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Thank you for your views Dave, and I think the logic of my advice is clearly indicated by the answer you have given to my question. No one, but no one, should be advised to fiddle with car electrics without having an experienced person at his side to oversee what is being done, unless they are experienced in doing so. Any other advice would not be in his best interest, or the forum’s. I really don’t feel I can usefully add any further comment s to this thread.

Hello ‘Nmcc’, Notice you have returned to the forum and will be aware of my latest post, so could you please now advise us whether you are going to amend your name or not.

Hello Dave, But the OP has stated ‘he is a complete numpty with cars and knows absolutely nothing’ . Acid test question:- so would you let him wire a dashcam into your car? I’m not forming any judgement on William’s abilities, beyond what he has stated, and I still hold by my earlier advice, which I believe to be sound in this case. Regards, Gareth.

Welcome Simon, and very sorry to hear of this major issue. Stating the obvious, this is totally unacceptable, and it’s highly unlikely that anyone else would have experienced this problem. Would I take it to France tomorrow even if they were able to conduct some form of repair? Definitely no. As a matter of interest, is this a brand new vehicle or a pre registered earlier 2025 example. If pre registered, who was it registered to? I’m sorry we can’t help you with this Simon, but we certainly would be interested in how this pans out, and offer some support going forward- if you need it. Regards, Gareth.

Hello William, Please do yourself a favour and stay at least a car’s length away from attempting to wire a dashcam on your car - by your own description of your abilities - disaster looms if you don’t. Apologies for stating it as it is, but it’s said in your our best interest. Regards, Gareth.

The vast majority of members on here, state their proper name rather than choose to remain anonymous, which obviously allows a more personal interchange. Let me ask you a connected question:- Would you feel you could walk into a Citizens Advice Bureau, ask for legal associated advice, and not be prepared to disclose your name? Your choice - whoever you are - and the forum retains its right to deal with that situation, once you have made your decision. Regards, Gareth.

Thanks, Could you please amend your name at this stage?

We await the outcome then. Please let us know how you get on.

Um. Seems like the thermostat and water are going to be changed then.

Thanks Russel, You did mention the principles of your last paragraph, but you are yet to confirm how much above 90 it gets, and whether you have indeed monitored the running temperature via your OBD.

Apologies for jumping in on this Nmcc ( could you amend this to your proper name please), but I feel the advice you have been offered is both sound and logical. ‘Thanks I may go down that road..,’ suggests you would ideally like to go down another avenue -? The simple fact is you bought this misrepresented car from a dealer, so your redress starts and rests there. As I see it, only after you fail to get the resolution you want, would you need to extend your discontent to other organisations - unless you want a fight at this stage! Perhaps you would be kind enough to amend your profile, and let us know how you get on with your quest to get this resolved. Regards, Gareth.

It has been suggested that we should be ‘extra nice’ to non responding members rather than warning them after posting a prompt to them to respond. It might work with some, but it doesn’t seem to work in your case, so any valid reason why we should keep prompting you Tanya?

Hello Russell, I could well be wrong, but I cannot see the logic of a generally static running temperature of 90 degrees C with a slight occasional increase ( exactly how much?), being the cause of your issue, so I would move forward very tentatively with this. Is your OBD capable of monitoring running temperatures? If so, this would be something I would carryout before going to any expense. Kind regards, Gareth.

Hello Tyler, Checking batteries with a multimeter is a meaningless test. You need to get the battery efficiency check on professional equipment which test other parameters apart from static voltage. Halfords stores will normally do that. If substandard, then it would be advantageous to let us know rather than buying a battery at that stage. Please let us know how you get on. Regards, Gareth

Thanks to Ian and Brian, for the very helpful details. Apologies we were unable to help back in March, but very pleased, you now have the answer, which I’m sure will be of help to others in the future. Many thanks again and kind regards, Gareth.

Now the ‘investment’ is in how can we make that product cheaper and just outlast the warranty. Does quality and longevity matter any more? No, in my book. Regards, Gareth.

Don’t worry Jeffrey, we all do it from time to time on here! No personal offence meant, it was just aimed at Google and AI.

Strange! But thank you for allowing the forum to offer you advice.

‘Reading up…’ straight from AI’s book of the Bleeding Obvious then!

So you are not sharing the labour cost with us then Chris - which may be helpful to others in the same situation at some time -?

So they have agreed to fit a new ( in caps) turbo rather than just the clip-? If so, then as Richard says, but I would want to know what the labour charge would be if it were mine.

Please keep us up to date on progress Ray. Many thanks, Gareth.

Thanks Chris, What is the estimated Audi dealer labour costs vs. the cost of your local garage fitting the clip?

Could you please come back to us with the answers asked for Anisha?

Yes, we know it’s a 19 year old car from your profile, so what does your handbook say?