To start, like many of you guys I came from VWs... I had my first Volkswagen at the age of 17 which was a b5.5 passat 1.8t 4-motion sedan, after that I moved onto a MK6 Jetta and that car was pretty much where I cut my teeth and started modifying cars.
What started out as a MK6 2.slow automatic Jetta S, turned into an independent rear suspension swapped, SEL trim swapped, bagged, shaved, awesome car. I had the car for three years and went through the stages like coilovers the first two years and then subtle modifications until it got heavy. The car was taken to SoWo, H2Oi, and a few local shows. I had a lot of fun with it and still to this day I miss it.
After attending SoWo 8 in Helen, I fell in love with the idea of owning an R32. Sure enough that august I pulled the trigger...
I'll try and keep this brief, but within one year, I bagged the R, took it to EUEX in Savannah and Waterfest in NJ. I had intentions on keeping the car forever since it was like the holy grail of VWs but little things kept going wrong with it that made me hate it more and more every day. Little things that could've been prevented if the previous owner didn't neglect them. Plus there wasn't a lot of modding potential with it without paying out the nose. I hit my one year mark with it 3 weeks ago and sold it shortly after.
While at waterfest, my fuel pump decided to go... Luckily I had a local friend who followed me out there in his b8 s4. Throughout the weekend while my car was down, he carted me around in his s4. To say I fell in love was an under statement... I wanted that car and I wanted it bad... Then reality set in and I soon figured out that I couldn't afford one. That's when I turned my search to a4's... I was set on a 2012 (post oil consumption but still b8 platform) ibis white, 6-speed, under 60k, for under 20 grand. After searching for a month country wide on cars.com and autotrader, nothing came up. I sold my R in the meantime and was carless for like a week. After making the 10 mile one way commute to work via bike for a week, I decided to clear "manual" from my search and see what would come up. Sure enough about 8 miles from my house, there was a 2012, ibis white, 55k, premium, $18k auto sedan. I drove it and I loved it. It reminded me of a nice version of my jetta and I totally have a soft spot in my heart for that car, so the trigger was pulled.
I'm currently in the process of picking up some INDs for it from louquattro on here. As far as suspension, I'm not sure what I'm gonna do. At this point in my life, I want a fun daily driver. I'm considering tunes as well but I'm not sure on what to go with. So far I'm liking the idea of Unitronic. We will see!
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