Hey there to my A2 fellas !
My A2 was manufactured in 2004. I now have (nov. 2006) 40.000km (25.000miles) on board. I have to report a major problem
The rear doors never closed properly. I always felt strange telling people to shut doors a second time and therefore burn some extra calories while doing so. The rear doors do not have electric windows, and I first said - ok, those are aluminium doors (at least their internal safety structure), so they're quite lightweight - by comparison to almost any other car where I was a backseat passenger. BUT, is this normal ? It sounds really frustrating to ask any of my backseat passengers to give a second try when shutting the doors properly.
Now, here comes the other issue: front doors won't shut up properly without the appropriate 'slam!' force. Again, this never encountered when I was a passenger on the right seat on any other car. (it actually seemed those cars' doors were made of stone and their inertia was doing at least half of the work when shutting).
I have read all threads on this forum and I simply cannot believe this only occured to me. Not to mention the fact that the door gums are screeching (including the luggage compartment door), if I forget to grease them with a special Sonax ointment. It really drives me crazy to tell the people when I wash my car not to touch the door gums when they're removing excess water from the internal door panels.
Not to mention that both of my front headlamps are foggy
Any thoughts on these ? Much appreciated !
Gabi
My A2 was manufactured in 2004. I now have (nov. 2006) 40.000km (25.000miles) on board. I have to report a major problem
The rear doors never closed properly. I always felt strange telling people to shut doors a second time and therefore burn some extra calories while doing so. The rear doors do not have electric windows, and I first said - ok, those are aluminium doors (at least their internal safety structure), so they're quite lightweight - by comparison to almost any other car where I was a backseat passenger. BUT, is this normal ? It sounds really frustrating to ask any of my backseat passengers to give a second try when shutting the doors properly.
Now, here comes the other issue: front doors won't shut up properly without the appropriate 'slam!' force. Again, this never encountered when I was a passenger on the right seat on any other car. (it actually seemed those cars' doors were made of stone and their inertia was doing at least half of the work when shutting).
I have read all threads on this forum and I simply cannot believe this only occured to me. Not to mention the fact that the door gums are screeching (including the luggage compartment door), if I forget to grease them with a special Sonax ointment. It really drives me crazy to tell the people when I wash my car not to touch the door gums when they're removing excess water from the internal door panels.
Not to mention that both of my front headlamps are foggy
Any thoughts on these ? Much appreciated !
Gabi