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    2.0T burning a hole in my wallet....

    Hi all, My quattro a4 2.0t is constantly requiring petrol! I do not believe it is a good car for my purposes I do about 30-60 miles a week. I am spending between 20 and 30 quid on petrol weekly To give you an idea of my problem on sunday i filled up 28 quids worth of petrol The petrol reading...
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    I got a Lovely car but too much "monies" being spent on petrol!

    I got a lovely car.... The problem is I'm spending too much on petrol, it's a stark contrast to my old Vauxhall. These cars aren't designed for short journeys - I am doing around 30-50 miles a week and I worked out I am spending around £25-£30 per week on petrol alone. I worked out...
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    Changed my Diverter valve yesterday

    Following this post last year: http://www.audi-sport.net/vb/audi-s4-a4-a4-cab-b7-chassis/166925-intermittent-turbo-audi-a4-2-0-fsi.html I finally got my diverter valve changed on my 2.0T FSI Got it done at a local place and it took about 10 minutes to do, I was able to keep hold of the old...
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    I got my new tyres (a post with pictures included is always useful)

    Hey all, I got my new tyres fitted. I asked on here which tyres to get (235/40 18 ) for my A4 and the top and most frequent answer was goodyear eagle f1 tyres. Having researched the market I soon realised that these tyres were the ones to get, despite the high price. My mind was made up...
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    why do other cars always look better!?

    I love my A4 but why do other A4 always get my attention? I guess cars are like women you might have the hottest woman but it won't stop a man from looking elsewhere look but don't touch
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    MOT Question

    My MOT is due soon - say the expiry date is 10th May but it says I can present car to a MOT centre from 10th April and I went to see them on the 10th April what will the expiry date be of the new certificate? 10th April 2014 or 10th May 2014? Just wondering........
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    Curbed Rims :(

    I want to get two of my rims repaired - what kind of price am I looking at per rim? One of them is very bad the other is just about ok. Looking online someone quoted me about £70 for repairing one of them. I got this style: Obviously this wheel is okay - but two of the other ones have...
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    Which oil to use on 2.0T FSI?

    My oil is slightly low and I've only done about 4-5 k since the last service (long life service apparently :() I will need to put oil in soon - which oil do you all normally get and where from?
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    New Tyres 235/40 ZR 18 95Y Quattro

    I Currently have pilot sport 3 michelin - probably from factory done 64k miles now. Noticed today front passenger tyre in bad condition and rear tyre already has bad wall and puncture repaired 6 months back. I think it is time to get all 4 new tyres (Quattro 2.0T FSI) 235/40 ZR 18 95Y...
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    Looking forward to driving my quattro in the snow!

    woo hoo snow is on the way and for the first time I own an audi A4 Quattro but the manual says turn off ESP?! lol wtf anyway let is snow lol
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    Dashboard Camera - who has one?

    Any of you got a dashboard camera? I've been thinking about buying one in, but which one is good?
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    Offering To Jumpstart a car

    Hey all, 8 years ago I jump started a vauxhall carlton with my vauxhall vectra - did not know much about cars - still do not but I believe that I connected positive to positive and negative to negative.(Which later proved fatal) I know not to connect negative to negative now, but at the time...
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    Which petrol to use for long journey

    Hey all, Going to do a journey from London to Sunderland next year - in my 2.0 T FSI engine I always use Shell Super Unleaded. I can fill the car for less money with shell unleaded The journey will be approx 600 mile round trip - so what petrol shall I use and how much should it...
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    Does my tyre look worn to you?

    I appreciate that the pictures are not telling the full story but I had a nail like this stuck in my tyre: I would get about 7 days out of it until it became flat so needed it fixed. I went to the shop to get it repaired but at the time the man said that "my tyre is worn out and it will...
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    custom tuning anyone?

    anyone used custom tuning before? currently offering a remap for £150 during september seems very cheap!
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    M3 Driver thought I want to race him in my Audi!

    I was showing my newish car (Audi A4 2.0T 162kW) to my friend over the weekend, and he said he wanted to feel the power etc. So we went around the area, I was driving it nicely for a few miles to let the engine heat up. We came to a set of traffic lights and I was about to floor it, before I...
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    Ideal settings for aircon/econ all year around

    What are the ideal settings for aircon/econ? I read kn here that aircon needs to be turned on once a month for 10minutes this sounds ok I drive my car around 10 miles a day atm its al turned off What should i leave it on all year around?
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    What fuel do you use?!

    I go by shell v power most of the time What do u all use?
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    Intermittent Turbo Audi A4 2.0 FSI

    Hey all, I've only had the car since July and over the weekend I covered around 300 miles. (first proper long journey) I did two long 100 mile journeys. I noticed yesterday and today that the turbo will sometimes not kick in. It was quite quick before in the first and second gear (3rd to 5th...
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    Smelly air vents after a service

    Hey guys, I got my car serviced and they changed some filters on the car. Since the service, I noticed that through the air vent there is a kind of horrible moist smell coming through. It is only noticeable when I have econ turned on and aircon is generally fine. I know there are many threads...