New(ish) car - minor problems

[w00kie]

Afternoon All

Having been a long time lurker on the RS4 B7 forum and had that car for 10 years I thought it was time I added a C7 to the fleet. So here is our 2016 Performance tucked in next to it's much older sibling.

Given the current situation we've yet to go far in it and it's odd to say that the best feature so far is having the auto box in London traffic but I'm looking forward to some (much) longer trips later in the year. The drive back from collecting it made my giggle a lot and I'm going to need to learn to recalibrate how long I can leave my foot in while 'getting up to speed' so as not to get in too much trouble.

It will doubtless be getting a new exhaust at some point soon and head to MRC for some fettling as it's stable mate did, but so far the only mod is having the telegram guy remotely enabling carplay.

Only question for group for now is whether anyone has experience any leaks from the rear diff. It was picked up on the health check my local indy did after I got the car home and while described as very minor I wondered if anyone had had similar experiences? Rang the last places it was serviced and they had no notes about it but given the £8k cost of a new rear diff it is giving me some pause for thought and the dealer is both far away and not all that helpful currently.

[morski]

If you have any warranty with the car its best to get them to sort it. If its leaking from the plug then its easy to sort buti have heard they can leak between the casings and even if stripped down and rebuilt they dont last and leak again.
A leaking diff will end up getting noisy if its leaked enough fluid

[mrmerle]

Sorry I can't help on the diff issue, but was curious as to what colour your RS4 is?

[w00kie]

Figured it might be a warranty issue. I've just booked it into MRC to see if they can advise and then I'll go from there.

The RS4 is wrapped in 3M Deep Space. It's every colour from dark blue to vivid orange depending on the light. Considering it for the 6 as well but might not suit the shape quite so well and the lady isn't as sold on the idea