RichardW

See you there RichardW

Looking forward to the excellent Wednesday meal deal at the Red Chilli. Need to arrive hungry!

See you there - time the A8 had a run

Hi Ian Plan to be at the meet. If it is not raining I may bring the SL 500. It will be the first time that it has been out this year. It is now 29 years old and has been in the garage on a battery maintainer for the last 6 months. Nevertheless, I expect it to start on the first turn of the key. Must get it serviced even though it does very few miles each year. See you Wednesday. Richard

Hi Ian Plan to be there. Looking forward to a great steak or, perhaps, their curry platter. Time the A8 had a run - I seem to use the I3 for all local journeys using mostly free electricity from our solar panels.

The outside garden will be great. SL500 if hot A8 if cold/wet. See you all there

Thanks Ian. See you on Wednesday with the update Richard

Plan to be there Ian. SL if dry A8 if wet.

Plan to be there. If it is dry the SL500 will have its first run of the year (apart from MOT). Otherwise it is time the A8 had a run.

Looking forward to the meet and it is time the A8 had a run. The I3 is so cheap, easy and pleasant to drive the A8 tends to just sit on the driveway. Should be a good evening. Richard

Hi Jo, IanC alerted me to your problem which is not quite the same as mine was but I may be able to help. I have sent you a private message with my phone number. Give me a ring and I might be able to help with some info. Richard

Hi DaroB, TSB (Audi America) 37 07 07 201302/3 dated 13 Apr 2007 supersedes TSB Group 37 Number07-01 dated 18 Jan 2007. My upgrade was done at Audi Northampton in Aug 2009. I think that the UK TSB may be 2009736/7. The Master Tech was Nigel Bushnell and when I spoke to him last Sep on another matter he remembered doing the flush, fluid change, software upgrade and adaptation. I suggest you get your dealer to speak to him. It completely cured my problem and the car worked perfectly until I sold it in Sep 2013. Be warned the job is not cheap - in Aug 2009 the bill came to £736 of which more than half was the very expensive "Blue Fluid" (16 litres). I now have a D4 4.2 TDi which is even quicker and more economical (quicker than my Porsche 911 Carrera 4 to 60 mph!). Sorry about the delay - I do not check this forum very often because there are so few A8 posts. If you google "A8 hooting noise" you should find some references.

I think it is Pagid (or at least they are one supplier). I recently changed the front and rear discs on my D3 A8 - Pagid on the back from Europarts and another brand from GSF on the front both excellent quality. Total bill for discs and pads was £238.95. I did the job myself (I have VCDS to retract the rear parking motors). Aud1 wanted over £1100 so saved a tidy sum. My previous D2 S8 had Brembo discs.

I plan to be there Ian. I have something black that may interest you!

I plan to be there but definitely not in the A8 - it is sitting outside my house on blocks whilst the wheels are refurbished! I have just changed both front and rear pads and disks. Straightforward job apart from the 2 bolts which secure the front caliper mounts. They are torqued to 140 ft lbs and take some undoing! Had to call on son, Nik, to undo one of the bolts - he has a long breaker bar which did the trick. Nice to think how much I have saved compared with Audi doing the job!