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Q7 Brake Pedal Damper Replacement

Q7 Brake Pedal Damper

After 18 years and 88k miles, the brake pedal damper shock started to leak oil and no longer push the brake pedal out causing the handbrake light to come on sometimes over bumps. We had to manually pull the pedal out to clear the brake light. I found the damper shock on Aliexpress generic for

A8 D5 Roof Rack Add On

Apline ACE-407 V136 A8 Roof Bar 7

I wanted to add roof rack for my skis rack on my 2019 A8 D5 and I found these Apline ACE-407 and V136 Aero Bars that don’t fit the car even the shop said it was compatible. The bars are only 51″ and the with of the car is wider than 51″. I think at

Noise Level @ 80MPH On A8L D5

Noise Level

We took a drive to LA and I noticed the car was extremely quiet, no wind noise, no road noise even with cheap tires on. I opened the video recording on my phone and record the noise, under 55dB.

A8L D5 70k Miles Oil Change

70k_oil_change

It’s 70,300 miles on my Audi A8L D5, time to replace the oil. The 60k miles was done by the Fremont Audi Dealer for $160, now it’s time to do it myself again. Every 10k miles, the coolant seems to vapored a little, so I have to add some. . The dealer used the brand

Audi A8L D5 – Park Assist Plus Retrofit

P-Button Unit

Audi Park Assist Plus started on 2023 A8L D5 to help parking automatically when found a parking spot. It would need a physical button and software for it to work. It can be remote parked using the phone through Audi connect. I haven’s seen the actually demo on the A8L but I’m trying to use