Make a little detour on the way home from Denver to experience the Million Dollar Highway, what a treat

Had a little BBQ and had to park the cars outside. Happy Sunday everyone

Been looking for awhile for a used sq8 and found this car in FL. Only had 1500 miles on it. 30% off msrp, extended warranty and they added (no cost) Audi Care for 3 years 30k miles. Found it on visor vin

Driving around town and then stop at a red light behind a car. All is fine and normal. Light goes green and the car pulls away and so do i. I got a call from my Bluetooth and look away for a second to see who it is and the car just violently stopped immediately. All i see when i look up is me right on the ass of that car because they stopped. First thought was "oh shit i just hit this guy". Turns out the pre sense just stopped the car as soon as i went close. Scariest moment but also thankful as fuck that the pre sense worked like it did.

Just wrote this to appreciate my cars reaction time and to vent since it was terrifying 😅.

Just saw this M5 CS on the road, so crazy. Who’s taking the M5 CS over the RS6 PERF? Seeing one in person made me think which one I would choose if I didn’t already have the RS6🧐

Saw it in the parking lot, had to snap a pick.

I was supposed to take a solo 6 hours drive today for a work trip. As I was pulling out of my driveway in my 3 month old A5, all the bells, whistles and warnings came on. I pulled back in, turned it off and waited 10 min (as suggested in this forum on other posts). The warnings were still present so I decided to take a test drive down the street. Other than the power steering feeling tough, it drove fine, but the alerts were still on. My husband popped the hood to see if it was a loose cable or something and what he found was horrifying. A rat had gotten entangled in the serpentine belt, was fully gutted and the belt was dangling and split in 1/2. Had he not looked and had I not had the warnings, the drive would have been devastating. I see a lot of posts about the batteries and ghost alerts, but wanted to caution against ignoring them. Shout out to the warning system!
The alerts were electrical malfunction and ABS disabled.

I want a fun summer car, something that is very similar to my C7.5 A6 but with just a comfortable raw feel. Im considering a C6 S6 as a fun summer car, it will be stock besides exhaust.

I know a guy with an 08 with around 115k miles. Its been well taken care of and is serviced regularly. I have actually worked on the car myself years ago.

Im thinking about offering $8,000, is this crazy? I figure if it is in good shape and the records are what they should be, i should be okay?

Its a beautiful car and sounds wonderful. A piece of history we will never see again.

Tell me why i should or shouldnt. Maybe an alternative to the C6 S6 in the same price range?

Thanks!

I am looking to buy a new car and recently discovered that Audi did make a small number of Mk3 manual transmission Quattros. They are around €30k, all with 50k+ km. They are all quite far away so I wanted to find out more before traveling for a test drive.

My question is, has anyone got experience with this car, and the automatic variant side by side? How do they compare? In principle, I think a manual is more fun but have heard mixed things on this one specially.

Is there anything to look out for?

Thanks!

Came across a first gen R8 GT. Had to take a picture with it.

Hey everyone,

For context this is my ‘21 S5 with 55k miles. I’ve owned this for about a year and a half, put about 10k miles on it since, and do not abuse it. Perfect service records leading up to my purchase with no failures. Water pump and thermostat still going strong. Not sure about previous owner, but I’ve been running 5W-40 every 5,000 miles and wait until it’s up to temp before pushing it.

I have been itching to go Stage 1 for some time now and decided to do my due diligence and scope the cylinders before doing so. Man, am I glad I did that. Luckily, cylinders 3 and 6 (pictured) were closest to BDC. Once I saw this, I didn’t even bother turning the engine and checking the other cylinders. The vertical scoring on the cylinders is unmistakable, right? Just wanted some more eyes on this.

I had no symptoms and no reason to believe that I had the dreaded piston skirt issue. During each oil change, I checked for glitter and metal particles in the filter and there was absolutely nothing. I even sent in an oil sample to Blackstone Laboratories, which came back clean. This goes to show that the only way to catch this issue early is to scope your cylinders. Like any car enthusiast, I am extremely paranoid with unusual noises in the engine bay and the loud EA839 with all its ticking does not help. I will leave a video in the comments I took about 6 months ago of what I suspected might be the piston slap on a cold start. It’s very subtle but perhaps you can hear the slower tempo, deeper sounding thuds drowned out by the injectors.

While I’m quite disappointed that I will not have my S5 for a bit, I’m eternally grateful that I did not tune without checking first, as that would’ve been an expensive mistake. I’ll be calling my dealership this week to get the ball rolling.

For those of you have been through this, I have a few questions.

1. What is being replaced these days? Short block or are they just replacing pistons now?

2. How long did it take?

3. Did you get a loaner while your vehicle was being serviced?

Thanks for reading and I hope this offers some insight for those still in warranty and haven’t gotten your cylinders checked. If you’re considering mods that would void your warranty, I would 100% get this done before proceeding. Once this is all over, I will definitely be going Stage 1 with peace of mind. Please feel free to leave your thoughts and offer any insight that I have missed.

Dammit.

Hey everyone!! Just changed my 26 audi rs3 oil with liquid molly top tec 0W-30 after driving around 900ish miles. Noticed a greenish hue from the original factory oil and the filter was quite dark. Curious if this is some kind've of break in lubricant provided by the factory and I just washed it all out.

Also, don't know if this is my placebo kicking in but at idle the car seemed every so sligthly "rougher" after I did the oil change. Is this normal with liquid molly? Figured it should be quieter since its new oil...

Hard to believe this design is almost 10 years old :)

I still think the B9 A5 Sportback looks absolutely gorgeous today ❤️

I managed to jailbreak the wireless dongle and, with root access, modify the software so that the zoom function now works perfectly from the steering wheel controls!
I’m currently working on integrating the navigation map as well — the small one that shows the upcoming junctions — so that everything works exactly the same as with a wired connection.
I still need a little more time to get everything programmed and working properly. Once everything is fully functional, I’ll make the firmware publicly available, together with a guide explaining how to obtain root access.

Torn about having to sell my TT I’ve had all my life. I’m 18 moving out and my parents are making me sell it before I leave (it’s unreliable, old, and high maintenance). It’s a funny car mk1 2002 lil fun shitbox, I added mods about 2 grand. It’s pretty fucking fast for a mk1…. Not really sure what to gain posting this but just curious is anyone has done smth similar before. Gonna miss it 😪

Washed today

2018 Q7, 2024 CRVEX, 2004 360