Back in college some professor bought a brand new B5 S4 MT, Black on Black. I told myself that one day soon I’d have one. That was 2001, I was at a crappy 2-year college and starting at the bottom. Several years later the RS4 came out and I thought it was just too much for me to ever have one – it was twice my salary at the time. Too rich for my blood.
I got to a point where I could get that B5 S4 though. It was a cheap mess. But it was exactly what I wanted, Blk/Blk MT. It was not so much abused as it was neglected, all stock but not maintained at all. Nothing worked. Fixed the AC, got heater back working, couple wheel bearings, so many things to bring it back stock and looking sharp. I was happy. When the family started growing and the wife needed a new car, had no choice but to sell it for a down payment having a much more valuable asset at this point. I told myself that if I got back into this again, it’d be an RS4.
I told the wife. I told the kids and family. It became the family joke more than anything else that one day, I’m getting that RS4. My kids have known: Black with black leather RS4. Not S8, not RS3 kids, RS4. I kept grinding.
Now have the house with my wife we always wanted. New kitchen, bathroom, I can do it all myself at this point. When I’m not in the office at the computer grinding at the day job, I’m a framer, electrician, plumber, drywaller and landscaper by night. We’ve traded up, grown the family and finally have a great little place with a nice sized yard, all new stuff and things for them – the kids are spoiled relative to my upbringing.
Then I found my RS4. It has almost 200k on the clock, just as many cosmetic things wrong as my old B5 but: it doesn’t leak; doesn’t miss; shifts and stops; no CEL’s. I know it’s only a matter of time, and I bought it on the cheap with a list of things that scared away everyone else for months at a little lot across town. Getting ready for the monthly RS4 investment in parts, etc.
But it sounds like an RS4 and I ripped it all weekend. Great to be here. Every day without a CEL is a good day. Looking forward to this! (can't show the whole thing, since the hood needs a paint job. full pics outside of that blemish to come)
