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    Another favorite shot for this morning... err afternoon for the majority of you all! And I had also picked up some summer gear. Gotta love the sportback for all its room!
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    With a VR how can you not... ok well maybe with the fuel bill. Thank god I don't pay your guy's prices. I would be living in a shanty just to pay for fuel. But I still would totally do it.
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    This is what was done next! (as previously promised) Praise the lowered! Also I will have to include my 2nd attempt road trip to Vancouver, which did end in success haha. Will post a detailed account with plenty of pretty pictures eventually for that as well! Hope you all enjoy, comment away!
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    Thanks! And boy oh boy me too. 6 months in and 20k km driven with it already. Loving every minute of it. We are pretty lucky here for sure, nice open roads. Incredible scenery, makes for some fantastic drives.
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    Alright back with the next update that was done to the new A3. Finally had enough of my ugly ass orange side markers. Started with sanding. Then paint it black!! Matched of course. Seven coats later we let it dry. Next day applied the clear coat and here we are! All in all for 40 dollars and a rattle can job I'm pretty happy with the result, match was practically bang on. Actually they are shiner than my bumper currently is haha. While I was installing them I decided my headlights needed a refresh as well. 110,000km of Alberta roads are murder on our front ends. Started s
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    Dang that is cheap, even to ship from US to Canada can cost more than that for an interior.
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    I spent about a month the first time around searching all over Canada and the US. After the first car died/was murdered it took me 2 months to find a replacement Vr6.
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    Ah the Rockies.
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    Hopefully that's not all to overwhelming, got a lot more pictures and I am sure there will be some questions! Hope you all enjoy! More to come. Including more road trips!
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    Road trip #1 with the new car!! Last Minute Sunshine trip! Night before... BOOTS FOR EVERYONE. 3 hours of sleep... arrive to this. well worth it. Especially once it cleared up for the afternoon. Drove home after... 4 hour drive, down the mountains, with a tailwind - doing 140 kmh I managed 26mpg with three people and all our gear in the car. haha
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    Managed to save my RS knob from the old A3. So installed that once it arrived back from BC as well. Sent from my Igloo
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    Shortly there after this arrived in the mail. And made sure to get in installed quickly!! Had a wicked sunset that night so snapped a few shots.
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    Thanks to a steal of a deal I upgraded my steering wheel to one from an S5. Old and busted New hotness Loving it. Feels so good and looks 100 times better!
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    And here we go! The replacement. It took me about 2 months to sort out a replacement car after the old one was written off. Ended up driving the old family dodge ram with 850k km on it. Them diesels will last forever! But without further delay here she was when I first got it into my parkade! Needed a bit of a detail, so got to work on it. First pass on half the hood with clay bar After getting most of it done. And of course that damn plate holder is back... efffff. And the side markers, those gotta go!! Will be paint matching them soon.. Then tonight I did some more detailing and d
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    And more of the last Journey! The Short start to the trek back to home. Morning started off with dropping the girlfriend off at school (She moved to Vancouver to finish her schooling), then hitting the road to an awesome sunrise! The new bridge in Vancouvers bay is pretty awesome, wish I got better pictures of it. And of course before I got to far... FUEL Back on the road. Roads were all open! So that was a bonus. Since I never really check the passes for conditions. And managed one last stop before the break down. At least it was a pretty spot! And got some good pictures. S
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    Ah yes! Haven't posted in here in a long time. A lot of updates. Biggest one being the car is dead. Last winter while on a massive road trip I took a threaded rod through the engine block. Audi quoted 16k for a replacement engine. Thankfully insurance covered it under road debris. SO the car was written off Here is a bit of its last journey. The drive to Vancouver. It was a lot of fun and the car is amazing in the mountains. Good send off for a car to die I guess? At my mom's before hitting the road Since it's a 3.2 of course Oh Scenery More gas Wildlife bridge! Fun mountain roads
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    Thank you! I will post up the rest of the road trip later tonight or tomorrow if I have time! It was nuts, if or when I do it again I will take more then 4 days to drive home.
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    Thanks, it was a lot of fun... However a round trip to Austria I think would be more fun! I wish I could have cut over and gone up through the rockies, however that would have added an additional 1000 miles or so. Had the car for almost a year now, loving it and man is quattro a lot of fun in the snow!
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    Hey Everyone, stubmled across this site on facebook and figured I should join! Give you a little story while I am at it! Back in the summer I started looking for an A3. Specifically the 3.2, now in Canada land those are few and far between, I think in all of Canada there were 2 or 3 for sale. All of which were high mileage. Now currently owning an 04' Gti cresting 215k it was time for something newer and less driven. So I broaden my search to the US of A. Selection improves greatly! I find one - 2007 with 10,700 Miles, seems a little to good to be true ( still on the fence in some regards ) i
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