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Recently I purchased a nice juicy 3.2 TT 55 plate, 29000 miles on the clock, Full Audi History and never a fault gone wrong with it.
Drives absolutely beautifyl and the DSG makes it the simplest most enjoyable car I've driven in my time.
Coming home last weekend and the battery light flashed up on the dash, shortly after the car stopped and that was it! AA came out and we diagnosed it as the alternator, as even with a battery booster the car was drawing near on 22A 8 over what it should be. We managed to get it to the nearest Audi garage who have had a look today.
They've contacted me and quoted me £420 to fit a new alternator, when i questioned the case of the whole alternator going there was no real response and they just acclaimed the whole thing needed replacing!
I then spoke to Audi themselves and when mentioning the age and milage of the car, they spoke like it was a normal occurence, My Nissan Primera sports a 1999 and done 200,000 miles, never had a service bar the odd oil change and it still runs sweet as a nut!
I then told the garage i was happy to go ahead, but i wanted my old alternator back. My son's an electrical engineer and he could take a look at it.
£250 to return this as they said it was exchanged with Audi, I thought surely i must be entitled to a part on a car i own myself!!
If i request the Diagnosis sheet and give it to an Audi enginner (a friend of mine) will he be able to interret it and tell me if i do need a whole new alternator?
I'm not going to Lie, im fairly frustrated!
Welcome to Audiworld (Flat tyre? No you cant use that airline at the garage sir, you need special Audi air. That'll be £300)
Expensive car in expensive to maintain shocker.
What a sh*t post 😕
Suck it up hairdresser boy
An auto electrician could probably re-build your alternator for a fraction of what you've been quoted.
Call it a hairdressers car all you like, but it will most probably spank your car
and if your not interested, leave, simple as
Problem is, I cant get it to an auto electrician !
and you can't toe it!
Best not aspire to own a Ferrari then.
Isn't it normal to buy a car that you can afford to run?
I can afford to run it,
But Thats not the point, im careful how i spend my money
and thats the reason why i can afford these luxuries 🙂
Problem is, I cant get it to an auto electrician !
Charge the battery, then drive it to an auto electrician
OR
Take a spare battery in, run it from that whilst driving it to the auto electrician
OR
Get a mobile auto electrician to sort it wherever it currently is
OR
Pay Audi to fit it. Most expensive, least hassle.
and thats the reason why i can afford these luxuries
And at that point, the thread went mental 🙂
Nah you don't need a whole new alternator they are talking bollocks. Tell them to just replace the bad half.
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that your car woody?
and you said mine was a hairdresser car? haha see you in my exhaust fumes
£250 to return this as they said it was exchanged with Audi, I thought surely i must be entitled to a part on a car i own myself!!
Don't see a problem with being charged for the exchange unit, the cost of the one they fitted would have been discounted for the exchange, if you want it, they will have to pay for that.
Out of warranty tho, would look at an independant VAG garage for service, rather than pay full price at an Audi dealer
Hmm, thats not a great mileage for an alternator, its not like they can be serviced either!
IIRC it tends to be the diode packs on alternators that go. Sometimes these can be replaced.
I'd really try and get it to an auto electrician. Are there any mobile ones that could come out?
haha see you in my exhaust fumes
At the moment, that's a challenge I'd not be offering, if I were you.
see you in my exhaust fumes
And the thread went even mentaller
EDIT: nickf copied and pasted faster than I...I'm obviously only in the 2.0 TT
Two issues spring to mind. One, buying parts from Audi is never going to be cheap. Two, it's called "service exchange" they've basically given you a trade in on your old alty. I.E. rebated you to the tune of £250 quid. You can have the old stuff back but you'll have to then buy the new part at the full price.
Think yourself lucky that your Nissan GTR did'nt get a puncture in the newish rear tyre that cost £600 to replace. And further to this owners also get tromboned to the tune of £250 PH for work carried out by the spanner monkey. Not my car BTW.
D.
My wife wants a Q5. Shall I kill her?
haha see you in my exhaust fumes
Only just bought it and the rings have gone already, not your week, is it?
haha see you in my exhaust fumes
Goodness me, that'll go down well on here.
haha see you in my exhaust fumes
Spoken like a true Audi TT owner. Nice to know it costs so much to buy into the sterotype.
