Recent content by Dave70

I got 24k miles out of my initial set of Hankooks, decent enough as I don't drive like a loon most of the time! It was at the dealership for a fault fix and they spotted they were a bit worn and offered to replace them all for less than £600. When I picked it up, they had put Bridgestone...

I mentioned this to Audi themselves in a little list of things that were slightly annoying. Thing is, my wife got an S-Line A3 around the same time as I got the S4 and she has illuminated door sills AND the door warning lights. I was not best pleased to discover this. Nice to see there's a...

Good idea, I'll test that :)

Thanks guys, to be clear Dynamic doesn't limit the choices of gears that can be chosen; I can put it into 8th in Manual mode and with D or S will go to 8th if cruise control is enabled (and I'm going fast enough). This is why I fiddled around with it by going into Comfort and driving like I had...

On Tuesday, I had a trip to some shops 7 miles away which included 5 miles on A road. I set off in Dynamic mode, full manual and when I got onto the A road tried to select 8th gear, but it wouldn't have it. It's not like to picked 8th then dropped to 7th, it just wouldn't select it. I changed...

Not to go off-topic too much, but I do wonder how many drivers actually welcome speed bumps being installed where they live? More likely a slightly over-zealous non-driving do-gooder who grumbles at the occasional irresponsible driver. So yes, they killed the speed problem but now have to...

Er... no. :) Well done though!

My mother-in-law thinks its very smooth and quiet, my daughter calls me rather than my wife when she wants picking up and I seem to find lots of excuses to find the long way round. I've learned how to drive it economically (40.4mpg to work) and after accidentally nudging the gear selector over...

You're saying Super goes off after a while or does this happen for all petrol types? I have to admit that I've never heard of this before.

This thread made me laugh :) Taking pictures of the inside of the filler flap? That's normal.. I'm just waiting for someone to start a thread on whether you should fill tyres with Nitrogen :)

+1 for the OCD reference, though I would have to ensure that both sides got equally muddy... Agree with cuke2u re: marmite. I hate marmite too and would only contemplate flaps on an Allroad model where they would not be a unsightly visual distraction.

*** user here (giggity), treble and bass set quite high, don't ever play music over Bluetooth. Nice rich sound after 4 months.

A couple of weeks, tops.

A new Personal Best: 37.4mpg - and that included a bit of poke on a dual-carriage way. Will get it to 40 I'm sure. Also Radio 4. Also, tried the new dial layout but preferred the original one as it also shows oil temp.

BP Ultimate for the Nectar points :)