Went away with the family in my shiny new RS3 last weekend. This was my first proper long journey in the car. We drove about a hundred and fifty miles from London to Shropshire. Getting there, the journey was easy, fast and comfortable. Just as you'd expect. Thereafter, it became a nightmare..
The following morning, we drove off to explore the ancient town of Ludlow. I had driven six miles when the gearbox started to select random gears, making the car jolt and speed up quickly. It was actually quite scary. Other lights started flashing on the dash. I was forced to stop immediately.
Net result: entire family stranded on the roadside for 90 minutes. We took the train back to London and the car was ignominiously loaded onto a recovery truck and delivered to my local dealer. Adding insult to injury, when i spoke to them this morning they said they didn't have the capacity to look at it before Wednesday.
I am interested to see how Audi handles this. This is the second time a new Audi has let me down. Bottom line is I love the car so hope it gets sorted quickly.
It may be just an electronic glitch. My wife is furious. She sounds like a parrot and keeps squeaking: 'Should have got a Mercedes! Should have got a Mercedes!'