Well I'm not too pleased with the fact they can pick and choose who they give these gestures to when it is a design fault. I've already emailed Audi about this and am in the process of collecting as much detail on this to finalise my email to VOSA. They state clearly:
"If you believe you have experienced a
safety defect due to a
deficiency in the
design or construction of your automotive product, please complete a report form or email
vsb@vosa.gov.uk so that we may assess whether or not we can take the matter forward"
As far as I am concerned, driving around with 4 injectors with a KNOWN issue that kills the engine/steering/braking is a death trap. Everyone here seems content with arguing the case at the dealership and getting 1 or 4 swapped depending on the manager's mood, but this should not be about how many stamps you have, it's not Nando's. Can you imagine an outlet not dealing with the food poisoning they caused you because you don't have the 9 stamps you need!
Does somebody have to get into a serious accident before this gets raised? Are they waiting for all these 170s to get scrapped to avoid sorting out the issue? And before you say they ARE sorting it out with all these gestures, it means nothing to me because I go to an indy and don't get my dealership loyalty card stamped.
So why can Audi train and certify indy garage technicians, and then turn their back when you use them even though it's a design fault, and nothing to do with the technician's skill.
Anyway, rant over. I'll chase it up to the best of my knowledge and see what happens... worse case scenario, I get another one failing and just pay one last time and offload the car now that I finally have some financial breathing space... I love my 170 but with a wife and 2 kids in there, and long travelling distances, it's a gamble everytime you turn the ignition on at this rate... forget the repair cost... what if it it dies in the middle lane and I get rear ended by a lorry trying to get the anvil to the hard shoulder... I'm not comfortable with this at all.