Recent content by Robdukes

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    Horrible squeaking from steering

    Hey frazgsi, any noise when bouncing on the front of the car? I tend to agree with aragorn, I just had my steering rack replaced because it was shot. But it didnt squeak at all, it clunked. What did squeak was one of my bushings. It seemed as though it happened when I turned the wheel, but it...
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    First Time Audi Buyer..Opinion/Advice

    Oh and yes he replaced the steering rack and put a new timing belt in. Just brought it down there the other day because the one bumper clip wasnt right and the front bumper was sagging loose on the one side. They took it off and reset it and while they had it off they replaced a blown out...
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    First Time Audi Buyer..Opinion/Advice

    Definitely looking at rims, thinking about grills, xenon conversion, maybe a few other small things. I won't be supercharging it or anything like that.
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    First Time Audi Buyer..Opinion/Advice

    Thanks Kevin. Yeah it's hard to find Audi, Acura, BMW around here. Here being northeast USA. For example there's a weekly publication called "the paper shop" where private parties and dealers list cars for sale. This week there wasn't even an Audi section. Last week there were 2 Audis. Both must...
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    First Time Audi Buyer..Opinion/Advice

    Thanks spartacus. I have definitely been enjoying it. I may just be an audi man for life already. The dealership put a brand new steering rack in for me at no charge. The car idled a bit rough..and the dealer suspected the timing belt they installed was faulty. So they bought a better brand and...
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    First Time Audi Buyer..Opinion/Advice

    Bought the car. He put in writing that they are going to fix the steering. Took it for a nice long ride tonight. Everything went well and im loving everything about the car so far.
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    First Time Audi Buyer..Opinion/Advice

    Thanks for the replies. Yeah in the US. Around here there isn't much you can buy under 5k that doesn't have 100k+ miles and isn't totally bland like a focus, sonata, cobalt etc.
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    First Time Audi Buyer..Opinion/Advice

    Hello Forum members, I'm shopping for a used car and came across a nice looking Audi. It's a 2001 A4 2.8 Quattro, it's automatic, has heated leather, sunroof, Alpine headunit, clean interior, been debadged, and new tires. It has 137k miles and the dealer said he just did the timing belt and...