Probably the best restored s3 ever,

[A7RXY]

I wonder if its carb is as good as mine............sic

[Ian65]

I wonder if its carb ia as good as mine............sic

No chance!

[syebba]

The oz climate is good for cars,30c in brisbane tomorrow,even s1 cars are in pretty good nick,miles better than most of our s3 cars,although their cars do suffer something ours don\'t,cracked dash\'s & opaque faded lenses due to that rarity of ours,the sun!!
Ta stu..

[syebba]

I like those mirrors,much better than our cricket bats.
ta stu..

[Ian65]

Fair play to the guy thats restored it though, every part looks factory fresh. Gorgeous!
I\'d be interested to know how much it cost!
Shame there isn\'t a website so we could see how it progressed and where he sourced the bits from.
I\'ve been trying to track down fixings and parts for the one I\'m restoring and they are like hens teeth.

[David Nock (RIP)]

It\'s a stunner right enough. The underside is breathtaking.

Had the quandry about what to do with a stored car when we bought our Gus. Not turned a wheel from the factory in seven and a half years. The Missus solved it - "it\'s my Daily Drive, don\'t argue" .........and so it came to pass.

[Ian65]

It\'s a stunner right enough. The underside is breathtaking.
 
Had the quandry about what to do with a stored car when we bought our Gus. Not turned a wheel from the factory in seven and a half years. The Missus solved it - "it\'s my Daily Drive, don\'t argue" and so it came to pass.

Quite right as well!
Would it have given you as much pleasure to know that you had probably the only unused, unregistered car in the UK in the garage as it has driving it for the last 16 years?
No chance!
Also, cars need to be driven. If your car was still unused David, it would need work to put it on the road, if you ever decided to use it.
Rubber parts perish, electrics and interiors get damp, brake lines rust etc, etc.
Then once you change these parts, it\'s no longer the untouched car it once was.
Much better to use it and enjoy it!

[syebba]

We should all stop dribbling over this car,wer\'e grown men,it\'s obsessive & unhealthy!
Ta stu..

[David Nock (RIP)]

Aye Stu,but we possibly all share a dream that we could just about manage to buy it and bring it back from Aus.

No, indeed it wouldn\'t have given us the same pleasure Ian. So the missus was right.
Now imagine that our Gus was still in store, and here we are, approaching the twilight of our lives......if we hadn\'t run it we\'d be trying to get it out of a car cocoon thing and get it back on the road to try and get some earthly pleasure out of it.

So all in all a good decision. We\'ve used it as younger able bodied people (and we still are reasonably able bodied) and that\'s important with a sports car. Larry Hagman once said the trouble with Ferraris is that when you can afford to buy them you bang your testicles on the door sill whilst creaking and groaning to get in and out.

And to think Dibs said on here he\'d walked past our car under its sheet in B&H, Barnet and didn\'t buy because it wasn\'t Red...

[Ian65]

We should all stop dribbling over this car,wer\'e grown men,it\'s obsessive & unhealthy!
Ta stu..

I\'ve getting an unhealthy obsession for the bodywork on this...!!
http://atkinsrotary.com/images/gallery/DaveKato/DaveK.htm
 
I bet it goes well!

[David Nock (RIP)]

Ha ah...The last engine shots are taken when the owner\'s returned, chucked the woman off his car and started checking his rad for high heel damage!

[syebba]

Haha,
those pics on atkins rotary are auto porn,keep trying to look at the car,but i keep getting distracted,mmmmmmmm!
Ta stu..

[syebba]

loved the comment men can only afford ferrari\'s,when their testicles hit the sill getting in & out!:Giggle

[Ian65]

Haha,
keep trying to look at the car,but i keep getting distracted,mmmmmmmm!
Ta stu..

What car??

[rei99]

stop being sooooooooooo greedy,santa needs some prezzies left to give to meeeeeeeeee.
What\'s temp in Italy,i\'m guessing 12c,it\'s freezing in uk 0c.
Ta stu

- 6° now here, this night - 12°
I\'m freezing to came work better than a ice cube :2Confused