Marc07
Road Burner
Hi everyone
As you can see from my profile I'm 28 and I work for Local Authorities as a Property Manager. I know it may sound a bit boring, but everyone who knows me will tell you that I'm a nutter as I'm a master in separating work from a private life :blink1:
Most of my teenage life, from 15 years of age, I spend on hard work, managing and growing my first company from the age of 17 and same time doing 2 diplomas and graduating Uni, again it may sound not really interesting, but any free time in between was filled with parties and night clubs.
Cars from the past, owned and/or driven: VW Polo '83 ages ago, then Vauxhall Kadett, Toyota Celica, then two Nissan's 300ZX, one yellow standard one and second one red bi-turbo chipped, BMW 740i fully loaded with lowered suspension, full brakes upgrade, complete sport exhaust with no cat , Hyundai Accent, Pontiac Firebird, S600, few Volvo and Man trucks (with no trailers for better start from traffic lights in the city and making donuts , the longest the highest and most powerful 3 axle Neoplan coach in the world these days (with no passengers on board of course for weight reduction , F3 single seater, ford NASCAR car , Murcielago, F430 and 575, DB9, R8, 911 gt2, E55, and.......''Stealth'' at Thorpe Park near M25 Staines: 0-80mph 2.3sec - the best accelerating experience ever )
Why I'm here ???? Well...last few years of my life was filled with planing family (the first idea was to start from buying a family car :sad2, then having a family plus work, and it stayed like that till today.
The best bit was when after a months of deciding which family car is the best, I went to buy a Ford S-Max as agreed with my other half, and came back in a Audi A8 3.7 petrol V8 in quattro :bigsmile: :bigsmile:
But the need of me finding a community fully dedicated to car tuning with such a big and professional experience came from my best mate, who changes wheels every 6-12months and always doing some bits around his car. And every single time he comes with his family to stay over the weekend he is keep taking to **** from me and my 18'' stock wheels from new and no upgrades on the car.
I am fully aware that A8 is not a sport car and having even no sub-category in here in Audi section just confirms that
What I'm looking to do at the minute is:
(I will post them separately in dedicated threads)
- wheels upgrade from 18'' to 20'', just need some advice in regards to sizes
- upgrading tail and head lights which is easy, but will need some advice in upgrading to pro HID lights (low/high beam and fogs) to not get any Can-bus errors
- ECU chip, I really want more power and I'm regretting for years now not taking the 4.2 V8 (will post some links later on as at the minute I can't due to newbie restrictions
- upgrading either air filter or fitting a induction kit (will post some photos of engine bay later on after restrictions are taken off so you can see if there is enough space for this sort of upgrade as is quiet tight there
- very little chances of having a intercooler due to space issue.
Well...as I said, as soon I'll be able to post some photos and links I will post them separately
Car: 2006 Audi A8 3.7 V8 40V quattro
Regards
Marc
As you can see from my profile I'm 28 and I work for Local Authorities as a Property Manager. I know it may sound a bit boring, but everyone who knows me will tell you that I'm a nutter as I'm a master in separating work from a private life :blink1:
Most of my teenage life, from 15 years of age, I spend on hard work, managing and growing my first company from the age of 17 and same time doing 2 diplomas and graduating Uni, again it may sound not really interesting, but any free time in between was filled with parties and night clubs.
Cars from the past, owned and/or driven: VW Polo '83 ages ago, then Vauxhall Kadett, Toyota Celica, then two Nissan's 300ZX, one yellow standard one and second one red bi-turbo chipped, BMW 740i fully loaded with lowered suspension, full brakes upgrade, complete sport exhaust with no cat , Hyundai Accent, Pontiac Firebird, S600, few Volvo and Man trucks (with no trailers for better start from traffic lights in the city and making donuts , the longest the highest and most powerful 3 axle Neoplan coach in the world these days (with no passengers on board of course for weight reduction , F3 single seater, ford NASCAR car , Murcielago, F430 and 575, DB9, R8, 911 gt2, E55, and.......''Stealth'' at Thorpe Park near M25 Staines: 0-80mph 2.3sec - the best accelerating experience ever )
Why I'm here ???? Well...last few years of my life was filled with planing family (the first idea was to start from buying a family car :sad2, then having a family plus work, and it stayed like that till today.
The best bit was when after a months of deciding which family car is the best, I went to buy a Ford S-Max as agreed with my other half, and came back in a Audi A8 3.7 petrol V8 in quattro :bigsmile: :bigsmile:
But the need of me finding a community fully dedicated to car tuning with such a big and professional experience came from my best mate, who changes wheels every 6-12months and always doing some bits around his car. And every single time he comes with his family to stay over the weekend he is keep taking to **** from me and my 18'' stock wheels from new and no upgrades on the car.
I am fully aware that A8 is not a sport car and having even no sub-category in here in Audi section just confirms that
What I'm looking to do at the minute is:
(I will post them separately in dedicated threads)
- wheels upgrade from 18'' to 20'', just need some advice in regards to sizes
- upgrading tail and head lights which is easy, but will need some advice in upgrading to pro HID lights (low/high beam and fogs) to not get any Can-bus errors
- ECU chip, I really want more power and I'm regretting for years now not taking the 4.2 V8 (will post some links later on as at the minute I can't due to newbie restrictions
- upgrading either air filter or fitting a induction kit (will post some photos of engine bay later on after restrictions are taken off so you can see if there is enough space for this sort of upgrade as is quiet tight there
- very little chances of having a intercooler due to space issue.
Well...as I said, as soon I'll be able to post some photos and links I will post them separately
Car: 2006 Audi A8 3.7 V8 40V quattro
Regards
Marc