What if you had $10,000 just for your car?

[ggg20t]

So i was sitting on the toilet today contemplating all of the upgrades i would love to do to my car if i could just throw money away.... Turbo, fuel pump,chip, body kit, big rims, suspension, fmic... trade it in for an RS4 maybe...... But this all got me depressed so i decided to change my thought process (which is usually pretty complex while on the toilet) and started to pretend that I had 10,000 dollars set aside specifically for my car.


If you had 10g's only for your beloved b7, what would you do???

Post pics, comments, whatever you want -- i'm just curious

[Six Speed Turbo]

It's crazy how much time you have on the toilet. I would buy a BTK and suspension. I have everything else that I wanted for the car.

[50CalRS4]

Be carefull with spending alot of time on the Toilet. We are also not supposed to read on the toilet. Spending too much time on the toilet supports the development of hemorrhoids. Anyways to get back to the subject, hehe....My biggest suggestion for how to spend you money is: If you are thinking alot about the money and are thinking about how to spend it wisely, maybe you shouldn't spend it at all...If you had so much that you wouldn't really have to think about 10000 or 15000 $, then you could think about spending it. Unless you have that much I would say scip spending it. In the long run you have a alot more from life if you have liquidity, if you have your bills paid and aren't worrying about money that much. I'd rather see my bank account growing instead of putting all my cash into tuning a 2.0 Turbo A4 just to make it go 0-62 in 6.9 sec instead of 8.5 sec or so.....Especially in financial times like these.

Imagine this for example: If you manage to save 100000 $ onto your savings account, you already have enough money to let the money work for you. Put 100000$ on a online savings account at 4% interest per year and you already cash 4000$ a year without having to work for it. That means you have 4000$ that you can take and do a vacation or a great trip with or buy tuning parts with then. You'll still have the 100000 and were able to afford to spend 4000$ without having to work for the 4000$. What could be any better than that.

[50CalRS4]

One more thing. I don't know how much you make, but with the right savings plan people who make atleast 35000$ a year after taxes, could manage to get together 100000$ in only 5-6 years.

[nycmalu]

^^ Nice mod list...

I'm very minimalist when it comes to modding the look of cars.

Exterior:
I'm already on stock sport suspension, but I think that would be the first thing to go. Get a nice drop on there.

Rims, either VMR 708s or 710s. Yes, I know they're played out, but I love the way they look. Hyper Silver, on Ocean Blue? mmmmmmmmmm

Convert to S-Line so I can get that damn RS4 front bumper. DTM side skirts. DTM rear bumper.

Milltek Exhaust, yum...

Interior:
RNS-E

Podi Boost Gauge

Go Fast Bits:
Chip, probably APR, just for the convenience factor of being able to switch modes from the cruise control stalk.

Upgraded fuel pump and DV go hand in hand with the chip. Since I'm 05.5, I'm under the assumption that mine are weaksauce right now...

So yeah, real basic stuff. I like to keep it simple. The best looking cars I've seen on this forum are the ones that are clean and simple. That's just what appeals to me.

[sxw2jdxc]

1. Deval rs4 front bumper and side skirts
2. DTM S4 rear bumper
3. s6 led fog
4. AWE quad exhaust
5. Giac chip
6. Bigger turbo
7. DV and FMIC
8. GSG intake
9. Bi-xenon (CC and black housing)
xDDDDDDD

[supamannn99]

i'd sell the car and get a 2006 E46 M3

[nendo]

i think you mean $400 per year thats 4% not 40% which is $4000 per year. just do the math.

[provenflipper]

Stasis Turbo Kit and some HREs for me!

I might be a little over budget with that combo, but we are speculating anyways.

[ggg20t]

supamann99, you have that black a4 with the stock wheels right? That is the look i am going for on my car.. Trying to get a hold of some s-line wheels. People say i'm crazy, but i love them even if they are stock

Show:

RS4 pedals/Mirror housing/steering wheel
s-line bumper/s-line wheels
Rennworx RSL wheels
professionally tinted tail lights (or lamin-x)
RS4 blacked out grill
mesh housing for my fog lights
CF engine covers to match my carbonio
Switch all the aluminum in my car to carbon fiber
a euro spoiler of some sort


Go:

AWE or Greddy FMIC
upgraded fuel pump/dv valve
VF-Engineering turbo with forged internals
- I belive this comes with a GIAC Chip
RS4 rear sway bar/Stasis SS



My AWE quad tip exhaust just came in the mail. Putting it on next Saturday. I'll put some pictures in here, and ill try to get a small sound clip.

