Steve Q

4 hours ago, reecebrookes33 said:

Hi guys, just bought my first car (Audi A3 8P 2009) is there anything in particular i need to watch that goes wrong with this car ?? 

Welcome to the forum Reece :) 

youll find the members on here are a friendly and helpful bunch :) 

An a3 as our first car! Your lucky :) what spec is it? 

what year is it and what mileage? I ask as the cambelt and waterpump could be due for replacement. And what engine and gearbox has it got? 

Cheers

steve :) 

Welcome to the forum Darren :) 

youll find the members on here are a friendly and helpful bunch :) 

your right in the order of radios and that if you fit a non standard radio then more than likely your steering wheel controls won't work. 

However I believe that Bluetooth was an option on all models to be honest. 

Sorry I can't help more. 

Cheers

steve

Definitely the Audi A8 D3 W12!! ;) 

Ship

11 hours ago, Brad-B5 said:

Find it all very strange really :/

Deffo! 

8 hours ago, niedzial1983 said:

Medium for me please :) 

No worries Piotr :) 

5 hours ago, Trevor said:

Right, for all of you insisting on a poll for mainstream Audi's....here it is

 

Yay! :D 

9 minutes ago, Brad-B5 said:

I wen't on their website, I think they need a money counter to how much is raised as us as the public have no idea how close they are :( also when you think someone with vast amounts of wealth could easily give 1 mill to them :(

Exactly! I just don't get why they are not protected already! We have had the white cliffs of Dover for the last 5000 years and no one has ever thought let's build on them! So why start now! 

As iv always said if I won the euro millions and got 80 mill then I would live off the interest but help local projects or fund raisers like this! 

Village

Town 

16 hours ago, Trevor said:

Would make superb advertising display for large corporations such as McDonalds....I can see it now, the first thing you see when you sail in from France is the MaccyD's sign saying 'welcome to England...proudly sponsored by McDonalds'  

That's the thing Trevor it'll just look stupid! 

13 hours ago, Brad-B5 said:

That's awful >:(

I know! Just another bit of profit that money and greed run this world 

Welcome to the forum Chanris :) 

youll find the members on here are a friendly and helpful bunch :) 

cheers

steve

14 hours ago, Janis Bagatais said:

Bagatais J

Iv put you on the list :) let me know when you've paid so I can update it :) 

As it says, if the National Trust don't raise 1 million pounds in 3 weeks the white cliffs of Dover could be sold off to developers! 

This to me is a disgrace and begs the question why the white cliffs aren't a protected land mark across its whole length! 

Heres the link to the news story from the Telegraph. 

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/09/04/white-cliffs-dover-could-sold-developer-national-trust-cannot/amp/

Welcome to the forum :) 

youll find the members on here are a friendly and helpful bunch :) 

eith the age and mileage my thoughts are that it should have been done by now. 

Cheers

steve 

To those members who are attending the show and have NOT got a club t-shirt, please can Trevor or I have your t shirt size so we can get them ordered :) 

also to add the tbshirts are FREE!!! 

WILL NEED TO KNOW SIZES BY EARLY NEXT WEEK AS DEADLiNE IS APPROACHING !

Cheers

steve

19 hours ago, Brad-B5 said:

Good, interesting read, nice one Steve :)

Thanks Trevor and Brad :) 

i didn't know the connection until I came across a small article. Then I I thought I'd just research it. It's amazing that he sowed the seeds for the brand to grow in Brazil and now they are one of the most popular vehicle brands in Brazil ;) 

6 hours ago, ManusGun said:

Hello Steve and Brad

Thank you for getting back to me. My wife thinks we should pass it on but it's encouraging you feel it might be something straight forward. It's also good to hear they can go on and on. Mine has only 187k to your 300k+!!! Another point is that it's one of the few cars we have been able to fit three car seats side by side in the back. I will get a diagnostic done asap esp as I don't want to risk going into limp mode in the fast lane with children on board.

Thank you again for the welcome. Look forward to learning a thing or two about Audi's

 

 

Your welcome :) 

keep us posted on how you get on :) 

cheers

steve

Iv gotcha now. As you say with any genuine Audi parts you should be fine :) 

abd I know where your coming from running any rs Audi is expensive and unusually out the reach of the general public such as you and I. But like you I do like cosmetics of a vehicle and agree the diffuser and twin exhausts look good :) 

don't worry, your fine. Work can be a pain and colleagues love to homies behind a computer to moan! 

Welcome to the forum David :) 

youll find the members on here are a friendly and helpful bunch :) 

cheers

steve

6 hours ago, niedzial1983 said:

Hope you dont mind i sat down for 5 min and came up with this :) far from ready but i found a nice article about my car with made me happy :) 

Looks good Piotr :) 

4 hours ago, dan_avant170 said:

I can do the 22nd mate

That's 2 of us then so far :) 

33 minutes ago, Boltonman11 said:

Hi

 

So the guy sent another message , he said his girlfriend is the BA expert ,

 

Apparently the club world larder is used on Ba flights from that time period  , the menu has a no Ba logo as the aircraft was hired by audi and so not a normal Ba flight , (the type I get to ibiza) , apparently there are others for scania , Tesco and Sony etc 

 

He does sell a lot of aviation items and has good feedback 100% so doubt it's a fake item  , such as safety cards and aircraft overhead Pannels all with good feedback from the avition collectors 

 

So perhaps a vip hire , I think 

 

I think a Rare item on both Ba and audi level  , thanks again Steve for your help 

 

Regards 

Boltonman11

Your welcome :) 

i didn't think it was fake, just wasn't sure about the history of the item :) 

cheers

steve

Welcome to the forum Chris :) 

youll find the members on here are a friendly and helpful bunch :) 

if you need any advice then don't hesitate to ask :) 

good choice of model of a3 by the way :) 

cheers

steve 

Welcome to the forum Marcus :) 

youll find the members on here are a friendly and helpful bunch :) 

i have the same car with the same engine and it would be worth getting it fixed. I love mine and it's solid as a rock. You say high mileage, what's it on? Mines done 327,100 miles on the original engine and gearbox ;) 

it would well be worth you getting a diagnostic check done as it could be a number of things but on the same token it could just need a glow plug! 

Cheers

Steve