is this guy serious??

[VinNyS4]

I was looking through ebay and seen this he claims that he has over 70k invested:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Audi-...spagenameZWDVW

[01audi_s4]

Yeah
17" SSR Comps in bright silver
Euro lights with 55W ballasts and 5k bulbs
Huper OPTIK Tint all around and clear bra
RS4 Grill with new S4 logo, AWE Pedals

I can already calculate $15,000 on just these few items.

haha what a numb nuts

[gointoscott]

The steering wheel cover has to bump the price up some

[Yaktizzle417]

You'd think if he could invest $70,000 in his car...


He could invest in a $450 camera.

[Yaktizzle417]

You'd think if he could invest $70,000 in his car...


He could invest in a $450 camera.

[VinNyS4]

hahaha

[Vuel Egham]

Yea, $70,000 is he bought the car new for $45,000, plus all of the mods and labor. BUT, that obviously isn't true.

[BlueturboS4]

he is saying 70k with the cost of the car, but thats still a bit hard to see. its got some high miles. funny how there is no dyno sheets with a hp claim like that.

[SoEvoL]

Over 70k wow! Its like a Uber Rs4!

[SoEvoL]

he is saying 70k with the cost of the car, but thats still a bit hard to see. its got some high miles. funny how there is no dyno sheets with a hp claim like that.

he says he has receipts of all the work from torque factory so im sure he has to have some dynos.

[big_greasy_taco]

He says there are tracksports, but I spy a TON of gap. He must have them jacked up high err something

[mholme]

Yea, $70,000 is he bought the car new for $45,000, plus all of the mods and labor. BUT, that obviously isn't true.

He's owned it for 5 years and it's a 2000, so he didn't buy it new. My guess is he paid a shop for the stage 3 stuff and other mods. Add in the shop time and yeah, he's easily in it for 70 g's..May be a case of more dollars than sense...

[j_korteS4]

He says there are tracksports, but I spy a TON of gap. He must have them jacked up high err something

My thoughts exactly.

Oh...what I could do to my S for $70,000!!!...Shit, make that $20,000!!

[NogaroWonda00]

im way north of this character but ive herd of this avalon motorsports they quoted me 13,000$ for the stage 3 kit, i dont know how well they put together cars thou. does seam fishy why he would take the car somewhere else for tuning, btw never herd of that shop either.. if i had 70k to spend on my s huh what would i do......get another 2.7t stage 3 and throw it in the trunk lol : )

wasnt something of the sort done with a tt i believe?

[Cole]

/.... does seam fishy why he would take the car somewhere else for tuning, btw never herd of that shop either..

You have never heard of http://www.avalonmotorsports.com/ or http://www.torque-factory.com/

[ThirdStrike]

there are entirely too many idiots driving stage 3's these days .rollseyes.

[Kievskiy]

how hard is to print out some receipts if you know somebody......i see alot of BS about this sale including 70k investment and 454hp/454tq, lol, i never saw the same numbers of hp and tq...i know its possible but damn

he says he has receipts of all the work from torque factory so im sure he has to have some dynos.

[NogaroWonda00]

guess you learn new things every day never herd anything about that torque place, but regardless its a k04 swapped s4, even if he got terribly ripped off thats not 70k!

cole- where r u located in co?

[SoEvoL]

how hard is to print out some receipts if you know somebody......i see alot of BS about this sale including 70k investment and 454hp/454tq, lol, i never saw the same numbers of hp and tq...i know its possible but damn

I know, im not defending the guy, just saying if he has had it tuned at torque factory im sure they would recognize the owner/car and can vouche for him if the numbers are even in the ballpark. At least I hope my tuners would after spending that much money.

[mholme]

guess you learn new things every day never herd anything about that torque place, but regardless its a k04 swapped s4, even if he got terribly ripped off thats not 70k!

It's 70k including the price of the car..these cars were not dirt cheap 5 years ago when he bought it..I'm not defending the claims at all, just saying it's not hard to rack up huge amounts of money spent between parts and labor on these cars when putting it into a shop for mods...

