Skully23 Posted July 11 Share Posted July 11 Hey people of this community hello from Chester I have just bought my first ever Audi. Came from a Mercedes C250 AMG Sport Avanteguard or estate as I always called it & loved it. Was getting a bit tired at 225k, So decided to go look at cars last week, looking around the different garages & stumbled across an A6 3.0 TDI avant. Looked really smart until I saw a massive key scratch down one side from front to rear. Just about to walk away & noticed another Avant in white hiding away behind a rangey. Got to it & was in really good condition, salesman came over & ask the usual questions. Got me the keys & went for a drive. Went down an A road & up a quite steep slip road to a Motorway, so I gave it some up the slip road & the guy held on for dear life. OMG it went. I then found out it was a 3.0 BiTDI Quattro. Instant smile on my face so I bought it. Picked it up the next day. Standard 3 month warranty & all that none worthy rubbish. Now out of warranty & a few little things have appeared that weren’t there originally. Nothing major I don’t think though. Did some research & bought a VCDS system. Never used this software before, but very easy to learn in my opinion. I have done various bits of coding on other makes before so picked it up pretty quick. I have made various tweeks including boot lid closure from fob, mirror dip on reverse if switch to that side, rear LED’s with DRL’s & few other things. Now I must say this car is class. Its so much bigger than my Merc & way more powerful. Fitted a towbar yesterday with vehicle specific electrics & coded it all in to work with it. All works with the caravan perfectly. I love how smooth this car drives & the physical size is brilliant. The kids love the room in the back & even the wife is impressed with it. Bonus points there 👍🏻. From what I have read so far this appears to be a really good useful forum & I look forward to being a part of it. thanks, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammie1982 Posted July 12 Share Posted July 12 Welcome to the forum. Guys here have been very helpful in helping me with whatever is needed. I bought my first Audi in December last year. 3.0 TDi A8 - A bit older being a 2009 but its well looked after and doesnt really give much trouble (*touch wood*) Got VCDS aswell, but havent done alot with it! just the normal checks and stuff. making sure that everything is as it should be. I hope you enjoy the forum. Get a few pics of the car posted. We do like to see what other people are running and admire their cars. Regards, Neil H 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skully23 Posted July 16 Author Share Posted July 16 There she is. I’m more than happy with the car. IMG_8452.dng IMG_8454.dng Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammie1982 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 Thats a nice motor. Wheels are a just about perfect colour wise. and compliment the trim of the car lovely. Think about getting a ceramic coat on it to keep the paintwork in good condition or ppf protection, especially round the bonnet, bumper etc. If i was being fussy, id suggest maybe changing the badges to a darker colour instead of the chrome ones. but as i said that would be me being fussy...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skully23 Posted July 16 Author Share Posted July 16 Haha yeah I don’t understand why the front badge is black & the rest are chrome either pal. I’ve ordered a full set of black ones already. Stage 1 remap booked in, egr & DPF delete at the same time. My son is going to ceramic coat it this weekend as he does it as part of his job anyway. 👍🏻 regards, Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skully23 Posted July 16 Author Share Posted July 16 I have a fuse box description pdf with all the locations & that yet there appears to be no fuse for the adjustable mirrors Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliffcoggin Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 My A3 had two fuseboxes so it would not surprise me if yours also had two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skully23 Posted July 21 Author Share Posted July 21 It had 3 that I’ve found so far. One in either side of the dash & one in the boot. Still can’t find the fuse for the exterior mirrors 🤣🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skully23 Posted July 21 Author Share Posted July 21 Also had an aircon fault where it wouldn’t go cold. Found the pressure sensor behind the grill to be faulty. Replaced that & now it gets really cold. VCDS still shows the same fault though so I’m thinking there is another sensor somewhere that I haven’t found yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skully23 Posted August 5 Author Share Posted August 5 I’ve gone with the Matt black boot badge & removed the A6 & TDI just leaving the Quattro badge. Now ordered the black Quattro badge with red lettering. I did initially fit the black A6 badge but removed it again as the finish wasn’t the same as the rings so looked a little off. IMG_8577.dng Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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