But this is only since I put the winter tyres on so I'm hoping that a lot of that is down to the tyres. We'll see over time I guess. The Lupo 3L is better around town on fuel but it's lighter and has slightly smaller tyres - meaning that the gearing is lower.
Running update:
Fuel economy on a run at 90kph (55mph) is over 100mpg.
Fuel economy around town is another matter... around 60mpg
My second set of wheel trims have arrived from Germany and they're largely in better condition than my original set, so I'll probably swap over some parts between them to make up a summer and winter set and then they can go on.
Before I do that however, the wheels currently on the Lupo 3L have had wheel trims fitted before and so are scratched where the wheel trim fixings sit. The set that are on the A2 now have no damage at all, so I'll swap the tyres over putting the good set on the Lupo 3L ready for sale.
In deciding to use the Recaro leather seats that I've had in my Lupo 3L into the A2 3L, I had to find replacements for the Lupo!... so here they are.
Black recaros which are going into the A2 3L...
And the new ones for the Lupo 3L
The black leather seats are in the loft - safe from Child seats etc!
Now all I need for the A2 3L is a set of black leather rears and door cards... oh and some modifying time to get the Recaros into the A2. They're far from a bolt in
Other things to do... I've narrowed the wheel bearing noise to the right rear and the service history confirms that that is the only wheel bearing that hasn't been changed so far.
I've carried out a service and will be changing the timing belt (with all rollers, water pump etc) once all of the parts arrive from TPS.
Oh, having cured the vibration from the engine (still can't believe it was the track rods but hey you live and learn) I now have a knocking on both sides from the suspension. I've double checked and there's no play in the suspension either side so I'm looking at potentially the anti-roll bar drop links or strut top mounts although they were done not so long ago.
MG
I might see how much genuine are. If they're not silly money it'll be worth it as the car's a keeper.
I have some Febi drop links coming. They are 3L only so there isn't an option for HD and the original equipment is expensive and on back-order. I hope to have these between Christmas and New Year.
Running a car everyday in this weather isn't easy to keep clean
I'll give it a wash tomorrow after the work Christmas dinner
Audi never offered any centre caps for the Mag alloys on the A2 3L because of the wheel trims. As I'll be running them without now and again, I thought that it would be nice to have the Audi logo centres. However, there aren't any that fit straight away so I'm modifying some to fit and look OE. It's the little things
Before
After (I need to position them a little more carefully)
Neither of my 3Ls (Lupo or A2) ever came with front fog lights.
In the Lupo, I bought some aftermarket lights, fitted them with LED replacement bulbs and wired them up as DRLs.
With the A2, I'd like to have front fog lights and DRLs so I've grabbed some of these from ebay.
I need a pair of front fog light surrounds... so if anyone has some spare please let me know!
I love the idea of fitting a modern light switch controller with 'Auto' and 'Coming Home' functions. We'll see what happens. I'm still reading up about it.
MG
I have some Febi drop links coming. They are 3L only so there isn't an option for HD and the original equipment is expensive and on back-order. I hope to have these between Christmas and New Year.
Running a car everyday in this weather isn't easy to keep clean
I'll give it a wash tomorrow after the work Christmas dinner
show's it's being used properly.
