Probably the best restored s3 ever,

syebba · December 20, 2009, 02:10:03 AM

http://www.ausrotary.com/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=167044&start=0

From oz,attention to detail is stunning.
Ta stu..

DC-TYPER · December 20, 2009, 08:45:11 AM

wow, it needs to go in a museum!!

Ian65 · December 20, 2009, 09:25:50 AM

A bargain for just over 8 grand. Awesome.
Has it got the brown interior though with red coachwork or is it a trick of the light?

syebba · December 20, 2009, 10:15:05 AM

Yep shame about brown interior,the work on the underside & engine bay is meticulous,must have taken years!
I\'d be scared to drive it incase it got a stonechip or dirt on the underside!
A real timewarp machine,beautiful,mmmmmm
ta stu..

syebba · December 20, 2009, 10:16:19 AM

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rei99 · December 20, 2009, 10:56:50 AM

This year I\'ve too many Think to ask to Santa Claus :2Confused

Ian65 · December 20, 2009, 11:14:56 AM

Quote from: syebba;660484Yep shame about brown interior,the work on the underside & engine bay is meticulous,must have taken years!
I\'d be scared to drive it incase it got a stonechip or dirt on the underside!
A real timewarp machine,beautiful,mmmmmm
ta stu..

That\'s the problem with mint / concours/ unused..delivery milage only type of cars.
There are quite often cars surfacing which were bought new, never registered and kept under a sheet in storage. I remember a V12 E-type a couple of years back and also an early RS Turbo.

Trouble is, do you keep it in your garage to look at,but not drive, in which case there\'s not much point in having it or do you drive it and enjoy it, which is what I\'d want to do, but then the minute you do that, it\'s lost what was special about it and becomes another used car on the road.
That\'s the dilemma, do you use it or not?
I\'d use it and make it go if it was me but then, I\'m more interested in driving cars than polishing them.

Ian65 · December 20, 2009, 11:19:31 AM

Quote from: syebba;660484Yep shame about brown interior,the work on the underside & engine bay is meticulous,must have taken years!
I\'d be scared to drive it incase it got a stonechip or dirt on the underside!
A real timewarp machine,beautiful,mmmmmm
ta stu..

That\'s the problem with mint / concours/ unused..delivery milage only tpye of cars.
There are quite often cars surfacing which were bought new, never registered and kept under a sheet in storage. I remember a V12 E-type a couple of years back and also an early RS Turbo.

Trouble is, do you keep it in your garage to look at,but not drive, in which case there\'s not much point in having it or do you drive it and enjoy it, which is what I\'d want to do, but then the minute you do that, it\'s lost what was special about it and becomes another used car on the road.
That\'s the dilemma, do you use it or not?
I\'d use it and make it go if it was me but then, I\'m more interested in driving cars than polishing them.

syebba · December 20, 2009, 11:21:12 AM

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

syebba · December 20, 2009, 11:27:06 AM

I,d drive it,but probably only on sundays,should,nt have to be constantly waiting for the next downpour as in uk,so less cleaning & rust.
That way you\'d still have a minter & a driver.
Ta stu...

Ian65 · December 20, 2009, 11:33:14 AM

Quote from: syebba;660507I,d drive it,but probably only on sundays,should,nt have to be constantly waiting for the next downpour as in uk,so less cleaning & rust.
That way you\'d still have a minter & a driver.
Ta stu...

Yeah, that\'s the thing with OZ, you can just clean the underside with a compressed air line, get the dust off!
If I drove it up the lane outside my house for the winter, with all the mud and salt on the road, the underside would look like the underside of my car within 18 months.
You\'d have to drive it though, wouldn\'t you?