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#41
25th November 2016, 08:55 PM
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions, ski hatch retrofit; extended leather. Aftermarket DVB-T, reversing camera and full XCarlink (Bluetooth etc.). 2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation".  (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one!  Finally: gone, but not forgotten..... 1998 D2 PF S8. AgateGrey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors. e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course.  (internal dimming mirror added later)1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon, Auto-dim mirror, Leather, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer. And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850! 
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#42
26th November 2016, 01:38 AM
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I HAVE PHOTOGRAPHIC PROOF (damn caps lock) but cant get it on... here!
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 I'm in love with a car.  2004 4.2L Petrol A8L Sage Green/Black (one of only five D3s thus colored sold in the US)
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#44
23rd December 2016, 11:27 PM
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well its 00.37 on Christmas Eve here in Bonnie Scotland and we have just had a wind driven hail, thunder and lightning storm that set off the RS6 Alarm and several others in the street, very weird weather
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 Audi S8 2002, Black (even the chrome bits) Audi RS6 Avant 2008, Daytona Grey Maserati Granturismo 2008, Metallic Nero Carbonio Audi S8 2015, Daytona Grey
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#45
24th December 2016, 07:40 AM
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At 04:00 on the M6 twixt Wigan and Preston rather squally, bursts of heavy rain and strong cross winds.
Nothing unusual really, mind I was warm and toasty in the bus. I love the night heater.
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Ray at Wigan Pier 2014 A8L D4 4.0TFSI Gold (Sticker says "Beige") Can't leave you in a black smoke cloud anymore.. In progress, Nothing left to do.  Gone 2004 A8 D3 3.0 TDI. Ebony Pearl Black (with little bits of other colours and glitter)
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#46
29th December 2016, 04:08 PM
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Minus 4 in County Durham this morning, and it's stayed that way all day
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 Audi D3 S8 - 2007 - V10. B&O, Phantom Black, black and silver interior, and still completely standard with everything working as it should  Audi TT - 2015 - Ultra
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#47
2nd January 2017, 09:20 AM
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Not that cold today but look at this
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Currently 8less 2011 Q7 S Line 3.0TDI, 2016 Tesla Model S 90D 8 history: 2006 A8 Sport 4.2TDI quattro SOLD, 1997 S8, reached end of life with gearbox failure
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#48
2nd January 2017, 12:25 PM
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Isn't the natural world beautiful!
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 '09 D3 S8 - Most of the bells and whistles (B&O, Audi Exclusive brown interior and exterior paint, soft close, ACC etc) de-flapped manifold!
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#49
3rd January 2017, 08:12 AM
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A frosty but clear start to the day in Weston this morning.
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Cars... '93 Audi Coupe 2.0 Alpine White (sold) '99 Audi S4 Merlin Purple - K04 upgrade to 412hp (sold) '00 Audi S8 Agate Grey (Sold  )'11 Audi Q7 4.2tdi Unknown Red (Classic Red Pearl Effect - thanks MJ) 
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#50
3rd January 2017, 11:39 PM
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 Mother Nature does some nice work. Hard to capture photographically, I bet. Hats off to you, ainarssems. So it's 6:30 PM in TN, USA; and three days into January, the high was 69F today. Raining lightly. Going down to 32F for the low, and supposedly 20F low tomorrow night. VWAG needs to test its cars door seals here; many times this (aforementioned weather sequence) happens and I am frozen out of a car. The doors with two sets of seals (e.g., B5 Passat, 4E/D3 A8) fill with ice and it's either heatgun + 30 minutes, or hope there's enough GummiPflege left on there to not rip the rubber off. The cars also are coated by 3/4" of ice; on the door handles (A8) this results in complete immobility. I will credit VWAG with one thing; the battery management. If one tries to get in and releases the latch (dome lights plus whatever else pulls the 6 amps) but can't get the door open - or fully closed - the car will still start the next day. My parents' Toyota killed its battery a couple times from this scenario. (before the A8s, I borrowed their AWD Highlander to get the kids to their (private) school which never has "snow days", unlike TN public schools which close at the slightest hint of freezing, but the Passat did OK. I just hated getting the garaged VW all dirty in the salty slush) . I have also put a 1500w ceramic heater in the car on occasion. On a timer. Toasty, and I have oil pan heaters on most of the cars (I'm a "Yankee", so cut me some slack).
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I'm in love with a car. 2004 4.2L Petrol A8L Sage Green/Black (one of only five D3s thus colored sold in the US)
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