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Hello Martin, This is not meant to be critical or judgemental, but I believe you entrust your car’s care to the main dealer, because they are the best. By doing so, it sends 2 hours in their workshop, a little time in a valet bay, while you get your free cup of coffee - great - while your wallet gets twitchy about what is going to be extracted from it! Great, if that’s your thing and it gives you peace of mind, but bear in mind, they have work targets to generate income for that dealership. Back to your rear brakes needing doing now:- It would not surprise me at all to find that they don’t actually need changing now ( in caps), and if so no need to worry. Your best friend for any ‘routine maintenance’ is a trusted local garage where you can talk with the chap who will actually be working on your car, rather than a front-of-house- service receptionist. My recommendation would be to try to find that garage, and ask them to let you know what brake pad thickness remains - as a starting point. Kind regards, Gareth.

You are mistaken to believe I was defending Audi's design. However even a poorly designed component will not change from being certified as sound one year to suffering a structural failure less than a year later. That, as two of us have pointed out, is the important matter here. The implication being that the testing station failed in its duty to detect the rusting at an early stage. All steel rusts eventually. It's a fact that has to be accepted as part of the expected deterioration of cars, and is part of the reason that annual inspections are required to detect such corrosion before it affects a cars road worthiness. PS. I used to the know the Angel well as I grew up near there somewhat before your time, though I have no idea what a roll house is.

Hello Peter, It’s a blanking grommet which has probably been removed and replaced with holed grommet to allow some wiring to pass through. Seems reasonable to believe it was removed and substituted during wiring for the tow bar. Hope this helps. Kind regards, Gareth.

I know you are in Scotland, but here is a link to non audi dealer, but audi specialist: https://www.audi-specialists.co.uk/service-menu/ Shows us all the silly mark up the 'STEALERS' are taking us for !