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Old 12th December 2019, 10:03 PM
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It looks a good spec car - by UK standards (I dont have any AU brochures)

Cruise control, electric rear headrests/lumbar, Auto Dim rearview mirror, Bose, Servotronic steering, Blinds, solar sunroof were all options on a PF car.

Interestingly, in the UK, we also had a text based Sat Nav, which you don't seem to have, presumably as maps may not have been available......
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The First 20 Audis:

2001 D2 4.2 QS Silver, 1997 D2 S8 Silver, 1999 D2 4.2 Silver, 2002 D2 S8 Dolphin Grey,
2003 C5 RS6 Blue, 1998 D2 S8 Black, 2000 D2 4.2 QS/S8 Ming Blue, 2003 D3 4.2 Ming Blue,
2005 B7 S4 Blue, 2006 D3 3.0 Tdi Black, 1999 D2 4.2 Silver, 2003 D3 4.2 LPG Crystal Blue,
2000 D2 S8 Silver, 2007 3.0 Tdi Q7 Black, 2009 B8 S4 Black, 1998 D2 S8 Agate Grey,
2006 D3 4.2 Tdi Blue, 2006 D3 S8, 2007 Q7 3.0 Tdi, 2006 C6 S6,

The Second 20 Audis:

2011 A7 Sline, 2001 A2 1.4 Tdi Black, 2002 A2 1.4 Tdi Silver, 2006 A8 4.2 Tdi Blue,
2007 4.2 Tdi Q7, 2006 S4 Cab Silver, 2010 RS6 Saloon Black , 2007 TT Roadster,
2010 A8 D4 4.2 Silver, 2006 C6 A6 2.7 Tdi Quattro, 2000 D2 4.2 QS/S8 Ming Blue (again), 2008 Q7 4.2 Black,
2009 C6 RS6 Saloon Daytona Grey, 2001 Fully Loaded A2 Tdi, 2006 Avant S6 Black, 2007 VW Caravelle Exec Black (almost an Audi)
2009 TT Roadster Daytona, 2015 Q7 4.2 tdi lava grey, 2002 GmbH D2 demonstrator, 2006 D3 A8 LWB 4.2 Tdi Black

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2001 A2 1.4 Tdi Black, 2007 4.2 FSi Q7 ABT Blue, 2016 S5 Coupe Launch model, 2004 S4 B6 Cabriolet, 2016 Q7 Sline White, 2006 Q7 4.2 FSi Black, 2012 Q7 Sline+ 4.2Tdi White, 2008 Blue Audi S8

Everything Else

1989 Subaru Justy, 1986 Vauxhall Cartlton 2.0 GL, 1985 Vauxhall Carlton 2.2 CDi, 1987 Ford Sierra XR4x4, 1983 Vauxhall Senator, 1985 Vauxhall Senator 3.0i, 1997 Polo Saloon, 1997 Peugeot 306 1.9 TDi, Ford Sierra Sapphire 2000E, 1990 Subaru Justy, 2000 Subaru Impreza, 2000 Subaru Impreza RB5, 1993 Range Rover LSE, 2005 VW Bora, 2003 Skoda Superb, 2003 VW Passat V6 4 Motion, 1996 Peugeot 106, 2000 Range Rover 4.0, 2019 Tesla Model 3 Performance
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Old 15th December 2019, 09:13 PM
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Swing is a dull grey, a bit like storm clouds just before they rain on you. Having just bought one with a swing interior, it is actually worse than platinhell. It's got no character at all and just drains your will to live Mine will be going on the bonfire and get replaced with black. Black goes with everything.
Now MJ, that's a bit rich and over the top. The interior is supposed to be refined understatement and without any "unnecessary opulence" according to Jurgen Lewandowki's book on the A8 and not look like it had been decorated by Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen . .
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Old 15th December 2019, 10:33 PM
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Swing is a dull grey, a bit like storm clouds just before they rain on you. Having just bought one with a swing interior, it is actually worse than platinhell. It's got no character at all and just drains your will to live Mine will be going on the bonfire and get replaced with black. Black goes with everything.

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Now MJ, that's a bit rich and over the top. The interior is supposed to be refined understatement and without any "unnecessary opulence" according to Jurgen Lewandowki's book on the A8 and not look like it had been decorated by Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen . .
PS. Please may I still come to your workshop in the New Year
It's well know surely that the only suitable colour for an S8 Interior is black
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Old 17th December 2019, 11:46 AM
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Default So...I am feeling a little sick having read the news today...thoughts please...

In the news here in Australia I am reading that Audi Australia are having a voluntary recall for certain models manufactured between 1997 and 2000. There has been a list of VIN's circulated of the affected vehicles. Unfortunately for me, my vehicle is on the list....

The recall concerns potentially faulty Takata airbags that have been implicated in a number of deaths worldwide.

Audi Australia are going to buy back cars rather than replace the airbags due to the expense.

I just bought my S8, as I have posted on here. This is gut wrenching news to me as I am really loving this car.

What do you lads and lasses think about this news? Do I have other options apart from participating in the buy back??


I can't bear to contemplate giving up this lovely vehicle.
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Old 17th December 2019, 12:54 PM
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A very worrying prospect indeed, especially if you don't have the ability of having the airbags decommissioned instead, as an option. It's not as if cars that were manufactured before airbags were a thing have been banned from roads or recalled by manufacturers for destruction.

To put that comment into some context, I did some searching to see if we in the UK could face such a dilemma, and came across this article, written just over a month ago.

https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/...ls-list-919661

This one line from the article shows just how lackadaisical the manufacturers are here with regards to safety:

"Analysing data from the DVSA, it found that more than 1.7 million cars in the UK still have an outstanding safety recall to have the airbags replaced, 11 years after the first recall was issued by Honda."
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This is the first I've heard of this airbag fiasco

I've just checked my car (using the links in the article posted by Sean). Interestingly, if I check by reg/VIN I get a "no outstanding recalls" result. However, if I search by make/model/age, there are 2 recalls, both for earlier airbag issues (unrelated to the Takata issue), implying that my car has had the recalls done.

So I'm wondering if some cars, such as yours Paul, might have already had the airbags replaced several years ago for a different recall. In which case they might now be fitted with a later airbag, one which could be unaffected by the issue.

Either way, I think that there should definitely be more options open to owners of affected vehicles, especially considering that many vehicles of that age may now be cherished, expensively maintained/restored classics. Legally decommissioning the airbags should certainly be an option but manufacturers should also offer subsidised replacement airbags, enabling owners who still wish to replace their airbags to do so at a reduced cost.
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Old 17th December 2019, 03:32 PM
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Does it say which airbags? IIRC a PF only has driver's and passenger's front, not sides etc.

Personally I would tell them to do one and swap in some bags from a facelift or other model which has proper bags. B5 A4 and C5 A6 steering wheels are compatible, although the passenger dash bag won't be.

Biggest problem is that they'll have to already be in Australia since we can't ship airbags to you. That may limit your options somewhat.
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Old 17th December 2019, 03:56 PM
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PF has side airbags in seats but not the curtain airbags
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Old 17th December 2019, 06:34 PM
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I forget the later PFs had the seat airbags.

From what I read of the Takata debacle it was mostly steering wheel airbags which is fairly easy to solve.
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Old 17th December 2019, 06:35 PM
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What about the rear airbags? Were they in the seat?
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