What a difference a few thousand miles make- '03 2.7 loaner....
10-13-2003, 02:22 PM
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What a difference a few thousand miles make- '03 2.7 loaner....
Just dropped off my allroad for service. Got an '03 A6 2.7 loaner with 3700 miles on it.
I had this car as a loaner a few months back when it only had 700 miles on it and was unimpressed.
Now with 3700 miles, it is an entirely different car- much quicker and more responsive. Though the Continental tires a getting noisy already, and the digital radio display on the dash is already half faded away.
Amazing how it takes German car engines a few thousand miles to loosen up and run right.
I had this car as a loaner a few months back when it only had 700 miles on it and was unimpressed.
Now with 3700 miles, it is an entirely different car- much quicker and more responsive. Though the Continental tires a getting noisy already, and the digital radio display on the dash is already half faded away.
Amazing how it takes German car engines a few thousand miles to loosen up and run right.
10-13-2003, 04:10 PM
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yeah, all cars are like that. correction, all combustion engine cars are.
suprised they were giving out a loaner that wasn't fully broken in (700 miles?). Sorry to hear your audi is in the shop again so soon. Nice allroad by the way.
10-13-2003, 04:14 PM
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My car opened up nicely at about 15k-17k
but had been extremely babied by its prior owner for the 1st 12.5k miles, so I am sure it would have "opened-up" sooner if I had the car from its inception.
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Re: What a difference a few thousand miles make- '03 2.7 loaner....
According to the butt dyno, my 2002 A4 3.0 found a significant increase in hp at exactly 4k miles. Apparently, and this may be complete bs, the software detunes the car for the early miles. I swear, I parked it after coming home from work at 4001 miles, and the next day on the way to work I wondered whose car it was. The difference was that significant.
Here's hoping the 2.7t will have a similar discovery of power.
Chuck
Here's hoping the 2.7t will have a similar discovery of power.
Chuck
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