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They are grippier on the road even during wet conditions up to the point of standing water, granted wets will give a better lap time in wet conditions but road tyres wouldn't and if you were driving on slicks on the road in wet conditions you would not be driving to the limit, you would likely be sheltering during the worst of it. I did (summer) hillclimbs in Northern France till 2004, I would leave the car on slicks the whole weekend as the Gendarmes would close the roads during the practice and race sessions and were very obliging outside of those times as everyone behaved sensibly. One year I drove to and from the event from Sussex on slicks as my trailer had not been returned by a borrower.

Being for the most part self taught the vast majority of what I have learned in life has been from my mistakes, most I don't class as unfortunate as they were willing decisions to see what the outcome would be, mistaking holes on the rear differential was unfortunate and unintended but learning came from it, if I can pass that on to prevent others doing the same I don't mind sharing my sometimes incompetence with the world, something garages won't do.

Oh I see, when you say "I" you actually mean the person you are addressing the comment to. A seven year old could not be that funny 🤣

OccyVRS Members Joined 3 December, 2024 The only question I have asked was of the OP, was the Haldex perhaps serviced before the fault developed.

I apologise, I did not realise, you write very well for a 6 or 7 year old.

Parts can fail at any time an any mileage, TBH what you have described does not sound like the typical VAG rear diff failure whatsoever, it sounds exactly like a garage that cannot diagnose, keeps fitting more and more expensive parts and finally gives a really high quote hoping you will go elsewhere. For the second point no, if there were no apparent faults then they cannot be expected to identify future ones. You certainly have leverage on the final point, I hope you have not settled the bills yet. Did they by any chance service the Haldex before the problem started?

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Its Google we should both thank! I was not even sure what bi-annual meant so checked, if I ever once knew the word biennial it has long since been forgotten like a large chunk of my English vocabulary. Its been over 20 years now away from an English speaking environment.

No, just the people who choose to use them. Seemingly not much chance of that. My final words will be to answer one of your questions: Because I checked the manufacturers date code which is stamped on every new tyre.

Amazing! You are telling me I should buy tyres on credit now, given I have had no income since the confinement I have a feeling I know what the answer would be were I to seek credit. I would happily buy and use good used brake discs from a breakers yard but they would cost more than new here. The people making their living through the resale of part worn tyres and their tens of thousands of customers disprove that. Try being a little less judgemental of others.

Bi-annual or Biennial? Servicing costs £340 per year or £85 per year? The latter I hope!

Wishing or not you have done. You yourself are driving on part worn tyres. Thankfully being judgemental does not make you the judge.

Problem will likely be a temperature sensor in the passenger side heater duct, I believe there are more than one.

ABS intervention is not speed dependent.

Are you sure the correct fuse was removed? If it was the dashboard should have lit up like fault code city. The fuse layout in the manuals for RHD cars are usually wrong (reversed) but as FrenchTone has I presume a LHD car his would be correct.