Steve Q

Welcome to the forum Penny :) 

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

I'm definitely with Ed and Gareth on this one! Don't have it done!! Audi can't force you too and it's not a legal requirement for it to be carried out as far advise you were aware the car was legal at the time of purchase.

It doesn't affect your tax, Audi basically just complete on online form to show your car has not had it done and you saying no doesn't affect your rights. 

The recall often throws up issues with your car with egr, egr coolers and even the DPF and other things which are often £1000+ repair. 

I speak from experience as I have worked at a Volkswagen service department!! 

I would never have it done!!! 

Cheers

steve 

1 hour ago, Dan3222 said:

I have no idea, I was only a lad, yep it was that long ago!!

 

Lol fair point! 

22 minutes ago, Bex said:

Thanks for the quick reply Steve, I am pleased to say that Audi have come back and said it was a mistake in the documentation and confirmed I have the manufacturers warranty for the remains part of the 3 years. Your advise was helpful and would have been my next step had they have not sorted it.

many thanks, great forum

Your most welcome, glad I could help :) 

thanks for the kind comments about the forum :) 

feel free to check out the events page and pop along to any events we have planned. We'd love to display your a4 on our club displays :) 

cheers

steve 

1 hour ago, Dan3222 said:

Lol, was just about to say use an existing VAG V10!

you will remember the plastic pig, robin reliant ? Do you remember the Kitten? A 4 wheel version! A friend of my Dads fitted a 3.5 Rover V8 to one. He said if it had wings he could he taken off!

Lol, how did the fibreglass cope? 

Hey Terry welcome to the forum :) 

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

your dead right! The manufacturers warranty should carry over as long as the car had full service history.

Any additional warranty they offer should only start after the manufacturers warranty has expired.

Starting additional warranty before the manufacturers has expired is mis selling and thus illegal! 

Hope that makes sense. 

Cheers

steve :) 

Hey Rick, welcome to the forum :) 

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

i believe seats from a golf mk4 Golf bolt straight in :) 

Iv found this video on YouTube that will help you change the seats though :) 

Hope it's useful :) 

cheers

steve 

6 hours ago, Jacques said:

Sounds like a plan Steve I'm sure there will be a date that all of us can agree on :)

Exactly :) 

il keep you all posted once I have any more dates :) 

3 hours ago, Rob82DZL said:

I tell you what mite be feasible with the right engineering and enough money! x2 2.5 TFSI lumps bolted onto a custom bottom end to make a v10. would still probably need to a lot of cutting still and a lot of custom parts but that would be sick! 

3 hours ago, Rob82DZL said:

Well that would basically be an R8 engine! :)

The v10 engine would fit in easier than the w12 lol 

Your welcome, glad we could help :) 

Alls well that ends well Karen :) glad it was fine at 75k you should be fine now :) 

hope you enjoy your a4! 

Abd remember your more than welcome to display your a4 on any of our club displays at up and coming events :) 

cheers

steve 

Right, 

iv emailed the museum again but the guy iv been speaking to is away until Monday. Iv asked him what others dates the museum is available for us to do the display from October through to December. That way there should easily be a day we all can do :) 

3 hours ago, Rob82DZL said:

The w12 lump is a beast 😊. Like in the Q7 if I remember right I think the 6.0 TDI is a w12 chucking out 750flb torque! 😊

Your right about the q7! 

I tell you now by my reconing the money I'm spending on both my a6 and my Ford escort I could easily run an a8 instead! 

Man a3 with a w12 now that would be something. You'd have to cut the engine bay and body to pieces though! 

Hey Raza, 

any form of forced induction is good as more air is getting to the engine quicker. However the colder the air, the better it is for the engine. I would suspect without using the hose your going to make the air going into your engine hotter than what it currently does with the standard system which isn't a good thing. 

Hope iv heked

cheers

steve

31 minutes ago, Rob82DZL said:

Thier's two on autotrader at the moment but I haven't got tgat sort of cash lying about! 😭

lol I know that feeling! To be fair though I set my sights slightly lower at an a8 D3 w12 (like the one  in the Transporter films) but they're had to find in the right spec/colour and low miles! 

7 hours ago, Rob82DZL said:

What about the RS2! :)

Now that is a fair point! I suspect it was forgotten about lol. We can add it to the next poll ;) 

1 hour ago, Jacques said:

Hi Steve we can only do the 30th because we are at trax at Silverstone on the Sunday :)

No worries mate. Think what il do is email Coventry transport museum again for further dates for the next couple of months :) 

1 hour ago, Dan3222 said:

Very Sad Mr Q but I love it. Guess what I might be watching tonight!?!

Also, could you PM me your email so I can send you the PDF?

