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Mines the same - the demonstrator I drove was much better. I wonder if Audi have 'de tuned' the later 170's to get over their DPF problems. I've been reading a very interesting thread on the A3 forum - it seems a number of 170 TDi owners have been having serious problems with their cars. All...

Interesting thread... I have an A4 2.0TDi 170 and have been posting on another thread where we are all complaining about poor economy and sluggish performance. Today my A4 went into limp mode while my wife was driving with the engine management light on, it has covered only 4500 miles. The day...

Since my last post the economy appears to be improving slightly but is so variable, as is the power! Monday I drove from Gatwick to Norwich and DIS showed 42mpg, the journey was on nearly clear roads (9pm) and fairly constant 75-80mph. The next day on the return trip, identical conditions same...

Thats precisely the way I am calculating it. I have a spreadsheet running on my phone and update it at each fill. Forget the DIS thats about 2mpg out! Using this method I have so far got on the last 4 fills 34, 34, 30 and 29 so mine is getting worse with mileage but apparently I should expect...

Just refilled the tank on mine and calculated average as 29.7 mpg !! No town driving here, mainly A and B roads but quite a lot of short journeys - my office is only 8 miles from home. Still the TT averaged about the same doing the same journeys - not why you buy a diesel is it? So far the...

I know the manufacturers mpg figures are based on ideal conditions but in the past all my cars have managed to get pretty close when driven reasonably sensibly but this A4 is way off. I'm getting 30mpg which is more or less the Urban figure on the A4 Specs for the Quattro but I don't do any town...

Many thanks s8craig, I was considering asking you to carry out the bluetooth retrofit but you are in Manchester which is about 4-5 hours drive from me. I am an electronics and software engineer so I should have the skills required to do this myself and there seems to be a wealth of experience...

Thanks for your words of wisdom guys. I have searched high and low on the NAVPLUS.US site for the software upgrade/hack - found plenty of other people asking after it but no joy finding a link. I have even 'googled' the relevant terms to no avail. Does anyone know where this can be acquired...

Mines awful too - 2500 miles on the clock now and barely getting 420 miles to a tank with careful driving. Also the car feels like I've left the handbrake on when pulling away and stalls really easily. Probably the worst diesel I have ever driven!! Looks good though but drives like a dog.

Many thanks guys, What are the chances that my RNS-E is SDS capable already? The car is a Nov 07 A4 Sline SE and the RNS-E was factory fit. Is it possible to what HW & SW version I have rom the RNS-E screens?

Another Bluetooth Retrofit question I'm afraid.... I am planning to buy this bluetooth retrofit kit from Kufatec; http://www.kufatec.de/shop/product_info.php/info/p401_Bluetooth-Kit-Retofit-Audi-A4-8E--only-bluetooth-.html and fit this in my 2007 A4 SLine SE. After reading the numerous posts...

Thanks Mick, I was secretly hoping mileage would be the cure but from what you say there is no hope! I drove a couple of these as courtesy cars when my TT was for servicing - I don't remember them being this bad? Otherwise I would have gone 3.0TDi A6 or 2.0TFSi S Line SE. How do Audi get away...

To hell with it - I'll turn the DIS off, drive at full throttle everywhere and take out a second mortgage for the diesel. :idea: Where do Audi dream up these MPG figures. None of my 3 Audi's get anywhere near the quoted figures! Even if I drive them carefully. This is especially true of the A2...

I am comparing DIS for DIS (TT to A4) - I guess there could be some discrepency but I would only expect this to be 1 or 2 mpg. I drove the car on a 300 mile round trip to Felixstowe using a very very light right foot and only managed 39.7 on the whole trip! It may be a 'running in' problem as I...

I had my new A4 2.0TDI (170) Quattro S Line Special Edition Saloon delivered a week ago and after 1 week of use I am generally pleased with the car but quite shocked at the MPG figures acheived so far. With 550 miles on the clock (300 motorway) I have barely acheived 35 MPG :crying:. My TT...