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Dan's New Daily Cruiser. Aldi A3 2.0 Tdi
« on: 11 July 2011, 18:40 »
Well the Mini Cooper S had to go as even though it was just a 1.6 that suprercharger running 200bhp meant i couldnt get over 20mpg at a push  :angry:

I have replaced it with a Audi A3 8p 2.0 TDI se DSG  :wink:

Bit of a run down on the car..

-130k FSH
-dual climate control
-Auto dim rear mirror
-Air con that doesn't work at the mo  :angry:
-Coilovers
-paddleshift  :cool:
-cruise control

And thats about it its a very poverty spec car at the moment but im looking to keep for a while so slowly going to be doing it up..

Here are a couple of pics from the advert.. (i dont own the bentley wheels i couldnt afford £1k for them  :shocked: :shocked: )







« Last Edit: 22 August 2011, 23:16 by tech1889 »
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Re: Dan's New Daily Cruiser.
« Reply #1 on: 11 July 2011, 18:41 »
Debadge
MY11 rear lights
Tidy wheels
REMAP

Job done  :tongue:

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Re: Dan's New Daily Cruiser.
« Reply #2 on: 11 July 2011, 18:43 »
Right the car is in a very bad shape them pics make it look so much better than it is  :grin: I have the car booked into Guy at Tona Detailing/Valeting next month for a correction/detail session on it which should improve it..

I have 2 new front fog light grills as one is missing and other is a fog light blank.. I also have a black OOOO badge for the back as the car was debadged when i bought it..

I have the car booked in for a front bumper respray next month while im on holiday..

All systems go  :cool:
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Re: Dan's New Daily Cruiser.
« Reply #3 on: 11 July 2011, 18:44 »
Debadge
MY11 rear lights
Tidy wheels
REMAP

Job done  :tongue:

I want all the above not sure on remap because of DSG and the turbo i have no info on it being changed  :undecided:
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Re: Dan's New Daily Cruiser.
« Reply #4 on: 11 July 2011, 18:45 »
Today i changed the CV joint on the car the previous owner knew it had gone so bought a CV joint in preperation but never fitted it.. Only took me an hour but has made the car 10X better as it no longer knocks like buggery round left hand corners  :grin: :grin:

Oh and while changing the CV i checked over the coilovers that look in mint condition.. they only have 2 threads till full lowered at the front  :shocked: :shocked: i scrape on most things  :nerd:

More to come !
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Re: Dan's New Daily Cruiser.
« Reply #5 on: 11 July 2011, 18:47 »
Debadge
MY11 rear lights
Tidy wheels
REMAP

Job done  :tongue:

I want all the above not sure on remap because of DSG and the turbo i have no info on it being changed  :undecided:

Well debadge is free  :tongue:  Lights are about £160 and are plug and play

DSG seems to cope well with a remap; look at the silly power Hurdy was running with his  :smiley:

Being a 140 did it suffer from a cracked head??  Early ones did along with weak turbo's  :sad:  Might be worth giving Audi a call to see what work has been done  :nerd:

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Re: Dan's New Daily Cruiser.
« Reply #6 on: 11 July 2011, 18:49 »
Debadge
MY11 rear lights
Tidy wheels
REMAP

Job done  :tongue:

I want all the above not sure on remap because of DSG and the turbo i have no info on it being changed  :undecided:

Well debadge is free  :tongue:  Lights are about £160 and are plug and play

DSG seems to cope well with a remap; look at the silly power Hurdy was running with his  :smiley:

Being a 140 did it suffer from a cracked head??  Early ones did along with weak turbo's  :sad:  Might be worth giving Audi a call to see what work has been done  :nerd:

Is that £160 for lights from dealers or ebay ??

Thing is do the clutchs last on DSG as i can imagine them being an expensive fix lol.. Also how much are new turb's ??

Calling Audi is a good idea will they tell me much on the phone ??
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Re: Dan's New Daily Cruiser.
« Reply #7 on: 11 July 2011, 18:54 »
Is that £160 for lights from dealers or ebay ??

Thing is do the clutchs last on DSG as i can imagine them being an expensive fix lol.. Also how much are new turb's ??

Calling Audi is a good idea will they tell me much on the phone ??

Dealers I think.  Get over to Audi Sport and contact Stoke Audi as they operate forum discount :afro:

No idea on the clutches  :undecided:  A new turbo is around £450?  Might be more....

Should be able to tell you all the service history providing the work was carried out at a dealer  :smiley:  There's a few threads on Audi Sport about the cracked head so its worth matching your head part number with those that failed

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Re: Dan's New Daily Cruiser.
« Reply #8 on: 11 July 2011, 19:04 »
I have found a printout from Listers VW stating Turbo changed at 88k  :cool:

Will compare them head numbers cheers bud  :wink:
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Re: Dan's New Daily Cruiser.
« Reply #9 on: 11 July 2011, 19:12 »
I have found a printout from Listers VW stating Turbo changed at 88k  :cool:

Will compare them head numbers cheers bud  :wink:

Job done then  :cool: