Pure bliss on the 100 mile drive home. Car drove and ran spectacular. Had an excellent sounding stereo in it. I was in heaven.
I own a small repair and performance shop so the next day first thing I did was get her in the air to see what was wrong. Car was too cheap. Get under it and see all kinds off goodness. Full Milltek resonated exhaust with their high flow cats, Bilstien PS9 coilovers, Hotchkins sway bars, Alcon 380mm brake kit and fresh control arms.
Was able to get all the cars records and it was a well loved and maintained car until the last owner. She maintained it but didn't love it as it was brought in 5 times for a rough ride. LOL Well the DRC is gone. Just had O2s done, EGTs, torque converter, axle shafts etc etc.
Wasn't until I filled the gas tank that I found an issue. The valve on the fuel tank was leaking<script id="gpt-impl-0.5512038232284939" src="http://partner.googleadservices.com/gpt/pubads_impl_78.js"></script>. I figured I would drop the exhaust, shaft, rear end and do a repair myself but saw there was an Audi recall on it and they would put a new gas tank in for free and give me a loaner while they did it. No brainer! So I brought it to my closest Audi store (BIG mistake) and let them have at it. Without going into too much detail (boring) they took a month, tried to tell me my lug nuts grew (seriously) and eventually got it fixed and said bring a tow truck to get it as the driveshaft is bent.......... Uh, didn't have one when brought there. Turns out when they dropped the rear they left the shaft hooked to the trans and it ovaled the CV. They also didn't hook my exhaust up because, and I quote, "Its a cheap POS aftermarket exhaust and has slip fit connectors and they are not ment to come apart." To which the service writer, service manager and two other techs nodded in agreement. I told them put the car down, tow truck is in route. Took great joy in blocking their service drive for the next 3 hours.
So avoid Audi North Austin like the plague.
So I get that fixed with the help of some friends and have just been enjoying the car. Got it tinted, put an 034 trans tune on it and ordered the hand held tuner with 3 tunes as what was in the car was ancient and just poorly done. The tune made it a whole new animal. I also plan on using the car for SQ competition so I have thoroughly sound deadened it and added some spectacular AD speakers to the already well done stereo which included a full DSP, DVD, NAV and some McIntosh 6 channel amps. Put a better sub in the custom enclosure on the rear passenger storage box and added a third amp dedicated to only it and am about to update the ancient Alpine deck with their current SQ version.
Overall I am in love with the car and see many many paychecks going to it. LOL
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