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Old Sep 7, 2007 | 06:17 AM
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I got my audi at 10pm.. and drove it for 5 hours. This machine is fantastic, now i know what german engineering is all about.

Some things on the car are wack and need to be fixed or need to be replaced:

1) My HID's xenons work fine but their pointed weirdly... and it cuts off like 5 feet from my car. The visibility due to this is horrible. I dont know how to adjust the bulbs.

2) I don't have the motor electric chair thing. I have to manually press levers to move and manipulate the chair. I don't mind this at all. But! The **** that reclines the driver chair seems to be broken. And, I have grown accustomed to sleeping in my car b4 class. How can i fix this?

3) What the hell is the button to the left of the credit card tray like thing. Btw, the tray like this doesn't come out, how do i fix this as well.

4) The **** that turns on the headlights has been subjected to lots of friction. The black is coming off.. and i have bulges of red scrapes. I would probably have to go to the dealer to replace the buttons, but any ideas?

5) Breaks are squeeling when pressed on. The previous owner changed the front brakes at 55k, and he said teh rears need to be changed in 5-10k miles. Taking account the grains of salt, I probably need to just change the rears? How much is this for stock rear pads?

Other than that, this car is the bomb. Smooth, easy to use clutch. More than sufficient power, for now. Good grip. Looks legit! Just needs an Ebay rear spoiler.

I'll post pics soon!

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Old Sep 7, 2007 | 06:19 AM
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6) only passenger side water squirter things work? Does this mean the water pump was not replaced?
 
Old Sep 7, 2007 | 08:37 AM
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1) i had the same problem, if u open ur hood, look by ur headlight and u should see this white thing that u can stick a screwdriver or allen key in. there's 2 for each headlight. i don't remember turning whichway does wut so just try it and adjsut accordingly. make sure u don't aim them too high or else ur high beam will be pointing in the sky and u won't have highbeam in country road.

2) mines electric. i guess use ur imagination on this one or get one from junkyard. stealership will charge u crazy for sumthing like that.

3) u mean the ashtray? r u talking bout the thing that is suppose to slide out under the radio? well if u are, jsut use a flathead screwdriver to get it out. take ur time wid it and try not to break it lol. i thought mine was superglued on when i first got ma car.

4) i guess when u talk about a **** turn on the headlights u got a b6+. that would be sumthing u should deal with man. unless u got deep pockets lol

5) if the breaks are squeeling, check the pads. if the pads are good maybe spray sum brake cleaner on it. it'll help but it's a temporary fix. my rear brakes are so bad that if i park on a sloppy driveway for hill, ma car rolls lol. ma rotors look like a rusted piece of metal, chipping and evrything.

in my opinion, if ur car drives, stops, starts fine, just deal with the minor scratches and stuff untill u have deeper pockets. i say dat cuz im poor and skool books cost a million bux. almost make me wanna be a gigolo so i can have enough money for ma car lol
 
Old Sep 7, 2007 | 11:16 AM
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If you got the car from Audi with CPO let them deal with it, If not then its all minor stuff until u get deeper popckets remeber christmas is around the bend , everthing except the seat are easy relativly cheap do one at a time start with the lights and then brakes after that its up too u
 
Old Sep 7, 2007 | 01:22 PM
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Take it to Audi and tell them what is up! I thnk you said you lived in Socal before most of the dealerships are cool just give them a call.
 
Old Sep 7, 2007 | 02:43 PM
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you guys are awesome!!! thanks

Now to take a shower real quick so i can drive kira again
 
Old Sep 7, 2007 | 02:48 PM
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lol... i went outside to see if my audi was there.

i had too many dreams of picking up an audi.

sad i know..
 
Old Sep 7, 2007 | 11:34 PM
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theres two on each headlight... which one do i adjust?

I'm at work right now, so hopefully someone can tell me soon!!!

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Old Sep 8, 2007 | 05:25 AM
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Well i turned it left and right... nothing happened?
 
Old Sep 8, 2007 | 07:34 AM
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when u turn it left or right, there should be this other white thing that turns which adjusts ur headlights, if one turn doesn't do anything, turn it 5 times lol. ya turn while looking at ur headlights.
 



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