avant in for 10k service, wheel change, etc

[c a l i b a n]

	that's a good suggestion - however, the a/c isn't on when
	this happens.

	actually, the system in the a4 is a bit annoying.  it seems
	like the whole system - cmpressor and all - starts up, no
	matter what you have set - cold, heat, whatever.  if you hit
	the ECON button, of course, this doesn't happen, but the car
	won't even heat when you do that.

On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Kneale Brownson wrote:

]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?
]>
]>--
]>  rocky mullin - chaotic good
]>  http://caliban.sf.ca.us/
]>  two strokes are faster than four!
]>  this message was composed using the vi editor.
]>
]>  "i'm not very sharp- i just get things done"  -- steve lerner
]>
]>
]

-- 
 rocky mullin - chaotic good
 http://caliban.sf.ca.us/
 two strokes are faster than four!
 this message was composed using the vi editor.

 "i'm not very sharp- i just get things done"  -- steve lerner