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In general, no. The only time I turn it off is low speed packed snow conditions in the neighborhood, because I have lovely all seasons that are about 3000 miles away from being spent and the esc is too sensitive. If your tcs/abs is triggering, it's for a reason.
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I left my number with the dealership I bought my TDI from a month or so ago and the sales manager just left me a message saying "HE HAS EXCITING NEWS FOR ME!". I'm guessing they're starting to be able to talk about the MK7, but if he doesn't have an R ready for me, he ain't gettin my TDI 
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I test drove a black 2006 Audi A3 today with 100k miles on it. It felt new, had service records, and no rust. Oh god did it feel good to drive. I'm horribly smitten with this car. What would I have to worry about with this sort of mileage on a A3? I've looked up the common problems on the MKV GTI/Audi A3 and they seem pretty trivial to check and fix. Anything bad these cars do when they get 100k+ miles on them?
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Mar 1, 2014 21:25
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Motronic posted:Heated windshields are magical. I don't know who else you can get them from other than Land Rover but dammit they work great. Ford offer it on some cars over in EU land, dunno about their US offerings. One would suspect Land Rover stole it from them, or vice-versa.
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Mar 1, 2014 22:07
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8ender posted:I test drove a black 2006 Audi A3 today with 100k miles on it. It felt new, had service records, and no rust. Oh god did it feel good to drive. I'm horribly smitten with this car. I'd be pretty concerned about reliability considering the model year. Is it a CPO?
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Motronic posted:Heated windshields are magical. I don't know who else you can get them from other than Land Rover but dammit they work great. My Japanese import Nissan has a heated screen (or at least had one until it got smashed and I replaced it with a regular one). I think its fairly common in their colder areas.
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Mar 2, 2014 08:18
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actionjackson posted:I'd be pretty concerned about reliability considering the model year. Is it a CPO? I'm not sure what any of these circles mean but its a private sale. As far as I can tell from research theres a few common issues (AC compressor, diverter valve, cam follower) but they're all reasonably easy to fix if they bite. I don't really trust things like consumer reports because by and large most "consumers" of cars are awful at owning cars.
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I have an '05 GTI and haven't had anything but a DV and coil packs go on me (touch wood).
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My 07 A3 has had the DV and coil packs (and some other things) replaced under warranty before they manifested obvious problems. They also reglued my rear spoiler (which is, apparently, glued on.) I've also had a window regulator and a passenger seat sensor fail. Mine is a city car and exhibits moderate intake coking symptoms at much lower mileage. This is worse on city cars than it is on ones with lots of highway mileage.
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Mar 2, 2014 18:18
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What kind of mileage do you two have on your A3/GTI's? DV and coil packs look easy enough.
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Mar 2, 2014 18:55
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Mine has a hilariously low <35k (I ride a motorcycle most of the year.) I did have the DSG service done a little early mileage-wise but that was purely preventative.
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8ender posted:I'm not sure what any of these circles mean but its a private sale. As far as I can tell from research theres a few common issues (AC compressor, diverter valve, cam follower) but they're all reasonably easy to fix if they bite. I don't really trust things like consumer reports because by and large most "consumers" of cars are awful at owning cars. Black is bad, red is good. Audi is known to have major reliability issues before 2010 or so.
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8ender posted:I test drove a black 2006 Audi A3 today with 100k miles on it. It felt new, had service records, and no rust. Oh god did it feel good to drive. I'm horribly smitten with this car. The big ticket maintenance item is the timing belt and serpentine belt replacement (which is called for at 75K miles on my 2005 A4, but YMMV). It's a good idea to get the water pump replaced at the same time. I don't know about other problems unique to the A3 models for that year, but I would never buy a used Audi with 100K miles on it that did not have the timing belt and water pump swapped by about the 80K mile mark. You are in for some expensive problems if this wasn't done.
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8ender posted:What kind of mileage do you two have on your A3/GTI's? DV and coil packs look easy enough. They're easy but start getting expensive when you're replacing them regularly. I can't believe they still have coil pack issues. I had a 2001 GTI that just ate coil packs. I replaced at least a set a year the entire time I owned the car. Said I'd never buy another newish VW again after that but still ended up in a 2013 TDI.
