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Bit (very) random one this. I've had a strange squeaking noise from front wheels for few weeks now. Had it in to have looked at with no success. After a full clean, I used a fairly considerable amount of 'tyre shine' spray to bring the tyres from horrible grey look to nice black shine. I may've sprayed quite high up on the tyre wall also :ignore: Could the run-off from this heavy application be causing the squeaking noise. As in, it's got on to some of the moving parts in the front wheel set up?? Anyone else have similier squeaking noise? It's doing me head in :brickwall:

not as 'getting hands dirty' type of work as above posts - i really haven't a clue :lol: but, after it's been sat up / in garage for over 3 weeks, I treated her to the full works. wash & dry with cham'y full vacuum and after-wash detailing, which included liberal use of 'Back to black' :ignore: this may of had an adverse effect :confused4: (see new post)

your not wrong. Swage line check Box'y back end check rear spoiler check rear side windows check 0-62 in 3.5sec .......eh no, nearly though :lol:

same - wasn't sure what was happening. remember just slowly sliding across over to the side barriers :pale: and then finally got some traction and drove on. parked up - tyre check - nothing out've ordinary :shrug: that said - I tend to go into granny mode when it's wet. Can't understand lads flying around the place in the wet :cuckoo:

amen to that sir - very well summed up. With this in mind, I've the VR going in to get list of annoying niggles sorted. Rear bearings / squeaking/rubbing noise / mini service If, after getting her back, more stuff starts going wrong again in say the lead up to Christmas, it might be time to commence 'Operation S3' :ignore: Granted, the car is 15yrs old, put I don't drive it alot, I treat it very well and I don't think it's asking to much for it to get through 2 or 3 months without stuff continually going wrong. I'm pretty sure one/or both of the door locks are about to snap :brickwall: Don't get me wrong - I reckon I'll never have the same special feeling with any other car (bar 911 :lol: ), but it's really coming down to cash. Head over heart time :(

really interested to see how this all goes. Love those 850's, so cool looking. hope everything goes well with the check-up. that's be some car to have parked outside!!

+1 for above. wish it was 'what would I like to spend' rather then 'what do I need to fix' :wink:

hey! you left out the Mk3 & Mk4......oh, I see :lol:

Holyhead to Liverpool and back - head spinning like an owl to spot one, and nothing :confused4: come to think of it, I've not seen mine since last Tuesday :lol:

All done - check you're happy with details etc :) can I get a spot on the map...very cool! Ireland / Wicklow / Delgany - Green Storm VR6 :salute:

Hope you dont mind me asking how much you paid for it and the spec ?? did you look for long and did you see many, any things that you can think of we should look out for ?? Leonard the Mk4, although a good buy I'm sure, does nothing for me........ sorry G60 supercharger dont mean to hijack your thread :) was thinking of posting the same thread a few weeks back. yea it was 7k, 03 plate ming blue with white leather interior; air con, audi concert stereo; completely standard. I looked for around a month but the things to look for are: (High mileage) - Cambelt replaced and where (audi means tensioners have usually been done also) - Haldex last serviced as the quattro controller going can be quite expensive - Rear springs corroding (this is a fault with the chassis (i believe) the base of the spring collects water and corrodes over time eventually snapping) - Rust at bottom of doors - Rust in the roof rails - Excessive play in the steering hey culshaw - I'm also looking into S3 mk1's - simply due to the stupid €1,200euro tax over here on 2.9 engine size. Just can't do it anymore :( my query regards the rear springs you mention above. On the Phase 1 model I had ( a red S3 1999) the rear driver wheel collapsed in due to rear suspension arm linkage thingy (sorry not very tech savvie). I looked into this, and saw that Audi recalled the phase 1 to have these componants replaced. Being a Birmingham (!) car, this was never done. It just surprises me that even though your car is 2003, you feel that there's still cause for concern. Is that the case? I'd really hoped to get a 2001 model and not have to worry about a similier situations occuring. cheers :salute:

+1 on that!! VW have inadvertantly created a car that can take dust etc from everywhere and deposit it delicatly along the rear bummer......even 80mph!! For this reason, I have an old rag under drivers seat and continualy rub it down :roll:

just an example of what's out there.....yep, in work, pretty bored, but saw this and thought of you :lol: http://www.pistonheads.com/SALES/2013025.htm

gutted for you! f#cking w#nkers :mad2: but, alas, every cloud etc, now you can start from fresh with a blank canvas. And having the experiance behind you of what to look out for when both buying a new one and also running it :norty: I reckon your love will be even greater to get back in the drivers seat of one and be cruise'n down the road with your fav tune on smiling away...... :salute:

:lol: If he ever leaves his front door open, just walk straight, go upstairs and get into his bed! the cheeky bas'tid!

