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Old 28th April 2022, 03:00 PM
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im picking him up from edinburgh airport this pm so ill speak to him then whereabouts in the 'Dam are you going?
Not confirmed as of yet, but likely to be Amstelveen.
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Old 29th April 2022, 09:30 AM
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Also some generations around that age had a problem with piston rings and burn oil almost as fast as fuel. A lot of them were done under warranty, but if not you can imagine how expensive that can get.
My cousin had this very issue on his 2.0 A3 of the same era. It had full history but Audi still tried to worm out of it as 2 services were done at a SEAT dealer but eventually caved in. Major rebuild done under warranty, otherwise would have not been viable
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