Clunking in/out of 1st after Mackies Flush

[Turbo Tony]

Ha! That's good advice but it's becoming easier said than done.

I got a call from Audi today to basically tell me they've barely touched my car since it went in almost two weeks ago. They're now trying to tell me the noise from the steering is normal, and is a different noise than was first heard. I told them it wasn't and that they've just not been able to diagnose it yet. After a little back and forth, I said I'd go in and demonstrate the noise to their technician again.

When I got there, they kept me waiting for ages to see my car. I thought I saw it go past outside the showroom, but it never materialised. The service assistant came over with bad news: my battery had run flat and when they gave the car power, there was a warning on the dash about the parking brake. The diagnostic apparently shows it now needs a new EPB motor on the left side. How the hell they diagnosed that in 10-15 minutes when it's taken them weeks to do anything else is beyond me but I don't have much choice but to go with their assessment.

Without the car, I was unable to demonstrate the fault to the tech and I was also unable to confirm whether or not it was my car I saw outside the showroom. I do know it had the same tints and dark wheels as mine, which I thought was a pretty rare combination.

So, just to recap. Once the infernal machine stops licking it's wounds at Audi, it now has to go:

1) To an unknown transmission place in London to have the leak sorted (Chaster haven't got back to me with a garage name).
2) To a bodyshop to get the hit & run repaired (they've got a month-long waiting list)
3) To an Audi indie to get a carbon clean.

Sometimes I wonder whether what that car needs is a lit match in the fuel tank.

...Ugh. Sorry (again) about the rant. I hate that this car turns me into Moaning Myrtle.