Newbie from Glasgow Area
Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 8:40 pm
Hi Folks.
Back in an Audi after about 10 years & in my 1st S Model.
Just bought a 2003 S4 in black.
It was cheap but then that's because it has lots of little niggles some of which seem to be common to A4/S4's.
Headlights Always on - replacement switch ordered as the originally is worn and scabby looking anyway and it might be a cheap win.
Headlight Range Adjust faulty - waiting on glove-box coming before i take out the old one and again try for a cheap win by re-seating the controller cabling.
Glove-box hinge broken - replacement ordered
Leaking passenger side cam cover gasket - new pair ordered may as well do both at the same time.
lower front grille missing - trouble sourcing as everyone just wants to sell you a complete bumper
As I say it's all niggles & nothing major, mechanically the car is sound & apart from having gone a bit flat and having a little rust on the osr arch the bodywork is good too, so i'm more than happy to fix these foibles for the enjoyment the car is giving me
It's kind of the spiritual successor to my favorite previous Audi I owned which was a 90 Quattro 20 Valve Sport which I had from 1998 till 2001. It was Also black & also put a grin on my face
Looking forward to getting it all ship shape and having lots of fun in her. I've not got any decent photos of it at the moment but here are a few from the dealers ad & a quick snap i took on my phone when it got her home.




Cheers
Mark
Back in an Audi after about 10 years & in my 1st S Model.
Just bought a 2003 S4 in black.
It was cheap but then that's because it has lots of little niggles some of which seem to be common to A4/S4's.
Headlights Always on - replacement switch ordered as the originally is worn and scabby looking anyway and it might be a cheap win.
Headlight Range Adjust faulty - waiting on glove-box coming before i take out the old one and again try for a cheap win by re-seating the controller cabling.
Glove-box hinge broken - replacement ordered
Leaking passenger side cam cover gasket - new pair ordered may as well do both at the same time.
lower front grille missing - trouble sourcing as everyone just wants to sell you a complete bumper

As I say it's all niggles & nothing major, mechanically the car is sound & apart from having gone a bit flat and having a little rust on the osr arch the bodywork is good too, so i'm more than happy to fix these foibles for the enjoyment the car is giving me

It's kind of the spiritual successor to my favorite previous Audi I owned which was a 90 Quattro 20 Valve Sport which I had from 1998 till 2001. It was Also black & also put a grin on my face

Looking forward to getting it all ship shape and having lots of fun in her. I've not got any decent photos of it at the moment but here are a few from the dealers ad & a quick snap i took on my phone when it got her home.




Cheers
Mark