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Under the bonnet
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 7:50 am
by Lisag2010
Our car is in for some paint protection and they think something has been left out from under the bonnet (a cover over the grill area). Does anyone have a picture of theirs so I can compare before going back to Audi. Thank you.
Re: Under the bonnet
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 9:49 am
by Tony
Ours in for repair but I'm 99% sure it looked like this -
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/content/ca ... eview-2021
Re: Under the bonnet
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 10:21 am
by Lisag2010
That's great thank you. This is the image he sent us, which I think looks the same.
Re: Under the bonnet
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 11:19 am
by Tony
Yeah it's pretty basic really, I don't even know what any of it does
Re: Under the bonnet
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 12:54 pm
by Edam77
Just don't fill the screen wash up on a very windy day as I did and it blew the strut holding it up out and came crashing down, thankfully I had just moved! Guess dont use it much but was expecting a hydraulic boot lid, but mine looks like those pictures too
Re: Under the bonnet
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 4:50 pm
by Citizen
Cannot believe not hydraulic bonnet, on a car the price it is. Evidence of more cost cutting by Audi. Annoying really.
Re: Under the bonnet
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 6:05 pm
by lozzd
If it's just cost cutting it's annoying I admit, but are you sure it's not for weight savings? every little helps on these EVs for people panicking about range, and those hydraulic gas struts are beefy...
Re: Under the bonnet
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 6:08 pm
by Lisag2010
Tony wrote: ↑Tue Apr 19, 2022 11:19 am
Yeah it's pretty basic really, I don't even know what any of it does
I know, to my untrained eye, doesn't look too dissimilar to normal combustion engine.
Re: Under the bonnet
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 6:08 pm
by Lisag2010
Edam77 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 19, 2022 12:54 pm
Just done fill the screen wash up on a very windy day as I did and it blue the strut holding it up out and came crashing down, thankfully I had just moved! Guess dont use it much but was expecting a hydraulic boot lid, but mine looks like those pictures too
Oh goodness, glad your okay tho. I was surprised to see the prop in all honesty.
Re: Under the bonnet
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 6:52 pm
by Edam77
Citizen wrote: ↑Tue Apr 19, 2022 4:50 pm
Cannot believe not hydraulic bonnet, on a car the price it is. Evidence of more cost cutting by Audi. Annoying really.
I thought that, but then I have only opened it once since I got it in October so probably does same some weight and isn't used that much.
