Oil, seeing as it was changed only a few days ago under a full service, is looking jet black again and worse still, i way too much!
I'm a little peeved to say the least

, so much for an Audi specialist... 1st off he didn't even look at the coolant first time around and he took it for a spin a time before when i talked to him about booking it in and told about the crunching in 3rd.
At the time he said it has a hydraulic clutch and because it's been sat around for a while it'll take time to 'get better'.
Driving back on the dual carriage way tonight, near the end of my journey, i couldn't put it into 5th, just wouldn't go in.