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#71
18th December 2015, 08:09 PM
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Bought my first A8 at the innocent age of 20 (couldn't get the thing going when I went to pick it up and there was no passenger seat!)
Interrupted by 20 days of driving a smoke-filled XJ6 I'm now into the 6th year of owning a PF S8 and the 29th year of my old age. 
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#72
18th December 2015, 09:24 PM
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2002 D2 S8 – Ming Blue, Valcona leather, Vavona wood insert, solar sunroof (to be fitted), Heated rear seats, extended leather pack, 18” Avus, ski hatch, Bose, auto dim rear view mirror, rear blind.
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#73
19th December 2015, 10:18 AM
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My first owned car was an Opel Kapitan in 1958 at the mature age of 18.
Then went through two more Opels, a Rekord and a Caravan(early Astras). These were all in Germany and the last one I brought back to UK when demobbed. In civvy street I went through a White Zephyr Six(thought I was a Z car) and a Vauxhaul PBD Cresta. Then various company cars, Ford Anglia, Opels, Cortina Estate. Back into ownership with an Astra Estate that I took all over Europe from Denmark down to Italy, in November 1989 I took it through East Germany to the Polish border and back to Potsdammer Platz in Berlin for the breaking open of the Wall. I was on a visit to Berlin when they closed the crossing and split Berlin prior to building the wall. Then followed a Mitsubishi Gallant, a Ford Granada hatchback and two Nissan Maxima QXs. Then at 74 SWMBO purchased my dream for me and I became the proud owner of my 2004 Audi A8 3.0TDI. Yippee!! I have arrived. OK it has taken me 76 years to get there but very interesting years they have been. The really big thing is that I have now met some like minded folk here in the forum and now consider myself double blessed, a beautiful car and some very good knowledgeable friends.
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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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#74
19th December 2015, 11:45 AM
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#75
19th December 2015, 04:34 PM
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Was the hatchback Granada the original mk1 coupe Granada Ray? they are quite sought after now. I used to own a stretched Mk1 Granada that I bought off the MOD and loved it. Went to the classic car show in Birmingham a few years ago and there it was on the owners club stand, but white instead of black and fully restored, very strange seeing one of your former cars on display like that lol
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Confidence is the feeling you have before you know better . . . .  Audi A8 D2 3.7 Quattro Sport 1999 FL - Melange 2nd Place Winner - A8-Freunde Annual German Meet 2012 at Edersee 20" x 9" Bentley GTC Wheels with 385mm W12 Front Discs & Bentley Caliper Covers, Front Lowered on Coilovers, Xenons, Combined DRLs and LED Foglights to modified OEM front fog lamp position, Alcantara/Leather, Full Black Alcantara headlining + pillars and blind shelf, Bespoke Flat Bottomed Sports Steering Wheel, Dark Myrtle Wood, Autodim Mirrors, Bose, Blinds, Digital TV, Ski Hatch, Modified rear exhaust section for extra V8 Burble  Audi S8 D2 Final Edition 2002, Avus Silver with Red Leather Interior Tiptronic with Sport mode button, Sony rear entertainment package, Bose sound system, Audi Navigation Plus, 20 inch Final Edition alloys, Full Cat Back Stainless Milltek exhaust, giving a great V8 burble Audi A8L D2 4.2 Petrol with LPG - Ebony Black Audi A8L D4 FL 4.0T Petrol twin turbo - Havana Black Audi A2 1.6 FSi Sport - Dolphin Grey with Votex body kit and Red Leather Interior and some other A8's A8L's and Mercs
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#77
20th December 2015, 07:26 PM
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Sorry Neil,
Rather a few years younger, it was a MkII about 1994 on a H425 MEV plate. 2.0 DOHC manual 5 speed, limited slip diff, rear wheel drive. I did forget another Opel that I had for a few years, an Opel GT, 1900 aluminium engine, pop up headlights, sort of a Ferrari Dino look alike. Sad bit was within two weeks of selling it I saw it near Manchester Uni in a very battered state.
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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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#78
21st December 2015, 07:15 PM
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