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    Bounceometer

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/10/bounceometer/ You're lying if you say you won't try FF and Horse Riding...
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    Seat height? (Sports seats)

    Hi. A strange question, but can anyone tell me how low the seats go (from the floor of the car) in an A3 with sports seats? I did have a 1.8T Sport, but recently changed to... a Skoda Octavia 1.8T estate, and the seats don't seem to drop anything like as much as in the A3. Thanks, B
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    Golf fire video - can't find it

    Hi all, recently someone posted a video of a Golf that caught fire after some smoking from under the dash. I know someone with an Octavia that this recently happened to and he's interested in seeing the vid to see if it was the same thing. Anyone know where the movie is? I searched a bit but...
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    Impressive loan car - but only for mileage!

    Dropped my car off at local Audi/VW specialists to get front wishbones and shocks replaced, and I get their courtesy car for the day - an F-reg passat GT with 290,000 miles on it. Goes pretty nicely once you get over the he-man powerless steering. These engines must be ****** good to go that...
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    Service plus extras at 76k miles. Ouch.

    Well, had 80k service, cost was 360 quid, 80 of which was a new MAF I requested, so other bits were 280, which isn't all that bad. Extras are the problem: 2 tyres with nails in: got them done right away - both repairable thankfully, so that was 20 quid. Wishbone bushes need replacing...
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    Anyone replaced rear wiper motor?

    Hi, HTC posted an excellent series of pics about the rear wiper motor and how it can leak and seize up, etc. My motor is on the way out: it has started leaking (sprays into the inside of the boot) and the jet doesn't spray straight up (if they follow the wiper they're starting to seize up), and...
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    Service indicators

    My next service is due in 2500 miles, but the car feels like it needs a service sooner than that. Is there a way to reset the service "counter" if a service is done early? (If not then it will pop up 2500 miles after the service, I'll reset it, and it will then tell me again 10k miles later, a...
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    Rubbing sound when reversing

    I think people have mentioned this before but a search didn't find anything: every now and then I get a rubbing sound when driving slowly with the wheels turned slightly. Is this likely to just be brakes rubbing? How far do the pads normally sit off the discs with brake released?
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    loose/floaty steering

    At the moment, my steering feels loose and plain "wrong" when accelerating out of any moderate corner. For example a small roundabout - when in 2nd and feeding in power, steering too tight results in the front sliding out way too easily, sometimes requiring me to correct with opposite-steer if I...
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    high level brake light

    My high-level (led) brake light has stopped working... I noticed at night when I failed to see the faint glow while braking. The thing is, it was working again yesterday, and now it's stopped again. This makes me think it's a loose connection. Has anyone else had this before? It looks like I'm...
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    fuel guage funkiness

    Driving in to work with 1/4 of a tank thinking "shall I top-up now?". Suddenly guage dropped to zero and DIS bleeped at me with the picture of the fuel pump. Next it's back to 50%, then 100%, then 0, then 25% and back to 100%. I checked the DIS for the remaining fuel estimate and it's messing...
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    1.8TS Not as smooth a ride as it was

    I've put 35k miles on my 1.8TS since buying it, and it has now done 72k miles. Problem is it doesn't feel as smooth as nice to drive as it used to - not just over bumps and around corners, but also in terms of gear changes, etc. Changes between 1st and 2nd were always a bit of a dog, but now it...
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    Plastic window over VIN plate cracked and split

    Hi all, At the back of the engine, on the plastic "shelf" just below the wipers, there is a small clear plastic window, about credit-card size, which I think covers a VIN plate that's riveted to the bodywork underneath. My problem is that this little plastic window has dried out and cracked, so...
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    Metallic noise when hitting potholes

    Hello all, I've got a 1.8T with the standard "sports" suspension. 71k miles. Problem is: over small potholes, I often get a short, sharp scraping noise, which I am guessing is coming from suspension. Over smooth speed bumps, I just hear a nice "psshh-psssh" noise from the suspension like I...
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    70k mile service - 1.8T 1999

    Got 70k mile service tomorrow. I had timing belt, water pump and tensioner done 5000 miles ago, but is there any specific additional work I should be asking them to do in addition to the 70k service? I'm going to ask them to think about reasons the car seems to be a bit jerky at slow speeds -...
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    rumbles over bumps

    I get an annoying deep rumbling sound from the front of the car when travelling over uneven surfaces - sounds kind of like something big is a bit loose and is grumbling about the bumps. Could the cause be something like suspension, wheel bearings, or something else? (I'm thinking part of it...
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    Headlight aiming (non-Xenon)

    Hi all, I noticed my driver-side headlight beam seems too be pointing too far left (i.e. towards the beam of the passenger side), so I adjusted the left/right aim using the white adjuster behind the headlight, but I've aimed it as far right as the headlight unit will go, and it's still not...
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    Rear roof rattle - SO annoying

    I get a super-annoying roof rattle coming from the plastic panels that line the roof above the parcel shelf. I think it's the part where the long panel above the rear headrests joins a side panel near the rear-left passenger seat. During a drive, my brother sat in the back and pressed the long...
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    A friend's A3 1.9Tdi Quattro

    A friend of mine recently bought a March 2003 A3 (old shape) - 1.9 TDi quattro. Last week, it broke down and he managed to limp home in it. The garage didn't/couldn't tell him what was wrong with it until late last week, after they'd had it 5 days. Apparently it broke a piston ring and they...
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    Rattle on acceleration, occasional exhaust pop.

    4-year old 1.8T, no chip, 62k miles. Hi all, Every now and then I get an exhaust pop, not bang, but loud enough to hear with windows down. Sounds like I ran over a short bit of plank or something. Also, when sitting at lights, with car cold or hot, idle causes car to jerk enough to easily feel...