I've been fortunate enough to own a good amount of great cars in the past, but ive never owned an Audi until now.
Cars i've owned....
-Honda Civic VTI EG6. This car had many different engines throughout its lifetime with me, but it was my first 'fast' car so i loved it dearly!
(Engines it had: B16a lightly tuned, B16a turbo 400bhp, B16a high compression N/A build 200bhp, B18C-R)
-Honda Integra DC2 type R JDM. This was a tad tatty when i got it, it had coilovers that were seized, faded graphics and tatty paint work in places.
It was immaculate when i sold it, which added to the annoyance that the scottish chap that i sold it to wrote it off in a big way. RIP DC2!
-Honda Civic Type R EP3. This was just about the most modern car i had owned and despite being very good i couldn't resist a few mods!
Evo8 wheels, upgraded brakes,susupension,lsd,manifold,kpro ecu etc. I really liked it but i was sick of fwd!
-Bmw M3 E46 Manual coupe. I purposefully chose phoenix yellow as i didn't want a subtle colour, it was top spec and immaculte. I really didn't like the manual gearchange, it felt very poor to me but after being spoilt with honda's great gearboxes what was i to expect?
-Honda S2000 facelft. I adored this car, fantastic handling, great sound and quicker than most would expect when rung out. It managed to stay standard for the longest out of all my previous cars but the modding bug bit and meister R coilovers, upgraded brakes, intake, R888's, Bride seats, mugen titanium exhaust, custom brake vents and geo settings made it a great track car!
-Alfa 147 GTA. Not a car i wanted really but i needed to free up some cash for a house deposit so this was a cheap tempoary car for me, it was suprisingly nice inside and i liked the presence it had on the road. I did the 330mm brake upgrade and it already had the q2 diff so apart from some tidying up i didn't do much with it. Dynamically it was pretty crap but it sounded nice and made me £2k in six months so i wasn't complaining.
-Honda civic type R FN2. Another stop gap car trying to fool myself that i could stay fwd and relitively low power output cheap motoring, great little car with better high speed stabilty than the ep3 but not as raw and certainly not built as well! I fitted Tein coilovers, custom 356mm stoptech brake kit, Milltec exhaust, hondata kpro ecu, intake, mfactory LSD, custom painted kit, arb's and A048 tyres. Sold it in a relitively short time as i was bored of it.
-Porsche Cayman S manual. This was probably one of the nicest cars i've ever owned and i wish i'd kept it longer looking back now. It was a porche GB demo car and was ridicuolous spec. I loved the PCCB brakes and it was truely epic around the Evo triangle. I fitted a IPD intake manifold, gt3 throttle body and remapped it, it went very well despite only dyno'ing at 305bhp.
-Bmw M3 E92 DCT. Again i was lucky to find this incredibly top spec mint car, it was the highest spec'd M3 i've ever seen even to this day.
I carried out lots of mods to this car too (comp pack edc sus settings, gts dct software, evolve stage2, comp pack wheels, slight brake upgrade, carbon spitters and spoiler etc) before taking it to the Nurburgring. Epic trip and can't wait to return! I loved this car and it dyno'd at 451bhp+315ftlb, it was a great car to hoon around in and it loved to go sideways! It started to get a little frustrating though when you wanted to just press on and make progress as traction in anything other than ideal conditions was pretty poor!
-Current car, Audi R8 V8.
I have not had this very long, i travelled 7.5hrs by train to get this one as it is immaculate, 1 prev owner, low mileage, very high spec in the colour i wanted. It was from a main Audi dealer so i made sure it was as perfect as could be before i took the plunge. Its has all warranty work carried out, new pilot supersport tyres etc.
I've just recently modified the exhaust as my only gripe was it was not loud enough in standard form. Its such a composed car with fantastic traction and sublime handling, it will go around bends fast and controlled or oversteer when pushed hard enough. I'm really looking forward to having it this summer
-Suzuki Gsxr1000 k5. This is my current road/track bike, i mostly do trackdays on the bike now as it is so much cheaper. This has got a few nice upgrades on it and goes very well indeed
old Accord Type R - But anyway love the R8, i really wanted one of these but the RS was a lot cheaper and suited my needs (having a 6yr old and a 2 seater isn't ideal)
you as an Audi driver don't do yourself any favours, I noticed the difference before when I had an Audi years ago, been on lots of forums but some of the Audi guys are real special.