Recent content by jim1965

F**K....my neighbour dinked my 6-week old A4 yesterday - tried to deny it until i pointed out the matching colour - going through insurance to stick it too them, serves them right for not owning up and hopefully teach em a lesson for the future :) i'm glad to see im not alone in the 'public...

i spoke to service mgr in the dealer - no heatshield is std, apparently by design now.

thanks tolmie18...right, i'm going in to the stealer to ask :(

m30rck, i'm going into the dealer soon to get my private plates fitted...i'll ask them then ! oh im in prestwick :)

m30rck, i noticed the other day when it was raining (again!) - steam coming off the bonnet - last time i saw this was on an old cavalier i had 15 years ago which had the bonnet underside mat removed? checked and nowt there on new car, deffo was there on B6 A4.

i just swapped my B6 A4 for a nice new B7 - i've just noticed there's no heatshield material attached to the underside of the bonnet on the new one - anyone know if there should there be?

does anyone know if the new IROC scirocco replacement is still scheduled for 2008 - i've seen the concept pictures etc and my missus wants to trade her newbeetle for one - i dont want her to get RX8 if i can avoid it ;)

try this....cant remember where i got this (might have been on Audi Sport! thanks simon))but had a similar prob some time back hi jim, the brake light switch is located to the left of the brake pedal (as you sit in the drivers seat)..if your car is a manual then the clutch pedal switch is...

and the other thing is the cost of the Longlife oil too - just used £40 worth on DIY lub and the computer defaulted to standard from variable when reset carried out - it's std oil for me from now on, at least the cost of constant top up is reduced. besides, it seems like a lot of bother for not...

thanks gizze..pity it's not variable by default...this made me think.. last service with Audi, cost £140 for lub service, oil lasted for 15000 miles. so, why not use 'standard' oil, you get 2/3 of the miles than on LongLII oil and it's a lot cheaper for 'top up' - which seems a bit excessive...

thanks gizze. hopefully get a friendly sort who'll do it for a tenner although experience would say they'll try for 1 hour! just to get this straight - if you 'reset' your service via the spanner/ignition, then it defaults to fixed service - they really should tell you this in the manual

thanks gizze, one more question - any idea how much they would charge?

ok, i carried out the Oil Change using Castol LL2. pressed and held the reset on startup and display was --- etc, now, 1000 miles on the dis reads Service in 8700 miles, 345 days? seems to be dropping 100 miles per 100 driven? so, question is, can i look forward to 9700 to next...

thanks for info peteTDI...i'll change oil + reset and see what happens - post back once it's done :}

got it removed - unclip the lamp on outside of car from side nearest the number plate and whole assembly can be pulled out.