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Old 17th September 2019, 02:32 PM
ainarssems ainarssems is offline
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Originally Posted by notorious View Post
Oh no... sorry to read about this

If you have space and love the car maybe to buy a second used gearbox and swap? Can be cheaper than fixing existing one, leaving it for some time in the future to fix. When the second gearbox fails swap again for the fixed one.
Don't think it's wise to get used gearbox considering how often they fail, not sure if there is one available with the correct code anyway. It's either repair or sell the car.

Anyway have been busy with A6, suspension arm failed last Friday.

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