get an inspection camera in there

If it stays up I would leave it unless you're someone like me who lifts if every other day. Should still have plenty of life left in it.

They did what they had to to do, to get it going. Better than just scrapping another S8. Shame about the paintwork, must have been vandalism.

hahaha. very clever

Even if it looks ok from the outside, cleaning all the terminals will help, sometimes corrosion gets in such a way that you can't see it unless you take it all apart, sometimes it will only happen when its cold and so on.. new junction boxes may be on ebay or audi tradition

This is a charging issue and i bet your junction box is all rotten and not making a connection.

good find. i never knew these existed until i met MJ for the first time. My mind was blown.

febi 31678 £25 a piece from autodoc. you just need a flat blade screw driver to replace them, takes 30s per side.

If you like bling D3 ones are the same but shiny