Petrolhead points deducted

[tbc]

driving my A2 this morning and every time I accelerate i got this loud whistle. After dismissing tinnatus as a potential cause I thought it could be something from the exhaust

so into a garage i pulled and the guy looks all round for 5 mins , starts up the engine revs it up, no whistle

then took it for a spin up the road and he gets out and looks around the back

petrol filler cap open around 10mm

closed it and the whistle had gone

surely i have to be deducted petrol head points for this, not to mention never going back to the garage again

[Captain Muppet]

tbc said:

driving my A2...

Yes, points deducted.

[SirSamuelOfBuca]

Captain Muppet said:

Yes, points deducted.

Haha

[CampDavid]

Audi A2 is petrol head gold. It's sits ideally in a fleet as an interesting, quirky city chariot

[Captain Muppet]

CampDavid said:

Audi A2 is petrol head gold. It's sits ideally in a fleet as an interesting, quirky city chariot

I love the engineering, but a mate of mine had one and it was always broken. If it doesn't move it isn't a car.

Although that is all based on a sample size on one, which makes my opionion statistically insignificant.

[Garlick]

CampDavid said:

Audi A2 is petrol head gold. It's sits ideally in a fleet as an interesting, quirky city chariot

Absolutely. A PH car for sure.

[smartphone hater]

tbc said:

After dismissing tinnatus as a potential cause

Never dismiss tinnitus as a possible cause. I've had whales talking to me every night since the 80s.

[CraigyMc]

smartphone hater said:

Never dismiss tinnitus as a possible cause. I've had whales talking to me every night since the 80s.

Do you live near seaworld?

[bakerstreet]

whistling from the engine can also be imenent turbo failure.

However if closing the petrol cap has done it, then happy days

[Bill]

Garlick said:

CampDavid said:

Audi A2 is petrol head gold. It's sits ideally in a fleet as an interesting, quirky city chariot

Absolutely. A PH car for sure.

Much as it pains me to admit it, having dismissed a friend's as a car for lesbians

[rohrl]

I've been cursing at my car for developing a very annoying rattle which had me doing the thing of pressing down and thumping bits of trim while driving along to try and identify it.

After a week or so of this malarkey while commuting I identified the noise as coming from a coat hanger I'd left lying about rattling against the seat base. My fault. Sorry car.

[Bill]

I eventually tracked a horrendous rattling in the Caterham to my wife's metal sunglasses case under the passenger seat

[tbc]

whats with all the A2 moaning

it is a great iconic piece of German engineering

sure it flopped, but its rare with an aluminium space frame which cost Audi £10k each, and they only made money on the extras list

but can't beat 45mpg and up to 55 on a run

and it;s the only car thats been on the London Eye

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDh52YiIiGc

[paranoid airbag]

CampDavid said:

Audi A2 is petrol head gold. It's sits ideally in a fleet as an interesting, quirky city chariot

I don't know why, but it makes me happy to hear this.

[angusc43]

A2; the great-car-but-side-on-it-looks-like-a-surgical-boot conundrum