8 Years Ago Today - Nostalgia Trip

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PS - I do have some contact info for 'Mik' tucked away somewhere - my last memory of him was helping him with something on his car in deepest Norfolk while listening to some fine German heavy metal that we had recently discovered - Vanden Plas - that was it... Good Times - we went to GTi back then too - before it got completely horrendous for old 5-cyl Audi fahrts.

[Doug_RS2]

The S2forum is definitely unique in the technical side of things and the non BS side of online forums. Lots of have changed for me in 8 years - which it would not have without the yahoo group/S2forum

[AndyP]

I think it was around 2001 when I was first introduced to the S2 when my brother bought this 91 3B coupe



Knowing almost nothing about the car it had to go to a local ‘specialist’ every time something was wrong with it, which was a lot! Eventually it was Superchipped by the same ‘specialist’ which only seemed to make return visits more frequent! Most of the running problems would have been boost leaks ( easy to see now! ) but the garage liked to throw parts at it and try different software in the ECU.
My one great memory of this car was when it was running right and it had the largest of the 3 wastegate springs fitted we did a night time drive to south Wales to watch the RAC rally, the car was ballistic on the way down and lost all power on the way back, probably due to another split hose.
Just before it was sold we did discover the internet and S2Forum, I was called ‘S2Andy’ back then, I lost that screen name when the forum switched formats. I think if we’d stuck with it a little longer we’d have got it running right but Chris got sick of it and it was sold in 2002. Here’s a picture of the same car when it re-surfaced at Coreys place in 2007 looking very sorry for itself



Anybody know if it’s still around?

Here’s some old pics I found from the first garage meet I went to in 2005
There were some strange characters there!




The bacofoil express, Tom’s team bodge and Eric's Nothelle N300, now living in Sheffield


Another 1 of the bacofoil express, can you see how it got it's name?


Some dodgy geezer fiddling with an ECU


I think this was Greg’s car about to be mapped by Mihnea


I have more, if anybody's interested?

[djh]

keep them coming andy

who's was what I presume is a 90 quattro saloon with the big sach's sticker?

[DJones]

Crikey.... 8 years ago i had owned my ur for 10 years.... and was in the process of fitting a Lumminition efi system to my then rebuilt 10v lump...

Frighting, it doesn't feel like 5 minutes ago......

Darren.

[AndyP]

keep them coming andy

who's was what I presume is a 90 quattro saloon with the big sach's sticker?

This was the 90, not sure who owned it but I'm sure he drove over from Latvia just for the meet!

[djh]

wonder if he's still a member

[Greg_S]

Yeah keep them coming, would be good to see how many still are here even if the S2 has moved on or been replaced too

[AndyP]

Tims avant, which I believe Ross had before the RS2



Sal's brothers



Robo's RS2



Dan_B's 3B which was sold to Robotron who has only recently sold it on



Just look at the size of that bolt in the wastegate

[Jamo]

I still remember Dean's snoring at that pub/hotel we all went to after one of the garage meets when it was really foggy

Hmm there was one in 2005 the same! Audiman snoring keeping us awake and had to drive pickeys Rs4 back in the fog from the pub cause I was the only sober driver lol

[Jamo]

I've got pics from the garage meets I'm sure some of the above I took I'll dig them out

[Greg_S]

Also lots in the forum gallery too Garage meet 2004
and

http://www.s2forum.com/photoplog/index.php?c=2