Back in the game
 

It's been a week now since I found my new A8. Just been too busy too find a moment to say... I'm back in the game.

Delighted. She's got everything, and more, than I wanted to replace my last ride and I bought her off a fabulous family who were only selling because they bought a new D4. Great to meet them and to see that, yet again, once bitten you've driven an A8 it's hard to go to anything else.

A few cosmetics to be done over coming weeks to bring her to my taste, but overall really loving her vibe.

Thanks to the cool peeps here on the forum for their support during the dark days of no A8. ;-)

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Welcome back, your new 8 looks very, very nice.

Been toying with the idea of putting my 20" FE wheels on for winter and getting the standard wheels refurbished.......you may have just convinced me it's a great idea +++

More photos soon please (once you've removed the S8 badges ;))

Welcome back +++

Looks a gem!+++

Very nice. Well done Sir.

+1 re: the S8 badge.

Naturally!

...but the aesthetics pale to insignificance when this happens this morning on the motorway going extremely fast.

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Thank God I was in an 8.

Crikey! Is that down to the tyre being for winter?

No, Winter tyres can be run perfectly fine in summer, they just wear faster. I am I am putting winter tyres on either this or next weekend as the summer tyres does not grip well with reduced temperatures an wetness on the road in the late evenings, early mornings now.

Possibly sidewall was internally damaged by running underinflated at some point in life.

Indeed, what Ainars said. And summer tyres wear faster when it's cold.

Winter tyres are typically better from about 7C or less even in the dry and you'd be surprised how early in Autumn it regularly gets that cold before sunrise. And how far into spring before it's warmer.

With SWMBO about to retire (and no longer having to be ready to drive 100 miles to the in-laws at any time of day or night whatever the weather) I'll be doing less driving in those cold hours of darkness so the winter wheels may not go on quite so early this year. We'll also have the luxury of just sitting at home if the weather is cold and unpleasant.