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Saturday 16th September saw the return of the Audi Driver International Show at Castle Combe race circuit and hosted by the Audi Driver International Magazine. For the members who attended, it was an early start as some of us met for Breakfast at Chippenham Premier Inn. This gave us a chance to get to know one another and it set us up for the great day ahead however did mean we were slightly late getting to Castle Combe and were beaten to our spot by fellow members who hadn’t come for breakfast. Whilst we were setting up it started to rain however this didn’t dampen the spirits of those who attended. Our club display was set off to the left from the entrance and was placed opposite the Audi Owners Club.co.uk stand. Once we were set up we all were able to chat and to get to know one another. We had a very good display which consisted of a R8, RS5, RS6 C5, A6 C5, A6 C6 Le mans saloon, 2 A6 C6 Le Mans estates and an A3 8P. After a short while mingling the weather had improved and we headed off to look at the other club displays and stands. There was plenty of nice Audis to look at and the biggest club displays by far were the RS3 Owners Club, the A2 Club and a couple of the classic Audi clubs. Everyone I spoke to were friendly and were happy to talk about their cars and the clubs. Audi UK were also in attendance with some of their heritage collection which consisted of an NSU Ro80, RS2 and Audi Quattro as well as bringing some of their newer offerings such as the new RS5 and R8. After lunch the members geared up to participate in the parade lap around the famous Castle Combe race track. For this a drivers briefing had to be attended but afterwards the cars were lined up in the holding area to be lead out for four laps around the track. This was clearly an experience none of us would forget! Besides the parade lap there were dedicated track sessions to allow people to put their cars through their paces. There were some lovely cars on track including a couple of R8 race cars and an old Audi 80, there were even some non Audi cars namely a Seat Leon in Gulf racing colours and a golf Mk5. By 2:30 people started to leave the show to make their way home and most of our club had left by 4:00. All in all the Audi Driver international was a great show to attend and had a nice atmosphere to it. It is definitely a show the club will be attending next year! Thanks for reading J Cheers Steve

So an unexpected new toy arrived today (my dad's a legend😎), he asked me for a link to the DA polisher I was looking at getting and bought me it out of the blue, said he wanted one for himself. I'll do a review probably next week sometime weather permiting 😊.

Cheers Gareth, gave them a call and we found a battery that meets all the requirements http://www.batterymegastore.co.uk/varta-i1.html#reviewTab|productCollateralTabs1

As mentioned on the National Events thread by niedzial1983 I agreed that a new thread would be a good idea to compile ideas tips and tricks for getting our cars looking good for shows, events, meets or just generally because you/we care about our cars. So I've created one. Hopefully the title says it all and it has enough/the right tags to make it easily searchable. Hopefully it takes off Enjoy

Guys very useful app is avaiable , register and enter your vin to find out what spec and extras your car has

Thanks Rob! :) great pics and video by the way! :D

This Audi quattro which Steve posted a pic of above is actually a very rare car. It is 1 of only 17 which were made as right hand drive but with a left hand drive chassis. Apparently it was the result of a mistake when swapping over the production models at the end of the left hand drive production line! The own spent plenty of time to create the rally replica but intends to return it to 100% original after finding out the rarity of the car.

Gareth, I haven't been using the car for the last two weeks and I think I won't be using it next week either. "As soon as possible" means when I will have some time to get to the car and work on it. Thank you for your concern anyway!!

Was nice to put faces to names, other than the short spell of light rain it soon passed and was nice and warm i will be returning next year too

Hi all, I'm looking for an RS6 Avant 2008 - 2009 and I've had a look in the for sale section but most of the cars listed are with dealers. Are any forum me ever thinking of selling at the moment? Most of the cars and bikes I've bought have been through owners clubs and enthusiast forums as I feel you get a vehicle that's been loved and cherished. If anyone is thinking of selling an RS6 Avant please let me know as I'd be interested in hearing from you and having a look at it. I'm in Cheshire so if you're in the north west that would be even better. Thanks, Martin

Hi all been looking on this forum for a while so great info on here so I had to sign up keep up the good work guys

Hi Steve, Thanks for that post. I guess my interest in Cars, is slightly different from that of others. I like driving. I like to think that my driving is improving( heehee) and I try to buy cars that fit what I want from them, while having none of the shortcomings that I can't stand. When I changed to my current Audi the salesman seemed to think I needed a bespoke vehicle........ I find it annoying, for example, that replacing headlight bulbs is so fiddly. I am trying to find a solution by making something to make it easier to twist the lampholder without having my hand inside the small opening and at a very odd angle. Cheers Geoff

I knew Trevor would have the answer to this one! ;)

Hey Geoff, in response to your question as a club we attend all the major Audi/VAG shows but members can arrange club meetings/events in their part of the country. For example there is a rolling road day coming up in Leicestershire next month but other members have attended meet ups at airshows, museums or other locations :) i think there is talk of holding a rolling road day in the next couple of months in the south :) if you have any ideas for meet ups then please let us know! We like any excuse for an Audi meet up :) hope iv answered your question :) cheers steve

