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    Please help and review this quote!

    Yes but the other car will be a another money pit like all cars, especially as its an unknown quantity Cars dont like standing outside unused for long, all sorts can and does go wrong, especially brakes and any other bare metals exposed.
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    Auto dimming side view mirrors?

    I think the audi mirrors like all modern car mirrors are utter crap, you cant even see the kerb even when tilted down due to the barrel shaped side of the car! What you need is real sexy ones like I have on my defender!
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    Please help and review this quote!

    As I see it you have two choices depending on whether you are keeping the car 1, get all the parts from ebay for under half the quoted prices and either hope for the best or sell it! 2, pay the quote and at least you know its a proper job. Have you asked if they will do a cash job, did they look...
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    Cowboy mechanics - PICS!

    Ask around at work or your mates someones bound to know someone. Was that a new mech in the same garage or a new mech in another garage?
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    Auto dimming side view mirrors?

    Wifes old merc had these, to be honest pretty pointless, mirror glass very expensive.
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    what is this valve A4 b7 2.0 tdi 140 bhp

    I would hazard a guess its the egr valve, have a look on ebay
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    Driver door not locking with remote

    Hey jus noticed Im lynall and lynallbel whoo hoo maybe start an argument with myself!
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    Driver door not locking with remote

    Well it packed up again, I am now a door trim removal expert! Went further this time and into the A pillar loom/plug and found a corroded plug and the plug held together with a cable tie, so its been apart before probably for the same fault, so all cleaned up contact spray and back together and...
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    Random locking/unlocking

    Just had the wifes b7 drivers door apart trying to find intermittent door lock not locking, found slightly corroded pins in the door to a pillar plug, cleaned up and applied contact spray, its now working but for how long I dont know! Plug was held together with a cable tie so its been a problem...
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    Vacuum Pump?

    Any vacuum hoses should be a good tight fit at all times.
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    FWD V Quattro in ze Winter!

    We stuck winter tyres on wifes merc and she ran them all year round, wife reckoned they were brilliant Recently sold merc tyres had done approc 15 k still had life in them Merc was 3.2 petrol and she didnt hang around either
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    1.8T Quattro Avant MPG

    old way to test maf was to unplug it and then drive it, if better its duff, if worse its okay