Scott1906

Good morning and welcome to the Audi Owner's Club! You'll love it here, everyone is very friendly and informative. Really glad to hear that you're so excited. What spec are you getting?

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Welcome to the forum dude 😎 I'd also just reiterate what Steve's said - you took it back to the dealer yet?

Ooh 😉

Aboriginal ... Damn this got dark!

To be honest, cycling on the cycle path would always be the safer option, but in most cases there unfortunately isn't a cycle path, and I think you can receive a penalty for cycling on the pavement (don't hold me to that). Having said that, I do still find cyclists on the roads really annoying most of the time. There should definitely be some sort of limit on how bright a cyclist's lights can be though, because if they're dazzling you then they're just as dangerous, if not more dangerous, than they would be with no lights at all.

Hi Prawn, Bit of a long shot I know because it's an old post, but did you end up selling these parts? If not, which model of R8 are they from? Wouldn't be a bad shout to have some more spare parts I reckon.

Got to love the ups and downs though, ey 😉

Cheers Steve! I couldn't agree more. Definitely been a good one so far though, work is going well and I'm off to Vegas very soon.

Wow!! I would have honestly given you a medal for going through this. How did you do in terms of keeping a level head when stuck in the traffic for all those hours? I suppose you're probably used to long queues if you're a trucker and do mammoth journeys on the regular, but I normally lose my head if I'm stuck in traffic for 1 or 2 hours - never mind the length of time you were stuck on the roads! Then again, if I've got a good podcast on then that usually helps ease the frustration. I think in terms of authorities advising people not to drive unless essential when the weather is dire, too many people have that "it won't affect me" mentality whereby they seem to think the weather is less likely to affect their driving and that they're less likely to get stuck in queues. Very kind of you to offer warmth and coffee to the other motorists in the traffic jam though - I would have been more than happy to come and listen to some flute playing over a nice warm brew. I bet it felt like a blessing when you finally got home on Friday evening! Thanks for sharing, Scott.

Agreed, I feel blessed. I decided to work from home for a couple of weeks when the Beast from the East hit us last year, mainly because I was involved a bad crash in the snow when I was younger but also because I would drop dead if anything were to happen to my car. I suppose if you look at the plus sides though, you'll be a lot more used to driving in those conditions than I am so will most likely be better at handling yourself when sh*t hits the fan 😅

Was speaking to a friend of mine who was up north at the time the weather was bad, and wow. I try my best to avoid driving at all if it's really really bad. I think I hardly drove at all last February in late Feb-early March when we had the beast of the east over in the UK!

I'm admittedly a little bit late to the party here, but I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and a smashing New Year's Eve. How's 2019 treating you guys so far? Scott

Hi Gareth, Cheers for the reply. I hopefully shouldn't actually need wheel alignment, however I do want to check that my wheels are properly aligned as they should be. I don't really have any irregular wear, however I do think it's worth checking just to see everything's okay. If not then of course I'll pay for tracking. Very unlikely scenario, though. And don't you worry, I only use a trusted garage I've been going back to for years.

With the higher pressure, do you see an improvement in fuel economy? They *sound* like pretty good tyres to me anyway. The tramlining with the P Zeros sound a little bit annoying, not something you want when going at high speeds. I'll also be paying for wheel tracking when I get my next set of tyres too, I think. Need to make sure the wheels are aligned as they should be! Thanks for the response anyway matey, I'll take your words into account in buying some new rubber.