What have you done to your car today?

Cant that check just be coded out


geekman said:
Left it in my work carpark, came out, wouldn't start. Spent £80 on a new battery, turns out the problem is most likely the control module in the steering column. Official diagnosis tomorrow afternoon, but assuming it is what I think, I'm looking at about £2k or potentially more to fix it as everything's coded, so it can only be repaired by the main dealer. Not a great introduction to Audi ownership.

The Dodge Caliber with peeling paint and creaking suspension I bought off my gf's family for shed money continues to run perfectly, every cloud....
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Picked her up! A lot of welding done, the whole chassis and body should be sound now, also undersealed. While it was there, all the red was given a blow over, and all the chrome trim was removed from the sides, all the lettering and badges from around the car, and the reverse lights removed (old aftermarket add-ons). Also had the aerial removed, wing mirrors removed, and the holes filled. Major repairs to the arches, both inner and outer.

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Once I got her home, I addressed the mirror situation (i.e none). I used the mirror part of one peep mirror and adapted it to the stalk of another one. Pretty fair vision now.

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Also drilled out my little Tiki and turned it into a gear knob for the column shift:

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Changed the oil in the ZT. Service intervals are 15k but I think I'll go down to 12k after looking at the oil that came out.

It's been such a good car so far that I treated it to a Synergy 2 tuning box that I picked up unused for £100. Takes the 115bhp ZT to about 145bhp (and the 135 to 160bhp) and of course a hike in torque. It is pretty slow in its current form. Should be here early next week.
 
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Basically 10+ bhp
 
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