USA s4 in England. I have her back : ) But for how long?

Geeman wrote:I used 4-Rings at Thorne myself for parts for my old A8. Nice guys... same place?

Make sure you don't try and take something for free from one of the breakers in the yard though! For some reason, they don't seem to like it.

Of course your return to the UK is present enough for me young Sparkles.

Yea last time i went there i was snooping round a TT for bits and there was a bloke in the shed thing watching everything i was doing! Still got away with a handfull for fuses and trim clips! Haha! Living it up.....

yep thats were i got the box from.Nice guys in there.Got myself a nice euro rear bumper for the avant to.Engine should be out on tues with abit of luck.Damn gearbox as well picked the new one up dropped in off then jumped in my car and it had fixed itself.
Off to the body shop tomorrow to fully smooth out the front bumper as i now have my pods but iv just found an oem rs4 front bumper.Ummm should i?

I would, was just thinking the other day that if I ever owned an S4 that I would defo fit an RS4 front bumper, was looking through some old Audi Driver mags at the time.

well someone else got it at a steal of a price 150! arrrrrrrr new i should got it last night!

i hate this damn car right now.

Aswell as the gearbox problem which i lost 1st 2nd and reverse on the way home from london 2night.There is something wrong with the engine now.Drove to london fine then i moved it from the main road outside of the hotel to there carpark.Open the door and i think to myself that doesnt sound right at all.Jump in it this morning still same problem fine on idle but as soon as you rev is it misfires and makes some strange sounds.Drove home at 60 yes people i drove home on the motorway at 60 until i stopped to get some food.Then i didnt car and drove at 90 all the way home as if its going to blow then its going to blow.So now its sit until i take it to a friends garage tomorrow to rip the engine and box out(which i was doing anyway for the box).Im hoping its something cheap but i can see it not being.Im sooooooooooo pissed of right now

some pictures from 2day with the new modded bumper

oh dear hope it dont end up costing you too much to get it sorted out Mark, was it worth the trip down then??

not good sarah should be ordering the new parts tomorrow.Now means the bentleys are up for sale for the funds .To be honest it was.Was good to see a mix of euro cars that arnt just vws.Always wanted to go to ace cafe to so that was a good!

well this gets worse and worse.After spending way to much money(and i mean way to much) and putting the damn thing back together only to find out iv lost compression on 3 clyinders.Got 0 on 3 of them , 100 on 1 , 165 on another and 190 on the last.

To say im pissed is a understatement.Got to much money in the car so pointless parting it so on wards and up wards its get fixed. Bigger is always better so its going up to a 2.9 or a 3.0 litre bottom end with some head work.Pissing my of as its costing me way to much and i realy dont have the money to spare right now but it has to be fixed.Now wont leave until end of april now.

Im now driving around in a e39 520i which im getting rid of as i hate it.Will be looking to get a a4 tdi avant.

the 520 which broke down 5 mins after picking it up

not having much luck are you

thats bad luck mark, hope you get it sorted

Definitely - things have got to turn around soon, good luck!

Dude... this is a nightmare!

Hope it gets fixed soon bud.

How can you hate the BMW...? They're great machines.

ey up sparkey mate just a quick question the arch roller i borrowed dosn't seem to fit my car it sits way up in the arch just wondered if you knew why bud? looks to me like the adjustment up and down bolt on that plate has been welded too high up on the roller.

thanks people.Hopefully gets sorted soon its just the money bit.

gee, its like driving a big boat is nice as an everyday car just wish it was a 530 just to have a bity more speed.

mike, had the same prob on mine when using it was going to mod it but its not mine.Need it back tho as spen needs to use it.

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well iv pulled my finger out to fix this thing now. Took the engine apart the other morning to find 3 metal chucks on top of the pistons and 1 in the intake manifold. So iv gone and ordered all the stuff i need for a full rebuild along with some upgraded parts to make it go faster Hopefully my parts should drop in from detriot early in the week depending on customs.Then its a rush to get it back together as i have some shows left and im getting fed up of driving slow.But to be honest ill prob scare myself when i put my foot down for the 1st time as it will have about 150bhp more then before so we will see how this week goes.Pictures to come of the engine rebuild and the parts when the come in. Hopefully this all works as 09 as been a bum bullet year so far.

That sounds promising! Should be good to see this running again! What exactly did you manage to blow up in the engine?

to be honest dan i dont no.Some of the vavles are bent from the metal chunks(or so we think).Havnt taken the heads to bits yet so could run into problems there.

well finally its fixed.Alot of work by me and a few mates but we got it done.And all i can say is wow its fast.Not as fast as it should be as it over fuels but its faster then before.

Was at ists at donnington park this weekend.And after aload of trouble(car trouble that is) i got on track.I love track time get a right buzz from it.

Some pictures from this weekends track fun


















Sideways anyone?

thats ace nice new look is it stayin

haha now then sparky, makes me smile every time im in this car, and i havnt even felt full boost yet

and never will bye bye s4

Say goodbye everyone.Car leaves on friday and i leave a week on weds. Wont be here for the rest of the year now and the s4 will probley be never over here again as im looking to sell it next year

Good luck bud, shame ya cant stay any longer not seen much of ya this time.But i know were i
would rather be, FLORIDA HULL

do you want me to look after the old Bentley rims for you?

Bye bye! It will be a shame not to see this car about. I bet humberside police will be happy! haha. Wish i could go to florida!