Dane
Had an 8L S3, a B5 RS4 now I have a B8 S4
Hello everyone,
I put a deposit down on a B7 Avant 2.o tdi 170 Quattro over the weekend to replace my daily Octavia VRS. It's not quite my perfect spec but having been on the look out for a couple of months I reduced my expectations in terms of options.
The Octavia is a great tool but I've been considering something more refined for commuting to work and potentially something to cut the costs of driving to the Alps to go skiing, we take my MRC stage 2 B8 S4 currently which is awesome, just a little thirsty.
Here's a link to the autotrader ad:
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201702031960565
Looks great, nice big folder of receipts, scans pretty clear with some fluff with VCDS, decent options and black optics, I'm a proper sucker for black optics.
I gather BRD engines can have oil pump problems and that because this is an '08 car it doesn't need the same amount of work doing as some of the older cars, I've spent about half an hour looking through threads on the issue but those threads quickly get full of opinion and and it's hard to see the wood for the trees. What needs to be replaced and at what cost? Given the 300 miles I do a week and the 1700 mile trips to the alps that we're likely to do twice a year it's probably going to be high on the list of stuff to sort out.
Other than that I'll plans consist of:
Talking to Trups from EM Tuning about headlight upgrades,
Look at great exhaust tip mod I've seen in a few threads,
Probably a clear vinyl wrap to the front of the car to try and stop it from stone chipping from all the motorway driving it'll do.
Oh and a Remap from Badger 5, love a cheeky remap from Bill.
Cheers!
Dane
I put a deposit down on a B7 Avant 2.o tdi 170 Quattro over the weekend to replace my daily Octavia VRS. It's not quite my perfect spec but having been on the look out for a couple of months I reduced my expectations in terms of options.
The Octavia is a great tool but I've been considering something more refined for commuting to work and potentially something to cut the costs of driving to the Alps to go skiing, we take my MRC stage 2 B8 S4 currently which is awesome, just a little thirsty.
Here's a link to the autotrader ad:
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201702031960565
Looks great, nice big folder of receipts, scans pretty clear with some fluff with VCDS, decent options and black optics, I'm a proper sucker for black optics.
I gather BRD engines can have oil pump problems and that because this is an '08 car it doesn't need the same amount of work doing as some of the older cars, I've spent about half an hour looking through threads on the issue but those threads quickly get full of opinion and and it's hard to see the wood for the trees. What needs to be replaced and at what cost? Given the 300 miles I do a week and the 1700 mile trips to the alps that we're likely to do twice a year it's probably going to be high on the list of stuff to sort out.
Other than that I'll plans consist of:
Talking to Trups from EM Tuning about headlight upgrades,
Look at great exhaust tip mod I've seen in a few threads,
Probably a clear vinyl wrap to the front of the car to try and stop it from stone chipping from all the motorway driving it'll do.
Oh and a Remap from Badger 5, love a cheeky remap from Bill.
Cheers!
Dane
