My new baby...well sort of new...

**Blackpaw** · 04-27-2008 09:24 PM

I have been on this board for a few weeks and I was waiting to get some where it was worth taking photos of the car. I just got back from a trip to Montana and took some photos today on the way back to Idaho where I am hanging out now for a while.

My Audi is a 2006 A4 Quattro triptronic aka Tro and it had 22K on it when I bought it from the dealer in Palo Alto a month ago. It has been an amazing car, showing itself very capable on snow/ice/rain and all of the above. Being in Montana allowed me to test Tro's higher end abilities out and it is scaringly smooth at faster paces.

Going from a Toyota Tacoma to my A4 is night and day, I miss a couple of things about the truck, but there are not many.

Here are some photos from my journey and the car...some suck and some aren't so bad. I will get more artistic down the road. I just wish it didn't take so damn long to get license plates in California!!!!! Hell, I may be moved out of the State before I ever get them!

**Phrost** · 04-27-2008 09:57 PM

Good looking photos, and I love ibis white

Congrats on the purchase

**Overboostin** · 04-27-2008 10:04 PM

+1 on the white. Great color choice.

**Blackpaw** · 04-27-2008 10:06 PM

Thanks...guess I should include some interior photos. Whoever the previous owner was took very good care of the car. The car doesn't look like it was ever used and tomorrow Tro is getting a thorough cleaning. Yes, Tro did get driven through some muddy side roads to get some of those photos. I am sure some shutter at the idea, but hey, if you got it use it. Quattro drive wasn't created just to look pretty. The heated seats became really appreciated last week in Montana. I am going to upgrade here in about a month with a navigation system and I am leaning towards one of the Pioneer units, which seems to be one of the systems that gives you the most bang for the buck.

**SilverB7FL** · 04-28-2008 08:03 AM

very nice! looks better then my interior, my drivers seat looks like crap, it's all creased and stuff

**Blackpaw** · 04-28-2008 09:11 AM

I did end up having to replace the battery, but Audi was great about it and last Friday I had the 25K service done at the Audi Dealer in Bozeman, MT. The dealership gave me great service and the service guy told me that he recommends customers do not go 10K between oil changes, 5K was his recommendation. The dealer washed and vacuumed out the car, but that lasted about 30 minutes because of the snow storm that hit and Tro got dirty again. Oh well.

The Bozeman dealer was the first Audi dealer I have been to that recommended 5K oil changes vs. 10K.

More frequent oil changes make more sense to me and this was what was recommended by folks here on the board.

From the service I got last Friday from the Audi dealer in Bozeman, MT and I highly recommend using them if you are in the area.