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  1. Mattyderv

    An insurance query

    I wonder if anybody on here's got any tips on how I can make an accident claim go my way.. On Friday morning driving to work, a skip lorry pulls out of a junction after an obvious failure to see me approaching on the road he's merging with, I swerved into junction to avoid T-boning his fully...
  2. Mattyderv

    Attendees for GTI Inters

    1. JoJo - C7 A6 avant - Sat only 2. rhubarb4 - 8L S3 - Sat only 3. Coatesy - mk2 golf - both days (remember when audi made them super rare mk2 golfs....) 4. Lhasa2008 - S3 8v - Sunday only 5. Lukes33 - rs4 b7 - saterday only. 6.Desertstorm - B8 A4 avant Both days , camping if the weather is...
  3. Mattyderv

    A5 3.0 DPF delete

    Hiya mate - My exhaust is a completely unsilenced 2.5inch piece of pipe from the turbo back, which Y's off to the twin exit, which again is just straight 2.5inch pipe with 3inch tips. It's not overly loud but over the course of 3 or 4 weeks of it being done the tone changed slightly, maybe due...
  4. Mattyderv

    A5 3.0 DPF delete

    Hi Jack, when my DPF came off I drove it straight to another shop for a map as well as a DPF/EGR delete. It feels quite a bit quicker, boost doesn't kick in as aggressively as standard but spools earlier and at a higher PSI and peaks off later in the rev band. These are probably combined...
  5. Mattyderv

    A5 3.0 DPF delete

    "cheese eating surrender Monkeys" - Crying :tearsofjoy::tearsofjoy:
  6. Mattyderv

    A5 3.0 DPF delete

    Not sure Paul, but by dicking around do you mean in customers cars? I ask this because when I collected the car there was 70 miles missing from the tank and there was a strange "tickety-tick" coming from the engine bay, my **** fell out at first but it turned out to be an injector copper seal.
  7. Mattyderv

    A5 3.0 DPF delete

    Makes sense like, if its crap.. change it Hah if one didn't know any better he might think there's a bit of friction between you and french cars? Is it their inability to produce a dashboard which doesn't rattle? The only one i've owned was a phase 2 Cup Clio.. there was plenty to love about it...
  8. Mattyderv

    A5 3.0 DPF delete

    Mine must be the short down pipe Ginge. Wasn't aware there were two types to be honest but the long type and that's probably what I'm referring to. Does anybody know why the long and short down pipes vary? Is it due to age earlier/later models or the model its self A4/A5/A6 etc? I know exactly...
  9. Mattyderv

    Matt leBlanc co hosting Top Gear

    Jeremy Clarkson was the heart and soul. Now that he's gone its going to be like watching 5th Gear, a bland, watered down version of what TG used to be
  10. Mattyderv

    Have good manners disappeared?

    This isn't completely their fault though as the majority are that engrossed in a text conversation with Primrose about what Mercedes said about Florence that they genuinely don't see you and assume the way is clear..
  11. Mattyderv

    Please sign this petition

    I'd love to see an Eagle try to catch a race drone, have you seen them little f******* go?? Signed...
  12. Mattyderv

    Have good manners disappeared?

    The same applies when driving, you go out of your way to let somebody out of a busy junction and the majority of the time the only acknowledgement you get is a dirty look. Not asking for anyone to bake me a cake for cutting their journey 2 minutes short but a gesture of appreciation would be...
  13. Mattyderv

    Shop damaged my s3?!?!

    I'm pretty sure you've got a claim for negligence. For instance if it had resulted in a person being injured, they have failed their common law duty of care which is to protect any employee/non-employee on their premises from any danger so far as reasonably practicable. I'm also pretty sure the...
  14. Mattyderv

    A5 3.0 DPF delete

    Yeah this is what I mean, there's people all over t'internet banging on about this, that and the other having to come off for access. It put me right off deleting it until a proper technician looked at the job. This might encourage other people to attempt the job and help make the UK warmer...
  15. Mattyderv

    A5 3.0 DPF delete

    Hi, I'm quite new here and spent ages looking for a guide on removing an early (2008) A5 3.0 DPF. I couldn't find one so blindly took on the task with a mate (albeit a mechanic) and managed to do the full thing (removal/customising/refitting) in a morning. We read some bits and bobs about the...
  16. Mattyderv

    3.0 Tdi EGR Delete

    Hi, sorry to dig an old post up. Recently had my car mapped and the guy who did it told me it would be worth getting the EGR blanked. So plan to do so this weekend whilst deleting the DPF. Sounds easy enough but when looking for a couple of blanking plates which will fit, eBay gives unspecific...
  17. Mattyderv

    Hello from Stockton

    Cheers dude. www.rimluxe.co.uk > Stuttgart ST9 19x19.5J et45 (couldn't get any lower)
  18. Mattyderv

    Hello from Stockton

    About time I got myself signed up Hello I'm Matty, I drive a 3.0 TDI A5 Quattro which still has a DPF and still isn't mapped because I'm a failure. It used to be low but now its just average and it sits on 19 inch aftermarket wheels, one of which I kerbed in Morrisons car park at the weekend...