wax coating

[Wylie Bean]

The ecu is set in transport mode, but I'm not sure exactly what that
entails as far as throttle HP limitations.  I didn't work there when
anything with as much gusto as the RS4 was around, so they very easily
could have come up with some sort of plug-in "valet mode" system to
limit the chance they get abused at port.  When I was there, and to
this day, my dealer puts the "real" wipers on at PDI, which is usually
done as soon after the cars are delivered the dealer as they can.  A
lot of larger markets have cars that sit in holding lots so they don't
PDI them right away from what I understand, to keep the paint from
being destroyed by sitting outside, so they could very easily may
leave the plastic wrap on them for a while, and also not switch the
wipers from the little yellow/blue ones to black.
They're not supposed to test drive a car that's not been fully
PDI'd....they're supposed to keep at least one demo of each model for
that purpose if they're large enough to not PDI cars when they come
in.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brett Dikeman" <quattro at frank.mercea.net>
To: "Wylie Bean" <theringmeister at triad.rr.com>
Cc: "Ingo Rautenberg" <i.rautenberg at waratap.com>;
<quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 5:54 PM
Subject: Re: wax coating


>
> On Jul 26, 2006, at 5:40 PM, Wylie Bean wrote:
>
> > No cosmoline ( or anything else for that matter) applied to the
car's
> > finish except for an easily-removable static-infused plastic that
> > leaves no residue whatsoever.  That has almost entirely given up
its
> > position (at least with Audi) in favor of Tyvek/cloth fabric
coccoons
> > that are removed and discarded at PDI.
>
> Hmm...most Audis I've seen on trucks etc have had the static plastic
> stuck to them on certain panels.
>
> More goofyness: the A3 comes with crappy windshield wiper blades,
and
> according to one dealer, they're not permitted to remove them until
> final delivery.  He said it makes test drives in the rain with
> customers "interesting", because the blades are very narrow, so he
> has to assure customers they aren't the normal wipers (the normal
> wipers work very well, and the automatic rain sensor is pretty
spiffy
> if so optioned.)  I test drove one with the Cheesy Blades and they
> were almost completely useless.
>
> Even More goofyness: the new RS4 is shipped with special plugs that
> are changed out during final dealer prep.  They didn't know why.
> Can't be to limit power at the port, can it?  That's usually done
via
> ECU coding that sets a throttle/RPM limit (right?)
>
> Brett