The dealership just called and the car is fixed. What appears to have happened is two years ago I took it to the dealership where I purchased the car (where I had taken it since it was new and had taken my previous Audi) and didn't realize the the Service Manager along with the RS6 technician had moved to another dealership. They replaced the steering column because I was experiencing a lot of rub, eventhough they didn't have a technician who was certified and knew what he was doing. We moved last year and I now am closer to the dealership where the Service Manager moved to so I started taking it there...it's as if they are cleaning up all the problems the first dealerships messed up. They told me that the steering column wasn't installed correctly and the bolts eventually worked loose. I had a similar situation with a routine service maintainence where the first guys didn't do everything they were suppose to do including checking for the leaky valves - the 2nd dealership ended up fixing that problem as well. Anyway, my concern was more for repeated problems. I didn't realize the first job done on my car was really the problem. Anyway thanks for all your advice and please know that I'm not a car expert, I just like speed so if my rant is a little sketchy, I apoligize!!! I actually like the dealership I am now taking it to now and they will go to bat for me if I ever have any more steering issues even after the warranty is up. I think they were baffled until they were able to get in and see what was wrong...they thought an airbag had been deployed - therefore they thought it had been wrecked. I'm still having major concerns about buying it out of the lease not sure I want to deal with all the headaches!!!