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hugo7
Howard
Thanks! Yes it's definitely one thing off the mind - I got it for quite a lot below market value so would probably have sprung for it if it was the gearbox, but I'm very happy not to have had to. The specialist did a minor service on it at the same time (even though the last one was 2000 miles ago that also was over a year ago) and remarked that generally it's in really good nick so that's pleasing.
It became evident my clearing the drain holes hadn't stopped the water ingress however, so yesterday I took the inner boot trim off and lay in there whilst my long-suffering wife turned the hose on the car. Water started coming in through the base of the drivers side spoiler mount very quickly:
Looking at the Audi forums there are two ways to deal with this. Either get a new gasket and remove and reinstall the spoiler (a bugger of a DIY job or probably a fairly steep cost at a body shop), or the DIY approach involving lining the junction between the spoiler mount and the bodywork with automotive sealant. Given the forecast for the next few days, I cracked on with the latter. Despite having masked everything up I didn't do the neatest of jobs (I'm awful in general at stuff like that), but I think it should be watertight and given the spoiler only opens over 80mph I think the amount of time people will spend looking into the gap isn't going to be massive.
This afternoon I'll take the front wipers and plenum off and clean out the front drainage holes if the weather holds.