SERVICE

[hbk]

MY CAR IS A JUNE 2007 AND HAD THE OIL CHANGED @ APPROX 10,000 MILES - THE CAR HAS DONE 13,000 MILES AND ON THE CAR COMPUTER, IT'S SAYING A SERVICE IS STILL NOT REQUIRED FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER 14,000 MILES...I SPOKE TO AUDI AND THEY SAY THAT IS CORRECT AND NO PROBS..

MY QUESTION: WHY ARE SOME PEOPLE ON HERE HAVING A FIRST SERVICE @ 15,000 MILES?

THANKS

HOWARD

[victor2vt]

Simple,it all depends on how you drive it

[hbk]

Hmmm, I don't take it that easy, so some of the guys on here must be really stretching their cars or lots of track days maybe.

[murgelloMatt]

Audi variable service intervals
Depends on driving conditions and driving style

[alex_123_fra]

MY CAR IS A JUNE 2007 AND HAD THE OIL CHANGED @ APPROX 10,000 MILES - THE CAR HAS DONE 13,000 MILES AND ON THE CAR COMPUTER, IT'S SAYING A SERVICE IS STILL NOT REQUIRED FOR AT LEAST ANOTHER 14,000 MILES...I SPOKE TO AUDI AND THEY SAY THAT IS CORRECT AND NO PROBS..

MY QUESTION: WHY ARE SOME PEOPLE ON HERE HAVING A FIRST SERVICE @ 15,000 MILES?

THANKS

HOWARD

I would definitely not wait another 14k miles for you to have an oil change. Whatever the dynamic service schedule said, I always changed oil every 5-6k miles and I switched to fixed service schedule. I cannot see how a dynamic schedule is in any way beneficial for a car as highly strung as an RS4.

[hbk]

14k miles for you to have an oil change.

No, I intend to Oil change every 10,000 miles, it's just the service side of things although I'll have a annual check every winter until the Next RS4 comes along.

[reevesroadster]

I changed my oil at 6 and 12K miles, and mines advising of a service in 600 miles - currently at 16500 miles approx.

I try not to drive it too hard - the grin is so big its starting to hurt

[Thorny]

It isn't just how hard you drive it - a lot of short journeys with the oil not getting up to temp or a lot of town driving with heavy wear on the components etc will provoke a shorter service interval.

[softail]

17100 miles and first service due in 500miles. I do a lot of town driving but I sometimes get up to 36mph on the motorway! Joking apart my trip comp. says that I've averaged 18mph in the last 4000miles - next car's a Nissan Micra and several holidays a year in the Caribean with the money I've saved.

[drcarrera]

A related question - I had mine serviced a couple of weeks ago and there's now nothing in the "next service" display - just "-:--" . Is this normal just after it's been reset?

[scoobyc]

pretty sure i read something about that in the manual and said it takes a wee while to work out how long before the next service

[PetrolDave]

A related question - I had mine serviced a couple of weeks ago and there's now nothing in the "next service" display - just "-:--" . Is this normal just after it's been reset?

That's normal with all Audis on AVS - it's takes about 500 miles to work out a "sensible" number to display, so it just shows "---" until then.

[drcarrera]

Ta for the clarifications. That'll save me from looking a prat when I take it in next week...

[binder]

Length of trips definitely as important as the way you drive. I had a fair number of 300 - 400 miles per day a lot of them on A road dual carriageways etc (try to avoid motorways) and for the first time ever in an Audi did the full 19000 miles