Thanks for the welcome and the insurance info Trevor

Lots of goodies !!! Have fun :)

Straight

This one looks good :)

Hi Eddie...welcome to the forum if you get an insurance quote through Adrian Flux then mention the Audi Owners Club members discount...should work fine! Cheers, Trevor

Please don't give up Paul. Get some assistance from your good mate Percy Verance! Varta - now you are talking. Great positive move. Now Paul, you know what they say about size don't you - it's not everything! Check what it says on the battery you have on the car (assuming no one has fitted a lower replacement). Look at the Ah rating (say around 60Ah or whatever). The other important part of the specification is the cold cranking current (say around in excess of 500 Amps + or whatever). Talk to the nice folks in Tewkesbury again when you are armed with this information, plus the dimensions. Take their advice on what they have listed for your model car, and compare the figures with what your existing battery is rated. Battery output can now be achieved in smaller dimensions, so don't hang your hat solely on the physical size. It could be wise to check the battery tray and the battery securing arrangements to see what alternative high rated battery will fit. You can sometimes get a higher output battery for a very marginal price increase. Then you will have a big one! Good luck, Kind regards, Gareth.

There mite be some more interest from the FB page as well so I've posted a link to the forum on there :)

Ha ha, send her away for a girly weekend and take yourself to get a remap chucked on it without her knowing if your brave enough! :)

This is a good app too. You can send destinations to the car from your calendar, contacts or by searching. It also remembers where you parked which could be useful if you park in a strange town, although I haven't tried that bit yet.

Cheers Trevor, The day was brilliant and some of the cars quite special. No Audis or Golfs there though!! I really cheesed a bloke off there too lol. I said I could probably get up the track faster than the Westfields in my A6 in the heavy rain that occurred in the afternoon with my Uniroyal tyres. I was only joking, well half 🙃 joking but he ripped me a new one😜 So the list is as so.... NB I have my own idea on the best car and then also the easiest to prep. All of which have to be either rebuilt or re MOTed but I am more interested in which car people think would be best irrespective of the amount of work they may need. 1982 Golf GTI 1.6 110BHP 1972 TVR 2500 BHP from 125-180 1990 Tigra 1.6i (16V ) 120bHP 1982 MG Midget 1500. 70BHP 2004 Golf GTI MKIV 18 T. 150BHP Answers on a post card please. My other idea is flog the MKIV to fund the project?

Throughout today i`ve had time to clean the car inside and out really happy with results i really need to get a life and again Jacob photobombed my pics

Moved it to Car care and detailing and pinned and featured the post so its always at the top m8

To get the ball rolling I thought I share how I generally go about cleaning my pride and joy, so here we go! 1) I start with a full rinse with the pressure washer to remove as much loose dirt and grit as possible. I usually go over the bottom half of the car twice for good measure. 2) Next I clean the wheels one at a time which takes anywhere from 15 - 40 min per wheel depending on if I'm just cleaning or applying wheel wax as well. For this I usually use non-acid based cleaners like "Merlin's Blood", but I've run out of that at the moment so I've got some Swarfega wheel cleaner. This is an acid base one which I wouldn't normally use but so far has done the job quite well and is quite cheap for a 5 ltr bottle. Generally a chefs pastry brush, a tooth brush and a soft cloth are the only tools need to finish the job. Remember if you do you an acid based cleaner to thoroughly rinse afterwards especially if you have painted calipers as well! 3) Next I usually give another rinse round the car again as the moisture sat on any muck and grit for the duration of cleaning the wheels will likely come off now. 4) Now for the shampoo, At the moment I'm using a cheap "Carplan" brand shampoo which I can't really say anything bad about, it does have a wax in it which if I'd noticed I'd prefer one without the wax! Although it does help with drying the car. I always use the two bucket method, one clean one with your shampoo. This is highly advisable especially if you have a black car! Now some may say this next bit of my method is wrong but I'll explain why I do it. Most will say you should always work from the bottom up so you can see where you have been! I "ALWAYS" work from the top down, the reason being is that although I've already thoroughly rinsed the car several time by this stage I work from the top down to reduce the risk of pulling grit up the paint work from the generally dirtier lower sections of the car. For anyone not familiar with the to bucket method it's: a) your sponge in the shampoo bucket b) then to car c) then rinse in clean water bucket d) repeat from step "a" 5) Next I towel dry the car with large microfiber towels. I find this to be kinder to you paintwork than chamois leather which car easily pull missed grit across you paint work giving you more to do when you get to polishing! 6) Once dry I then polish the car one panel at a time working slowly round the car until finished. If it's a hot or very sunny day I'll quite often do the roof first if on a morning or I'll come back to it later in the evening once it has cooled down. If it's too hot it's not impossible to do but you'll most likely find yourself rushing the job unintentionally ending up with poor results which are obviously noticeable as the roof is right in you eye line! Product wise I'm currently using Autoglim Super Resin Polish. I've used others like Maguires Gold which was really good but I do really like my Autoglim products. Hopefully that's enough to get people talking and please share your experiences and different methods as we can all learn something off each other sometimes even when you think your own way is best, (I do like to be proven wrong! :)