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Finally got a response today asking if I would like to book it into my local Audi garage for a diagnostic test. I've gone back to them explaining that there are dozens, hundreds even, of threads within various car forums all complaining about the same thing. There's nothing wrong with my car, it's the pre sense that's the problem and the fact that on 2024 models you can no longer set it to "late". Even if there was a way to program the magic button on the steering wheel to turn it off and on I could adapt to that.

As far as I am aware, the 2.0l 35 and 40 TFSi share the same engine. The 2.0l 35 replaced the 1.4l petrol engine. My first Audi was an A5 35 TFSi. It was a good car but I found it to be a bit sluggish for want of a better word. It was almost like the factory tune was restricting things a bit too much to get it down to 150ps. It tended to hesitate before accelerating. Both of mine were DSGs and I found that if I put the foot down, even in sport mode, the 35 would just rev away in neutral when I tried to overtake anything before finally selecting a gear. Usually by which time the opportunity to pass had gone. The 40 is so much better in my opinion and accelerates much more freely. If you can find a good tuning place then they only need to remap it to be similar to the 40 and it will become a better car and still well within the tolerances for reliability etc.

Thanks Gareth. I've taken your advice and emailed Audi customer services. They are a tad slow to respond though. So far they've only responded to say that my issue doesn't sound right 😯 and asked me for my VIN and address. Given that I have now found dozens of threads on forums all over the world complaining of exactly the same issue I have, I'm not sure what they are going to be able to do for me. TBH all I need is the ability to change it to "late" like I was able to in my last two A5s and I should be ok.

I've had a good rake about and it looks like I'm pretty much stuck with this. my concern is if I disable it and I have an accident of any kind, regardless of fault, the insurance wouldn't pay out. It's bad at the moment but I can only imagine what it could be like when winter rolls around and the roads are icy

I've discovered since buying my A4 that there are a few safety features that, even if you deactivate them in the MMI, they are reactivated every time you start the engine again. These seem to be mandatory for 2024 models. Lane assist is an easy one to turn off - just press and hold the button on the indicator stock to deactivate. Thanks to information I read on the forum, the speed limit warning "bong" that lets you know you're doing 31 in a 30 that was just a matter of adding to favourites. The one that's troubling me is the pre sense. There's a road I drive every day to work that has a narrow double bend with a wall on the near side. I've driven this road hundreds of times but pre sense thinks that I am about to hit the wall at the side of the road most days. Most of the time I just get the red warning but the other day it decided that my driving wasn't good enough and fired on the brakes. Luckily, it was a dry road and there was nothing behind me at the time. That's the wall on the left hand side just after the chevrons: It doesn't look like you can add this to favourites as pressing and holding doesn't seem to do anything and there is no longer the option to set it to late as I have done on earlier versions. I don't believe that it can be deactivated using VCDS, plus I'm unsure of the insurance implications if I was to have an accident and they discovered that I had permanently deactivate it. Does anyone know if it can be accessed quickly without having to go through all of the menus?

I've just recently bought a new A4 Avant and plan to keep it long term so I decided to go for the pricier foam moulding under the wheel. It features cut-outs to store the tools that come with the car. I also bought the same spare from the Wheel Shop and a scissor jack. The scissor jack lives in the other compartment along with an extendable wheel brace that I've had in every car I've owned since about 1994, disposable gloves and a black bin liner to put the wheel I would need to take off in the event of a puncture to stop everything getting filthy in the boot. It's not until you see how little space there between the top of the batteries and the boot cover that make you understand why there are so many threads on the various Audi forums questioning if you can actually fit a spare in the boot or not 😊

I might have been lucky but I ordered my A4 Avant 40 TFSI Black edition in Ascari Blue at the end of January and picked it up last week. At the time of ordering the garage reckoned September so I must have just ordered the right car at the right time, plus I expect they'll be wanting to fire out as many A4s as possible to use up the parts before the new A5 goes into production

I used to have an A5 35 tfsi and noticed something similar: When I wanted to overtake I would press the throttle, it would slip into neutral, rev like crazy, then eventually pick a gear to allow me to overtake. assuming of course by that time it was still safe to do so. The accelleration was decent enough when it finally got around to it though I just put it down to it being a detuned 40 tfsi

From what I've read Gummi Pfledge is the thing to get. I've bought some but I'm waiting for a day that's actually dry enough to apply it. It comes as a stick and you just apply it to all of the surfaces. My A5 hasn't been too bad but I previously had a Scirocco and that was impossible to get into some mornings. I don't think that the A5s windows go as deep into the roof as the Scirocco's did when they're closed

All ideas are more than welcome. Even if I don't go with any of your ideas it may give me other ideas on how to get the desired effect. A decal may be the way to go but an off the shelf one so that if I decide I don't want it further on down the road I can always remove it. Thanks Derek

This is my car below. I've never been one for go faster stripes or big spoilers. In fact the first thing I normally do is remove the tailgate badges, dealer stickers etc but there's something about that black trim on a white RS5 that I like but I think you're right, I don't think that I'm going to find it anywhere.

Thanks for that Gareth, I hadn't actually considered going directly to Audi oddly enough but I decided to email them. Parts 24 & 27 are what I need at the princely sum of £600 plus prepping, painting and fitting. I imagine that they are stuck on so there's going to be a slim chance of removal without damaging them if I went to an auto breaker. I won't give up though. If such a thing exists then I will find it. xenonx.xo.uk do these bits along with side skirts but only for the sportback so I'm going to try them next

Morning Everyone I've been searching for the past week for a part to get for my 2019 B9 S-line Coupe but I don't exactly know what it is called so I am having no luck so far. I've searched body side mouldings RS5, side skirts and so on but I can't find what it is that I want, assuming that it is possible to buy these parts. On the attached picture below it's the gloss black section that runs along the bottom of the door. Any help or direction would be more than welcome as I've run out of ideas on what to search for. I've tried ETKA and I've gone direct to Maxton Design but can't find it anywhere

I just changed mine yesterday. I prefer to remove as much of the previous sticky pads as I can so that the new sticky pads have as much bodywork to stick to as possible. I use a combination of the edge of a loyalty card ( I didn't want to write off my bank card ) to scrape as much as I can off and Sticky Stuff Remover to get the rest with a microfibre cloth. Also as it's getting colder now I used a hairdryer to heat up the sticky pads after attaching them to the plates before sticking them to the car to allow the pads the best chance of sticking properly.

I use Autosol Metal Polish. Toothpaste sized piece onto some kitchen towel and then rub around the tip. You can feel the heavy deposits coming away as you go and it only takes a couple of minutes