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I joined the proper Shed realms 11 months ago, and yano what it was an incredible move.
Having got out of the i30N, I needed something cheap and reliable to do the daily spin in and out to work, as well as to munch miles heading up and down the country for various events and bits. I'd put 19,000km on the Hyundai in the year I had it, and the incredible machine felt wasted when 98% of that mileage was mundane stuff where I tipped around in Eco mode, and I'd already got to a point within a year that any excuse for a head-clearing blast saw the Peugeot keys grabbed before the Hyundai's. Then, aswell, there was the real world need to save for a house, so along came the A6 Avant.
Search criteria of basically 'Petrol-Manual-Cheap-Not Terrible' had conjured up notions of a pick of MK5 GTI's, but alas they had now gone well beyond my price range. The Audi was one I'd stumbled upon a few times. It was local, the ad was up 50-odd days, it had zero service history, 220k KM, the owner was emigrating. I was intrigued. Truthfully I struck lucky, the day I viewed and bought the Audi was the last day the guy was spending in Ireland, signing the log book on a stack of boxes containing his final possessions ready for shipping home to Hungary I knew I'd done well. He wanted €3k, we agreed on €1,700, and off I toddled into Shed life.
I know man Maths is a great thing, but actual Excel maths was frightening when the total price of the Audi equated exactly 53 days of financed ownership of the i30! Well in the past 11 months, this thing has been a revelation. Granted, I broke the radio within the 1st week by not listening to the owners warning about the rear screen washer being leaky and drowned the amp (if anyone has one btw, please do get in contact!), and it is so Irish specced that it has Zero optional extras (bar, thankfully, Cruise Control), but its simplicity and my lack of caring for it has been an automotive pallet cleanser. I've fallen back in love with Gravel rallying now that I can hoon up an access track an obscene speeds and the huge amounts of standing water around at the minute have me giggling like a child as I balst through at full speed, living that no care Daily Shed life. For a machine I took a punt on, its rewarded me well. Total receipts in a year have accounted for €210 (I serviced it, replaced tyres and got a tracking), and in return ut flew through the NCT and I've added 24,390 KM to the clock. Oh, and its so incredibly comfortable and wafty!
Having got out of the i30N, I needed something cheap and reliable to do the daily spin in and out to work, as well as to munch miles heading up and down the country for various events and bits. I'd put 19,000km on the Hyundai in the year I had it, and the incredible machine felt wasted when 98% of that mileage was mundane stuff where I tipped around in Eco mode, and I'd already got to a point within a year that any excuse for a head-clearing blast saw the Peugeot keys grabbed before the Hyundai's. Then, aswell, there was the real world need to save for a house, so along came the A6 Avant.
Search criteria of basically 'Petrol-Manual-Cheap-Not Terrible' had conjured up notions of a pick of MK5 GTI's, but alas they had now gone well beyond my price range. The Audi was one I'd stumbled upon a few times. It was local, the ad was up 50-odd days, it had zero service history, 220k KM, the owner was emigrating. I was intrigued. Truthfully I struck lucky, the day I viewed and bought the Audi was the last day the guy was spending in Ireland, signing the log book on a stack of boxes containing his final possessions ready for shipping home to Hungary I knew I'd done well. He wanted €3k, we agreed on €1,700, and off I toddled into Shed life.
I know man Maths is a great thing, but actual Excel maths was frightening when the total price of the Audi equated exactly 53 days of financed ownership of the i30! Well in the past 11 months, this thing has been a revelation. Granted, I broke the radio within the 1st week by not listening to the owners warning about the rear screen washer being leaky and drowned the amp (if anyone has one btw, please do get in contact!), and it is so Irish specced that it has Zero optional extras (bar, thankfully, Cruise Control), but its simplicity and my lack of caring for it has been an automotive pallet cleanser. I've fallen back in love with Gravel rallying now that I can hoon up an access track an obscene speeds and the huge amounts of standing water around at the minute have me giggling like a child as I balst through at full speed, living that no care Daily Shed life. For a machine I took a punt on, its rewarded me well. Total receipts in a year have accounted for €210 (I serviced it, replaced tyres and got a tracking), and in return ut flew through the NCT and I've added 24,390 KM to the clock. Oh, and its so incredibly comfortable and wafty!
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