Hello all, I'm no stranger to ASN or indeed Audi ownership. This was my 8P which I owned and loved for 2 years.
Unfortunately She went pop in spectacular fashion (turbo oil seals, then seized) on Monday night. (side note, I'm now breaking her, message me for bits)
http://imgur.com/u348y8D
I couldn't afford to be without a car for even a day, so a mate of mine drove me 3h to collect this lovely on Tuesday. Its a 2004 3.0TDi quattro on 110K miles with FASH, and I payed a very good price
I am extremely happy with the car, It has met and exceeded my expectations. But I am a fiddler, so I am never happy with things as they are, so i have a few questions:
1) I believe I have the MMI 2G system, It works extremely well, but I would really like to be able to browse the music on my iPhone and play it via the Bose (which will have a high fidelity sub added to it a later date). I don't mind if this is Via bluetooth or the lightning cable. What is the most cost effective way of doing this? I'm not shy of a bit of soldering... Is this http://a6retrofit.com/ami-retrofit-audi-music-interface/ the best way of doing it? does it add the functionality I want?
2) It has Xenons, which are great, but what do the big bulbs in the reflector next to the projector (in the same reflector as the 5W5 sidelight bulbs) do? mine don't ever come on, not on sidelights, main, high fog etc...
3) Is there an easy way of retrofitting a reversing cam? It has rear parking sensors already.
4) It has coming home leaving home lights, when they are enabled, the lights only come on if I press the unlock button twice, can they be set to come on on the first click?
5) The drivers window is a little slow going down and up, is this a common fault? Is there an easy fix?
6) The alcantara on the drivers seat is all bobbly, it looks nasty, can they be retrimmed easily? The leather is fine. Also its a little hard on my bum, I think the foam may be past it, can this easily be replaced?
7) Any other top tips/things I might not know?
Cheers all
Unfortunately She went pop in spectacular fashion (turbo oil seals, then seized) on Monday night. (side note, I'm now breaking her, message me for bits)
http://imgur.com/u348y8D
I couldn't afford to be without a car for even a day, so a mate of mine drove me 3h to collect this lovely on Tuesday. Its a 2004 3.0TDi quattro on 110K miles with FASH, and I payed a very good price
I am extremely happy with the car, It has met and exceeded my expectations. But I am a fiddler, so I am never happy with things as they are, so i have a few questions:
1) I believe I have the MMI 2G system, It works extremely well, but I would really like to be able to browse the music on my iPhone and play it via the Bose (which will have a high fidelity sub added to it a later date). I don't mind if this is Via bluetooth or the lightning cable. What is the most cost effective way of doing this? I'm not shy of a bit of soldering... Is this http://a6retrofit.com/ami-retrofit-audi-music-interface/ the best way of doing it? does it add the functionality I want?
2) It has Xenons, which are great, but what do the big bulbs in the reflector next to the projector (in the same reflector as the 5W5 sidelight bulbs) do? mine don't ever come on, not on sidelights, main, high fog etc...
3) Is there an easy way of retrofitting a reversing cam? It has rear parking sensors already.
4) It has coming home leaving home lights, when they are enabled, the lights only come on if I press the unlock button twice, can they be set to come on on the first click?
5) The drivers window is a little slow going down and up, is this a common fault? Is there an easy fix?
6) The alcantara on the drivers seat is all bobbly, it looks nasty, can they be retrimmed easily? The leather is fine. Also its a little hard on my bum, I think the foam may be past it, can this easily be replaced?
7) Any other top tips/things I might not know?
Cheers all
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