[IT]

Crumbs. Seriously. I'd be here for weeks.

I should start with a simple list of how many forum members cars I've owned, and then how many of them have visited me, and working up to how many of them I've driven, and then umpteen pages from now, I could start to fill in the blanks of all the ones I've driven that were nothing to do with forum or a8parts...

That'll take a while, So, i'm gonna touch on some special ones instead:


1) 2001 Silver 4.2 QS, Glass sunroof, Nav, TV, Blinds, Heated Rears, Xenons plus, towbar, audi warranty. Yes. Audi warranty. My first a8 @ 99,000 miles and a wee 3.5 years old. I'll never forget her....

2) Martine - 2000 Ming Blue A/S8 stripped and rebuilt with almost every option Sold to Amar. Now with Gordon.

3) My old D3 3.0 Tdi which is currently for sale. Thats still an unbelievably good combo of toys and MPG. I miss that B&O dreadfully...

4) Matt - My Ming Blue PF D3 4.2. The first D3 I had. Alcantara pack, radar cruise, glass sunroof. It was a good spec that, not sure why I sold it.. <doh>

5) Daves W12. Couldnt not put that on here. Its quite something else. Still annoys me the massage seats turn off after about 10 mins....

6) Botang/Tobys track car the day they collected it. An ultra stripped A8 4.2 lightweight with 4 speed box and a lot of go....

7) My first PF S8, 1997. Lots of options, but wasnt hugely noteworthy on its own. However, it manage to get me down a TV shoot in leeds with Penny Mallory for the day

8) The Pearl. You know the one. Just ask Amanda lol. For a 15 year old car, it drives incredibly fresh. And the way the sunlight hits the paintwork when its sat still, its quite remarkable really. You can really feel the PF throttle cable being more responsive than this drive by wire stuff.. Another TV star too

9) Johns Manual Left hooker S8 before he sold it. I'm not sure what was weirder, driving from the passenger side, or using my clutch foot in an 8.

10) Tintins black final edition S8 has to get a mention. Not only was it the lowest mileage S8 I've ever driven, its probably the very best colour combination for the D2 S8. At 23000 miles it was barely run in, and felt incredibly tight as I drove it half way across the country. As a bonus, it'd been owned by an elderly gent and had suffered the 'no kickdown from the factory' problem, so really was like brand new.....

11) Richards 4.2 Tdi. Crumbs thats quick. Nuff said.

12) Various front wheel drive 2.8 and 3.7 PF cars. It is a funny sensation driving two wheel drive in an 8, the skittish front end lifting slightly under full throttle.... You should try it.

13) Gordon - My old dolphin grey S8. That was a beautiful car. I love the colour, and the spec, and that it was my 30th birthday present to myself - Most of all, its the only car I've ever been in on the 155 mph limiter, and annoyingly, I wasnt driving at the time so still cant claim to have driven at 155.

14) John. A 1996 4 speed 4.2 QS. The first ever car I dismantled. Silver, full black leather interior. Blinds, electric rears, head lamp wash, solar sunroof, bose etc. With hindsight, it was a bit of a shame but hey it was the sole creater and cause of a8parts, so it was a small sacrifice really.

15) Frank. Once Mine, now owned by Ollie. A lovely example of a standard, non sport early facelift which Ollie (quite annoyingly) has since enhanced into one of the best looking, subtley modded D2's out there...

16) Eddy. A 1997 PF S8, Black, UK registered, German dealer supplied. Had rear blinds, but no side blinds. Sports spec. RS4 brakes all round. Coilovers, Full Facelift instrument cluster, climate panel, switchgear. RNS-E, Bluetooth, solar roof. That was some project car that.... Probably shouldnt have dismantled that either...



And, the ones I notably have never driven. All offers gratefully received:


D2 W12
D2 Diesel (well, not one that could get over 5 mph anyway)
D2 Long wheel base (yes, seriously... I've never been in one that drives)
D3 S8 (I've come really, close, but not driven one yet....!)
D4 anything