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Hi, with the cold weather, and gunk all over the roads I have a couple of washer jet related questions! Heated Washer Jets: I've read two things about these, one says they come automatically below a certain temperature, the other says they come on with the rear windscreen heater (and another...

Just got a puncture today in the front left, and took my car to get it replaced, discovered that the tyre was a different one from the other three!! (I got the car from a colleague who left with the car 4 months old). The aforementioned tyre was 225/40, with the others 240/40. Wondering if...

Handed my A3 SE 2.0TDi Sportback in on Friday, after 3 years,will miss the old girl. Partly as the lease was about to end (in a month), and partly as I have a new job! In the three years, had to go into the Garage four times for failures (in order): 1. Oil leak from the Cam pump (lots of...

My Clutch Cylinder went today (according to the man from the RAC), looks like a couple of the other posters on here, initially the clutch did not come up fully, and within 30secs, would not come up at all and totally unable to engage any gears. The car has done 85k in just over two years, so out...

Just wondering, does anyone know how easy it is to remove the rear seat cushions in a sport back? Looking to buy a new plasma TV and they need to be transported upright. And it wont fit in with the cushions in! Cheers

Hi all, have just hacked my phatnoise with the new software from www.phathack.com . In the past you had to mess around with MS-DOS and Command Prompts, but they now have some nifty software where you put the DMS in the craddle and it basically does the entire operation for you! I can recomend it...

Why Why WHy! Noticed today that some little sh*t, thought it really amusing to scratch into my bonnet with a key "HA UR gay", I am guessing these are the same little sh*ts who go past Cabriolets and spit in the seats, would jsut love to get my hands on them, but would probably end up in more...

Hi, seen plenty of threads on here about the type of oil to top up with, but how much should I top it up with? Currently whenever my DIS gives me the oil level warning I drop in 1/2 Litre of oil, but could I drop in the whole litre? or 3/4litre? Would save me the fill ups every month or two...

Hi all, just wondering if the SE line has been discontinued, looking at the AUDI site, the only options are standard, sport and S-line.

Hi all, currently i have a Sportback SE, 2.0TDI, and frankly, I think it looks silly and on stilts, so was thinking of lowering it to the standard 'sports' level (-15mm), or better, s-line (-25mm) etc. Do I need specific A3, A3 sportback springs, sportback diesels springs, etc? Was thinking...

hey all, seem to be another member who is having problems with their rear speakers, there is no fader option in the 'tone' menu. I think I have narrowed it to possibly one of three causes, am sure one or two (or rather 2 & 3!) may be able to be ruled out immediately! I have an SE and called the...

Hi all, just had my second service, 38k (1yr!), had a new stereo fitted, apparently a common fault ( kept sticking on playing a CD), nothing else major, except some deposits left on the inside of the rear windows frames. More worrying, the inside of the rear (passenger) tyre appears badly worn...

HI all, just wondering if it is possible...or even advissable to use a clay bar on the windscreen? I have noticed a whole load of tiny specks that remain on the windscreen after cleaning, and not sure how to get rid of them, would a clay bar be best for this? Or could it damage the screen (even...

Another woe of people who should not be behind a wheel, reversing into a parking space the other day, and the woman in the space next to mine decides to reverse out, except she can't wait to turn her wheel, bringing the front end of her car into my rear wheel arch!

Hi all, after 9months and 31,000miles looks like my car had enough of me and tried to commit suicide! Started calmly enough, earlier in the day, accelerating, the car hesitated around 2,400rpm, with about 10-20secs of heavy white smoke, was fine after that, no warning lights or anything, but...

A friend of mine has a 2.0FSi, and the other day the EPC and ESP lights came on and the car went into limp home mode, now the car will not start. Had a look and the engine making a whiring noise instead of starting and turning over. Apparently last week, the catalyst, and exhaust had to be...

Hi, a bit confused on the tyre pressure, had a look under the fuel cap, and there are two lots of tyre pressures ( each with a full set of occupancy options). At the top there are a set for: 225/45 Then underneath, there is a set for: 225/45 xl M+S I have no idea what I have on my car as the...

Just thought I would start up a thread for people to add usefull tips and tricks which are little known ( though invariably in the manual), and less known features. If its any good may be useful as a sticky. 1. For dual zone climactic Air-con, pressing and holding the auto button will...

Hey all, I was wondering, having read about petrol turbos, and how they advise you to idle and cool the turbo before switching off the engine, is this advisable on a diesel turbo too?

Hi all, was wondering if there are any boot sill protectors available, have seent he brushed steel ones on e-bay, though was looking for something a little more subtle, anyone know of anything? Cheers