So lets look at some positives here:
- I finally got it back after 5 years, and about 35000 miles.
- I didn't pay the earth for it
- All the tech I fitted is still present, and works.
- Its road legal & drives
- It still runs on LPG happily
- Its come back with all my service paperwork and more
However......
Its got a lot of niggly faults which my OCD will have to rectify. This is a complex build of an already complex car, so its not surprising that finding the Audi skills to keep it running have a been a challenge for previous owners. It doesn't help I'm a bit skilled when it comes to spotting things, so whilst its a long list, I'm sure many 15 year old motors would be in a similar boat
So here are my first pass observations:
- Engine is ropey at idle. Very ropey. Suspect timing maybe. It doesn't pull like an S8 either
- Wheels are not a bad colour, but don't match the center caps
- Wheels needs balancing
- Brakes are soft, no recent history of brake fluid change
- In fact not much recent history of most service items
- Heated windscreen has been fitted, but not wired fully, and is smashed
- Climate module is sat proud of where it should be
- It has two non matching rear seat entertainment systems, one not wired
- The Rear seat entertainment DVD changer etc unit is no longer fixed in the boot as there isn't room
- Spare wheel is poor
- Suspect final drive seal leak
- Front Armrests don't line up
- Rear armrest bracket is broken
- Sunroof control is broken
- Headlining is broken at rear, multiple upper trims hanging off
- Front bumper paintwork looks more like hammerite than a factory finish
- Front grills aren't attached (but are present)
- No lights in seat memory buttons
- S8 emblems sort of stuck onto the door sills
- Scratches on doors and bootlid
- Faulty PDC
- All 4 door cards hanging on by the tops alone / doors don't shut easily
- Leaking screen wash
- Aftermarket phone aerial fitted
- Rear seat controls have been painted, and the wrong colour
- Bad Tv/Radio reception - suspect diversity antenna
- Broken glovebox light
- Broken handbrake trim
- Various marks to the leather
- Heavy tint remains on the rear quarter windows
- Incorrect rear number plate screws / plate flapping
- Missing platinum foot mats
- Needs a bloody good valet.
- And then another bloody good valet.
But - I'm very pleased to have been given the chance to buy it back. In the hands of someone else, the challenge could look a bit daunting and could so easily end up nudging towards the scrap heap..... I put in too much time and effort originally on this car to see that happen, so will be righting the wrongs when leg and time permits.
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The First 20 Audis:
2001 D2 4.2 QS Silver, 1997 D2 S8 Silver, 1999 D2 4.2 Silver, 2002 D2 S8 Dolphin Grey,
2003 C5 RS6 Blue, 1998 D2 S8 Black, 2000 D2 4.2 QS/S8 Ming Blue, 2003 D3 4.2 Ming Blue,
2005 B7 S4 Blue, 2006 D3 3.0 Tdi Black, 1999 D2 4.2 Silver, 2003 D3 4.2 LPG Crystal Blue,
2000 D2 S8 Silver, 2007 3.0 Tdi Q7 Black, 2009 B8 S4 Black, 1998 D2 S8 Agate Grey,
2006 D3 4.2 Tdi Blue, 2006 D3 S8, 2007 Q7 3.0 Tdi, 2006 C6 S6,
The Second 20 Audis:
2011 A7 Sline, 2001 A2 1.4 Tdi Black, 2002 A2 1.4 Tdi Silver, 2006 A8 4.2 Tdi Blue,
2007 4.2 Tdi Q7, 2006 S4 Cab Silver, 2010 RS6 Saloon Black
, 2007 TT Roadster,
2010 A8 D4 4.2 Silver, 2006 C6 A6 2.7 Tdi Quattro, 2000 D2 4.2 QS/S8 Ming Blue (again), 2008 Q7 4.2 Black,
2009 C6 RS6 Saloon Daytona Grey, 2001 Fully Loaded A2 Tdi, 2006 Avant S6 Black, 2007 VW Caravelle Exec Black (almost an Audi)
2009 TT Roadster Daytona, 2015 Q7 4.2 tdi lava grey, 2002 GmbH D2 demonstrator, 2006 D3 A8 LWB 4.2 Tdi Black
Most Recent Audis:
2001 A2 1.4 Tdi Black, 2007 4.2 FSi Q7 ABT Blue, 2016 S5 Coupe Launch model, 2004 S4 B6 Cabriolet, 2016 Q7 Sline White, 2006 Q7 4.2 FSi Black, 2012 Q7 Sline+ 4.2Tdi White, 2008 Blue Audi S8
Everything Else
1989 Subaru Justy, 1986 Vauxhall Cartlton 2.0 GL, 1985 Vauxhall Carlton 2.2 CDi, 1987 Ford Sierra XR4x4, 1983 Vauxhall Senator, 1985 Vauxhall Senator 3.0i, 1997 Polo Saloon, 1997 Peugeot 306 1.9 TDi, Ford Sierra Sapphire 2000E, 1990 Subaru Justy, 2000 Subaru Impreza, 2000 Subaru Impreza RB5, 1993 Range Rover LSE, 2005 VW Bora, 2003 Skoda Superb, 2003 VW Passat V6 4 Motion, 1996 Peugeot 106, 2000 Range Rover 4.0, 2019 Tesla Model 3 Performance