You'll be seeing more of me around here now

[Capt. Obvious]

Sold my B6 this last weekend and promptly proceeded to pick up this little gem:



(All bow down and hail my amazing Blackberry photography skill! )

I've wanted a B5 S4 Avant since, well, the B5 S4 Avant began exisiting. It's not every day you get to buy your dream car.

It only has 79k miles on the clock and just had the timing belt service and a bunch of other maintenance done, so she's ready to go. Current mods are snub mount, EVOMS intake and 710n diverter valves. I have a JHM short shifter waiting to be installed as well as some 5000k HID bulbs.

Initial plans are exhaust, coilovers, wheels and APR software. Then I'll drive it until the turbos die and go to either K04s or the Tial kit (we'll worry about that later).

My old B6 for those who don't know me already.

[SoCalS4Avant]

Love the B5, buddy! Congrats, and welcome to Avants Only!

[kneel]

welcome to the avants only! cant wait to see your transformation of the B5 s4 avant. Loved your B6!

[rjpeaks]

right on Darrick!

this is going to be fun to watch

[AvantJunkie]

Glad to see you finally got rid of that damn trunk! Welcome to the club and can't wait to see your build!

[xstartxtodayx]

I've only Been around here for a bit but I already know I'll be looking forward to seeing what you do to that avant... awesome car and I know you've got a good sense of style/taste.

[michgo]

Ah dude.

Photobucket

[Anthony]

Bout time you ditched that family sedan and got an Avant!

[Capt. Obvious]

Ah dude.

Photobucket

WTF?! I hardly use this account. Where are all the bandwidth hits coming from?

[Capt. Obvious]

Ahh, my Craigslist ad for the M Roadster.

[volcomic]

Welcome to the cool side Darrick Avants FTW!

[CARTEL]

Dammit, I left GCC so I could get away from you.

kidding... congratulation on the car, even if your photobucket bandwidth has been exceeded.

[tankdeer]

Flickr FTW dude.

[doobiesdaddy]

Congrats Darrick,
Let the good times roll :)

[Sablea4]

damn you photobucket

[winston@podi.ca]

Welcome to the club.

Guess you need a new pod now?

[Capt. Obvious]

Guess you need a new pod now?

I do! I've still got the stepper gauge, just need a new home for it. I'll be buying one very soon my friend, got any B5 scratch and dings laying around?

[D's Avant]

Welcome to the Avant group and B5 Avants are pretty cool in my biased opinion.

[winston@podi.ca]

I do! I've still got the stepper gauge, just need a new home for it. I'll be buying one very soon my friend, got any B5 scratch and dings laying around?

YGPM

[CARTEL]

Dude, post up some working pics already!

[lagomorph]

there goes the friggin neighborhood...... :P

[wazzu70]

Nice. There are a ton of nice avants in the PNW and it looks like we will have even more.

[/\G]

the addition of the capt can only be a good thing for the avant community. I do have serious concerns here though about the nature of your modifications. I prefer the smoothed air capt over the big turbo shifter capt.

[Mezzer]

x2

Dude, post up some working pics already!

[Capt. Obvious]

Dude, post up some working pics already!

Fixed.




...whiny bitches.

[EuroA4]

the addition of the capt can only be a good thing for the avant community. I do have serious concerns here though about the nature of your modifications. I prefer the smoothed air capt over the big turbo shifter capt.

Absolutely....but I'm sure the Captn' will blend the two nicely!

[Capt. Obvious]

Absolutely....but I'm sure the Captn' will blend the two nicely!

That's the plan.

And because I like you guys, I'll even give you a sneak peak of the new wheels.



Just gotta get suspension and refinish the wheels.

[kneel]

That's the plan.

And because I like you guys, I'll even give you a sneak peak of the new wheels.



Just gotta get suspension and refinish the wheels.

those are some nice wheels!

[michgo]

Ill have cash in hand when they go for sale

[$teady$upreme]

phone dials are sick~

[tankdeer]

Lovin' the phonedials

[DolphinV8]

I have a solution for your exterior - http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2001-...Q5fAccessories

[Capt. Obvious]

I saw that. I'd rather have new turbos for that kind of money.

[eh4avant]

Always love your creations. Still have your wheel collections?

[diagnosticator]

Nice. There are a ton of nice avants in the PNW and it looks like we will have even more.

Goes to demonstrate the regional sense of good taste and refined style around here. It's hard to imagine driving anything except my Avant, it just "fits" me in a way no other car can.

[PNW Avant]

Goes to demonstrate the regional sense of good taste and refined style around here. It's hard to imagine driving anything except my Avant, it just "fits" me in a way no other car can.

^This

[AvantJunkie]

Goes to demonstrate the regional sense of good taste and refined style around here. It's hard to imagine driving anything except my Avant, it just "fits" me in a way no other car can.

X3!

[Capt. Obvious]

GOt new toys!

Scored a set of Sparco Torino 2's. Almost new, just some light fabric pilling on the drivers side and some coffee stains or something that should wash out no problem. Now I need to either 1) suck it up and drive around with red seats in a yellow car 2) wait until I can get them reupholstered to put them in and have a sore back from the crappy stock S4 seats in the meantime 3) see if I can find someone to trade for a similar set of black seats.

I might also try to take the covers off and RIT dye them black.

[Silverwerke]

Looks like all that talk about growin up and selling the car to spend on the remodel has gone out the window ! The infamous mod bug has taken over yet once again

[CARTEL]

I vote rit dye, otherwise: