Getting to be a pest? - Page 3

Hanuman · 30-07-14, 08:59 PM

Take it in to audi, explain the issue- ask them to provide a solution.

Ensure you drink plenty of complementary coffee to make the visit worthwhile.

Flying Frank · 30-07-14, 09:08 PM

Is that a tactful way of casting aspersions on my engineering skills ?? :-)

Sounds like a good idea, particularly as some mates work there and are keen to see the quattro!!

Hanuman · 30-07-14, 09:17 PM

It's my slightly ironic/sarcastic/cynical humour, I'm afraid.

But given that Audi can't reliably supply the correct part, it seems a shame that the main option is for the customer to effectively select the right part by buying lots of wrong uns in the process.
If Audi were doing the job, they'd probably return all of the dodgy ones once done. (Or keep them on stock to sell to the rest of us later) So; drink their coffee while they look at the issue. Close to £200 in parts, I think you deserve it.

Flying Frank · 30-07-14, 09:24 PM

Ironic, sarcastic,and especially cynical? All necessary requisites to survive the day job!!

As for the parts , only the £55 part came from Audi, the other was via someone else who it probably is inappropriate to name, but the price was £115, just checked the invoice! When my piggy bank is a bit fuller , will give the Audi dealer one another shot!

Error404 · 31-07-14, 10:43 AM

I'd be sending that £115 piece of junk right back where it came from for a full refund.

Error404 · 31-07-14, 10:52 AM

Get a genuine one from Audi Tradition:

https://trshop.audi.de/konakart/Sele...OOF&model=0001

sinbin5t · 31-07-14, 04:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Error404

I'd be sending that £115 piece of junk right back where it came from for a full refund.

I think i have to agree with that statement
Why let someone rip you off in the way you have been

Hanuman · 31-07-14, 06:18 PM

Now, don't get too excited-
I took the seal off of mine earlier, to sort out and check a couple of other things. After refitting it, lo and behold, it wouldn't shut. After a fair bit of buggerin about, the pic above shows it shut as far as it wants to go for now.

It's not necessarily a solution to the problem, as such. I can't remember though, what shape it was in when it first arrived.

Flying Frank · 31-07-14, 08:30 PM

Yup, that looks about the same as mine, if not a little bit worse....and in defence of the guy who sold me the expensive sun roof seal, the profile of that seal did look a lot more like the one that was removed originally from my car.
For the time being , I'm going to sit tight, BUT will still pay a visit to the local dealership as suggested earlier...... when I have a free moment!

sinbin5t · 31-07-14, 08:35 PM

Hope you get sorted in the end mate

30-07-14, 08:59 PM	#21
Hanuman Trickster Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Heckling from the cheap seats, Phnom Penh, KoW Posts: 7,006	Take it in to audi, explain the issue- ask them to provide a solution. Ensure you drink plenty of complementary coffee to make the visit worthwhile. __________________ I wish they would keep the damned Chinese away now that I can go home, so that I can enjoy Fish amok and a draught Angkor

30-07-14, 09:17 PM	#23
Hanuman Trickster Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Heckling from the cheap seats, Phnom Penh, KoW Posts: 7,006	It's my slightly ironic/sarcastic/cynical humour, I'm afraid. But given that Audi can't reliably supply the correct part, it seems a shame that the main option is for the customer to effectively select the right part by buying lots of wrong uns in the process. If Audi were doing the job, they'd probably return all of the dodgy ones once done. (Or keep them on stock to sell to the rest of us later) So; drink their coffee while they look at the issue. Close to £200 in parts, I think you deserve it. __________________ I wish they would keep the damned Chinese away now that I can go home, so that I can enjoy Fish amok and a draught Angkor

31-07-14, 06:18 PM	#28
Hanuman Trickster Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Heckling from the cheap seats, Phnom Penh, KoW Posts: 7,006	Now, don't get too excited- I took the seal off of mine earlier, to sort out and check a couple of other things. After refitting it, lo and behold, it wouldn't shut. After a fair bit of buggerin about, the pic above shows it shut as far as it wants to go for now. It's not necessarily a solution to the problem, as such. I can't remember though, what shape it was in when it first arrived. __________________ I wish they would keep the damned Chinese away now that I can go home, so that I can enjoy Fish amok and a draught Angkor Last edited by Hanuman; 31-07-14 at 06:28 PM.

30-07-14, 09:08 PM	#22
Flying Frank 4 ring whore! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Kernow, Gods own county !! Posts: 2,388	Is that a tactful way of casting aspersions on my engineering skills ?? :-) Sounds like a good idea, particularly as some mates work there and are keen to see the quattro!!

30-07-14, 09:24 PM	#24
Flying Frank 4 ring whore! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Kernow, Gods own county !! Posts: 2,388	Ironic, sarcastic,and especially cynical? All necessary requisites to survive the day job!! As for the parts , only the £55 part came from Audi, the other was via someone else who it probably is inappropriate to name, but the price was £115, just checked the invoice! When my piggy bank is a bit fuller , will give the Audi dealer one another shot!

31-07-14, 10:43 AM	#25
Error404 Thobbing Member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Staffs Posts: 490	I'd be sending that £115 piece of junk right back where it came from for a full refund.

31-07-14, 10:52 AM	#26
Error404 Thobbing Member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Staffs Posts: 490	Get a genuine one from Audi Tradition: https://trshop.audi.de/konakart/Sele...OOF&model=0001

31-07-14, 08:30 PM	#29
Flying Frank 4 ring whore! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Kernow, Gods own county !! Posts: 2,388	Yup, that looks about the same as mine, if not a little bit worse....and in defence of the guy who sold me the expensive sun roof seal, the profile of that seal did look a lot more like the one that was removed originally from my car. For the time being , I'm going to sit tight, BUT will still pay a visit to the local dealership as suggested earlier...... when I have a free moment!

31-07-14, 08:35 PM	#30
sinbin5t 4 ring whore! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Where a spike points skywards Posts: 12,960	Hope you get sorted in the end mate