Well I can't say im too impressed with Audi at the minute!
Lets hope it improves!
Min dyou the car (when its not burning cash) is the best car I've driven out of a variety of porsche's and beamers
Brag, brag, brag, yawn... .
Suck it up hairdresser boy
Most amazing put-down of the week! 😆
want to get any more sour about your jealousy?
Goodness me, that'll go down well on here.
Trying hard to be a troll, obviously struggling as he has to keep coming back with more and more outlandish comments.
This could be tonight's entertainment sorted.
My wife thinks all Audi drivers are wayne kerrs. I pointed out that I drive an A2. She says thats doesn't count!
Lewis, parts sometimes fail. Parts also sometimes last 200,000miles. Its called MTBF. What you need is to MTFU.
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want to get any more sour about your jealousy?
I am impressed by your pugnacity.
I bet you have lovely hair.
And teeth.
Do you live near a bus stop?
It's a fair point, its just not the service i excpected from an Audi dealer.
Nice to see someone is actually talking about the OP,
unlike most of the babies on here
It's a fair point, its just not the service i excpected from an Audi dealer
Don't tell me you expected reasonable prices from an audi dealer 😆
you are surf-Mat and i claim my five pounds.
[i]but it will most probably spank your car[/i]
Not mine though. I have a Bugatti Veyron. Do i win?
I've got some Jaffa Cakes (not biscuits: the clue's in the name) and some Badger Golden Glory. Settling in for the evening.......
oh you get used to the bear baiting numpties...just think of them like rustling crisp packets in a cinema. You can either get angry and confront it, or continue watching the movie and filter out the noise.
I bet you do have lovely hair though. Toupes these days are amazing.
lets open it up then, what do you drive a blue lupo? wouldn't suprise me,
or do you go on pussy patrols in that old volvo estates of yours
go get your smidge wet over babestation its as close gto as a wife your ever going to get
Jealous of a 6 year old big petrol engined TT...?
My god, that's truly pathetic if that's what you think. Most people wouldn't touch one with a barge pole, the Audi dealer must have thought it was Christmas that someone actually bought it off them. And when did people become jealous of someone else driving a £10k car...
He think's we're jealous, poor deluded victim of the marketing men in blue-tinted specs.
I was given a lift in the back of a TT by the local VW/Audi dealer a few weeks after the launch (no that isn't a typing error). I couldn't help but ask why with the whole range to choose from he drove the most impractical one. A few weeks later he was back in a saloon.
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6 year old big petrol engined
does this imply you drive a diesel?
:')
Oooouch, was that aimed at me. Appologies if i touched a nerve, it was meant in jest and wasn't meant to be hairist or anything. My aged volvo estate is luvverly thanks, though these days mrs hb has taken it over and is now an ardent Volvo fan...more karen millen than grey cardie though.
Why not look for a pattern / exchange part. Your TT is just a Golf , so the R32 will share almost all driveline parts.
German and Swedish or Euro Car Parts would be my first point of call, or even dial a part . I would imagine a fair few TT / Golfs get written off , or are stolen and ragged.
I do think £450 for an exchange unit , therefore implying the one fitted by Audi will be a rebuilt / reconditioned unit ,is a touch expensive.
Is it not under warranty at all?
😯 at this thread.
lewismorgan - MemberIt's a fair point, its just not the service i excpected from an Audi dealer.
Nice to see someone is actually talking about the OP,
[b]unlike most of the babies on here[/b]
lewismorgan - Memberlets open it up then, what do you drive a blue lupo? wouldn't suprise me,
or do you go on pussy patrols in that old volvo estates of yours
go get your smidge wet over babestation its as close gto as a wife your ever going to get
lewismorgan - MemberC U Next Tuesday
😯
Lewismorgan cannot be real. Someone is bored and pulling chains.
If you knew the cars I've had, you'd know how much I'm s****ing right now. I've also now grown up and moved on from wasting money on cars, plus as one of my mates works for a BMW dealer, I know what 'the trade' thinks of your 'beast'...
That car's too old to justify getting it repaired at Audi, if you must take it to a specialist.
