Agggghhhhh ! You think TVR build quality's dodgy

[mrsd]

As I mentioned yesterday I witnessed an A4 spin and bury itself in the central reservation. Well, it turns out to be someone I know:
Young guy, finance sales bod, first decent company car A4 2.5TDi. First took delivery w/end before last, but car had to go back to dealership for repair (brand new). ABS sensor warning light permanently on and Assymetric tyre wrongly fitted Dealership discover damage to lower suspension arm and replace.
He collected the 'mended' car on Saturday evening and went for a drive round to check everything. Fine.

But, on Sunday he packed up the boot (house move) and set off for the M1. On the link road some muppet pulled out in front of him. He braked v. hard and changed lane. At which point the nearside front wheel (the one which had been 'mended') locked up. Our man lifts off everything, but to no avail, skids 300' sideways and crashes into the Armco Lawyers are likely to be involved in due course !!!
edited to add: Police statement to confirm that wheel still locked up when they arrived on scene. And lots of photos taken.

>>> Edited by mrsd on Wednesday 19th March 12:15

[mrsd]

Title should read "Agggghhhhh ! You think TVR build quality's dodgy ? Wait 'til you read this !" But it got eaten

[tuscansix]

Unfortunately titles can only be a certain len

Nuts!

[mrsd]

Sadly it doesn't matter All the s are captivated by the thoughts of a cheap IPaq and are currently carrying out a DDoS on Amazon's secure server, rather than reading this.

[Niggle]

I was expecting a post about Ducatis

From my experience of Audis the majority of the main dealers are useless

[mrsd]

No kidding. FYI my Duke's never broken down. Granted bits of it fall off at regular intervals, but it's never failed to proceed. cursed it now

[Niggle]

How are the repairs to the duke going btw, any luck tracing the merc either?

[mrsd]

Merc traced (privately, I still haven't managed to get the police to give a fcuk) The driver seems to have been genuinely unaware of the accident (at least that's what he told Psycho and Basher ) and says he is going to cover the cost of the repairs, if cash is forthcoming I'll leave it at that. Repairs to the Duke are going to take an age, so my old Triumph is in Derby being sorted ATM. Can't be without a bike !

[pbrettle]

Speaking of Audi's - an old colleague of mine took delievery of an early A4 Sport. Complained bitterly about the rock hard suspension and the dealer ignored him. Anyway, took the car in one day and gave them an ultimatum - sort out the suspension or keep the car....

Turned out they didnt remove the bump-stops from shipping! Not a case of stiff suspension, but of NO suspension!!! The daft this was that he drove around 2000 miles with it in this state!!! Owwwhh that must hurt! Still, pretty shocking though.

You want to see the panel gaps on my Citroen though - shocking! Get your finger clean through some of them! Un-even and better on one side of the car to the other!!! And it hasnt been in an accident.... good laugh though... the interior light comes on when you go fast over a speed bump - great fun....

Cheers,

Paul

[kevinday]

That's horrendous, I always thought Audi build quality was supposed to be just about the best around.

[Niggle]

Its not the cars build quality I've ever had any problems with, more the crap service from the main dealers.

[Dr Alex]

pbrettle said:

Turned out they didnt remove the bump-stops from shipping! Not a case of stiff suspension, but of NO suspension!!! The daft this was that he drove around 2000 miles with it in this state!!! Owwwhh that must hurt! Still, pretty shocking though.

Quite common actually, saw it just the other day with a Leon Cupra R, chap was saying the front suspension was too hard and the car just didnt handle too good.

Hmmm we thought they have great handling for a standard car not ya normal VAG products wallow on the R, I bet we know what the problem is and yip shipping blocks still in place.

Quo Vardis & QED me old son, as they say in Peckham

[Big_M]

Also read in one of the national papers that about 300 Audi TTs are thought to be currently off the road awaiting new ignition coils.

[danhf]

This whole "German car, must be good quality" thing is a crock of sh!te.

They are bland beyond belief inside, the VW's are all the same (virtually) inside.

Crap engines, don't handle, dull, dull, dull. 90% of 'em are silver. Engines are painful in every respect. They handle like a small yacht and have the agility of a mashed potato.

4 of us at work had the same choice of cars - two went for VW, 1 new Laguna and 1 Pug 406 SRi(better than you'd think). I've drove them all like I stole 'em and mines by far the best. The Renault spends half it's life in the garage and the VWs keep having alarm problems or things falling off.

I honestly think it's some sort of conspiracy - why oh why do they insist on saying "typical German quality" - it's all lies I tell you, all lies.

Who won the war anyway.

Dan

[bob the planner]

danhf said: ...

Who won the war anyway.

Dan

Its more about who put them back on their feet after !

[yertis]

Audi's build quality is still pretty good generally. The main dealers, as Niggle says, are mainly hopeless. Audis built 1989-95-ish seem pretty indestructable.

MrsD - was that A4 to which you refer brand new or used?

[chrisx666]

Exactly. They ended up with new factories with modern machine tools - Austin (or whoever) still had to use the same old 20's crap.

[mrsd]

yertis said:MrsD - was that A4 to which you refer brand new or used?

Brand new. Funnily enough they've decided to accept his rejection of the car, wonder if they'll pay him over its value, not to make too much of a fuss ?