I was wondering what the best induction kit was for my G60... any advice? And suspension... does anyone know what the best type is? Wanting to get some coil-overs :camp: nah, I love this forum. Never been much of a forum fiend till this place came along and now i post on average 3 posts a day. I also met the love of my life on this place so i can't complain! :D why do i have a horrible (read 'completely justified!) feeling your referring to your car :lol:

:lol: :lol: ...wait....you have to cool down the car?? :confused4: :pale: :brickwall:

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a chap on a fellow car website had uploaded his shots of a recent trip to the ring, and there amougst them was this! It's leaving the 911 for dust!!......maybe :lol:

€500?! I wish I could say the same mate. How does €1,100 grab ya?! Your dead right to get out've here. This cunt.ry is a disgrace for motorist's. Thick of the car you'll have in a year if all goes well over there. Plus you can bring them home VRT free if you have a 'legit' address in the UK. win win! best'a luck mate..

The Stig. He’s ours Posted by Andy Wilman at 8:18 am on Friday August 27, 2010 Doubtless you’ll have read that the BBC and the book publishing people, HarperCollins, are now in a big legal battle over HarperCollins’ wish to publish an autobiography of the person who wears the Stig suit to work. The BBC has responded with a polite statement, but I must say I feel the urge to add my ten penn’orth about how we see things down at the Top Gear office. First off, I had to laugh when I read the bit of the HarperCollins statement where it says: “We are disappointed that the BBC has chosen to spend licence fee payers’ money to suppress this book…”. “Disappointed??!!” Give me strength. “Disappointed” is the word viewers use when they think Top Gear has wasted licence payer money on something stupid or rubbish, and when viewers use it, they usually mean it from the heart. Big book publishing companies worth hundreds of millions do not sit in their boardrooms going: “We are so disappointed”. If I could apply my patented Reality Check (It’s like Spell Check but I haven’t quite invented it yet) to their statement, it should actually read: “We are deeply irritated that the BBC has chosen to spend licence fee payers’ money trying to protect something that belongs to them, as we were hoping to cash in on it in time for Christmas, even though in the eight years the Stig has existed, we’ve contributed absolutely bugger all to the character’s creation or development.” The fact is, the “waste of licence payer’s money” argument gets trotted out many times as a way of attacking the BBC, but the reality is this: the BBC is a massive organisation. It’s naïve to think it can only ever spend money on cameras, tape for the cameras, Daleks or anything else that contributes directly to what ends up on screen. The BBC also has the right to spend money on protecting the intellectual property it created, because the truth is that all that stuff – the Stig, the Tardis, the Blue Peter dog – does belong to the licence payer, and not to some opportunists who think they can come along and take a slice when they feel like it. As you can tell I’m quite cross at the moment, but there’s plenty to be cross about. Last week, instead of working on the next series, I had to go to court. If you go to court you have to look smart, which meant I had to dig my suit out of the back of the wardrobe, and the last time I wore that suit George Michael could still drive in a straight line. So on Monday there I was, dressed like somebody who works behind the till at NatWest, having to listen to people from HarperCollins telling me that they have the right to reveal who the Stig is. Well actually, that’s tosh. The whole point of the Stig is the mystique – the bizarre characteristics he has, the wonderment created about what he might think, feel, do or look like. Kids adore the conceit, and I believe adults, although they know it’s a man in a suit (or is it?), gladly buy into the whole conceit because they find it entertaining. Even the papers, who love to make mischief, have kept everyone guessing over the years because they acknowledge that viewers like the Stig secrecy thing. Anyway, HarperCollins have decided none of that is as important as their profits, so if you get your Christmas ruined by one of the best and most harmless TV secrets being outed, you can rest easy in the knowledge that by contrast, HarperCollins’ executives will be enjoying a fantastic Christmas. So why are we fighting in court? Well, obviously we want to protect the Stig’s anonymity for the reasons I’ve just outlined. Also, it’s an issue of trust. Everyone who’s ever worked on Top Gear has kept the Stig thing a secret, and the person who wears the suit has signed confidentiality agreements to do the same. So talk about what you like in your own life, but not the bit you agreed not to. Your word is supposed to mean something. Some of you will say we’re also trying to protect a brand the BBC makes money out of. You’re right there too. The Stig does make money for BBC Worldwide, which is a business, and some of it is invested back into the business, some of it is paid out in dividends, and crucially, some of it goes back into funding the TV show. And the show needs that money, ‘cos this ain’t a cheap piece of telly. And actually, while I’m on the money point, BBC Worldwide are also picking up half the tab for this case, so it’s by no means just licence fee payers’ money being spent. Inevitably, Fleet St has endless opinions on what BBC Worldwide should do with its money. Only yesterday morning Stephen Glover wrote a very robust piece in the Daily Mail about Top Gear’s commercial affairs. But since he can’t actually count up how many shows we make a year (it’s 14, not 8 Mr Glover), I’m not sure I’d trust the rest of his maths. Besides that, like every outsider he doesn’t know the details of any confidentiality clauses we have going, he doesn’t know about Top Gear internal relationships, and he doesn’t know who the Stig is, and sadly I can’t help put him right because we’re in the middle of a load of legal tussles, and I wouldn’t want to anyway, because it’s a secret. Speaking of which, I’ll be back in court sometime soon, looking once more like an office junior at Foxtons, and we’ll be fighting our corner. If we lose at this stage, it won’t be over but the book will be published and the papers will have a field day with a barrage of headlines about “Humiliating Climbdowns” etc. But so be it. Bring it on. Do you want a BBC that runs away from a snidey headline, or one that fights to protect its belongings? What’s the saying? “It’s better to die on your feet than live on your knees”. A bit dramatic I know, but the fact is, the ramshackle, dysfunctional family that is the Top Gear team, from the newest runner right up to Jeremy, Richard and James, has worked bloody hard for many years to make the Stig something worth caring about, and that includes protecting it from a bunch of chancers. PS Normally we love it when you give us your comments, but as you imagine we’re in legal land at the minute so I’m afraid it’s a one-way street on this one. Anyway, now you know how we feel.