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Blakkout posted:The big ticket maintenance item is the timing belt and serpentine belt replacement (which is called for at 75K miles on my 2005 A4, but YMMV). It's a good idea to get the water pump replaced at the same time. I don't know about other problems unique to the A3 models for that year, but I would never buy a used Audi with 100K miles on it that did not have the timing belt and water pump swapped by about the 80K mile mark. You are in for some expensive problems if this wasn't done. Funny you should mention that, this A3 had its timing belt, serpentine belt, and water pump done about 10k ago. Nice sticker from the Audi dealer to confirm it. It was one of the big selling points in my mind. fknlo posted:They're easy but start getting expensive when you're replacing them regularly. I can't believe they still have coil pack issues. I had a 2001 GTI that just ate coil packs. I replaced at least a set a year the entire time I owned the car. Said I'd never buy another newish VW again after that but still ended up in a 2013 TDI. Seems from what I'm reading online that the R8 coil packs last longer than the stock ones. This could all be internet heresy though. That said for a coil pack they are impressively cheap.
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Blakkout posted:The big ticket maintenance item is the timing belt and serpentine belt replacement (which is called for at 75K miles on my 2005 A4, but YMMV). It's a good idea to get the water pump replaced at the same time. I don't know about other problems unique to the A3 models for that year, but I would never buy a used Audi with 100K miles on it that did not have the timing belt and water pump swapped by about the 80K mile mark. You are in for some expensive problems if this wasn't done. I think the 2005 A4 was like the Passat and required you to take off the entire front bumper to change the timing belt. Is it as complicated in the A3?
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8ender posted:What kind of mileage do you two have on your A3/GTI's? DV and coil packs look easy enough. About to hit 140,000km (I bought it with 90k on the odo, about 4 years ago). Timing belt, water pump + major service (60k, 120k, etc) is about $1500 inc parts here (Western Australia). Haven't really had any major dramas with it, still a blast to drive.
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fknlo posted:They're easy but start getting expensive when you're replacing them regularly. I can't believe they still have coil pack issues. I had a 2001 GTI that just ate coil packs. I replaced at least a set a year the entire time I owned the car. Said I'd never buy another newish VW again after that but still ended up in a 2013 TDI. Well at least you won't have to worry about coil packs anymore My TDI is coming up on 30000 this month, gotta go get my last free service done on it. Going to cancel my extended warranty since I'm planning on trading it in come January when I can get an R. So far so good, but with the price of diesel being higher than premium and the new R getting only 9 mpg less on the highway it's a no brainer for me. Can't wait.
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Re: Coil packs - people seem to be replacing them with the packs used/made for the Audi R8. Supposedly more reliably, cheaper too. Plus they're RED. What GTI owner doesn't want more red things on their car?? http://www.hstuning.com/product_info.php?products_id=3606 I've only had issues with the ones in my GTI once, and a local dealer replaced them all free of charge under some kind of recall notice (I was definitely out of warranty when this happened).
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BurgerQuest posted:Re: Coil packs - people seem to be replacing them with the packs used/made for the Audi R8. Supposedly more reliably, cheaper too. Plus they're RED. What GTI owner doesn't want more red things on their car?? You can make or buy a harness to fit these to the 5-cylinder engines as well. Did that to my car a couple of years ago, works a treat!
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I am looking to buy an audi a4 quattro. It'll most likely end up being a 2009, so the b8 iteration. Can anybody give me buying tips on these? What are the common problems I should look for while shopping? I've read that the 2.0tfsi that comes in 09's now has a timing chain so that is less of an issue. I've also read that front control arms like to break. Anything else? I've had a hard time searching for specific things to look for. Plus, I trust internet posts on this website more so than other, less gated, internet posting communities. Any useful links?
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VAG and timing chain's kind of an issue. They reverted various TSI motors for the new MQB platform back to a belt, because of reliability issues with the chains they're using.
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So having a timing chain instead of belt is actually a bad thing?
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Apparently so. When researching stuff for my Mk7 Golf, I fell upon a metric poo poo ton of complaints about the chain driven TSI engines (TFSI is the Audi name), with chains lengthening early in life, so much that the tensioner and adjuster can't compensate, or just plain breaking, and loving up your engine. I don't have straight numbers, but it apparently was grave enough of an issue that VAG reverted to belts in the newer engine revisions. Apparently one issue was that the supplier stamped their logo on the narrowest part of the chain links (  ). You'd think that's an issue easily fixed, but still, we're back at belts anyway.Of course, just because there might be a failure rate of 33%, that particular car could last 200K miles without an issue. It's a crap shoot.
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I actually don't like chains. Here's one reason why. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2VfEzjSDg8 That was a well maintained Acura TSX with 114,000 miles. The chain demanded replacement and was just barely hanging on well enough to prevent bent valves. It costs twice as much to replace as a belt, provides basically no more life or reliability than a belt, is more difficult to change with no service or inspection interval because chains are "lifetime" parts. Additional reasons to dislike chains are higher reciprocating weight, increased engine oil shear, greatly increased number of moving parts and higher propensity to make noise. Finally, the biggest reason I dislike chains is that chain failure often completely contaminates the oiling system with metal. Sure, a timing belt failure on an interference motor is likely to result in a top-end rebuild, but a timing chain failure is likely to result in an engine rebuild or roll the dice with an engine you can't really ever trust again. Been there with a SAAB 9000 2.3 DI. When the tensioner went the engine chewed up the chain and we were finding metal shavings in the valve springs.
