- Joined
- Dec 25, 2002
- Location
- mont, AL
So the check engine light popped up recently on the V70r indicating a bulb burnt out, so it was time for a change. But a newer V70r is still a 16ish year old car, and corner lights don't last forever, sooo what to do, what to do..
Whilst pondering this timeless question, I was contacted by a local car buddy of mine, and he claimed to have the answer to my problem! Rejoice! I only had to wait a few weeks for planetary alignment.
Monday was the day, and it did not disappoint....
(look at that sweet hood in the background!)
and it's current resting spot
I've been fairly quiet about this, wasn't sure it would ever come off with all of the production issues, etc, and in fact had all but written it off back in march after more delays and issues came out of the Audi camp. For a backstory, I put a deposit down on a custom order in may last year, and pretty much no one was getting their orders picked up. A buddy of mine (Greyson) got his in late november/december after sitting on the waiting list since the first day orders could be put in--but it wasn't actually his order, it was just a random Rs3 in the same color he wanted with most (or maybe all?) of the options he wanted. The same dealership that got that Rs3 got randomly 'gifted' another one at the end of april (gifted I guess is the term they're using when Audi just picks your dealership to send a random car that you didn't order), and it happened to be 95% of what I wanted (and the 5% it lacked can be handled later, and/or ignored): Tango Red Metallic, black optics package, tech package. It did not have the red stitching (meh) and it doesn't have the carbon package - which tbh I only wanted the trunk spoiler. yes, euro-rice. As that is not something exceptionally special, I'm sure I can add it later.
Pretty wild, first new car that I've bought, may be the last? Guess I won't rule that out, but I doubt there will be too many things on that front going forward, just not my normal MO.
anyway, impressions: it's a lot of fun. a seriously large amount of fun. From a user-experience perspective, it's worlds different from the R it's replacing, as one would expect from a car that's basically 20 years newer (think about the jump you'd get going from a 240 to an R, that kind of thing). It does have a bunch of stuff it can do, most of which I haven't figured out yet, but it is nice having phone integration and all that. The best way I can describe it.. it's what I (unfairly, in hindsight) expected the R to be. The R was/is a great car, any time it had some sort of age-related issue it never failed to make it home, it's a great driving experience esp if you consider what and who and where it came from.. I just had unfair expectations from the first time I saw them like a century ago.. And I was coming from my old Evo8, which really kind of skews the view. This is more along the lines of what it would be like if you merged the two cars (8y's appear to be trapping in the high teens stock, which is not far off from what the Evo used to turn in). In short, it's a lot of fun.
Whilst pondering this timeless question, I was contacted by a local car buddy of mine, and he claimed to have the answer to my problem! Rejoice! I only had to wait a few weeks for planetary alignment.
Monday was the day, and it did not disappoint....
(look at that sweet hood in the background!)
and it's current resting spot
I've been fairly quiet about this, wasn't sure it would ever come off with all of the production issues, etc, and in fact had all but written it off back in march after more delays and issues came out of the Audi camp. For a backstory, I put a deposit down on a custom order in may last year, and pretty much no one was getting their orders picked up. A buddy of mine (Greyson) got his in late november/december after sitting on the waiting list since the first day orders could be put in--but it wasn't actually his order, it was just a random Rs3 in the same color he wanted with most (or maybe all?) of the options he wanted. The same dealership that got that Rs3 got randomly 'gifted' another one at the end of april (gifted I guess is the term they're using when Audi just picks your dealership to send a random car that you didn't order), and it happened to be 95% of what I wanted (and the 5% it lacked can be handled later, and/or ignored): Tango Red Metallic, black optics package, tech package. It did not have the red stitching (meh) and it doesn't have the carbon package - which tbh I only wanted the trunk spoiler. yes, euro-rice. As that is not something exceptionally special, I'm sure I can add it later.
Pretty wild, first new car that I've bought, may be the last? Guess I won't rule that out, but I doubt there will be too many things on that front going forward, just not my normal MO.
anyway, impressions: it's a lot of fun. a seriously large amount of fun. From a user-experience perspective, it's worlds different from the R it's replacing, as one would expect from a car that's basically 20 years newer (think about the jump you'd get going from a 240 to an R, that kind of thing). It does have a bunch of stuff it can do, most of which I haven't figured out yet, but it is nice having phone integration and all that. The best way I can describe it.. it's what I (unfairly, in hindsight) expected the R to be. The R was/is a great car, any time it had some sort of age-related issue it never failed to make it home, it's a great driving experience esp if you consider what and who and where it came from.. I just had unfair expectations from the first time I saw them like a century ago.. And I was coming from my old Evo8, which really kind of skews the view. This is more along the lines of what it would be like if you merged the two cars (8y's appear to be trapping in the high teens stock, which is not far off from what the Evo used to turn in). In short, it's a lot of fun.
That'll do, pig, that'll do. (funny leadin, by the way)
(to be fair, it was matt's camry, so nothing of value was actually damaged