[jon102034050]

i think you mean $400 per year thats 4% not 40% which is $4000 per year. just do the math.

He said $100,000. $100,000 x .04 = $4,000.

[Silververtu]

i would sell it and get another car

[slimmj0k3r]

Big turbo and suspension. everything else could WAIT, if i had to start modding all over again i would have done the engine first

[AudiWxGuy]

i think you mean $400 per year thats 4% not 40% which is $4000 per year. just do the math.

He meant you save up from 10k to 1000k and then you make the extra 4k per year on the interest.

[quattro.it]

Stasis coliovers, Milltek exhaust, and save the rest. I'm happy with my wheels so I wouldn't change them. Or possibly sell my car and use the $10k for a CPO RS4.

[vtracer20]

bt all the way with supporting mods. I would keep the exterior as stockish as i could...to keep it more of a sleeper.

[ggg20t]

Def a sleeper, thats why im going to get s-line wheels. my car is a 2005.5 with 30,000 miles on it.. trade in value at 20,875. There is a b7 s4 brand new at my dealer and its been there for almost a year sitting outside. They just knocked 7,000 grand off of it. mmmm
so tempting. Black, with black interior, rs4 style wheels. 14 miles

[autoverruckt]

I would sell my A4 and use the funds + 10k towards a real car.

[audidrver]

Custom BAT, Rods, Stasis Ohlins,

[scoobycarolan]

Down payment on a new cayman

[Phrost]

If I had $10k that had to be spend on my B7 as it sits right now, I'd put it all into a big turbo with custom tuning and a beefier clutch. $10k should cover that, and visual wise I am fine with my car. It's a family 4-door, I prefer more of a sleeper look and not too crazy

But if I really did have $10k for a car and nothing else, I wouldn't put it into my B7. I'd either put it towards another more expensive car (Lotus or Porsche for me) or else mod the shit out of an older, lighter car. The B7 is a great car that I want to keep for a long time, but the fastest I've ever heard of one running is what, a low 13? Yeah that's great for this car but if you want a fast car I think you're going the wrong route.

[skiaudi]

Stasis SS coils: 1500 installed
APR 93: 600
19 BBS CKs: 2000 w/tires
Full DTM kit: 4000
AWE exhaust: 1000
RNS-E: 1000

[muffinman]

I would buy 1,000 squash refills for my CS-X3 air freshener... I hate having to walk into a Morning Glory every month.

[TDI]

i'd buy wheels and more rims
they are like 6000€ for a starter rim

[whartung]

VF/AWE Supercharger. About 10k exactly

[Zebman]

GT30 turbo kit with full supporting mods, a stage 4 clutch and whatever's left put towards axles. I think this would be a great car to make fast, there's just some weight to be shed if it's to be done.

[Alkemix]

I would buy $10k of hookers and blow and do everything in my car. Does that count?

[QTC]

1) S4 Recaros
2) S4 headliner
3) Get Oettingers refinished to eliminate curb rash and rock chips
4) Finish engine work
5) Save the rest (if any) for preventitive maintenence

[ggg20t]

alkemix has the best response so far haha.

10 gs of hookers. would you get one good one or a ton of crappy hookers?

and exactly how much blow are we talking about hahah

[D-techniK]

1.Get bumpers and wheels resprayed
2. APR kit coming soon..
DONE!

[muffinman]

Imagine this for example: If you manage to save 100000 $ onto your savings account, you already have enough money to let the money work for you. Put 100000$ on a online savings account at 4% interest per year and you already cash 4000$ a year without having to work for it. That means you have 4000$ that you can take and do a vacation or a great trip with or buy tuning parts with then. You'll still have the 100000 and were able to afford to spend 4000$ without having to work for the 4000$. What could be any better than that.

I'm sorry, but that is WAY flawed logic. I know you're just trying to make a point about how one should save money for the future rather than spending it .....but your example is completely off.

For starters

1.) You would need a massive amount of money, (IE: like you said, at least $100,000) to generate any sort of substantial return. The 4% interest you'd get from an online savings account is WAY TOO LOW. Inflation alone is hovering around 3-3.5% meaning that you're actually earning 0.5-1% real interest.

Now ask yourself, is earning a 0.5%-1% interest ($500-$1000) a year from now, worth investing $100,000 into a savings account? How many people even HAVE that much money to let it sit idly in a savings account? If you are the type of person that can afford to let a 100 G's just sit around, then, $500~$1000/yr is NOTHING to you.

2.) If you keep spending the $4000 annual return on investment every year on "vacations" or "mods" - NO, you will NOT have the same $100,000 still remaining in your savings account. That money will be worth LESS in the future than it is worth now (unless, we somehow average negative inflation in future years). Fifty years from now, you'd be lucky to get a 2059 Honda Civic for $100,000.

If you're going to give investment advice, at least understand the basic principles of the time value of money.

[supamannn99]

supamann99, you have that black a4 with the stock wheels right? That is the look i am going for on my car.. Trying to get a hold of some s-line wheels. People say i'm crazy, but i love them even if they are stock

Show:

RS4 pedals/Mirror housing/steering wheel
s-line bumper/s-line wheels
Rennworx RSL wheels
professionally tinted tail lights (or lamin-x)
RS4 blacked out grill
mesh housing for my fog lights
CF engine covers to match my carbonio
Switch all the aluminum in my car to carbon fiber
a euro spoiler of some sort


Go:

AWE or Greddy FMIC
upgraded fuel pump/dv valve
VF-Engineering turbo with forged internals
- I belive this comes with a GIAC Chip
RS4 rear sway bar/Stasis SS



My AWE quad tip exhaust just came in the mail. Putting it on next Saturday. I'll put some pictures in here, and ill try to get a small sound clip.

yep.

[Latin Audi]

hookers, lots of em

[lokeh]

So i was sitting on the toilet today contemplating all of the upgrades i would love to do to my car if i could just throw money away.... Turbo, fuel pump,chip, body kit, big rims, suspension, fmic... trade it in for an RS4 maybe...... But this all got me depressed so i decided to change my thought process (which is usually pretty complex while on the toilet) and started to pretend that I had 10,000 dollars set aside specifically for my car.


If you had 10g's only for your beloved b7, what would you do???

Post pics, comments, whatever you want -- i'm just curious

first, i would shoot myself for wanting to spend 10k on my car. :)

especially in today's economy... haha

I would invest that 10k in some quality stocks that are at all time lows. or invest in something!!! or at least invest most of it. ;)

actually I am thinking of getting a track car next year, because I love driving on the track but don't want to put all the wear and tear on my daily driver :D

[Alkemix]

Hey muffinman, inflation is somewhere between 2-3.5% a year, correct, but if you did have $100k working @ 4% interest to make 4G's this year. You would tell me that 4G's will only be the equivalent of $500 to $1000 the next year?? I'm sure you would agree that isn't the case. Put $4g's in a hole in the ground last year... dig it up this year to spend it... you can pretty much buy the same shiet. Thats the simple math.

The actual math should be (without using time value of money) If you compare what you said $500-1000 of $4g's is a loss on inflation of 75%-87.5%... not 2-3.5%.

My only problem with 50Cal's argument is why the hell would you put only $100k away? You are satisified with a $4k a year return? Keep that money in play for the big game, make larger returns and DON"T SPEND A DIME. Compound everything. $10million is when I'd lock it in with T-Bills or something nice and secure that has a better return than your commercial retail savings accounts. 5% on 10M is $500k a year... now that i can live on.

[Alkemix]

ggg, i'm at work right now, so I can't give you a detailed answer, but lets just say... a lot of each?

[JMG]

1) VF AWE Supercharger. $9500
2) $500 towards new tires after I ruin them with said supercharger

OR

1) sell it and use the 10k as a down for an RS4.

[nickyreno]

Stassis
Brembo
Deval
iforged
Boser

[GhostSquadGarage]

I would buy $10k of hookers and blow and do everything in my car. Does that count?

Yes, and I will do this too. Perhaps we can combine our $ and get more blow and more hookers on like a groupbuy discount or something.

[Alkemix]

GB!

Holiday groupbuy on blow and hookers

1. Alkemix
2. GSG