Gambit

http://www.autocar.co.uk/blogs/anything-goes/audi-and-great-idiot-effect Before the A4 came along, Audi drivers were a friendly sort There’s a word. I won’t use it here because it’s rude. But at what point, my friend wondered, did all the <insert that word here> migrate from BMWs to Audis? Now, dear reader, please do not send letters, because it goes without saying that it is not the job of this blog to provide statistical analysis to prove this fact. Not when there’s hearsay, anecdotal evidence and blind prejudice on offer. My ‘evidence’ came the day after Allan McNish, nine-time Le Mans podiumist, announced his retirement from Audi’s racing team. The weather was lousy and the M4 eastbound was sufficiently blowy and wet that spray was hitting my windscreen from cars even on the opposite carriageway. I, like everyone around me, was having a slow, miserable journey. Except, that is, for a good half-dozen drivers of Audis (two genuine A6s, a real A7, an actual A4 Avant and two more I made up for good measure), who were auditioning for the vacant McNish seat and continuing at an unabated 90mph. It wasn’t always thus, was it? There was a time when Audis were like Saabs, bought by those who wore polo-necks and/or jackets with elbow patches to work, who slowed for inclement weather and didn’t feel obliged to fill any gap left in the outside lane larger than the length of their car plus two !Removed! papers. When did one of these states end and the other begin? That’s what my friend asked and is the point (such as it is) of this piece. The original 1994 A4 might have started it. Here was an athletic-looking Audi; the saloon even had a hint of spoiler shaped into the bootlid. Saucy. The 1997 A6’s bootlid was unadorned, but it was a design-led machine that could take on the 5-series. The TT followed and, if the supposed impact of halo models is true, made us believe that Audi built sports cars. As did its dominance of Le Mans. I wonder, too, if Chris Bangle could take his share of the blame. As Audis became more obvious and mainstream, so Bangle’s flame-surfacing styling made BMWs a little, well, weirder. You had to choose to like the look of one. Make an intellectual decision. Did people who thought more with emotion than mind migrate from BMWs towards Audis then? That might have been true if BMW’s sales declined to match Audi’s growth, but they haven’t. So is it, despite my intention to leave good sense and data out of this, mathematics? I suspect so. Audi has already announced plans to expand its model range from 49 to 60 models and increase sales to two million a year. More people in Audis will undoubtedly mean more chance you’ll see the odd one being driven daftly. Still, the anecdotes work, and we all need a fall guy. Carry on.

Haha thats two of us :)

Yeah they do unfortunately :( even 2nd hand can set you back around the £250 mark :(

Was that the one on Saturday ? I see a bunch of guys going from Lincoln going. Surprised they don't use the forum actually.

No it was just a 327 Bluetooth OBDII sender from ebay and the app. Was about £14 when I bought it their cheaper now :)

matt might know someone that way on.

I have baileys on both mine it is pretty quite off boost I don't mind it to be fair :D But if you can part with the cash HKS is the best one imo Just have to be careful a lot of fakes around on fleebay http://youtu.be/HblCEQXQ8Q4

Video here all about the car :)

My Grandfather was in to his CB's and long range radios. messed about with them a little bit as a kid I used to love the Police scanner when you could listen to the emergency services. I used to sit in with the missus when my oldest was 1st born and have a few drinks play on the xbox or Playstation can't remember which one now :) on a Friday and Saturday night listening to it for hour's :)

I get an error :(

I hate people like that

Hopefully be one of the 2 then :)

I will be honest I'm not sure mate never looked at one to fit :(

I'd have a look at some and see if Youtube has some video footage of it.

All sounds good to me :)

Did you get it to work mate ? And now people have had a taste of NBO anyone hungry for more now the final chance this year by the looks of it, so get your names down and paid up ;)

I know you said you didn't have a printer but I thought I would look for the logos anyway :) http://vector.me/search/subaru-sti-logo

I've wanted to do it myself but always been a bit worried about it as said above :( But it does look and sound amazing :)

Walbro seemed to have slipped down the ladder compared to other brands but it's easy to fit. It's under the back seat so not to hard to access either like some cars that stick it in the &#33;Removed&#33; fuel tank. And the car should run fine without a map on it will help the flow of fuel a lot more when the car needs it. But like with most mods to get full benefits the remap is needed :)

I agree, and I'm not sure :)

Hi mate welcome to S.O.C Please feel free to have a look around the forums and join in great bunch on here, all up for a laugh :) And look forward to seeing the picture, any plans yet or you wanting to keep it as she is ? :)

I've got a PC built into my car and used a bluetooth dongle to my OBDII bluetooth sender, compared to the App on my phone or tablet it wasn't very good at all the data had about a full second delay on it :( not sure if it's because the PC is in the boot and the dongle in the PC isn't that great which made it slow. But what worked for me best was the bluetooth sender from ebay and torque pro app on the phone.

I use a K&N Apollo in one and a panel filter in the other. I quite like the K&N stuff but all the above are good brands :) And you're right avoid oil ones unless you have the MAFS removed with a remap :)

Well hopefully next year get a club stand :)

Looks spot on mate :D