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[ScottD3]

With the wife losing her job due to the company going into administration, my current and future plans for the car (and house) have been put on hold.

I'm now thinking of the little bits you can do to the car without having to worry about the expense.
It might be interesting to see what ideas people come up with.

Apart from cleaning the only idea I got at the moment is De-badging and tightening the spring on the key.

If I think of anything else I'll post up.
Has anyone got any ideas?

[PsYcHe]

Fitting USB charge points under the armrests.

- Lighter socket - 2 quid ebay
- USB power adapter - 1 quid
- USB surface mount Sockets - 1 quid ebay

Splice it into the rear lighter socket cable, and fit the surface mounts into the rear of the tray and a much neater solution.

Though I did spot http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dual-USB-C...item540a058bb4 on ebay this morning which looks cool.

[ScottD3]

That's a rather cool little bit of kit.
Good for the boot.
Remove the current 12v socket and put that in its place.

[tonupkid]

Sorry to hear about your wife loosing her job

If your headlights are getting cloudy on the inside of the lenses (like mine are), it's quite a big job, but take them out and clean the inside... somehow

Retrain your wife as an Audi 8 cleaning specialist/detailer. I realise suggesting this to her may end badly, but if it doesn't, your car will always be sparkling.

Seriously though, best of luck to her in her search for employment. It can often end way better than what whet before

[ScottD3]

I want to take my headlights out but I can't cause some of the rivitnuts are spinning (I have another post on this issue.), once they are fixed I can take the lights off and get them looked at.

Haha. I don't think she'd like that idea. She never cleaned any of her cars. I either do it or she takes it to one of the hand car washes.

[snapdragon]

Here's one for the hard up...
Remove the rear seat squab and collect the money.
I had £1.90 under mine.

I did it because I had an airbag code due to tarnished connection under the seat - I cleaned all the connections with alcohol spray and vacuumed it out and wiped it down and cleaned the edges of the leather.
You should disconnect the battery first due to the airbags in the backrest.
You remove it by opening the door and bending/lifting up the outer edges of the squab unit untill that side pops out of the retainers, then do the other side and it should lift free.