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Old 12th April 2023, 04:50 PM
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is there such a thing as official access to Elsawin? a quick google makes it look highly pirated?
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Old 12th April 2023, 06:44 PM
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There is. It's called Erwin.

https://erwin.audi.com/erwin/showOrderFlatrate.do
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2000 S8, Merlin Purple, Leather Pack 1, Winter Pack 1, SPAX adjustable suspension, AP Racing 6 pot front caliper, 385mm fully floating disks, EBC Yellow Stuff Pads, Black Diamond grooved rear disks and predetor pads, D2 Doctors Brake Block.
1997 4.2 A8SQ - the Projekt. 12 years and ongoing!
1997 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. Restoration sat waiting; saved from the Scrapyard
2003 C5 Allroad 4.2Q - Cobolt Blue. Towing car. Laid up awaiting manual conversion.
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2003 C5 A6 1.9TDI FWD - Loaner from D2 Doctor Lifex
1997 S8 - Ming Blue. Loaned out and written off. I loved that car. My first engine swap after cambelt failure.
1996 4.2 A8SQ - Ming Blue. 178k on a cambelt! Trader's 8. Delivered to A8Parts at Lifex.
2003 2.8 A8SQ - powder blueish. Fill in for a while. Sold on.
1998 1.8T A4 Avant FWD. Ming Blue (there's a theme here), PEX for the 97 S8.
And a list of non VAG going back 40 years before I saw the light.
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Old 12th April 2023, 06:56 PM
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Not as such. There's a thing called Erwin but its prohibitively difficult and expensive to get an account for it.
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Old 12th May 2023, 05:42 PM
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Just to follow up on this

A combination of the video link I posted, MJs torque specs, and the GKN part numbers she provided in this thread, it was actually a pretty straightforward job, all done and just sailed through its mot
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