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I think I’ll keep hold of Alison! 
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What is the point in Audi these days? So unimaginative they reskinned an ID3.
It has been so long since Audi made an interesting car and hasn’t just relied on another RS or giant SUV crappy thing.
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Very good question! I hope the future design language reflects that of the electric convertible concept designed by ex JLR designer shown last year:
Otherwise it’s difficult to see it as anything other than a (cheap looking) badge on a generic SUV…
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Alison is built like a fucking brick shithouse. Hit a fucking big pothole yesterday. Dark night; puddle; not there last week, etc…
No damage. Probably because speed and lightness reasons. Fascinating to see how some cars cope.with genuine abuse:
Oops… he’s been bitten by the bug, innit:
I’m writing to Audi and my Local MP. Alison’s expansion tank baffles have broken away.
Only lasted 294,800 miles! I’m fucking furious, innit!
(Managed to buy a new one off of Amazon- the only one with correct part number)
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Should’ve got a diesel… anyhoo I may have had some fun playing with the Estate Agent’s car of choice. And staying in front:
To all A2 owners here, the Expansion Tank arrived this afternoon. Just poked around Alison’s Engine Bay and this is definitely the correct part. Get 'em while you can. Saves fucking about making pipes fit tanks for other models!
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Udderly brilliant 
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With the help of Ginger Mk2- evidently a VAG Master Tech- I finally had a gap in the weather to change Alison’s Expansion Tank.
The old one was fucking fucked. The coolant system was flushed and changed last February when the Cambelt; Water Pump, etc was replaced.
A big pothole finally did for it and thats when I spotted the baffle floating in the tank!
Road test just completed- cockpunch to me for not fully tightening the cap…
No leaks.
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You must have done a good job with Lord Boots giving his seal of approval.
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Ha yes, hopefully this will keep Alison- kindly described as a “…clapped out old diesel…” on another forum going for a while yet!
It was a satisfying job for a cuntry bumpkin that likes to use hammers and brute force to fix things!
I might call up somewhere to see how much it would have cost to get done for me. A small job; satisfying none the less! 
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Once you’ve found out how much you’ve saved you can give yourself permission to spend that on music. 
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In for MOT and leaking inner door ‘membrane’* and ready whenever.
Wheel alignment was carried out- fuel tank not at test level; oops- after above mentioned pothole. The chap doing the work made a point of remarking how clean Alison is underneath:
“…clean underneath isn’t it! Like a new car!”
Good to hear. Alison did need a bit of work when I first got her almost- 12 years to the day- ago!
*an aluminium pressing rather than plastic sheeting.
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Good luck to Alison although I’m sure she won’t need it.
My partner’s A2 goes in for MOT tomorrow, less of a certainty to pass I suspect.
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Best wishes for a clean pass for your Partner’s A2!
Last year was an initial fail- checked all lighting in advance as always- and a headlamp bulb ledt the party!
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That’s typical tricksy old car behaviour that is!
I once took a car to MOT absolutely certain, rightly, that it would pass. Arrived at garage, tester saw me park up and called out to me before I’d even got out of the car, “it’s failed, sorry”. Eh?! Unbeknownst to me a stone or some other supernatural intervention had smashed a headlight lense during the drive to the test. Garage bloke thought it was very funny, i was less amused.
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