Ebay Cruise fitting service

[dan_b]

Hi all
I've been scouring Ebay for a few things (as you do) and came across someone selling a service for supplying the parts and retro-fitting Cruise to all drive-by-wire Audis.

Has anyone heard of them/used them? Is it kosher, or does this smell of rattus rattus?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AUDI-CRUISE-CONTROL-KIT-A2-1-4-TDI-A3-1-8T-S3-1-8_W0QQitemZ380039197891QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item380 039197891&_trkparms=72%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C65%3A12&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

[Skipton01]

No, they're kosher and a few members have used this service.

He is now £25 more expensive than me and doesn't give a 2 year warranty, but apart from that and the possibility of 'grey' parts, I believe that the chap offers a decent service, far more handy for those in the south of the country.

Cheers,

Mike

[glock17]

I'm planning to pay a visit to Skipton Towers, possibly towards the end of August to have Mike fit it on mine.

I've just got to convince Mrs Glock of the need to drive over to England rather than fly, with at least one overnight stay in the Chester area.

I will, under no circumstances, look at his car as I believe it may result in taking out a mortgage to pay for all the work I'd then want done!

Cheers

glock17

[Skipton01]

Thanks for the compliments - I'll put the kettle on for you!

If anyone does want to travel up to have any work done, there are some superb places to stay/visit in the area, as I'm on the foothills of the Pennine moors.

I've had visitors from Glasgow, Edinbugh, South Wales, Devon, Somerset, Stevenage and Cambridgeshire to name but a few and no-one has been less than fully satisfied yet (he said, trying not to blow his own trumpet!!).

Although Hazzydays is no doubt more convenient for some, please bear in mind that he is no A2 specialist and can't give you a test ride in Tank, or discuss any other aspect of our beloved little cars.

Cheers,

Mike

[clubsport]

Skipton, any thoughts of coming down south to London?...I tend to get vertigo north of watford......surely you could line up enough takers of cruise control to make it worth your while? :)

[Skipton01]

There is always the possibility - if we can get 5 people together, then I'll do it!

I will have to charge an extra tenner each for the travelling (so £160, not £150), but all else remains the same, genuine UK parts, fully inclusive, 2 year warranty and a diagnostic scan thrown in.

If you can organise it, I'll do it!

Cheers,

Mike

[Paddys]

I'd be in for that.... just south of the big smoke.... not sure if there are any other little jobs that need some TLC but I'll have a think...

[Skipton01]

I'd be in for that.... just south of the big smoke.... not sure if there are any other little jobs that need some TLC but I'll have a think...

Well that's one then!

There'd have to be a central meeting point and if I'm doing 5 cruises, some appointment system should be used, or people will get bored of waiting. Also, the time it'll take to do 5 cruises, plus travelling will mean that extra work will have to be another time.

So, who else is in?

Cheers,

Mike

[the grim reeper]

I'll be getting the pleasure off seeing Tank in two weeks, when Mike fits cruise to my cruise, looking forward to it. Get the Kettle on i'm a coming

Cheers Phil

[Mr K]

Hi all
I've been scouring Ebay for a few things (as you do) and came across someone selling a service for supplying the parts and retro-fitting Cruise to all drive-by-wire Audis.

Has anyone heard of them/used them? Is it kosher, or does this smell of rattus rattus?


As Mike says, he's fine. I took my car to him in Feb 07, when he charged me £140 cash. He's an ex-VW or Audi technician. He knows his stuff and works really rapidly and thoroughly. Still works fine after 16 months.

[clubsport]

I would obvioulsy be interested, I am quite sure a chap local to me, would be interested after a recent conversation......not in any rush, so that is 3......just south of London/Kent borders is also suitable.

[Skipton01]

Yep, make that 3 then.

Cheers,

Mike

[dan_b]

I reckon I'd be interested in this "group install" for us Southeners, not in a desparate hurry, but sign me up.

[dr_jones]

Just to add to the positive comments, Mike fitted my cruise a few months back and I would highly recommend his service! There's pretty much nothing he doesn't know about the A2 and I have to say I learnt a lot about the car at the same time which was great. Also, I travelled 400 miles that day to get it done. The tea and bakewell went down a treat too :) Top fella!

[alxt]

I'd be very interested too. I live in East London (E2). Thank you for the offer, by the way.

[the grim reeper]

Hey Mike looks like you may be going down to the BIG SMOKE, looks like thats five

[Skipton01]

Oh dear! What have I committed to?

If that is a firm 5, then the next step is for you to arrange a day that's best amongst yourselves and we'll take it from there.

