Aman Agrawal

Werner is my old car

How I got him

Named after the rocket scientist, my 2012 Audi A7 has seen some time. The same vehicle that took me to my third birthday now stands as my first car.

Upon receiving my license, I was informed that if I could repair the car, it would be mine. So, I got to work.

The Battery

The first issue was a dead battery. I replaced it with a new one, and the car started right up.

Misfires Galore

After ordering an OBD scanner, I found that there was a severe misfire in multiple cylinders. After some time on audizine.com, I began taking the engine as far out as I could. In the end, that repair required pulling the coolant tank, and replacing the spark plugs and ignition coils.

Great! I thought. And for a few months, it was great!

Free Straightpiping

Then, in September of 2024, I was driving back from a 3 hour basketball session, concluded with a thunderstorm (typical SFL). Coming out of a right turn, I saw a lightning strike a few hundred yards ahead of me, a loud bang (which may or may not have been thunder). All of the sudden, my car smelt like gas and sounded like an 18 wheeler.

Back to work I went. After crawling under the car (because I couldn’t find my jack stands), and getting stuck for a few minutes, I couldn’t seem to find the problem. So, I brought the car to a friends house, where 5 of the smartest people I know took a look.

Eventually, we discovered that the exhaust tubes had come unwelded from the flex pipes

This job was a bit too time intensive for me, so I got it done by a shop in Davie

They did a great job, and Werner kept running for another 12k miles!

The Final Straw

After all this work, Werner had proved more reliable than expected, given it was a 15 year old german car, and took me back and forth from school everyday.

However, that time came to a close when a distracted driver rear ended me. Everyone was ok but Werner was totalled.

And so, it is there where my journey with Werner comes to a close.