onceovers Garnet Red Avant - An Introduction (image heavy)

[onceover]

Hi All,

New to the B8 forum, but not new to the boards. Figured I'd post a little intro thread.

Bought my first Audi about 8 years ago, a brilliant red A4. Through the years I changed pretty well every single thing in that car. S4 interior, built motor, molded bumpers, euro trunk, the list goes on...









I briefly owned an E34 M5 that I bought and drove around in europe for 2 months and shipped home

IMG_1211 by Patrick Derkacz, on Flickr

IMG_1283 by Patrick Derkacz, on Flickr

But I always longed for a 911, so I sold the M5 and picked up a 964, my childhood dream car.

Wheel build by Patrick Derkacz, on Flickr



The B6 was starting to age, and I grew tired of fixing things on it. It was time to upgrade. Originally I started looking at 3.0T Q5's, but after purchasing a new house they were a little out of my price range. Then I came across the perfect B8 avant. S-line package, nav, premium+, and the only S-line avant in this color in Canada.

It was located in Winnipeg, about a 14 hour drive away. I tossed the idea around for a while and then contacted the owner (wpg2.0t) and we struck a deal. I caught a flight into Winnipeg where Brian picked me up and we went over the car. It's immaculate, just as I had imagined after having a few conversations with Brian. We loaded the winters in the car, fitted the roof rack and box, and I was on my way. I couldn't be happier with it!

Loaded up for the drive home:
Untitled by Patrick Derkacz, on Flickr

Door sills still have protective film from delivery
Untitled by Patrick Derkacz, on Flickr

Home safe!
IMG_8476 by Patrick Derkacz, on Flickr

IMG_8478 by Patrick Derkacz, on Flickr

IMG_8483 by Patrick Derkacz, on Flickr

IMG_8485 by Patrick Derkacz, on Flickr

IMG_8486 by Patrick Derkacz, on Flickr

Let the mods begin!
Untitled by Patrick Derkacz, on Flickr

[pierreb]

Gorgeous

[The Infiltrator]

Awesome, welcome to the B8 section! Very good choice with the B8 and love the color!

[Turbavanttro]

Love the color and the whole package. Congrats!

[NLPed68]

Beautiful AVANT!

[LJO]

Congrats! That color is amazing.

[sc117]

Very nice!


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[Lambda13]

That is one fantastic looking car and you got every option I would want. That red is perfect too. Not too bright but just right in my opinion.

[Peter.dupuis]

That 964 is sweet! And great looking Audis as well


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[avantagg]

Awesome looking Avant. Love the color and the trim! I'm envious of that black headliner.

[ClayBonics]

Love the reds, nice


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[blbroo]

Dear god, that is pretty

[OzeyeruZ]

Hubba hubba hubba!! Great choice!

[Peter.dupuis]

Each time I look back at this thread I wish my b8 was that color it's so clean


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[redavant]

A great Avant! Congrats on the purchase - certainly a very unique color!


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[redavant]

Did you get your Avant from a member wpg2.0T?


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[onceover]

You bet!

Thanks for all the comments guys!

[eirebob]

I've seen the garnet red in Europe ... to my eyes, easily the best of the Audi reds. Great find. Congrats.

[Killerboots]

Wow, great looking car! Really love those S Line seats! Sexy red too and CLEAN.

[ChicagoDave]

Wagon Lovin'. Nice find.

[jikozi]

great looking avant! love that B6 too.
was the M5 from poland?

[onceover]

Sure was. My wife and I did a tour of Europe in it. Total of 11,000km and 13 countries

[onceover]

Debadged last night

[onceover]

Picked up some Peelers. Haven't seen many avants with them on.

[redavant]

Looking good!

[B G 8er]

Very nice!

[LJO]

Picked up some Peelers. Haven't seen many avants with them on.

I like the peelers over the RS wheels. I sold my RS wheels and bought peelers for winter and rotors for summer.

[Liquid Smoke]

very nice, love the color. this and Volcano Red are my 2 favorite reds, not a big fan of brilliant or misano red, good choice on this one.

[onceover]

Haven't done much to the car recently - new house and baby on the way are taking priority unfortunately :P

RS grille installed

[CONative]

Picked up some Peelers. Haven't seen many avants with them on.

#envious of that color

I found some peelers for my brilliant red Avant and kept the 17s for a winter setup. I agree, not many Avants with peelers. Looking good though, especially with that new RS grill you installed!


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[pierreb]

You and me both. Love garnet.

[ChicagoDave]

Picked up some Peelers. Haven't seen many avants with them on.

I aspire to such greatness with my Avant. Well done.

Question: what size are the wheels? What size tires are you running on them? And any other mods to the ride/wheels? (spacers, suspension?) I ask because this is the look I'm looking for!

Thanks a lot, gentlemen.

Dave

[onceover]

Factory tire size - 255/35R19. No suspension mods - just s-line suspension

[TwinTipSkier]

Beautiful.
This seems oddly familiar to me.
B6... vintage Porsche... B8 avant...

No joke, I've have/had each one of those in the past 10 years. Except my 02MY B6 was no where near like yours; I had a red 90MY 944S2; Now my red premium avant. Hilarious. You've stepped up my game each time. We should hang out.