I haven't posted in a while because I've been so busy with work and school lately. Anyway, I wanted to share my tale of woe. Last night on my way home from class, I droveover some train tracks that the state DOT had been doing construction on. Well, the construction created craters behind this small mound so I didn't see it until it was too late. I had only been going 25 mph at the most because of the light after the tracks being red. Going over the train tracks damaged either the piping for my turbos or the turbos themselves. It sounds like air is being forced into the atmosphere. I'm not too sure. I drove home in limp mode which was probably a mistake, but I didn't give the car enough gas to go over 2k rpms. It stalled and died when I got to the house. I didn't try to restart it.

Fortunately, it looks like this is covered by insurance. I'm having it sent to the local VW dealer because I actually trust them as opposed to the Audi dealer. (The Audi dealer will charge $120/hr labor just to diagnose a problem which I think is a con at best.) The insurance provider is even setting me up with a rental car. All in all, I suppose the situation isn't all that bad.

Now, if only I could get the noise my car is making in 1st-2nd at takeoff diagnosed, things would be all good. It's like a clicking. One of the employees I work with said it sounds like U-joints. It only does it when it's cold outside and the car is cold. In fact, the few months passed that were unseasonably warm, my car was not making the noise. I do not have to give it a lot of gas for it to happen...normal takeoff is enough. Any comments are appreciated. Thanks in advance.

BTW, it's a 2000 2.7T A6 with about 60k miles.

Does it do it louder turning or turning in reverse?

It doesn't make the noise at all in reverse. I recently had front upper and lower control arms replaced along with ball joints and the CV joints remanufactured. The noise does seem to get louder with more load at takeoff, but doesn't usually continue passed 2nd gear. Depending on the outcome of the current situation with my car, I was going to get the transmission serviced because the car does have 60k miles on it, and I really think that is a good idea from what I've been reading about with the automatic transmissions in these cars.

Anyway,I appreciate any input you or anyone else may have. Thanks.