Cheers,

Mike

[MPG Lover]

Count me in and I would also like to volunteer to hold the cruise fitting session at my house in Purley, Surrey. I am only a few miles north of the M25 and I am just off the Purley Cross junction where the A23 and A22 meet - which helps both those coming round clockwise or anti-clockwise on the M25. I have plenty of parking outside on a Saturday or Sunday and I am available for most weekends over the next few weeks. I might even think about getting a few beers in! What do you reckon? Any dates preferred?

[Skipton01]

That sounds like a good offer to me.

My travelling time would be about 4.5 hours, so realistically, the first cruise fit wouldn't take place until 11am-ish. It may be an option to get 10 owners together over the weekend and I can stop over at a hotel on the Saturday evening, then do the remaining 5 retrofits on the Sunday.

MPG lover, do you make number 6? If so, that's only another 4 to go.

Cheers,

Mike

[Paddys]

hmm... only problem is that I'm up north at the weekends.... not sure whether you can look at staying on to the monday ????

P

[the grim reeper]

Hey Mike looks like i booked my retro fit at the right time to get that weekend, if they come off it has come at the right time.Hows the job by the way, have they said anything more or are they leaving you hanging?

Cheers Phil

[Skipton01]

Hey Mike looks like i booked my retro fit at the right time to get that weekend, if they come off it has come at the right time.Hows the job by the way, have they said anything more or are they leaving you hanging?

Cheers Phil

You're right there Phil!

As for the job, they've extended the consultation period until 18th July, so I should know something the week after, if there's still an ITV to work for by then - has anyone been looking at their share price recently? 12 months ago, they were £1.30 each, 6 weeks ago they were 68p each and yesterday, they closed at 48p!!!

Paddys, I can't see me staying on another night, but if you're in Notts at the weekends, I can pop down to do a retrofit at some point - it's not that far from Saddleworth and I'll just charge the usual plus a small travel surcharge. PM me for more.

Cheers,

Mike

[MPG Lover]

Anybody else fancy cruise control fitted in the London / Surrey / Kent area?

So far we have clubsport (x2?), dan b, alxt and myself all keen. Mike and others, how about getting together on Saturday 12th of July?

[alxt]

I can do the 12th, and thanks MPR Lover for trying to organise things.

Alex

[Skipton01]

Anybody else fancy cruise control fitted in the London / Surrey / Kent area?

So far we have clubsport (x2?), dan b, alxt and myself all keen. Mike and others, how about getting together on Saturday 12th of July?

Can't do the 12th, as I have a previous booking! The weekend after is the Club Social at Duxford, so how about the week after (26th)? And before you ask, I'm booked for the 5th too.

When we've got a date sorted, I will need a deposit from each member to ensure that all who have said they are turning up actually do so and I'll contact everyone via PM to finalise things.

Cheers,

mike

[badlyread]

Hi Mike,

I'd be interested then I can have cruise on the way up to Yorkshire!! So what day are we all commiting too? Got to be July for me as I'm busy holidaying for most (but not all) of August.

Neil

[DAZ A4 GONE]

Just a note to echo other peoples comments. Mike is a top bloke and does a top notch job and knows the A2 inside out. The finished job is as it would be fitted at the factory,just don't look at Tank or you'll go green with envy!;)

[MPG Lover]

Damn, I cannot do the 26th (overseas) - how about Sunday 13th? The only downside is that this would make Mike's weekends rather full with A2 stuff!

[Skipton01]

OK, here's the way I see the situation at the moment and a possible workaround to make sure everyone gets a proper service before the end of July:

So far, we have the following takers for cruise fitting - Paddys, clubsport (& friend?), dan_b, alxt, MPG Lover and badlyread. So, 6 plus a friend, although Paddys will have to be done separately in Nottingham, as I really do not have any free time during the week for the forseeable.

So, that leaves 5 plus a friend. If anyone can make it to the Duxford social, I can do two fittings on the Saturday evening, back at the campsite and then I'll do the remainder of the fits the following day, Sunday 20th.

Duxford is 50 miles from central London, so it'd be good to see folks there - as far as I can recall, all those showing interest in the cruise fitting would be new faces at a social.

If this is acceptable, we can firm things up and I'd then ask for deposits.

Cheers,

Mike

[a2sumo]

hi mike can i have my cruise control fitted at the duxford social day. saturday would be great. i contacted you a few months ago about it but havent found the time to get to yours from sunny essex. really looking forward to the day out--busmans holiday for an aerospace engineer!!!! let me know if you need a deposite and any thing else you require. cheers mike

[alxt]

Thanks Mike. I can't make Duxford during the day sadly. I think I can make it up there in the evening though, if that still works. Otherwise I can do the 20th.

