I've removed all loose objects from the car. It sounds like a soft ratteling sound, like some connection was loose. Has any else experienced this? If so, what was the fix. My car is going into the shop next week.

Also, had a real difficult time shifting into second gear, for the first 5-10 minutes, when visiting in Indiana (car was parked overnight outdoors - temp in the high 30s - low 40s). I know that some of you experienced this before, but being a garaged car in Texas, I never got to experience this till the trip. I've checked the archives, but no one seems to have actually gotten Audi to fix this problem (perhaps lighter gear box oil or synthetic oil?). Some of you said that the problem will go away after break-in, but I've got 11K miles. The Audi tech I spoke with said that he would have to 'research the problem', so any comments much appreciated.

99.5 1.8 TQMS with 11K miles