avant in for 10k service, wheel change, etc

[Kneale Brownson]

Could your light behavior be related to something starting up like the Air 
Conditioner?  Maybe the A4 has a problem like the V8 and 200's that got a 
power spike from the A/C cycling.


At 12:23 PM 10/09/2000 -0700, c a l i b a n wrote:


>         well, i finally took the urq ronals off my avant and put the
>         stockers back on.  mainly i did this because i finally hammered
>         the yoko avs-s4's past their service life, and need to free
>         up the rims to get some serious all-weather - or all around
>         snow - tires.  most likely i will get nokians, though i have a
>         set of steel rims with studded nokian hakka 1's in the garage...
>         just a little too much to drive to tahoe on studs, from sf.
>
>         anyway, the car looks funny with the stock sport rims :)  and
>         of course, the morning after i yank the all-weather shoes off
>         my baby, it rains :)
>
>         i noted a bunch of rust on the hub, where the hub meets the
>         wheel.  is this normal?
>
>         also, i am going in for my 10k service tomorrow.  besides
>         whatever the usual is, i also need an alignment (pulls to the
>         right) and a radio (won't hold the station).  i will also
>         probably complain about my driver's seat squeaking.
>
>         there is one other problem with the car.  i have xenon HID
>         lights, and have noticed this from the time i bought my car.
>         only now can i really pinpoint the behavior:
>
>         the lights flicker.  just once.  one flash that is literally
>         a fraction of a second, a small fraction.  they just blink
>         off, probably a 10th of a second.  this occurs only when i
>         come to a stop, and only once per running of the car.
>
>         what i have pinpointed now is the fact that this happens with
>         regularity, when i leave my house, cold start.  it's so regular
>         that it always happens at the same intersection (dolores) which
>         is two blocks from my house - doesn't matter if i go one way and
>         take 15th to dolores, or the other and take 16th.  i think there
>         is even a bit of a tiny, muted 'click' when this happens.
>         something in the motor switching on, and causing a momentary
>         disturbance in current?
>
>         i am assuming that there is no way in hell that any audi service
>         (especially one as lame as royal motors) will be able to do anuthing
>         about this.  the car has to be cold and it's not visible during the
>         daylight hours.  if i can get info on what it is, though, i may
>         be able to tell them.  hence, my telling of it to you, oh listers.
>         heard of this before?
>
>         also, anything else i should request for my 10k service?
>
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