Yeah,,,,for my year '03 they recalled for the fuel pump and now that blame my blah days on that and want me to replace my fuel filter every time I go in (needed approx every 20K miles).
Recently have had a slew of problems:
Rack and Pin (although the noise and shimmy are back)
A coil problem (read online that audi refuses to recall that problem)

and of course b/c I 'm a girl I noticed the interior dash by the CD is chipping.
I take care of my audi better then I do myself with check-ups and maintance. repairs but I swear I think I got a DUD from Germany.
=)

 

Same here the largest thing was timing belt water pump and tensioner (and that NEEDED to be done) other than that its all little maintenance things here and there. Mostly bad vac lines now that I am boosting more.

 

I can def feel you on the good and bad, i can feel it sometime when im shifting about town. First and 2nd have a deff kick some time and then they are a lil more mellow i dont know if its how im driving it but i can see a diff in my mind.

 

The ooutiside air temp is gonna have a lot to do with it. Your car will be much faster late at night becasue the air is nice and cool. Here is AZ nothing is better than driving at night during winter with a nice brisk 75 degree air intake temp. VROOM VROOM psshhhh (I have anintake) haha

 

i agree, the heat soak is probably the only thing that makes a difference in the cars performance, but you might wanna check the driver<<<!!!>>> jk!