Steve Q

Buzzy

To celebrate 50 years since its creation, we are taking a look at the history behind the iconic Audi slogan, “Vorsprung durch Technik”. Though the slogan is still traditionally used across Audi's international promotional materials in German, for those curious, in English it roughly translates to "progress through technology". In August 1969, the Audi NSU Auto Union AG was created. Audi was working ahead of the current trends and the company’s range of models were being recognised for their great technical diversity. In 1971, Hans Bauer, who worked in the Audi NSU Advertising Department, was reflecting on how this great diversity could be communicated as a real competitive advantage. The result was as simple: “Vorsprung durch Technik”. Audi's advertising slogan, which is now famous around the world, first appeared in a double-page Audi NSU advertisement in January 1971. In the early 1970s, it was frequently used in conjunction with the company’s flagship model at the time, the Ro 80. In 1974, Ferdinand Piëch was appointed as Head of Technical Development. The "Piëch era" witnessed the gradual raising of the Audi brand's positioning. The five-cylinder engine (1976), turbocharging (1979) and quattro four-wheel drive (1980) are testimonials of the success of the “Vorsprung durch Technik” policy. From 1982 onwards, “Vorsprung durch Technik” was consistently used by Audi. This was largely due to global recognition of the slogan which increased extensively after Sir John Hegarty, co-founder of ad agency BBH, spotted the line at an Audi factory. Hegarty noticed the slogan in 1982 on a visit to Germany to establish how to sell Audi vehicles to drivers in the United Kingdom. Despite scepticism, Hegarty went with his gut feeling and brought the slogan to the UK to use across their marketing materials. The strapline is now one of the most famous and long-running in advertising. In 1984, the slogan shone gloriously on what was, at the time, the largest neon sign in Europe on a high-rise building, right next to the Ingolstadt-Nord motorway exit. The advertising message was often kept in its original German wording when used in international advertising, for example in Great Britain or the United States of America. “Vorsprung durch Technik” has been registered for use specifically with vehicles and vehicle parts since 2001. As a result, it is odd to think that a slogan as recognisable as this one would ever be questioned. Yet not long ago, Audi faced a seven-year legal battle to win the right to extend the slogan's trademark protection to include clothes and games. Thankfully, the iconic “Vorsprung durch Technik” slogan will not be disappearing any time soon and will, in fact, be more visible than ever. https://listers.co.uk/news/2021/04/50-years-audis-iconic-slogan-vorsprung-durch

No probs. Sorry I can't help much. I know c5s but not allroad suspension unfortunately. Guessing you've tried the fuses when you tried the relay?

What fantastic info 👍

Queen

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https://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php/548339-Allroad-Air-Suspension-(or-valve)-problem

I'd get it to an Audi specialist in my opinion as this is the second radio to fail on the car.

Animal

Just a quick update on this. Here are the two potential itineraries: Itinerary 1: 16th over night ferry. 17th arrive Santander 8am am and 4 hour 34 min drive to Madrid. 18th madrid-Murcia. 4h 19th murcia-marbella 4h 51m 20th Marbella-Gibraltar 1h 11m 22nd- Gibraltar-faro (Portugal) 4h 9m 23rd- faro-lisbon 4h 30m via coast road. 24th lisbon-porto 3h 25th- Porto- Santiago de compestela 2h 30m 26th - Santiago de compestela-santander 4h 35m That leaves 2.5 free days. Itinerary 2: 16th over night ferry. 17th arrive Santander 8am am and 4 hour 34 min drive to Madrid. 18th madrid-Marbella. 5h 53m 19th -Marbella-Gibraltar 1h 11m 21st- Gibraltar-algeciras 30m. Catch ferry to Tangier med (Morocco) spend day in Morocco late ferry back. And stay in algeciras. 22nd algeciras-faro 3 49m 23- faro-lisbon 4h 30m via coast road. 24th lisbon-porto 3h 25th- Porto- Santiago de compestela 2h 30m 26th - Santiago de compestela-santander 4h 35m That leaves 2.5 free days.

Has the system been checked for leaks? Both the bags and pipes can leak.

This could be a wheel bearing

This might help: https://blog.wolfautoparts.com/audi-a3-8p-sunroof-motor-removal/

My understanding is that it has to be plugged into a computer direct to Audi Germany to get the sat nav activated. By all means by an SD card but I don't believe it will work. On your mmi screen I'm guessing satnav is greyed out. If it was available it wouldn't be greyed out even if an SD card wasn't fitted but should be if that makes sense.

Sorry to hear of your issue. I suspect it's under the carpet unfortunately.

Quite common on vag cars to be honest. Saw it quite often when I worked at vw.

Mellow

from driving older dsg/s tronic vag cars I don't remember this (was a good while ago though when I worked in the motor trade). Might be worth you driving another for comparison? At 9.5k miles the gearbox won't be due a service yet.

This link might help. I've assumed you've got the 2.0tdi. If you do get it off it might be worth you cleaning it to see if that improves it. Wouldn't be a long term solution though.

Submersible

No probs

To check for leaks you'll need to look under the car for any fresh oil spill or on top of the engine. If it was manually checked what level.was it on? Abd was the old oil flushed out?

Is this needing 2 tyres? 4 tyres etc? With quattro it's vital the tyres are changed in pairs on the same axle and ideally kept the same on all.four wheels do to the sensitivity of the Quattro system. As miss matched tyres or uneven wear can damage the quattro system.

That sounds strange for an s tronic. The gearbox is similar to be dsg abd is one of best autos out there. When was the gearbox oil last changed? Also if you bought it from a dealer within 30 days then you are entitled to a full refund or for them to rectify any issues FOC.

A failing maf should through up a fault code, plus it would usually cause the engine to run rough as in most cases a car will base the situation bas a worse case scenario with a failing maf. Get cooler failure is common on modern vag cars unfortunately.