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My 2005 A3 8p with normal halogen bulbs has the left headlight not working since today. The DIS shows the `left dipped headlight` error. When I went to replace the bulb I dicovered that there was nothing wrong with it. I checked the fuse and that is also okay. I tried disabling the cold...

In the thread about installing a car kit without causing dashboard holes I promised to put up a few pics of the Bury CC9060 bluetooth kit that I installed yesterday. For those who don't know it, it is a bluetooth hands free kit with a touch screen. It can be fully voice operated and it...

I was just messing around with the Audi configurator on the Dutch Audi site and I noticed that you can now have the 2.0T with both S-tronic AND Quattro. I always thought it was one or the other except with the 3.2 enigne. Something to do with the difference of traversal/longitudinal mounting of...

Since last week I am getting a coolant warning in the DIS. It happens about 5 minutes after a cold start and goes away after another 5 minutes. While the message is in the DIS the temp gauge stays at zero and when the error goes away it suddenly jumps to the actual temp. There is enough coolant...

Currently I have the standard sport suspension. I chose the sport version mainly because it looks much better than the SE. The improved handling was a nice bonus. I do find the suspension a bit harsh sometimes (although on my sportback it feels less harsh than a sport 3-door I test drove). I...

Will there be a section for the new A4(B8)? The new A4 has been on sale for a month now here in the Netherlands. Can you order then in the UK yet?

On my sportback the inside part of the rear light cluster (the part in the hatch) is only used for fog lights and reverse lights. The other day I was behind a new sportback that also had the inside part lit with just the normal lights on (like on the A4). In my opinion this looks a lot better. I...

Ik know banners are needed to pay for sites like this, and that is fine, but please keep them small in filesize! Ik monitor my web usage at work an found that this link: http://howverybritish.com/ads/adimage.php?filename=amd_asn_advert_offer.swf&contenttype=swf is eating up a lot of my...

This morning I started the car and noticed that the temperature in the DIS was reading -38 celcius. Hmmm, that is not right! During the trip to work it slowly rised to +12 within about half an hour and remained there until I arrived at work. Whether or not that was the correct temperature I...

I have just ordered a Solista USB MP3 player for my Sportback and are planning to mount it inside the glovebox or behind the glovebox with just the USB cable ending in the glovebox. Either way, I will have to remove the glovebox. How is that done? Are all the screws easily accesible or do I...

I just came across this: www.solisto.de It is a mp3 box that connects to the CD changer connection of the radio and it takes standard USB storage devices (memory sticks, disk drives). Looks very promising. A lot cheaper than the Phatbox, easier to install and USB memory sticks are a lot...

Going to the UK for the weekend to spend newyears eve with family. This is going to be the first trip in the UK for my continental sportback. Do I need to stick a pair of those horrible stickers on the headlamp units to avoid blinding oncoming traffic or does the A3 have something I can adjust...

While de-icing the car in the dark this morning I noticed that there were no lights on in the part of the rear light units that is in the boot door. Are there supposed to be lights there? I can imagine them just being busted because it can't be healthy for a lightbulb to live in a boot door that...

On my way to work this morning a warning came on in the DIS. It is a yellow (oil?)can with waves below it. Unfortunately I don't have the users manual in the car so I can't check what it means but I am guessing it is the infamous low oil warning. I am also guessing that if it were dangerous to...

I have just discovered that my new PDA (Fujitsu Siemens PocketLoox 720) has a line out on the cradle plug. This is opening up some great possibilities to use it as an in-car MP3 player as well as for SatNav . I'm now looking into getting an active Brodit cradle for the PDA and modify the...

I am confused as to what cable I would need to get VAGCOM working on my A3 Sportback. I know the 8P/Golf V platform has the CAN bus, but does that mean that you always need the (expensive!) cable from Ross-Tech or do most things also work over the old fashioned K lines? I can get a dual K-line...

I was playing around with the light switch figuring out how the fogs are switched ( Fog light thread ) when I discovered that if the switch is set at the O position, the lights acually stay on. It seems it is impossible to switch the head lamps off. Is this normal behaviour? I can't find...

I have only yesterday noticed something very strange about the way the fogs are switched in the Sportback. When you pull the light switch one notch the front fogs come on. Pull it to the second notch and the rear fogs also come on. I find it very strange that you can not have the rear fogs on...

Yesss, it has finally arrived Yesterday afternoon I picked up my brand spanking new Sportback and boy is it beautiful! When I arrived at the dealership it was standing outside waiting for me. The instant I saw it, all my doubts about the choice of colour, the choice of wheels, the choice of...

I have just read a thread on one of the German Audi forums. There are a few people there complaining about the sports seats (I'm not talking about the S-line seats). They say that they are too narrow and not comfortable on longer trips. That surprised me, because I have not heard any negative...