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Jeff, wife’s car...merc ml class for when we drive as a family fully loaded to cornwall, mine, the boxster to Re live my youth.....fighting as it seems, and daughter now walks to school, hence the dilemma as such......

Pros....from my point....far too many, cars ace, although my TDi of some 15 years back was far better....less options though. Wish we’d have kept that. Comments...sparse as they’ve been so far make me think...as you’ve suggested, keep it.....appreciate the thoughts though, cheers, m

Hi howey, hope our daughter is more of a driver than our son, think I may need a chat to see if she’d be happy with the a2 as her learners \ first car.....or more to the point from my point....that or nothing, cheers, m

Not my intention steve c, I wanted feedback from forum members on their thoughts re the car and ownership. Admin clearly and rightly so upon reading my initial text reworded accordingly which i’ve no problem with....replies so far (albeit few) make me think I’m best staying with the car...

Ian, Murdo, Proghound, apologies for crossing the lines of the rules, not my intention...and thanks for revising accordingly. Special edition, I know where you're coming from, but having purchased this for our son, I treated myself to a Boxster, so as for the weekend car, I'm sorted, although...

Hi All, hope this post finds all safe and well during these sad and also mad times..... Dilemma and thought I'd ask for comments prior to making a decision. Purchased a fantastic 2001 (AUA) A2 1.4SE a good few years back and joined the forum immediately. Sold the basic alloys and purchased 17"...

My Insurance cam up for renewal with admiral, went from £200 to £240, checking on the 3 comparison sites, nearly all came back at £200. Called them to remind them there were no changes to circumstances so could not justify hike, they said they may bet able to get down to £200. They asked if I'd...

Many thanks Catnip and thanks for the response Tom, Jen said we should message you, but strangely enough, Jen had done ignition and locked via keys, then i posted up.....when we got back to the car, it was all working perfect, so we obviously fluked it...Cheers guys, M

Hi guys, just had Halfords change the car battery, went to lock up once home, remote not responding, anyone any advice please, thx, m

cheers Phil, I have forwarded your kind info on to Vass, suggesting your route to begin with. Many thanks, Mark.

cheers greywolfhound, called around, couple pointed back towards vass, who i've always used. Spoke with Spence there, he's passing me to his gearbox repair company, dismantle, rebuild, around £1k, guaranteed 12 months etc etc, I've always trusted him. His comment re recon to begin with wasn't...

heh Steve_c, volkscar farm there work out and commented, if vass told you to change gearbox, thats the best option....not good. Have tried audi tech, await their repsonse and found a repair place in gravesend, await their comment too....not looking too good at present....

Excellent, think i’ll Be getting a couple of quotes, cheers Steve....

Cheers steve, vass is who we’ve always used..., Gearbox had always been brilliant, my foot slipped off the clutch once and the 3rd gear crunched, from that day on its had this issue, hence I’d prefer a repair as i’m With you on replacement....issues may still arise.

Thanks Johny / Steve I'll pass the on to them, they are good guys, but his comment a while back was change to a recon'd gearbox. I'll run this past him first... if no luck, any thoughts on replacement or repair, or would i have to have replaced? Thanks again, Mark.

Hi all..... Thought the gearbox oil change that was undertaken had solved the issue, but no, the 3rd gear problem is back. Goes into 3rd with a double dip of clutch, sometimes goes in as normal, sometimes pops straight back out.... Is it a case of needing a replacement gearbox? or can these...

Do send me a pm on cost thought please, cheers, M

thanks 413, I'll see what my indie says as the cars in ace condition otherwise and well looked after, no issues getting it in and out of third, just occasionally it slips out of third, only happens 2nd up to 3rd and obviously, 4th down to 3rd, no issue otherwise. Soon as I've more info, I'll get...

Heh all, seems the change of gearbox oil hasn't lasted that long, 3rd gear issue back....So, my next quest i suppose, Should i get the gearbox reconditioned, or go for a replacement off Ebay? Cars only got 85k on it, 1.4 petrol 2001. How do i find the code to know what to look for? Any help much...

Updated, the gearbox oil was changed, what a massive difference, no more crunching. Thanks for the advice.