<center><img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/14718/ttday13.jpg"></center><p>OK, so Tuesday/Wednesday dealer installs the warranty "grey-area" 12K replacement clutch. I also discovered chunks in the sidewalls of two of the RE040's (oops), so I order a set of SE02's at Tire Rack and dealer mounts them on the factory wheels, and swaps out snows. Charges me $210 (gasp . . .) - I make some noise, figure, OK, they did the clutch, leave it alone. Get the car Thursday, driving home, brakes feel like they need to be bled, call dealer, talk with service, yeh, they say, it's a single hydraulic system, so since they did the clutch, it really could need to be bled, and they set me up for the morning. I took a drive that night to check out the S02's, and thankfully, threshed out the mechanicals a bit. Brakes still felt awful.

I drive over Friday morning, they bleed, feels the same . . . braking power is there, if a little delayed, so I figure I'm goin' for it. Me & the missus get about an hour away when there's this ticking noise in the front left. Call dealer, service says maybe it's the front brake dust shields. Try twice to puch them away from rotors, noise worsens. And then . . ***!!! the gods smile upon us !!!*** We're 2 minutes down the road from YBH Audi, and we get there 5 minutes before they're ready to close. They are terrific, hoist car and we find it's more than dust shields . . .ugh . . . and they can rotate (read: wobble . . . !) the wheel 10-15 degrees either way. My stomach sinks. Mechanic says inside CV joint nut is loose, thinks someone didn't tighten it during the clutch job - probably trashed the bearing. Can tighten the assembly now though, so we test it and it makes a sound like a dirigidoo . . Parts is closed, don't know if they have a bearing They say, go home now, and carefully. :-(

Soooooo, many dark moments, and as we drove home, I realized that we have this other really great car, and if we went anyway I'd still get to meet everyone, see all the cars (I know what ours looks like . . ! ), see the houses and drive the beautiful roads, so I made the signs, transferred everything into the bimmer (hey, we were already packed . . . . ), and headed out. We got into our room at Nemacolin at 3am. It was worth it all to drive into the TT grove at Kentuck **** . . . *sob*

Hey, thanks to Doug Clayton for including us his photos. It was a blast. Many thanks to Peter & Bob for this weekend. Oh, and Amulett, I am so sorry and angry to hear about this. Jeez what's with Audi's mechanics . . . !?

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what wheels are those on the silver TT next to the bmw? very nice!

 

dealer messing up an otherwise working car just before an event! Sigh, glad you made it in your other tt

 

That is my TT with AEZ Radons, 18x8.5"

 

I've got a set for sale, interested?