Dan

lol I think iv got OCAD 

obsessive compulsive Audi disorder lol 😂 

such a great film! 

And of course :) thanks again Dan :) 

oh by the way you got any more Audis that you've seen on the big screen?! 

3 hours ago, KarenJ said:

Thanks Steve, feeling pretty stressed now tbh, I cant really afford to spend £400 - £500 on a cambelt at this moment, after just buying the car, I am going to contact the garage and see what they say, but I doubt they will want to know, and I suppose its my own fault for not getting more information before going ahead with the purchase.

Sorry for stressing you. What's the service history on the a4? Is it full? 

As I suspect it will have already been done :) 

dont worry, you can't help it, it's not something people think about as buying a car is stressful enough and there's often a lot already running around inside your head. 

2 hours ago, Scurrminator said:

Hi Steve

That is super useful thankyou. It did look like it just unclipped but didn't want to test it too much and damage the grille. I shall attack it gently with a Flathead screwdriver soon and see how I get on.

One thing - the pdf doesn't seem to have attached. Never mind got it working now!

I'm moving to a VW Tiguan. Need a bigger family size SUV and the Audi Q range just does nothing for me unfortunately :-( I will be back to Audi one day though once the little one is bigger; this car was amazing!

 

Nick (not sure where Rob came from!)

Glad the pic was useful :) 

sorry the PDF didn't work, itbwont let me link it properly unfortunately :/ 

the Tiguan is a nice car :) and I know what you mean about the Q cars. Excluding the Q7! Which is a gorgeous car! 

Sorry for calling you Rob! (Oops lol). Think I responded to another a3 post and he was called Rob and had the name Rob on the brain lol

Cheers

steve 

Hey Karen, I would say that at 104,000 miles it should have been done by now and as Piotr said the cambelt s are normally changed around every 5 years but it can be between 5-7 depending on the engine, vehicle age and mileage. 

Usually they are changed around 50k-80k. Again this depends on the engine. If it's not been done then you'll want a discount as this will cost you around £400-£500. 

If it has been done then the dealer should have proof of this. 

Hope iv helped :) 

cheers

steve 

Hey Paul, how did you get on at the dealer? I do hope they sorted it! :) 

glad your enjoying your TT but I'm not surprised to be honest! :) 

cheers

steve 

On 22/08/2017 at 5:23 PM, F51 said:

Its actually dusty and up on ramps with the camaro under it at the moment, its not really done much for about 3 years and before than it was sat for 6 years. When I am at my dads, I will try and get some. Id say it needs a really good working over by a decent detailer but thats it. 

If you could get some pics that would be great :) I do believe they are rare though! Obviously if you get it moted it'll be worth more than if it isn't :) 

cheers

steveb

Welcome to the forum Rob :) 

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

it sounds to me like a faulty sensor or a bad earth. Have you had a diagnostic check carried out on your a4? 

Cheers

steve 

Hey Rob welcome to the forum :) 

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

i know to remove the grill is a huge pain but luckily the surround should just unclip. You'd be better taking it off to strip it as you run the risk of over spill onto the bumper! 

Iv attached an image I came across on another site that shows you how it clips in. As well as a PDF walk through to take the bumper off to take the whole grill off, if that's what you choose to do :) as can be seen it is from a motorsport company. 

Hope iv helped :) 

Also What car are you changing to? 

cheers 

steve 

Hi Andy, welcome to the forum :) 

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

i think the module is in the boot on the left hand side. You'll have to take the boot side trim off. This is also the same for the a4 and a6 c5. I also believe there are 2 different types of module. One that is just for rear sensors and one that is for front and rear sensors.

Unsure on how easy it is to replace though. Iv also attached a couple of images from google as to the boot side and what the part should look like. 

Dont go off the part number on the image though as I think the part changed slightly from 2008 on but don't quote me. Just what I'm reading on eBay listings. 

Hope iv helped :) 

cheers

steve 

On 22/08/2017 at 3:20 PM, Paul A6 said:

Was a PC gamer when younger massive setup just for Counterstrike mainly 1.6 then slowly moved over to PS currently own the PS4 Pro with 2TB drive installed :P play mainly FPS gamers or survival horrors. L4D2 is a great on line game same as Killing Floors 2

I have to say COD ghosts is a mint game! But so was black ops 1 and 2. 

With tegards to GTA, I preferred GTA 4 over gta5. I think the car crashes are better and using the phone for cheats is far easier :) 

having said that I do still play a ps2 with GTA San Andreas and put the cheats in manually lol. In terms of racing games I do like gran Trismo 4 on the ps2 :) 

as you probs can tell I do like the retro games lol