What have you done to your car today?

put my 17yo, 250k+ Audi A4 in for its service & MOT today, sitting nervously waiting to hear if it passed or if not how much itl cost to put right :o


EDIT: failed on a cv boot gaiter, so £220 all in to be MOT'd and serviced which isnt too bad, keeps the old girl on the road for another year
 
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dhill said:
Currently looking at these myself to replace my 2008 Mondeo Estate 2.5T Tit X. How you finding it to drive etc?
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Quite enjoying it, and it was a particularly big step up for me since my 320D was a poverty spec. It's nice to drive and the interior is a nice place to be with all the spec I wanted. My wife has an S-Max so it feels different yet familiar for me to drive.

[TW]Fox said:
You scrapped a 2010 3 Series because of a gearbox fault?!

Why didn't you just get it fixed?
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I've not scrapped it yet, it's still sat on my drive while I figure out what I want to do with it. From reading around I reckon I'd be looking at ~£1300 to get the gearbox sorted which isn't terrible. However, the car is on 162k miles and the engine's definitely making a cam chain rattle (though that has been present since ~70k miles). The suspension has only ever had one arm changed in its lifetime and it's definitely starting to feel a bit wallowy now. To be fair other than that it's been ok, but I've always been waiting for that cam chain to go and I'm surprised it hasn't.
 
Indeed it's still worth a decent amount. After all, it does still drive, I brought it into work today just to use up some of the fuel left in it :) It's just those issues coupled with the fact I fancied a new car anyway that made me go for it. Will likely end up Ebaying it unless I find someone wanting a fixer at a decent price.
 
The biggest problem is that on those cars, to get the cam chain done, it's an engine out job. Around £1500 I believe, coupled with £1300 for the gearbox - although I'd likely save a chunk on labour by doing both at the same time. Even so that's going to be way over £2000 for a car that's likely only worth £3000-3500 anyway. The cam chain has been making the same noise since the car was on 70k miles so it's done over 90k miles without getting any worse, but it'd certainly be off putting to any potential buyer.
 
Phemo said:
Indeed it's still worth a decent amount. After all, it does still drive, I brought it into work today just to use up some of the fuel left in it :) It's just those issues coupled with the fact I fancied a new car anyway that made me go for it. Will likely end up Ebaying it unless I find someone wanting a fixer at a decent price.
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This seems like quite an odd way to do it - it's not a terminal or even unexpected fault, its worth much more fixed than broken so you'd be silly not to get it fixed before selling it. If you fancied a new car then fine but a Mk4 Mondeo isn't an upgrade from a 2010 3 Series is it?
 
Mondeo is quite a step up for me as my 320D is poverty spec - it has cloth interior, auto lights, auto wipers, no cruise, no nav etc. This Mondeo's a Titanium X Sport so it's got lots of extras, plus it's 200bhp vs the 320D ED's 161bhp. Sure, that's not everything, but I certainly don't feel like I've downgraded in any way. If my 320D was a good spec one then it'd be a different story.

As above though, cam chain and gearbox issue is going to be at least £2k to sort out. Then there's the fact it needs a suspension refresh as well.

Acme said:
I'll have a 2010 320d for £3000 please. :p
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There's a few on Autotrader like mine (but with a reverse gear) - 320D, over 160k miles and crap spec for around £3500 :)
 
Took the glovebox out the A4 to have a look at the HVAC motors, which were throwing codes in VCDS, and certainly the demister flap wasn't working. A quick squirt of WD40 and they are back in action though. Also had to change a rear fog light bulb. Have to take the whole light unit out to do that on the A4 avant though, didn't realise that. Thankfully it's not actually that difficult though.

Tomorrow job is replacing the window regulator on the drivers door.

The Milltek isn't going on until after my next trip, I have decided.
 
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