What Did You Do To Your Car Today?
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Asy6? Have them on the GTi. Decent tyres.
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Brake fluid and front discs and pads on the 5 mot on Monday and just realised I never set the lights since lowering it and I'll not get a chance to sort before the test.
Few bits to sort on her car tomorrow for her test on Wednesday then both of them to wash.
No chance of catching the match tomorrow ffs
Few bits to sort on her car tomorrow for her test on Wednesday then both of them to wash.
No chance of catching the match tomorrow ffs
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Absolute bore fest looking tread but actually good.
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Is this yours @Willy599 anymore images?
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Found it quicker to remove the headlights for bulb changes.Changing a bulb in the drivers side of a Q5 requires you to remove the air box
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To get at this wee door
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Old on the right, new on the left
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Sadly didn't resolve the issuelight comes on for a while then fault comes up on the dash and headlight goes off so must have a loose connection somewhere - great as MOT is next weekend
Moved on to the S3 to empty the catch can as I haven't done it in a couple months, quite surprised at the lack of oil in the canengine bay like @Coog's
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Want to run diagnostics on both as I am getting "start stop function unavailable" constantly on my dash for some reason even though ive it coded out but now, time to wash the cars
Audi don't make anything easy, do they?
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Wrestled a 2.5v6 into my 86 cavalier
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5 bolts, one lecky connector and a hose for mine, but still quicker than faffing with them in situ.
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B7 was bumper off job. Audi said they billed it at 1 hour to remove and 1 to refit
Had it down to about 20 mins on and off by the time I got the problem sorted.
Anyway...
Today I put a full year's ticket on the car. Was sweating the headlight alignment as I never got it checked after lowering it, plus first proper Norn Iron mot, but all good in the hood. Next on the list, rear tyres
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Liked the Cayenne design. Just turn a lever and the whole assy came out for changing bulbs. Did make the headlights quite easy to steal though lol
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Watched a video on that a few weeks back, led to headlight thefts across a few of their range of similar age.
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MOT check on the 350,000 mile ‘09 A3 yesterday revealed a lot of soft metal in places especially both sills, rear boot floor area has 4 holes and also soft at the opening where the handbrake cables go into the body
Needless to say we’ve written it off and it won’t see its MOT in a couple of weeks. It needs a gearbox as the diff is about to explode again so this is just adding insult to injury too.
Lot of memories over the last 13 years, lot of miles travelled (322,000) but at the end of the day it’s just metal
will be sad to see it go but hey-ho
Not dead from the common well known fault of conrod failure which is the more annoying thing of the whole lot! I’ll be stripping parts out of it that I can sell on and the rest will be squashed
Needless to say we’ve written it off and it won’t see its MOT in a couple of weeks. It needs a gearbox as the diff is about to explode again so this is just adding insult to injury too.
Lot of memories over the last 13 years, lot of miles travelled (322,000) but at the end of the day it’s just metal
will be sad to see it go but hey-hoNot dead from the common well known fault of conrod failure which is the more annoying thing of the whole lot! I’ll be stripping parts out of it that I can sell on and the rest will be squashed
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MOT check on the 350,000 mile ‘09 A3 yesterday revealed a lot of soft metal in places especially both sills, rear boot floor area has 4 holes and also soft at the opening where the handbrake cables go into the body
Needless to say we’ve written it off and it won’t see its MOT in a couple of weeks. It needs a gearbox as the diff is about to explode again so this is just adding insult to injury too.
Lot of memories over the last 13 years, lot of miles travelled (322,000) but at the end of the day it’s just metal
Not dead from the common well known fault of conrod failure which is the more annoying thing of the whole lot! I’ll be stripping parts out of it that I can sell on and the rest will be squashed
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Decent innings all the same. Looks like moisture has got behind the sealant there and dissolved her from the inside out.
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If it was just requiring 2 sills we would’ve considered fixing it but when the prybar went through the boot floor, that put a stop to any fun
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Sad to see Darren. Love a high mile hero.
Would love to take my old B5.5 Passat to similar miles.
Would love to take my old B5.5 Passat to similar miles.
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Unfortunately not, I'm a sucker for an E46. Will get a few more photos when there's a break in the weather.
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Give the Audi a hoover and leather clean today. Anachem rawhide and a quick wipe over.
