Been looking for an excuse to get a wagon for years, I even put in a place holder order for an RS6 Avant 4 years ago but did not work out with some life changes. Recently went back to commuting for work so needed another vehicle and was going to try to save money and get a B8 or 8.5 Avant and also I really do not like the Allroad cladding (and the silly tablet screen interior always bugged me) but was VERY specific on what I wanted; no lame silver or black, had to have the 3-spoke wheel so I could add paddles if not already equipped, and no more than 80k miles or so. As an added obstacle banks do not like how I spend my money, evidently owning a house with no mortgage and using low interest/no interest credit paying all your bills on time makes them nervous so I needed to find this rare unicorn at an Audi/VW dealer so I could use Audi financial to finance. lol

Anyway, started moving from the late B8.5s to the early B9 Allroads which have paddles and obviously more lower mileage options, came to terms with the silly screen after test driving a 2022 the local dealer had, and became quickly obvious with used car loan rates and prices my payment for a 2018 would be the same as a lease on a 2023, and still stuck with all the unimaginative colors of the emo spectrum.

So the plan was an exclusive order for a 2023 Allroad unfortunately since this was hypothetically for commuting and taking the load off the Toureg and the Golf R track car LOL the 14-18 month quoted delay for an exclusive order from the dealer was out, would have to go to option 2 and order a factory color. Now, pause for a rant because I get supply chain and streamlining etc but the way Audi has taken to optioning vehicles is mind numbing. The full paint finish to remove the annoying cladding color is only for limited colors still which is ridiculous, I'll spare the long rant about the color match excuse (I work in a body shop). So Ibis White is one of the colors you can't get the full paint finish with but I am like fine, I'll just paint them myself but then they also will not allow the Black Optics option with Ibis White. WTF?? How does THAT make any sense, in what world are those mutually exclusive? No way am I paying that much for a car and then not only finishing the paint work they should have done but also buying all new black optics trim they should have put on too. Also the wood trim inside the vehicle can only be changed with Black Optics?.........I mean.......they have got to be just laughing their butts off making this insanity up.

Oh well, wife was not happy about a 3rd white vehicle anyway so it was between the Navarra Blue and the District Green as the only two actual colors offered. Navarra allows the full paint finish, but then Black Optics is locked out if you get full paint?! Again, they are having a blast making up these order guidelines. Still, I can buy the trim and install it myself but I really didn't want blue anyway, it's a good blue but not as nice as Nagaro or even Sepang. Now District Green, that's a different story. Seems fairly rare as a factory color so should still be unique, like Mexico Blue it doesn't photograph as well as it looks (and the photos on the website aren't even close) and when we test drove the used 2022 at the dealer they had a S5 on the lot in District Green and it is gorgeous.

So we ordered a Prestige because I wanted the sport seats from the Warm Weather, and Nav and by that time you've almost paid for the Prestige which comes with both those, plus it comes with the Matrix headlights and washers, we got District Green with Black Optics and went with the Okapi Brown interior.

So now that wait starts, dealer stated the Allroads have been showing quicker builds so we're looking at 4 months of anticipation, gives me plenty of time to start parts shopping LMAO. Lowering it will be step one, that factory wheel gap , going to put the factory TTRS wheels on since those tires still have a couple years left in them to get my moneys worth before getting a dedicated set.

It's been a long journey but I am finally getting a long roof!!!