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.

Hey mate, thanks for the response. Michelin Pilot Sport 4s look good too, I've heard from a friend that they're excellent quality, not to mention the rave reviews on them. What's your take on the Goodyears you currently run? Do you mean the f1 asymmetric 3s? They seem to have excellent wet grip and dry grip from what I've seen doing a quick Google search just now.

Also, just thought I'd add: looks like the Pilot Sport Cup 2245/30R20 90Y are Audi OEM-manufactured. Do we have a winner?

Hello boys and girls. Looking for a fresh couple of wheels for the ol' girl. I've had a browse on a few other car forums to see where other people are buying from, and I saw a little something about ASDA tyres so I thought I'd have a look myself. I was shown these tyres from typing in my reg: https://www.asdatyres.co.uk/245-30-20?range=premium Now obviously I'll be looking for something in the premium price bracket, no questions asked. I was leaning towards the Pirelli P Zero245/30R20 90Ys, but before I make a buying decision I thought I'd ask for you fellas' opinions. Any advice on these/better tyres elsewhere on the internet? Looking forward to hearing what you guys come up with in response to this.

Woke up bright and early on my day off, made me & the mrs a good old fry up before she went to work then had a nice relaxing morning. Later on I hit the gym after which I went on some epic drives around my local country roads, and got back just in time to pick the nephew up from a uni visit he was doing with college. Fair to say his mates were impressed with the R8... can't blame them really 🤣 Oh, and the day's not even over! Even better. How was everyone else's day?

Welcome to the forum mate, the A4 is a stunner in those photos 😉 Glad you're enjoying it.

There you go mate, I'm a little late on this but have filled one in for you anyway. Hope it helps! Good luck with the dissertation buddy. 🙂

So, just as a little update, I did some more searching around and ended up splashing out on the best possible dash cam I could find. I had a look at some Mio dash cams which look excellent but I don't really need the sat nav feature, so I decided to stick with Thinkware. Expensive little piece of kit but well worth the money. Funnily enough I found the RAC has a shop which sells them - weird, but a decent price. https://www.racshop.co.uk/thinkware-f800-dash-cam.html I'll post an update to this thread should this F800 fail to satisfy my needs, but it doesn't seem likely. Never felt safer on the roads! Thanks for the responses fellas, much appreciated. Scott.

It's a shame we don't live in a world where it's seen as "macho" and "cool" to follow what we've been taught and to follow the rules of driving in order to ensure both our own safety and the safety of those around us when sharing the roads at dangerously high speeds... Oh well. I'm thinking about moving to a little island and enforcing my own driving laws, as well as making not indicating and tailgating punishable by execution. What's more macho than not indicating? Beheading those who don't indicate! 🙂😉🙂 Cheers for the reply Gareth.

Around my area it seems me and a handful of other drivers are the only people who use them! Have they stopped teaching people how to use them in driving lessons or something?? Seems so.

...Are these magical things on your car to INDICATE to other drivers which direction you intend to drive. Honestly -- is it illegal to not indicate? Do any police on here ever book anyone for not indicating? I'm SICK to DEATH. I was very very nearly involved in a collision over the weekend due to some careless "driver" failing to properly indicate. I'm very lucky that I was able to react in time and am also lucky have a dash cam in case a situation like this ever actually turns into a crash. Some people really do take the fun out of driving. If it were on old driver or new driver in my position I assure you all this would have been a very nasty crash.