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I have the same issue. As it happens my car is in for the cam belt tomorrow and I have asked them to look at that as well. I'll let you know what they say.

Thanks for the info everyone. Seems extreme to have tyres for a spped capability of up to 300km/h, can't see me get that out of my diesel! I remember after changing them a year or so ago that they have to be the extra load tyres too due to the weight of the car, which again adds to the price.

Hi, I need to get my front tyres replaced following a puncture this weekennd have a question which I hope someone may be able to answer please. My tyre size is 235/40ZR 95Y. I know what most of that means but is the speed rating the ZR or the Y? ZR's seem to be a lot more expensive than Y's...

Hi, thanks for replying. Yes the same thing happens when I press the recirc button. I had never pressed it before so hadnt noticed. In the recent cold weather if I ever wanted a blast of nice warm air I would just touch the windscreen wiper leave for a moment!!!

Just went out and tried it, worked a treat. I had opened it completely and shut it completely recently but guess I can't have done it all at once without stopping half way on the way down or up. Thanks for your help, thats made my day, I was thinking something major had gone wrong and needed...

I'll give that a try thanks. Yes it is fun in winter! Annoyingly I have a semi empty garage which just needs tidying and I could get it in there. Next year for definite! At the moment I have to leave the window slightly down about half a centimetre to allow me to be able to open and shut the...

In the recent cold weather my car froze up as most did in the mornings. On the cabriolet as you open the door handle it automatically drops the window a centimetre and then puts it back up again once the door is shut. As the window was frozen it could not move so I wiggled it a bit. Ever since...

I noticed a few threads on here from people with strange air-con problems but couldn't find one the same as mine. Basically for as long as I've had my A4 covertible 2.5 diesel 53 reg I noticed the blowers in the car were not very powerful. If you turned the fan speed up it would make a lot more...