How many miles are on your B5?
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Joined: Apr 2012
Posts: 116
From: South Florida
How does that Vibrant exhaust sound? I want to get an exhaust but I don't want to be heard half a block down when cruising or disturb the neighbors when I warm up the car in the winter. I've been YouTubing Borlas, I like how they sound but I can't really get an idea of how loud they are.
2001 Audi A4 1.8T Vibrant 1148 catback - YouTube
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Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 239
From: Boston, MA
Unfortunately, is STILL runs great. The ECU did just die a few weeks ago, but a used one for $150 from Ebay fixed it. We've really been pretty good at maintenance and have done most of the work ourselves. My wife loves cars also and it's her daily driver 120 miles each day. The reason I say "unfortunately" in the first sentence is that I'm dying to buy a new car. We have several cars now, but I'd really like to get an A6 for more room for the kids. My wife just feels awkward about putting on 120 miles each day on the A6.
We (or I, rather, since my wife hasn't gotten her fingernails dirty since we got married) just put on a new driver's seat cover (I have a posting in the forum) and I even chalked up and bought a new cup holder for $150!!!! $150!!!!! Had I bought it about 2 years ago when our dollar was a little stronger, it would have been $100. Yes, I could have gone to a junkyard, but my time is a bit worth more than the $50 I'd save.
So now, the only thing left wrong with the car is the LCD screen. It's missing some pixels. I believe I can get that fixed for $160 or something like that, but we'd have to ship the dash unit. I recently did a leak down test on the engine and it was surprisingly good. And this was with an APR chip/exhaust installed for more than $200k miles.
We figured if the engine finally dies, and I hope it's catastrophic, then we'd get the new car. Or if someone out there gives me a reasonable offer for the car, I'd take it.
We (or I, rather, since my wife hasn't gotten her fingernails dirty since we got married) just put on a new driver's seat cover (I have a posting in the forum) and I even chalked up and bought a new cup holder for $150!!!! $150!!!!! Had I bought it about 2 years ago when our dollar was a little stronger, it would have been $100. Yes, I could have gone to a junkyard, but my time is a bit worth more than the $50 I'd save.
So now, the only thing left wrong with the car is the LCD screen. It's missing some pixels. I believe I can get that fixed for $160 or something like that, but we'd have to ship the dash unit. I recently did a leak down test on the engine and it was surprisingly good. And this was with an APR chip/exhaust installed for more than $200k miles.
We figured if the engine finally dies, and I hope it's catastrophic, then we'd get the new car. Or if someone out there gives me a reasonable offer for the car, I'd take it.
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Joined: Apr 2010
Posts: 1,372
Unfortunately, is STILL runs great. The ECU did just die a few weeks ago, but a used one for $150 from Ebay fixed it. We've really been pretty good at maintenance and have done most of the work ourselves. My wife loves cars also and it's her daily driver 120 miles each day. The reason I say "unfortunately" in the first sentence is that I'm dying to buy a new car. We have several cars now, but I'd really like to get an A6 for more room for the kids. My wife just feels awkward about putting on 120 miles each day on the A6.
We (or I, rather, since my wife hasn't gotten her fingernails dirty since we got married) just put on a new driver's seat cover (I have a posting in the forum) and I even chalked up and bought a new cup holder for $150!!!! $150!!!!! Had I bought it about 2 years ago when our dollar was a little stronger, it would have been $100. Yes, I could have gone to a junkyard, but my time is a bit worth more than the $50 I'd save.
So now, the only thing left wrong with the car is the LCD screen. It's missing some pixels. I believe I can get that fixed for $160 or something like that, but we'd have to ship the dash unit. I recently did a leak down test on the engine and it was surprisingly good. And this was with an APR chip/exhaust installed for more than $200k miles.
We figured if the engine finally dies, and I hope it's catastrophic, then we'd get the new car. Or if someone out there gives me a reasonable offer for the car, I'd take it.
We (or I, rather, since my wife hasn't gotten her fingernails dirty since we got married) just put on a new driver's seat cover (I have a posting in the forum) and I even chalked up and bought a new cup holder for $150!!!! $150!!!!! Had I bought it about 2 years ago when our dollar was a little stronger, it would have been $100. Yes, I could have gone to a junkyard, but my time is a bit worth more than the $50 I'd save.
So now, the only thing left wrong with the car is the LCD screen. It's missing some pixels. I believe I can get that fixed for $160 or something like that, but we'd have to ship the dash unit. I recently did a leak down test on the engine and it was surprisingly good. And this was with an APR chip/exhaust installed for more than $200k miles.
We figured if the engine finally dies, and I hope it's catastrophic, then we'd get the new car. Or if someone out there gives me a reasonable offer for the car, I'd take it.
I plan on getting it done at some point,just not something is on my to do list at the moment.
I smell fumes,when in the cabin,not very strong but i smell it,i just did my valve cover gasket,so i don't see how oil can be leaking,so i want to take care of that,before my LCD.
Here is the link,good luck.
Audi A4 S4 A6 Instrument Cluster LCD Repair Service | eBay
Last edited by morpheous; May 10, 2012 at 12:42 PM.
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Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 58
Doese china Clone Super VAG K+CAN Plus 2.0 works?
I am considering to get one mileage programmer for my Passat platform B6 with MICRONAS CDC3272 . anyone would give a suggestion? one friend advice me a online site uobd2, this is their Super VAG K+CAN Plus 2.0: Buy China SuperVAG K+CAN Plus 2.0 for VW Audi Skoda Seat
as the description says, it works with my car, but who knows the China clone will does?
as the description says, it works with my car, but who knows the China clone will does?
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Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 239
From: Boston, MA
After searching long and hard on this topic, rest assured, it's best left to the people that do these sorts of things everyday. And just to qualify that, both my wife and I have a degree in engineering and have done our fair share of electronic repairs. But unless you've done it a million times, there's too many possible points for failure. For the $160 or $140 to get someone else to do it, I'd pay that time and time again.
