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  1. cliffcoggin
    The simpler solution is to stay within the speed limit.
  2. cliffcoggin
    Paul. Your experience demonstrates the drop in quality standards at Audi that has become evident to many of us at the forum over the past few years. Whether this is the result of the diesel emissions scandal or just the routine interference of the bean counters I do not know. Do you know if the belt that failed prematurely was wet or dry? Wet belts have become popular amongst manufacturers recently, but they do seem to fail unpredictably, unlike the older dry belts.
  3. cliffcoggin
    Glad to hear the problem has been resolved, and presumably quite cheaply.
  4. cliffcoggin
    If it is the chain rattling you can continue to drive it if necessary. Of course it will be doing more expensive damage to the engine if you do so, but it will not result in a complete and sudden failure of the engine. It would help if you answered Steve's question: how many miles or kilometres has the car done.
  5. cliffcoggin
    Kwikfit has one of the worst reputations in the business. Better to go to a proper garage, preferably an auto electrical place, which will have the expertise to do a deep discharge test on the battery.
  6. cliffcoggin
    An internet search showed several independant Audi garages in the Dumbarton/Glasgow/Clydebank area. Have they all refused to take on the job? (Note that I would not recommend an affiliated Audi dealer.)
  7. cliffcoggin
    Good news.
  8. cliffcoggin
    Do please let us know the outcome in case further investigation is needed.
  9. cliffcoggin
    Still nothing unusual to hear unfortunately.
  10. cliffcoggin
    Have you looked at Ebay? I see many new and secondhand fobs there, though I have no idea what is involved in adapting them to your car.
  11. cliffcoggin
    Thank you.
  12. cliffcoggin
    Well I hated the Boulevard Periphique anyway, so no loss to not drive there again.
  13. cliffcoggin
    I repeat: get the battery professionally tested.
  14. cliffcoggin
    Sorry Luriy, I do not not hear anything unusual.
  15. cliffcoggin
    In other words he can afford to thrash it because he did not pay for it.
  16. cliffcoggin
    Sorry Antonio. I mistakenly omitted the word "not" from my previous answer, which I have now amended. You should not rely on a voltage reading to tell you about the battery health because the load imposed by a simple meter is only a few milliamps, which is not enough stress to show up internal faults. Professional testing should impose a load about 100,000 times a multimeter (i.e. about 200-300 amps which is what a starter motor draws,) in order to truly stress the battery.
  17. cliffcoggin
    It's not the heater failure causing the power loss. It's something more fundamentally wrong with your car. Can you exchange it for the better car?
  18. cliffcoggin
    Sight of a full service history would be essential to my mind, particularly as Quattros get thrashed more than most cars,
  19. cliffcoggin
    Thanks for that information. I would never have imagined that such a vent existed.
  20. cliffcoggin
    Sorry but I don't understand any of that statement. Please explain. As Magnet mentioned earlier, can you hear a pump operating when pulling the stalk?
  21. cliffcoggin
    That's ironic given that speed cameras must by law have roadside signs giving drivers advance of warning their presence and be clearly visible.
  22. cliffcoggin
    It's good to hear Blackburn Audi gave you good service and can be recommended. Please now tell us which Audi dealer let you down so badly. Please keep the reply strictly factual.
  23. cliffcoggin
    Welcome to the real world Rit. If you want opinions from people here you need to supply useful information on which to base those opinions, not useless photos.
  24. cliffcoggin
    Forget about the dealer warranty, they are all worthless. Rely instead on the legal obligation the dealer has to rectify faults or re-imburse you.
  25. cliffcoggin
    Many things in life are not allowed, such as murder and theft, but they still happen. Contact Autotrader as Steve suggested.
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