I moved to Philly and decided that I needed something AWD for the winter, but I wanted another German sedan. I searched and searched, finally finding the perfect B5 A4. It was an 1.8T, single-owner, had just been traded in the night before. I saw it posted on CL and was the first person there that morning. I picked up it and immediately found a mechanic who did the timing belt, transmission service, and various other known issues. It was a great car and I had many plans for it. I even picked up a sweet pair of 16" BBS rims for it. I was going for tasteful mods, but keep it close to stock. At 105K, it decided to throw a piston through the oil pan. So I sold it a week later for parts, swearing I'd never buy another one of these God-awful, unreliable machines again.
A year later, I picked up another car. This time, it was a Nissan Patherfinder. It has 200K miles on it, and was a complete tank. I knew there was nothing winter could throw at me. Once again, I let my mechanic do all the preventative work on it. In the mean time, he gave me one of his All-Roads to drive while he worked on it. And then it happened again, I wanted another Audi.
So more searching on CL and finally I found another one. This time it was a B6 with 140K, single-owner, had a little neglect, but had "good bones" to build on. We both went to go see it that morning, I made an offer, and drove it home that afternoon. I drove it straight to his shop, which is where it's been for the last two weeks. I haven't driven it more than 50 miles, and the mod bug has already kicked in. And the list grows:
1. Gates performance timing belt kit
2. DDMtuning 55W 4500K HID lights
3. Centric premium rotors and Powerstop Evolution Z17 ceramic pads (front and rear)
4. Nitto NT850+ 235/45/17 tires
So I'm happy to be back, looking forward to the future. The first order of business is a tune-up. Then Stage 1 or 1+
