Power Steering Not Working!!

Hi Mark,

I'm still confident of a good price (very good considering the way they've messed me around and having Audi UK involved) because the sakes manager let it slip that any A2 he gets in is gone within a few days, for the asking price (this was on the first time I took it in).

Now knowing that there are only 3 TDi 90 sports in the Audi Approved National Network, and that none of them has leather, Open Sky, all-round electric windows etc etc (see my sig), it will go for around £16k-17k. My dealer won't make a profit from me on this and Audi UK have offered a contribution to another car, should I wish to go down that route.

I don't know what they're intending to do with the electrics - but I would have thought that drying them out would be the first option and see if they work. Let's be honest, they haven't been too thorough up until now have they, so why would they suddenly change now?

No, I'm going to hold and try to get like for like - 5 doors, leather, diesel, sport etc etc. I don't mind used, in fact bearing in mind my first A2 was used, it could be beneficial - let someone else sort the teething problems out.

I take on board what you say about Volvo, but as a biker, I can't bring myself to drive the carriage of Satan!
 
Hi Skipton,
It looks at least as though you will have some sort of acceptable deal to swop. I've noticed, or think I have, that second hand A2 prices have firmed a little since production stoped. Your A2 is a very nice spec, I bought mine basically cause it was well specced. Normally Audis are reliable and OK, I had an A4 estate 3 years ago as a company car. But previous VW's were a little hit and miss. My Passat 1,8 turbo was kept for 7 years and covered 155K miles with little more than servicing, but its predicessor was another story. Remeber the ad slogan "If only everything in life was as reliable as a VW". Some hope.

I have the Volvo because i can transport wife and kids to Germany for family visits. These days driving to the SE of Engalnd can take 7-8 hours, so comfort is premium. To get the wind in my hair I have to drop the drivers window!
Best of luck anyway.
 
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Skipton, I'm ashamed of you slagging off Volvos! I have been a biker (now retired), an instructor and examiner and any other biking credentials you like. The Volvo is the best car I have ever owned, and I don't get ripped off for service or repair. You've met my son, as macho as they come (world heavyweight champ), he loves the Volvo, particularly when the turbo kicks in.
The A2 is lovely too, but 'orses for courses, it won't tow my caravan, and the dealers are ....well you know. Sorry if it's a bit off subject, but Skipton is a good bloke and I don't want him to act like Jeremy Clarkson.
 
Getting a bit off-topic Dick, but I meant no offence - Volvo make cracking cars and they seem to run and run - very hard to kill a Volvo from what I've seen.

It's just that they did have a stigma amongst bikers (and couriers especially) - I guess I'll have to drag myself into the 21st century!
 
When I was a young'un, we had a Volvo 121 Estate - we paid £109 in the early 80s - sold it for £200 a couple of years later (buying our first Saab). Never had a single issue with it (other than its weight).

Anyway Mike, good luck with the search for a replacement. I'll keep my eyes open. Would you consider a LHD vehicle - as you could get an S-Line version then without all the retrofitting effort?

B
 
Cheers Ben, but I don't think a left-hooker would be suitable as a long-term replacement. If the dealer wants, I can replace everything as standard and keep back the black intrerior to either use again or sell to another A2OC member.

The wall of silence that has just greeted me at the dealers was deafening! The New Tank was parked up on their forecourt but yet no-one from the 'service' department could tell me what was happening with the car.

It's looking like an A3 Sportback replacement (in black of course, with the s-line black interior) in either the 2.0TDi or 3.2 V6. If the latter, I'll get a gas conversion done at some point in the future. If not an A3, then I'll probably soldier on with the New Tank, but that's not looking like a probability now - the other half has experienced the joys of elbow room (both the A3 and the A4 I'm in now are far bigger internally) and she has even less faith in the 'repair' (hairdryer on the ECU?) lasting than I do.

Ho-hum. The saga continues on Monday!
 
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