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Thanks for your valuable input Gareth. I have been offered approx. £2000 under market value, when they inspect the car its unlikely they will notice unless they take it for a drive and accelerate hard. Car still seems to perform as it should but in my opinion its a ticking time bomb.

Hi the seized calliper is a common problem but that won't cause the wheel to buckle thats a good old fashioned pothole or side swiping a kerb, I think the AA solved the previous problem as thats another common problem due to the fact that people don't change the plugs as often as they used to. Steve.

Play up like !Removed! mate Its an issue they know about and where fixing them, to say they stopped doing it last year is out of order

Hello both, Without appearing patronising, I do feel for you and sympathise that you involved yourselves with buying cars which fitted in with the period of subsequent issues. Sam - first cars do tug at heart strings, and indeed the thought of paying £10k for a c8 year old car - good or bad - would come with an expectation of something special. Sentimental attraction would however leave me with a feeling that it wasn’t really attractive at all, and best forgotten about. Apologies for rubbing it in, but personally, I feel you are likely to take a massive financial hit if you follow Jonathan’s suggested route of disposing with it. The reality of this situation is that even if Audi bend their 10 year limit, they are likely to argue that the car has little or no service history, and that you chose to procrastinate in bringing this complaint to their knowledge. Sorry, but plan for the worse and hope for the best. Would I spend a lot of money on legal advice in dealing with Audi in your case?? I honestly don’t thinking I would. Again apologies…. Alternatives :- bite the bullet and take a serious financial hit. Consider an outcome where Audi continue to say no. Would you/are you able to fund four figure sums to finance engine rebuilds? If yes, it would be worth getting estimates from a now-small group of engine rebuilders who undertake such work in the classic car field. Worth asking around the local classic car clubs for recommendations for reboring and fitting new pistons. Or keep buying 20 litre barrels of cheap oil and keep topping it up. Kind regards, Gareth.