Next thing on the list is an APR Stage 1 remap when she goes to Turner Race Developments https://www.turner-race-developments.co.uk/ for a major service on the 18th.
R8 coolant and oil filler cap S4 B8.5
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Next thing on the list is an APR Stage 1 remap when she goes to Turner Race Developments https://www.turner-race-developments.co.uk/ for a major service on the 18th.
Blimey! That takes me back down memory lane to when mine was on order back in 2015. During the three months I waited for Audi to build it, I built up a nice little store of bits to add to it on the day it arrived; the coolant an oil filler caps were the first things I bought. 
I've looked to see if I still have the invoices for mine, but sorry, no.
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Jeff, I wouldn't have believed that if I hadn't have read it.Blimey! That takes me back down memory lane to when mine was on order back in 2015. During the three months I waited for Audi to build it, I built up a nice little store of bits to add to it on the day it arrived; the coolant an oil filler caps were the first things I bought.
My S5 came with coolant and oil filler caps. Paying to replace them would be a bit like paying for those sweeping indicator light mods that I can't see when I'm driving.
Ah; what it must be to be totally rational!Jeff, I wouldn't have believed that if I hadn't have read it.
My S5 came with coolant and oil filler caps. Paying to replace them would be a bit like paying for those sweeping indicator light mods that I can't see when I'm driving.
WHAT?
Every penny I spend on "special cars" go into the file even if it's just a side light bulb.
That's what makes a full service history.
Cheers, I just thought that something was missing/looking cheap for an S car.
Yes genuine VAG items, not cheap but I learn't a very long time ago that buy cheap buy twice, especially if you buy on flea bay!
The oil cap was £54 and the coolant cap was (gulp) £94
Yes genuine VAG.
Thanks, I think it just looks better than the plastic it came with.Is that a dipstick I see?? Nice caps
Tis indeed a dipstick, first thing I bought before I even got the car as I like a manual way of checking the oil level, don't trust that modern electronic trickery stuff!
I have a new insurance policy starting at 1 minute past midnight on Sunday, insured as a modified car through Adrian Flux which includes all modifications I choose to do.
The car is booked in for a major service next Friday and I was going to get an APR Stage 1 engine and TCU remap (hence the modified car policy), however I was notified by work yesterday that there's going to be 60 Engineers laid off due to Covid and it's effect on the companies fortunes, so can I justify the expense when I maybe out of work in the next month or two?
Oh and the dipstick came from Brotek (www.Brotec.co.uk)
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