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This is very helpful information and exactly what I was hoping for. Thanks. Is there an easy way to know which a4's have chains versus belts? Edit: looks like 08's have belts, 09-10 have chains, 11's have belts. Argila fucked around with this message at 20:51 on Mar 5, 2014 |
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Argila posted:I am looking to buy an audi a4 quattro. It'll most likely end up being a 2009, so the b8 iteration. Can anybody give me buying tips on these? What are the common problems I should look for while shopping? I've read that the 2.0tfsi that comes in 09's now has a timing chain so that is less of an issue. I've also read that front control arms like to break. Anything else? I've had a hard time searching for specific things to look for. Plus, I trust internet posts on this website more so than other, less gated, internet posting communities. Anyway you could swing 2010 or 2011? That's where there was a big increase in reliability.
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probably not - I am not sold on a4s exclusively. I am basically considering all awd sedans. Guess I'll go back to n52 bmw 328xis E: some 10's appear to be in my price range - but in an extended market range. Argila fucked around with this message at 20:56 on Mar 5, 2014 |
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Argila posted:This is very helpful information and exactly what I was hoping for. Thanks. Is there an easy way to know which a4's have chains versus belts?
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I came home for about a week recently, and the one key fob for my car that I brought along (2010 CC) wound up going through the wash. It's dried out now, and the battery has been replaced, but for some reason it won't lock or unlock the car, although it will still open the trunk. Is there any way to reprogram the fob with just the one fob, or am I SOL until I get it to a dealer (I'm not entirely sure the other fob will work, because I'm a moron). The red light is blinking, if that's any help.
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I'm pretty sure that I do not. EDIT: Yep. I have to insert the fob to start the car (that still works, incidentally, the issue is not being able to lock or unlock the car). The Lord of Hats fucked around with this message at 23:26 on Mar 6, 2014 |
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The Lord of Hats posted:I came home for about a week recently, and the one key fob for my car that I brought along (2010 CC) wound up going through the wash. It's dried out now, and the battery has been replaced, but for some reason it won't lock or unlock the car, although it will still open the trunk. Is there any way to reprogram the fob with just the one fob, or am I SOL until I get it to a dealer (I'm not entirely sure the other fob will work, because I'm a moron). I did the same thing to mine, although remote features were completely non-functional. I was still able to start, lock and unlock the car with the key. A few weeks later it must have finally dried out enough and just started working again. 
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you can take it apart and try to dry it, it just snaps open you can see the lines on the remote, its likely done though, most that go through the washer are not salvageable. If it opens the trunk the remote is still programmed to the car, so its not a programming problem. The immobilizer part is rfid based with a little chip, the remote functions are separate. You probably need a new key.
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Which runs to the tune of about $325, and it has to be done at the dealership. Enjoy!
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Oh god, Tuesday I'm going to pick up my new Mk7 Golf! 
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Hey guys, I've got an oldass Audi A4 B6. The front headlights are yellow and scratched like hell so I've bought some new plastic headlights, no internals. My plan is to remove the current ones from the car, remove the internals (bulbs and everything else) and put those on the new headlights before I install those on the car. So, how difficult the internal parts swapping can be? What special care should I have? Not touch the glass of the bulbs? Use some kind of gloves? Does the xenon HID thingie hold eletrical charge or something? Does the bulbs motors? Basically I want to know how likely am I to drop dead messing about with the internals of an unconnected headlight and how hard it is do so. Thanks. P.S.: I've got these to help me out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84sZn5IqXjQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWX_El28pIw
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When is the Mk7 Sportwagen supposed to show up stateside? My wife and I want to cross-shop the TDI versus cars like the C-Max, because we're hoping to extend our family size soon and it's about time to replace her Fit. I've been really happy with my GTI, so I'm leaning towards VW by default.
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Went to the auto show on Saturday, got in early with my father since he's an Audi Club member. They did have the new A3, but not the Q3. Got to sit in pretty much everything - my favorites were definitely the dark blue RS7 and R8 (V10 plus!). Also the new video screens that fold into the dash are pretty slick. I'm a wagon person myself - they did have the allroad, but you might as well buy a Q5 and get more storage space for less money.
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Combat Pretzel posted:Oh god, Tuesday I'm going to pick up my new Mk7 Golf! Where? US? Canadia? or Europe?
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