[Wayne1983]

Originally Posted by Norretal

I know the feeling fella, it's one thing after another with these big A8's. I've just had a load of bother with my compressor, finally get that sorted, a power steering hose bursts and is a major job to replace (subframe removal, etc)

I've probably ticked most of the list of "known D3 faults" but at 14 years old and 150k miles I just keep finding more. I've given up on the more cosmetic, non-essential faults (TPMS, soft close, keyless) as they don't affect the way the car drives but if you try to fix every single thing these throw at you you'd end up constantly occupied, and significantly poorer.

I'm not giving up yet though, they're becoming a rare beast and I'll do my best to keep it on the road, and until I come across something I enjoy driving more then it's staying

that's the problem im not overly keen on new cars so prefer to pick older rarer ones its the price you have to pay i guess