Firstly I probably need to say that I am a woman who knows very, very little about cars - but I love my 03 1.6fsi and I am getting so frustrated that I could cry!
When I got the car 2 years ago it flew, it accelerated so quickly in first/second gear with the rev counter keeping on the lower numbers (!). Now, it's no quicker that my old 950 fiesta, there is no real accellearation, you can sometimes hear a "ticking" noise when accellarating and can often have foot to floor when on a dual carriageway doing 70mph.
I took it to a local garage who agreed it is not running properly, they did some checks and changed the air flow sensor (hopefully that is what it is called) - this cost me £170 but to new improvment to the engine. It is currently using so much more fuel than normal (with the a/c off as well) so I decided to take it into the audi garage for a full check. They have put it on every machine possible but cannot find anything wrong and I very much got the impression they thought i was a stupid woman who was imagining the problem. They drove it and said thought it seems ok - but unless you drove it when it was fantastic you probably would say this.
Can anybody suggest the next step for me please??? I really do love the car but can't keep on the way it is as sluggish and using so much fuel I will have to get something else if nothing changes.
Would be very grateful for any advice!!
When I got the car 2 years ago it flew, it accelerated so quickly in first/second gear with the rev counter keeping on the lower numbers (!). Now, it's no quicker that my old 950 fiesta, there is no real accellearation, you can sometimes hear a "ticking" noise when accellarating and can often have foot to floor when on a dual carriageway doing 70mph.
I took it to a local garage who agreed it is not running properly, they did some checks and changed the air flow sensor (hopefully that is what it is called) - this cost me £170 but to new improvment to the engine. It is currently using so much more fuel than normal (with the a/c off as well) so I decided to take it into the audi garage for a full check. They have put it on every machine possible but cannot find anything wrong and I very much got the impression they thought i was a stupid woman who was imagining the problem. They drove it and said thought it seems ok - but unless you drove it when it was fantastic you probably would say this.
Can anybody suggest the next step for me please??? I really do love the car but can't keep on the way it is as sluggish and using so much fuel I will have to get something else if nothing changes.
Would be very grateful for any advice!!