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    Exeo RNSE FM radio skipping

    i have a 12 plate exeo (basically a B7 A4 S line with a CR engine), the wife normally drives it but I have been using it a fair bit lately and the radio is driving me nuts! The FM signal sounds like a skipping CD. This is on a RNSE unit, the later ones with the better screens etc. I did play...
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    Trailer prep on 14MY cars

    My dad had an 11 plate A4 avant and loved it, it has trailer perp (dual fans, bigger alternator and the red plug in the boot on the RHS behind the trim) so retro fitting a towbar was easy. He now has a 14MY (63 plate) avant black edition again - this time with electric boot if that makes any...
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    EGR issues - check yours mines clogging up after 15k!

    I have a 2012 seat exeo fitted with the 170bhp common rail engine like the b8, and I have been getting rubbish mpg, one guy on seat-cupra.net has has his cut out, and the dealer said there is a know issue with 140s and the egr/ throttle, and he has had the same on his 170.. Theres far more b8s...
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    pioneer app radio with bose - or any other after market h/u

    I am thinking about swapping out the head unit, as I was going to fit a parrot hands free to hook up my iphone, but its proving be a bit of a pain....so im thinking a new headunit maybe simplier with hands free built in.. halfords have the pioneer appradio on offer at the moment, and they sell...
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    parrot 9200 with bose.. or any other ipod hands free kit????

    i have just gone to fit my parrot mki9200 hands free kit to my a4 which has bose... it did have a nokia kit but the quality was pants! volume all over the place, it never auto connected, aand wired in to a perm live!!! however it doesnt appear to be as plug and play as i hoped, and i am...
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    1.9 tdi coolant temp in cold weather - should it go up and down?

    I picked up a 130 tdi yesterday, on the 120 mile trip home the coolant was sitting at about 85deg all the way home, with a temp of only 1deg or so out side and the inside temp set to 23deg, when I slowed down a bit the temp went up and nearly got to 90, then when sat at traffic lights the temp...
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    OE Towbar wiring part number

    Can anytone tell me the OE towbar wiring part number for a 2007 B7? pref for 13 pin connection. I cant seem to find it at the mo, and I want to see if the OE kit attaches in the same way as the aftermarket "oe type" kits which still require the ecu to be re coded to turn off the parking sensors...
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    Common faults 2.0TDI - A4 B8 Avant or A3 8P Sportback

    After 18 months away the pull of another Audi is too much, so I am coming back.. however I am doing my homework more in depth this time! (Last time I had a B7 S line with the BLB engine...however only found out about the problems after owning it for a couple of years..sold it with 140K on it and...
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    Towbar SVM code

    Does anyone know the SVM code for retro fitting the OE towbar wiring? as my dad wants his westflia tow bar fitting to his A4 now, and through work I have a number of contacts with towbar manufactures, and one of them as said he will do all the fitting for me, and do the software update if I can...
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    phone control via voice

    I have paired my dads phone to his car for him, but can I set it up so it will auto dial some one out of the phone book when he says their name? (i know he will have to say the commands so it is trained to his voice) I read the manual but it's not exactly clear, and there is a bit for export...
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    headlamp covers - anyone got a set? what do they look like? also PN and cost?

    My dads after a set of headlamp covers for his new A4 S line, has anyone else got a set? if so what do they look like? and whats the part umber and cost? cheers Karl
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    2.0 td S linei "e" or not to "e" that is the question

    Me again, look for a few opinion from folks that own the "e" models now, as there have been a couple of S line Black Editions in my dads price range come up for grabs but they have the 2.0tdie engine fitted, so lower lax, marginally less power, but massivly more economy... however I know from...
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    what options to look for on a S line Avant

    My father is now looking to get an 11 plate S line Avant but I wondered what options are worth looking for and whats not worth paying extra for? and whats standard kit? as im not that up on the B8s (I knew pretty much all te options on the B7s when I got one and then he got one but tbh I didn't...
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    anywhere selling rhd B8 style lamps

    does anyone know of anywhere selling the B8 style head lamps in RHD? as the german guys dont seem to have them and I cant seem to find a UK supplier at the mo, cheers Karl
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    Alarm siren - chnage to horn with vag com?

    Can I change my alarm from the annoying cheep cheep noise to the proper loud horn with vag com? I know I could do it on my old mk4 golf but I cant remember how, cheers Karl.
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    LED rear lights clusters

    Has anyone fitted any of these? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AUDI-A4-B7-8E-AVANT-ESTATE-LED-TAIL-LIGHTS-red-clear-/200481528703?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item2eada15b7f or the not quite as nice...
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    fuel filler flap lock stopped working - anyone else had this?

    Filled up on Sat morning and all was well.... filled up again this morning and the lock for the fuel filler has stopped working!! used the tag in the boot to pop it open but has anyone else had this issue? if so how hard is it to get to the motor and was it a new motor needed? or just a clean...
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    pass mirror auto dips when reversing

    can you code the control module with vag com so when you select reverse the passenger mirror auto moves down to show the curb? and also can you turn it on so when you move the drivers mirror the passenger one moves the same? cheers Karl.
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    B8 rear wiper

    This has become like the passat fan washer jets, Ive had a few folk now ask me about this, so I thought i'd share it with one and all, as much as I love my one off mod im just too kind to keep it to my self :) The parts used are a B8 rear arm, B8 cap and a B8 blade. (ill get the part numbers...
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    lowering - what springs and shocks.

    I want to drop my avant a smidge - not masses mind as its used every day and theres speed bumps round here - what have other people done? Im not paying for coil overs, as 1 they are expensive, 2 they will only rust up, and 3 they are un needed....I do too many miles and dont really want the...