Oops, I did it again!

[MikkiJayne]

December is 'Broken S8 month' at MJ's it seems...

I've preserved the pics from the ebay listing since I forgot to take any when I got it home.









This is a very very pretty car. I've had many silver Audis and specifically didn't want a silver S8 when I bought mine, but Avus Silver just has something about it, especially with the red leather. I really want to keep it when it's finished, but I'd have to get rid of the Dolphin Grey one and I've invested too much time, love, and money in to that one to ever sell it

Ironically, this car is in far better condition than the Dolphin Grey. No seized bolts yet, all nice and tidy underneath, and the bodywork is pretty spotless as far as I can tell so far. It doesn't appear to have been painted, and doesn't look to have any door-dings or body damage at all apart from scruffy bumpers which are easily sorted. Its got the usual broken body studs around the exhaust heat shields, but that's easy to rectify.

The gearbox is leaking all over the place, but has documented history of 5L oil changes from Audi which is great news, and the oil is clean and free of clutch material. A full oil change and re-seal and that should be good to go.

The headrests are indeed aftermarket items which have been coloured to match the rest of the interior. I have a receipt for the rear-seat entertainment system including the Nokia handsfree system from 2012 for £1700 The guy sold it 12 months later!

Interestingly the data sticker doesn't have a paint code on it, and claims the interior is platinum with Vavona wood which it very much isn't! Its much darker than Vavona, more so even than the maple in the Dolphin Grey. Anyone have any ideas what an Avus FE should have? I'll grab a pic later.

Cleaned lots of leaves out of it the raintray and around the boot lid when I got it back:



Wheels had been sprayed by the PO without taking them off the car



The wheels are very scruffy so they'll all go off for a proper refurb later.

Looks like it had a bit of a bump at the front with some damage to the bottom of the front panel:



The rubber mount saved the radiator though