK! 

I'm admittedly a little bit late to the party here, but I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and a smashing New Year's Eve. How's 2019 treating you guys so far? 

Scott

On 11/30/2018 at 8:16 AM, Magnet said:

Hello Scott,

Not wanting to interfere, but are your current tyres showing evidence of irregular wear? If not, personally, I would not contemplate any adjustment to the car's wheel alignment. 

If they are wearing irregularly then carefully consider who you are going to allow to fiddle with Audi's set up. 

Modern wheel alignment checking equipment is very complex and accurate. There is no doubt about that. Every tyre fitter's ability to use it correctly?? Their ability to detect minor wear in steering and suspension components which can result in out of alignment - rather than just attempting to reset the alignment?? 

Kind regards,

Gareth. 

Hi Gareth, 

Cheers for the reply. I hopefully shouldn't actually need wheel alignment, however I do want to check that my wheels are properly aligned as they should be. 

I don't really have any irregular wear, however I do think it's worth checking just to see everything's okay. If not then of course I'll pay for tracking. Very unlikely scenario, though.

And don't you worry, I only use a trusted garage I've been going back to for years. 

2 hours ago, Neil Dickinsin said:

I choose these over the michalin for tyre noise only 68db, I also run tyres at 4-5psi higher then audi recomends 70psi back and 45 front (drivers door panel) as they felt a bit like jelly when driving hard, they seen alot better with higher pressure or it may be me expecting to much from them? (My tyres are 255/35/20) This is why I am going to try michalin next time. The wet grip is very good and a nice positive road feel, no tramlining as I had with the P Zeros. Also had 4 wheel tracking checked and corrected at ProTyre Fareham - very good, this stopped the front outsides scuffing that you get and the issue with rear tread edge scuffs across the tyre width. when you run flat palm over tread you can feel the tread edges a symptom of this when bad is it sound like a wheel bearnig is on its way out. 

With the higher pressure, do you see an improvement in fuel economy? They *sound* like pretty good tyres to me anyway. The tramlining with the P Zeros sound a little bit annoying, not something you want when going at high speeds. I'll also be paying for wheel tracking when I get my next set of tyres too, I think. Need to make sure the wheels are aligned as they should be! Thanks for the response anyway matey, I'll take your words into account in buying some new rubber. 

14 hours ago, Neil Dickinsin said:

I wouldn't fit P Zeros, I run goodyear f3, but next set of rubber will be Michelin pilot sport 4s.

Hey mate, thanks for the response. Michelin Pilot Sport 4s look good too, I've heard from a friend that they're excellent quality, not to mention the rave reviews on them. What's your take on the Goodyears you currently run? Do you mean the f1 asymmetric 3s? They seem to have excellent wet grip and dry grip from what I've seen doing a quick Google search just now. 

Also, just thought I'd add: looks like the Pilot Sport Cup 2245/30R20 90Y are Audi OEM-manufactured. Do we have a winner? 

Hello boys and girls. Looking for a fresh couple of wheels for the ol' girl. I've had a browse on a few other car forums to see where other people are buying from, and I saw a little something about ASDA tyres so I thought I'd have a look myself. I was shown these tyres from typing in my reg: https://www.asdatyres.co.uk/245-30-20?range=premium

Now obviously I'll be looking for something in the premium price bracket, no questions asked. I was leaning towards the Pirelli P Zero245/30R20 90Ys, but before I make a buying decision I thought I'd ask for you fellas' opinions. Any advice on these/better tyres elsewhere on the internet? Looking forward to hearing what you guys come up with in response to this. 

Woke up bright and early on my day off, made me & the mrs a good old fry up before she went to work then had a nice relaxing morning. Later on I hit the gym after which I went on some epic drives around my local country roads, and got back just in time to pick the nephew up from a uni visit he was doing with college. Fair to say his mates were impressed with the R8... can't blame them really 🤣 

Oh, and the day's not even over! Even better. How was everyone else's day?

Welcome to the forum mate, the A4 is a stunner in those photos 😉 Glad you're enjoying it. 

There you go mate, I'm a little late on this but have filled one in for you anyway. Hope it helps!

Good luck with the dissertation buddy. 🙂 

So, just as a little update, I did some more searching around and ended up splashing out on the best possible dash cam I could find. I had a look at some Mio dash cams which look excellent but I don't really need the sat nav feature, so I decided to stick with Thinkware. 

Expensive little piece of kit but well worth the money. Funnily enough I found the RAC has a shop which sells them - weird, but a decent price. 

https://www.racshop.co.uk/thinkware-f800-dash-cam.html

I'll post an update to this thread should this F800 fail to satisfy my needs, but it doesn't seem likely. Never felt safer on the roads! 

Thanks for the responses fellas, much appreciated. 

Scott. 

11 hours ago, Magnet said:

A few years ago, it was 'macho' ( or whatever the in phrase now is - I'm old!) to drive around with your spot and fog lamps on in an attempt to draw attention to themselves by saying ' look at me - I've got spot lights' . Poor inadequate beings - bless them.

Then - nationally it seems - we have the groups who believe 'it's not macho if you use your indicators'! 

OK summer now,  but when the nights draw in we will have a return of the ' I can go longer than you before putting my lights on ' brigade. This group is easily identified ( but not so easily seen!) since they like to own dark coloured cars - black is best. 

Now if the no lights brigade happen to mate with the no indicator groups then it's safer to simply stay in the house! 

Whatever happened to the one-indicator-flash-per-10mph as taught to the police? Good, sensible and workable. 

Another macho tactic if indicators are used - the one flash as they pull back into your lane at 70 mph. That seems to score highly with the poor inadequately.

Apologies, rant over. 

Kind regards,

Gareth.

 

It's a shame we don't live in a world where it's seen as "macho" and "cool" to follow what we've been taught and to follow the rules of driving in order to ensure both our own safety and the safety of those around us when sharing the roads at dangerously high speeds... Oh well. I'm thinking about moving to a little island and enforcing my own driving laws, as well as making not indicating and tailgating punishable by execution. 

What's more macho than not indicating? Beheading those who don't indicate! 🙂😉🙂

Cheers for the reply Gareth.

7 minutes ago, Paul A6 said:

Yup some really stupid drivers out there m8 which is why i too have cams fitted. around my area i find its cab drivers who buy cars with no indicators or they simply forgot they have them 🙂  

Around my area it seems me and a handful of other drivers are the only people who use them! Have they stopped teaching people how to use them in driving lessons or something?? Seems so. 

...Are these magical things on your car to INDICATE to other drivers which direction you intend to drive. 

Honestly -- is it illegal to not indicate? Do any police on here ever book anyone for not indicating? I'm SICK to DEATH. I was very very nearly involved in a collision over the weekend due to some careless "driver" failing to properly indicate. I'm very lucky that I was able to react in time and am also lucky have a dash cam in case a situation like this ever actually turns into a crash. 

Some people really do take the fun out of driving. If it were on old driver or new driver in my position I assure you all this would have been a very nasty crash.