I've got an A3 with the same engine...if I took it to Audi it would cost a fortune to fix.
I doubt the diagnostic sheet will tell you much...it'll have a non-descript error code that'll point to 'an electrical fault'. Although your Audi engineer friend might be able to glean more info from it.
If you're anywhere near Epsom I'd recommend TVR Fix...they're used to big engines/sporty cars and I got mine fixed there last year.
lewismorgan, it's just a bit of banter, no need to be so snippy
Sorry? 55 plate?
So the old, crap one that handles like a bag of spanners and looks like a Beetle gone through a press?
At least this thread shows why Lewis prefers to travel by train to Scotland from Peterborough for MTBing. Nowhere to put the bike, dismal car to drive and it consumes a fortune in fuel.
sorry
what do you drive
Not mine though. I have a Bugatti Veyron. Do i win?
Not so fast, Captain 2010. My Ultimate Aero II is faster.
lewismorgan - Member
sorry
what do you drive
[Robert De Niro] [b]You talkin' to me? You talkin' to ME?[/b][/Robert De Niro]
sorry
what do you drive
This statement tells you all you need to know, I'd quit now for the longer this thread goes on, the more of a tit you look..
yeeee
Just because I'm not a fan of any Audi's I've ever met on the road...
I though the title of this thread said it all.
Can't believe the lack of tags either.
sorry
what do you drive
Let's cut out the middle man. Your cock really is bigger than ours, your car is faster, and you're undoubtedly a splendid driver who 'presses on' at every available opportunity, doubtless deploying a dab of oppo' as your mighty steed exits every corner.
yeeee
Was that meant as a yes to me?
no it was meant as a no
Just tell him MF your dying to.
You went to Audi any main dealer is expensive that was your mistake really.
Just tell him MF your dying to.
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FRom £149 on Euro Car Parts , up to £238 for a Bosch .
I suggest you have a look, if you put in your reg no. you will get an exact price.
LOL @Drac - just spinning him out. Anyway - it goes back soon, to be replaced by a sensible diesel estate.
No his mistake was buying it in the first place, the salesmen must have had a party that it had been bought by someone.
Big thirsty engine, great for 2001, but things have moved on in 2011, crap chassis and absolutely no bragging rights on an Internet forum which is populated by.... Cyclists.
Not yet gone to university but wants to, beahves like a teenager. How much did you pay to insure the thing, Lewis? As I can't believe you're over 21. However much you paid I fear your insurance company is onto a loser.
its my dads company car,
All family can drive the company vechile.
Sorry to ruin the party
Anyway - it goes back soon, to be replaced by a sensible diesel estate.
A diesel but you hate diesels and where are all the purple rinser going to get their hair done now.
No his mistake was buying it in the first place, the salesmen must have had a party that it had been bought by someone.
He bought the car he liked that was all.
I have pretty much the same car (bar facia and body panels) and my alternator conked out the other month - cost £600 inc labour at local VW dealer to get it fixed.
I'm done with the Juvenile arguments 🙂
If thats the case, maybe i should be happy with my price!
Is it a common problem on them?
its my dads company car,
All family can drive the company vechile.Sorry to ruin the party
It's a company car that you have to pay to repair?
You're doing it wrong.
its my dads company car,
Ah so the company will pay for it then, so what was the fuss about.
That's like me kicking up a fuss about the price of genuine VAG wiper blades I had to get the other week, they cost me nowt but I bet they were more expensive than a generic version.
rumbled
I'm looking to get a 1.4 diesel.... How tiny does that make my manhood?
DrP!
Shell give all employees, 12,000 to purchase a vechile, they are then given petrol money however shell do not pay for repairs 🙂
Shell never gave me £12k when I worked for them...
well thats' unfortunate, but that's the situation here 🙂
Any photos?
its my dads company car,
All family can drive the company vechile.Sorry to ruin the party
Recently I purchased a nice juicy 3.2 TT 55 plate, 29000 miles on the clock... but i wanted my old alternator back. My son's an electrical engineer and he could take a look at it.
Somebody is getting their identities mixed up!
I do have images,
how do i upload them?
Why are you paying to fix your dad's car?