ive bought a Bitdi A6 C7 (a cheapy for now)

roberto · #1 8th October 2020, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Joe2.0E

Undertray will be thrown in the corner of the indy workshop I suspect.

Can the service history not be read off the key fob at your local dealer ?

yeh undertray was ripped off cos 2 bolts had rounded off heads, that part was still on, i got them out ok, some people have no idea..
Key fob ? never heard of that before

but Audi set up the digital service history when they stopped doing the book
so its there for all to have, i just dont get it, its unethical

homer simpson · #2 9th October 2020, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by roberto

Key fob ? never heard of that before

Newer Audis (and other manufacturers) have a lot of info stored on the key now. I remember when I picked up a loan car and the key was placed in a reader so the service advisor could pull up the car's details and book it out to me. The service history is on there too I think.

moltuae · #3 9th October 2020, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by homer simpson

Newer Audis (and other manufacturers) have a lot of info stored on the key now. I remember when I picked up a loan car and the key was placed in a reader so the service advisor could pull up the car's details and book it out to me. The service history is on there too I think.

I suspect they're using the key's ID as a vehicle reference to pull data from the system rather than from the key itself.

homer simpson · #4 9th October 2020, 07:50 PM

Possibly. It must have some VIN data though I suspect. I'll ask next time I'm at the dealers, unless someone here knows

paulrstaylor · #5 9th October 2020, 08:32 PM

I'd of thought any dealer should be able to give you a print out of the service history?

Ameiseuk · #6 10th October 2020, 05:19 AM

Lynne's last Mini Countryman had all service data on the ignition key.
We were always told to bring both keys to a service to update them incase the regular key was lost.

Replacement Merc has a paper book.....

ainarssems · #7 17th April 2021, 10:36 AM

Roberto how are you getting on with BiTDI, you still have it?

I am looking at buying a new car and been looking at A4 and A6 quattro diesel estates and and Allroads. To be honest I feel like most of the market is overpriced. I see many cars been up for sale 4-6 months, not selling and not dropping the price. Ultimately the choice would be A6 C7 BiTDi Allroad but I am looking at £12k + which I can afford but it's hard to justify. I think when new BiTDI was £2.5k extra than normal 3.0TDI but looking at 2012-2013 cars you can get normal 3.0 for £8k and BiTDI is £12k+ so extra premium for BiTDI is bigger on old car than it was for new. Purchase price aside I am also a bit worried about the BiTurbo unit going down, could be well expensive to repair, might have to stick to normal 3.0 but would like to hear your experiences.