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A6 C4 Sparkplug Popped Out Of Cylinder Head

Popped Out Spark Plug

The car was running smoothly until one day, it just sounded so badly and the wife thought the engine was blown. It’s still drivable, shaking at idle and losing power because sparkplug #1 physically popped out of the head with all threads still good… Amazing. I started to look for a new car until I

The “Stupid” Lease

Q7 for snow

In early 2008, Audi had a Q7 lease running for a while which all Audi dealer finance departments called it a totally “stupid” lease ever from Audi. Well, why was it stupid? It was stupid because it made no sense in business point of view for the dealers, but it’s great for the consumers. It

Serial Vag-Com For Audi Cars

I bought a OBDII when I got my A8 in 2004 to work with all audis up to 2003. This is the serial version and not USB. The only problem is not many new laptop has serial port any more except some Dell models or IBM. Anyhow, the software is free from Rosstech website .

It’s That Time Again For Q7…2010

Q7 snow 2

The Garage Queen is coming out for the snow again. Q7 is still the best looking SUV on the block. Our reasons for buying the Q7: the kids Pictures taken by my little daughter from the backseat. Happy New Year 2010

Honda 97 Odyssey Rear Brake Replacement

rear brake

Honda’s brake pads warning system always fails due to the metal tab breaking off the pads, this metal tap is to create screeching sound when the pads are low by scratching the brake discs. When this one broke, the only warning we have left is the metal pads actually scratching the discs themselves and that’s