Just bought a manual '01 A4 Avant 1.8tyesterday and when I bought it, it didn't do this at All.
Last night, I continuously tested it's handing and acceleration on the corners outside of town.
This morning, while driving to work, I could hear a clicking from the front end. It's not from the motor as its speed is relative to the vehicle speed, not the motors speed.

Did I break something already?

I havea 90 day warrantyon everything and a 3 year warranty on the drivetrain/running gear, including tires and wheels (got the tire/wheel thing after seeing someone's post about a week ago, when they ran over that chunk of concrete), so if I end up with other problems like this, they'll be fixed, but I'm curious what this particular problem is and I'm impatient to hear back from the dealership.

 

A better desription of the noise would probably help out...
If you're looking at the car from a profile view, the noise would be right at the center, forwards and backwards, of the front tires, and towards the top of them.
If you're looking at the car from above, it'd be directly in front of the driver, in terms of towards the left or right side.
It's like ticktick... tickticktick tick tick.. ticktitictick ticktick, and so on with the randomness.

 

Sounds like either a brake component, or suspension.

look at the brake caliper and see if the wire clip that helps keep the pads in line is there and properly in place.

You could also try to jack the car up on that side, and spin the wheel by hand, and see if it makes the noise. That may make it easier to determine where its coming from.

 

possibly a loose ball joint or worn anti roll bar tie rod end get the garage to replace it

 

The dealership said that the rotors and pads have been changed on all 4 corners, so they could have messed up something. And my brakes started squeeking today like my wear bars are hitting.
I'll bring it by the shop tomorrow.

Yay, warranty!!

 

im gonna go witht eh cv boot tore. take a gander under the cars axles and see if their torn. of they are you can try to repack them with grease or you have to replace the cv joint. their a nice diy on audidiy.com if thats the case.

 

Are you drunk?

 

i have this noise too and its definitly coming from the front right tire
and gets louder-ish when i turn left.
but sometimes it goes away

 

Aha!! The shop can't take the car till Tuesday so I pulled it apart.
No anti-rattle clip on the inner brake pad! The dealership did the brakes before I bought it and didn't put it in!