[updaboost]

454whp aint too shabby...lots of miles though..

[BrokeDown[20V]]

Im not sticking up for the guy, but its not impossible to blow $70k (Im sure that is a rounded off number). If he did not do any of the work, it would easly rack up quickly. Even with the proper maintence, it gets expensive if your not hands on.

He says there are tracksports, but I spy a TON of gap. He must have them jacked up high err something

It seems he has them set-up for the proper use of "tracksports".

[SoEvoL]

From auction:

Q: whole lotta questions: 1. what octane was the car dyno'd on? 2. Mustang dyno? 3. what hoses are in the rs4 kit underneath? 4. how many # of boost do you run? 5. any build threads on audi websites? 6. do you have the OEM wheels as well? thanks! - e.Mills Jun-15-08
A: Hi and thanks for your inquiry. 1. Car had Sunoco 100 which is really like 96 octane. 2. I am not sure of the dyno type, but for reference sake, my car was the second fastest Stage 3+ and the fastest was only 10hp faster and it had test pipes my car has catalytics. 3. The hoses are oem except for the TBB and of course the stainless DUH intercooler hoses. 4. The boost peaks at 19 and tapers to 17lbs. 5. No build threads, although I do frequent audiworld 6. I do not have the oem wheels, however I do have an extra set of Michelin Pilot Alpin Snow tires that come with the car.

[Maverick]

he needs to show the proof for the RS4 engine and other shits

[Allaidback]

If he is talking sh_t or not...what parts would make his car produce 454whp at 19psi and my stage 3 produce 378whp at 22psi. Oh wait...I guess raising the boost for the pull with race gas would help?

[Matt Danger]

he needs to show the proof for the RS4 engine and other shits

I think he meant RS4 engine mounts.

[Maverick]

^^^ that's what I am thinking too, but I am hoping he has the RS4 engine.

[mholme]

Im not sticking up for the guy, but its not impossible to blow $70k (Im sure that is a rounded off number). If he did not do any of the work, it would easly rack up quickly. Even with the proper maintence, it gets expensive if your not hands on.

Exactly. And if he bought the car 5 years ago, he most likely still paid in the 30k range for it. So figure 40k in parts and labor, roughly.

[sumpsfast]

Seller is legit, believe he had some problems early on putting on used parts and such and had to redo the work. The dyno used is a well known one South of Denver, numbers are usually a tad bit high. He is fairly comfortable occupationally and likes to play around with his cars, $70k probably isnt too far off.

[sumpsfast]

im way north of this character but ive herd of this avalon motorsports they quoted me 13,000$ for the stage 3 kit, i dont know how well they put together cars thou. does seam fishy why he would take the car somewhere else for tuning, btw never herd of that shop either.. if i had 70k to spend on my s huh what would i do......get another 2.7t stage 3 and throw it in the trunk lol : )

wasnt something of the sort done with a tt i believe?

$13k??? How long ago was this, did it include clutch, mounts, fueling etc? Did you speak to Brian?

[SoEvoL]

Seller is legit, believe he had some problems early on putting on used parts and such and had to redo the work. The dyno used is a well known one South of Denver, numbers are usually a tad bit high. He is fairly comfortable occupationally and likes to play around with his cars, $70k probably isnt too far off.

id think so, he just bought a new RS4 according to the auction.

[stapo69]

I know a guy over here in the uk that's spent a good £40k on his S4, so $80k, still only at around 400bhp, that included buying the car, but it did break......a lot! Lots of money gone towards labour, engines been out a few times now, for clutch, then turbos, then more turbos, along with a ton of other replacements, parts.

So can easily spend $70k, but that doesn't neccessarily mean that's all on new uprated parts and doing all the work just once. So although that amount of money could've been spent in total over the time of wnership, it's not always fair to reflec that in the price, just looks good on paper.

For example I ecently spent $2k on an exhaust.......a lot of money, sounds like a good expensive system, but no the 1st one I bought sucked, built all wrong, so bought another, then there's fitting for both!