it looks like these are common rado habits / paranoids :lol: I also had the driver's side floor mat checking so that it's all the way back, and I fixed it by adding some velcro to it :notworthy: Velcro eh? good call that. But, as I remove the mat to slap it clean :confused4: so often, I'm best leave'n it as is :lol: to quote that bonkers couple of the Catherine Tate show.....''what are we like eh''!!

see, I knew this post would back full circle! - above is EXACTLY me too mr krnau. Spooky. But very reassuring! :lol:

Wendy's point is very well made. No devine right to such things, but .....given your unique situation and vornwend's 'what's the worst that can happen' view point. It's the car for me. As mentioned, it might only just be a year or two 'Porsche fling' then you can sell it and not put yourself out to much. That way, you get what you want now, without spending each day in the house regretting it. Also, +1 for the 993 turbo, but I'm guessing your the kind of guy who has his heart set on something so if the 996 is the dream car, then snap it up. And sure, if you see a 993 or 997 that turns your head, simples, sell the 996 and off you go. Once your on the Porsche ladder I'd say your in good shape to pick and choose. '911Virgin.com' would be a good example. You could try a diff turbo every two months or so to find the one that really grabs you. Your a lucky sod that's for sure :lol: My 911 crusade sails on, one day I hope to see land and swim onto Porsche Island breathless and smiling :cheers:

yup! i loves it. Third gear is a treat, but 4th gear gave me a 'hmmm, this car is completely awesome' moment. Was on single lane, and soon to merge into two lane motorway. Thought I'd drop her down to 4th and run it up slowly through the rev range. Normally I'd switch up to 5th round 4,500rpm, but decided to let her run on...got to about 110mph and thought 'crikey, listen to that! now we're talk'n'! Truely a special car.