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Hello Hamad, Unfortunately, I cannot advise you on reliability - with experience of Audi vs. other German makes, but our local long established "executive " hire company who regularly talkes our daughter to and from Gatwick and Heathrow, turned up last week in a brand new black Audi! Lovely! Now .."only buy manual with the mileage it will be doing.." Oh dear! Worth thinking about New York taxis regularly doing 250K miles on auto boxes and that's from the 1960s - when I had hair! Why would you want to risk having to replace dual mass flywheels, internal clutch slave cylinders etc. at great expense? That's without having to spend your day waving a gear stick about. No brainier - as they say these days? - automatic every time for the use you will put it to. 8 speeds now even, so tick over rpm at motorway speeds. Good luck with whatever you decide on - and the business. Kind regards, Gareth.

Hi Trevor nice website you have here.

Hi I just joined here own an Audi A4 2 litre tfsi two in total ever. My 1st was a year 2005 2 litre tfsi 200bhp A4 current year 2007 same vehicle but the 220bhp Quattro special edition version. I Had numerous problems with both mainly OIL CHAIN PUMP failure (both went around 88k) resulting in major engine rebuild costing me thousands of pounds and putting me into major debt. I have had had many battles due to the above some with Audi to the point I started legal proceedings against them to get help. in the end of buying both cars I lost £7000 as a totality which I'm still feeling today my experience with Audi uk was not great. Currently my car gets looked after by Audi chingford who did all the engine repairs for oil chain pump.

I have the exact same issue, after seeing loads of lines through my LCD on the cluster i decided to buy a secondhand one and not realising that the cluster is matched to the code stored in the ecu key and barrel etc swapped them over, at first it was ok then i dissconnected the cluster with the ignition still live and now it's immobilized, same as yours so what i've done is bought Vag Tacho to get the code number then Vag Com to match it up using cables, software and youtube. Note to all, before you change a cluster be sure it's fully functional (the secondhand one had worse lines than the original lol) that you have the tackles needed to make it right or you know a good locksmith/mechanic who has the right tools, ie cables and software. I intend to get mine up and running soon using the items i bought, i will let you know how i got on.

Hello Mick, Glad you had it fixed. "All Audis use coolant!" - worth finding another garage! Just a couple of points to ensure everything stays as it should be:- I would advise keeping a regular eye on the coolant level over the next couple of weeks while inevitable air locks are expelled. Don't be surprised if you have to top up a little over this time, but not after. If it were mine, I would get the auxiliary belt (driving alternator etc.) changed. It's done it's time and when they do decide to go can sometimes get themselves cobbled up with the crankshaft pully - with potential catastrophic results. Final point Mick- what make water pump did they use? Personally, I don't favour aftermarket ( motor factor supplied) pumps which are known to be highly variable quality wise. Generally main dealer part only for this critical application. Kind regards, Gareth.

Hello Karen, Sorry to hear you have water ingress problems with your brand new car. To me, the situation is not at all complex, and you don't have to worry about the reason why, and simply have to return it to the supplying dealer and request they correct the defect under warranty. Any new car which leaks water is surely unfit for purpose, and if they cannot effect a permanent cure then you are within your rights to reject the car. Although not mechanical, this would be an unacceptable problem to me since the boot will stay damp, will smell and lead to deterioration of the structure of the car - just not on with a brand new car. Ignore comments about the weather being exceptional bad! No excuse. It might be worth doing a bit of research on this and I think you will find that this is not an unknown/uncommon problem with these cars, and Audi should know how to fix it by now. Some degree of continued pressure may be necessary to ensure it is fixed properly. Goid luck with it. Gareth.

Manufacturer figures ar pie in the sky. I had a 2011 A6 saloon which returned mid to high 40s then a 2014 A4 avant quatro black ed manual which was low 40s and changed a couple of weeks ago to a 4 month old A6 avant quatro black ed S-tronic which I'm lucky to get 40 mpg out of around the doors. I'm a low mileage user so not so important but it's annoying that the stated mpg figures are completely useless. I love the car btw but was disappointed the mirrors didn't fold when locking the car. There's no fix available yet from Audi but my dealer did a manual fix for me yesterday Bob