Let me know about deposits etc.

Thanks again
Alex

[Skipton01]

a2sumo - you have a PM and alxt, let's keep an eye on things as to whether anyone else can make it to the social - there's little point in you just coming to a campsite if I can fit you in on the Sunday.

Cheers,

Mike

[MPG Lover]

Sorry guys I am not available on the 20th, I am away from then to the 26th, plus or minus a day. Unless someone else wants to host a cruise fitting session then I guess it is the Duxford outing on the 19th for the really keen and/or we arrange a date in August at mine. Apologies again, all our diaries are just too full!

[Skipton01]

It's over to you guys then - I already have one taker for a cruise fit at the social (a2sumo), so one other can be squeezed in and if anyone wants to host the Sunday (and I;ll get back to MPG Lover separately), then great, otherwise, we'll synchronise the diaries for August.

Cheers,

Mike

PS - Paddys, let me know the best weekends for you in Nottingham.

[alxt]

Can I take the second slot on the 19th then? Being on the East of London, I'm probably just as close to Duxford as I am to Purley (at least in travel time).

To clarify, Mike, you'll supply the cruise control parts. Is that right?

Thanks again.
Alex

[Skipton01]

Can I take the second slot on the 19th then? Being on the East of London, I'm probably just as close to Duxford as I am to Purley (at least in travel time).

To clarify, Mike, you'll supply the cruise control parts. Is that right?

Thanks again.
Alex

Alex, that's fine. I'll supply everything, all you need to do is turn up with your A2.

I'll PM you more details.

Cheers,

Mike

[dan_b]

July's completely out for me, August might be more flexible, depends when the new arrival, eer, arrives...

[humps]

I've had many email threads trying to arrange bbq and meetings. This seems to be great if you want to see the best dates for everyone, only need someone to create a meeting proposal, then the rest put in their available dates

http://www.doodle.ch/main.html

hope this helps

[badlyread]

So is anyone able to host Skipton on the Sunday after the Duxford meet? My right calf is not looking forward to the Summer holiday tour......

[Richie]

I'd also really like to get cruise fitted to my A2.

I can make the 20th July if that works out.
I can't do 26/27th or 2nd August but the rest of August is all OK.

Thanks

Richard

[Skipton01]

It's looking like an August weekend now in all honesty.

If all who are interested can sort out a date, lets make it happen. So, Richie, Badlyread, MPG Lover, Paddys, Clubsport (& friend), dan_b and anyone else I've missed, please find a mutually agreeable date.

Cheers,

Mike

[MPG Lover]

I am still willing to host a cruise fitting session at my house one weekend. I am currently available on Saturday 2nd / Sunday 3rd / Saturday 9th / Sunday 10th of August. I guess the next step is for Mike to advise on which of those dates he is available and we can go from there. Hope this helps!

[badlyread]

I can do Sunday 10th Aug! Anyone else good for that day? Come on! I've got to yet to N.Yorkshire the following week and the idea of cruise......:)

Neil

[Skipton01]

I'm available on the Saturday and Sunday 9th/10th of August, but not the 2nd/3rd.

Shall we tentatively say this weekend?

If so, I will need all those who are firm to send deposits.

So, can the following email me at audiA2*at*gothic*dot*plus*dot*com with their cars details (year, fuel type and preferably the VIN which is viewable in the bottom corner of the windscreen) and I'll send you the payment details and then get your parts ordered and prepared.

Those expressing an interest so far are:

Paddys
Clubsport (& friend?)
dan_b
MPG Lover
badlyread
Richie

Alxt and a2sumo have also shown an interest, but are going to have the work done at the forthcoming social, so they can report back to those who will have the retrofit done in August.

If anyone else wants to join in, then I can do a maximum of 10 over the weekend, so get your name down and deposits in early to make sure.

Cheers,

Mike

[badlyread]

So the weekend of August 9/10 has been set and then all quiet...

MPG Lover has said he will host the cruise fitting, the rest of you just need to contact Skipton and let him know you are in! I'm on for early on the 10th personally. What about the rest of you are were expressing an interest?

Clubsport (+1)
dan_b
Richie
MPG Lover
Anyone else?

Contact Mike on the email above and let's get this done ( and drool over the Tank.......).

Neil

[dan_b]

Let me double check the date with the keeper of the diary - where in the land is MPG_Lover?

[MPG Lover]

I am up for Sunday the 10th, in line with others above. I am located in Purley, just 2 minutes up the road from the A23 & A22 Purley Cross junction. I will get an e-mail off to Mike this week, as I am away next week. Cheers