Update: You can view additional posts about my #WantAnR8 experience on this page. This is the first in a series of blog posts that documents my #WantAnR8 weekend. In this post, I will cover the moment in which I learned that I was chosen as one of two winners and the run-up to my #WantAnR8 weekend. Update: Below are links …
Saturday morning, Audi will have a film crew come out and interview me while I am at PDX C&C and will have the R8 delivered. I will be getting the keys at around 10:00 and I will depart PDX C&C for a nice drive. The film crew will be there to record the drive for about 3-4 hours; after which, …
As you may or may not already know, I am a huge fan of Audi blues; it doesn’t matter if it’s Nogaro, Aruba, Scuba, Moro, Sepang or Sprint. I fell in love with Sprint Blue the instant that I saw a #LoveMyS5 dressed in it. Of course, I am completely in love with the R8. So, when I saw a …
After about 17,000 or so miles and less than 3/32″ of thread left on them, I finally said goodbye to the Pirelli P Zero Rosso tyres that came with my #LoveMyS5. All four tyres started to whinge and cry out for mercy about a month ago when trying to carve up the hills of the Willamette Valley. While driving on …
As you may have read in my previous posts, as well as on Twitter and Facebook, I have come down pretty harsh on Audi when they released prices for the 2013 A4 allroad quattro for the US. In the “Updated: Analysis (and mini-rant) of the 2013 A4 allroad quattro pricing” post, I compared the announced prices for the 2013 A4 …
It has been some time in the making, but the 2013 Q5 model page and online configurator has finally been posted on to AudiUSA.com. The 2013 Q5 brings along not only a nice looking facelift, but also several new drivetrain combinations and the deprecation of the 3.2-litre V6. In place of the aging 3.2-litre V6, the Q5 gets a version …
