wax coating

[i.rautenberg at waratap.com]

Brett,

I'm guessing the plugs are changed out because (as most anyone who has  
worked at an Audi/VW dealership can attest) of a propensity to foul on  
short trips.  I imagine this is especially true wrt the FSI engines  
and their corresponding HUGE fuel pressures (in addition to the  
regular fuel pump, there is a separate fuel pump on each cylinder head  
to supply fuel).  For the $70-80k  price of entry, I think that's a  
good idea, don't you?

Ingo

PS  Trying to keep your foot out of it for the first 1500 miles -- now  
that's tough :-)


Quoting Brett Dikeman <quattro at frank.mercea.net>:

>
> 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