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  1. robloake

    E-Bay buyer protection scam

    Hi all, just to make you all aware of a very clever scam that's just cost me 3600 ******* quid, I was after a pickup, found one on Autotrader, contacted the seller who said it was also on ebay and it would be easier for them if I bought through ebay via their buyer protection scheme, they sent...
  2. robloake

    I was going to scrap it (pics)

    I bought this 1.9Tdi 110 last Nov to get through the winter while my Chev was hiding from the salt, Short MOT, bit of tax, couldn't hear the rattles from the 158,000 mile motor over the knocking from the suspension. Thing is I really enjoyed driving it and thought Ok i'll chuck a few quid at it...
  3. robloake

    'POP' then a puff of blue smoke??

    1.9Tdi 110 remap and decat, accelerating hard today in third, hit 4000rpm and heard soft 'pop' sound followed by a car sized puff of blue smoke, weird thing is it seemed to pull harder after the pop?? Got home and had look, no obvious signs of anything wrong, have driven it since and all seems...
  4. robloake

    16" wheels

    Anyone else running 16's and LOW coilies ? would like to see some pics, im real happy how mine looks but seem to be in a minority, all I hear is ' u wanna get some 18's on that, looks like a skateboard' !!!
  5. robloake

    Getting it lower!!

    Hi all, new to this, got an A3 8l 1.9tdi, lowered on coilies with 16" wheels/stretched 40's low enough to scrape its sump guard consantly but still got gap in arches, any ideas? is there a steel sumpguard available? how much play between sump and guard?
  6. robloake

    Hello all

    Hi all, just joined up, have been into cars/bikes for years now, recent cars include Seat leon 2 FR, Ibiza Bocanegra, 2009 Audi A4 Tdi, '66 Chevy pickup, then i thought lets have a go at this euro thing, love the look and loved all the Audi,s i've owned so it had to be Audi. Mate was selling a...