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I made my dream come true... (New Pics 07.09.10)

The year was 1996.. I was 12 years old.. and i saw a concept prototype of a car that I fell in love with...
 
Flash forward to 1999/2000.. I learned that they actually started producing these vehicles and made it my mission that one day, i'm actually going to own one of these cars and the daydreams began..
 
Flash forward to 2007. while browsing autotrader as i always have to find my "unicorn".. i saw a picture of a VIN sticker for one of the cars and with that i have made an amazing discovery.. My dream car was assembled in my home country (Hungary). Fate? Perhaps.
 
Well since then i've had good jobs, and numerous chances to actually own one of these cars but yet somehow it never ended up working out.. Well I think I finally captured my "unicorn".
 
Tomorrow I will be picking a 2000 Audi TT Quattro.
 
And while no, It's not a fox.. the people who know me really well on this board have known how badly I've sought after this car.
 
Here is the concept picture vehicle that i've fallen in love with:
 

 
 
And attached are pictures of my actual car.

I made my dream come true... (New Pics 07.09.10)

Reply #1 –
Well its no fox, but it is about a 9.8 on the shagi scale

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Reply #2 –
my daily driver is 2009 Audi A-4.....love it.  good luck with your new ride!








1983 FORD THUNDERBIRD HERITAGE 5.0
2008 SAAB 9-7X AERO 6.0 (LS2) 1 0f 554 Made
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I made my dream come true... (New Pics 07.09.10)

Reply #3 –
Hey, Audi's copying the VW Beetle!
 
J/K, nice lookin ride.
:birdsmily:
(X2) '86 Thunderbird, 3.8L CFI, C5 Tranny
 
'92 F-150, 5.0L EFI (SD), M5OD Tranny, 3.08 Dif
 
'70 VW Beetle, 1780cc, twin Solex 43's.

I made my dream come true... (New Pics 07.09.10)

Reply #4 –
Congrats Alex!

Looks like fun, hope you enjoy it.

Brent
1985 Mercury Cougar XR-7 - 5-speed 
One of 1,246 built

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Reply #5 –
Nice score dude......
Now lets get that vert on the road again.  ;) LOL

Hey, are you still gonna mod the eclipse like we talked about?
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Reply #6 –
haha no i'm not because now I gotta sell the Eclipse now to climb out of this hole that i just dug myself into by literally flipping a coin at the dealership to get the Audi.

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Reply #7 –
it sure aint a car I like, but I am definatly glad to hear you caught your unicorn (even if it did put you in debt)....  mine is still elluding me...  ('96-'98 or '03-'04 Cobra)

Congrats man...

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Reply #8 –
I always thought those were neat until Mitsubishi ripped off the design idea for the newer Eclipse. Is that the 1.8 turbo or 2.0 turbo? Either way they are a fun little motor.

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Reply #9 –
this has the 1.8 turbo

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Reply #10 –
Quote from: Old_Paint;283977
Hey, Audi's copying the VW Beetle!
 
J/K, nice lookin ride.


I always did like the Audi TT.

Interesting you joke about that because when I first saw the Audi TT I thought it reminded me of being a Karman Ghia companion to the new Beetle.

J. Mays was in charge of design at VW and Audi before he came to work at Ford so it's no surprise to see his design influences cross over into some of our newer Fords.

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Reply #11 –
It also doesnt help that the Audi TT is assembled in the same factory in hungary that makes the v Dubb engines.

audi and vW are the same.

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Reply #12 –
Make sure nothing but synthetic goes in that little 1.8L I hear they gum up with anything but.

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Reply #13 –
Congrats! Welcome to the darkside. :)

Quote from: MY83T;283972
my daily driver is 2009 Audi A-4.....love it.  good luck with your new ride!

Cool. Are you on the 'Zine?

Quote from: 86XR7project;284070
Make sure nothing but synthetic goes in that little 1.8L I hear they gum up with anything but.

They sure do. I think part of that has to do with the original owners actually listening to Audi's ridiculous 10K oil change intervals. Thanks previous owner!
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Reply #14 –
Congrats :D
88 Thunderbird LX: 306, Edelbrock Performer heads, Comp 266HR cam, Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, bunch of other stuff.