Steve Q

Not had it on my Audi, but I had a seized brake caliper once on my Ford escort which made the brakes stick on slightly with one wheel. This could explain your symptoms. I'd be getting a garage to take a look in My opinion

Chamber

Thought as much. The autotrader one looks perfect for you 🙂 how is your family c5 going? Let me know what you think, it's green.

Explosive

So glad to see you back Jacques 🙂 good luck with your search 👍 I'll keep an eye out. You wanting a saloon I'm guessing? And auto.or manual? Oh and what's the budget? There's one on autotrader currently 👍

No probs

House

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Shed

It could be the antenna aerial amplifier at fault, which is either located on the inside of the roof or on the boot side.

Gotta love father Ted 🤣

My advice would be to get a diagnostic check as I wouldn't have thought the boot loader would affect either function. The fact it has is very odd. But with any electrical issues I would look at the battery first. If the battery is failing bit can through up all sorts of electrical gremlins. Looking online there seems to be a lot of people with similar problems without a definite fix. My advice would be to change the steering wheel control buttons with a second hand init to see if that fixes the issue. Other than the battery the only other way I can see them being linked is if you've got paddle shifters on the steering wheel to change gear.

Does sound like a thermostat. You could always do a diagnostic check to see if any fault codes flag up. You're doing the right thing changing the water pump. I've not head of the 3.2 fluctuating in temp

Barn

You're welcome, please keep us posted 🙂

Night

Very nice indeed 👍

You'd be better buying an a8 without it as I believe it's an option depending on year abd engine. I don't think disabiling it would work as I think the door mechanism are slightly different from soft close verse non soft close. "According to my 2012 A8 brochure, I know your car is a 2014. Soft close doors were an option on the 3.0t A8s, but standard on the 4.2 & W12 A8s. The soft close doors are part of the Convenience Package. Convenience Package: Audi advanced key—keyless start, stop and entry; parking system with front and rear sensors; power soft-closing doors; and power trunk open/close"

I think it's an option, so you'd be best going for a car that doesn't have it in my opinion

Fight

Looks a nice spec 🙂

Welcome to the forum, you'll find the members on here are a friendly and helpful bunch. If you have an a8 you'll be a very popular taxi driver. We had a member with an a8 D3 w12 as a taxi and he said people would ask for him because of the car when they rang up the firm he worked for.

That was the only diesel option. Petrol engines in the mk2 were a 1.8tfsi or a 2.0tfsi. I'd avoid the 2.0 as it has nothing but issues in the a5 etc. And if it goes wrong you might find it hard to find someone who will work on it. I speak from personal experience, my mate struggled to find someone to put a new timing chain on her a5. I think the diesel is the best option personally.

If you're looking at diesel then to my knowledge this was only available with a 170bhp 2.0 litre unit. With quattro make sure all tyres are the same brand and tyre wear is even as uneven wear can damage the quattro system.