Car #7 Audi S3 8V

 Car #7 Audi S3 8V - Name: Philomena

Right then, this is where it starts to get a bit juicy, you can start to tell my career trajectory from the cars that proceed this and lack of expenditure compared to salary income.

I had the Golf GTD at the time and i had just got a new job working as a civil servant, lockdown was in swing and we had just bought our first house within reasonable commuting distance to my work and therefore a petrol bill was a pill i was willing to swallow once more.

I put the GTD up for sale and a gentlemen that worked for the ambulance service, this gentlemen was essentially in the opposite situation to me, was driving all over and needed something more economical so he proposed a swap, i was initially dubious but test drove the car and all was well, it was remapped and had an upgraded clutch to compensate for this, the work was done by Northloop Autohaus before i owned it i believe.

I got the S3 and by jove was it quick 300bhp (without the map) and about 370bhp with the map on, baring in mind my previous cars topped the power charts at 230bhp with the Volvo, i soon had the map removed as the insurance didn't know and it was FAR too quick for me at the time, this unfortunately started the bug that i am now caught in of buying fast cars.

I was so immensely proud of this car at the time, pop up media screen, manual gearbox, QUAD exhausts and some decent noise. She got the works and treated to full Audi service history in my ownership, she wanted for nothing until the end of my ownership where she wanted it all....

Towards the end of my ownership she required a new water-pump (common issue on these 8vs) and potentially a new gearbox/clutch and i didn't wanna spend this sorta money on here anymore due to boredom setting in.

This is where it starts to get interesting money wise, as i mentioned this car was part of a swap deal involving the |£10,500 golf gtd, i put £2000 (iirc) to this deal leaving me £12,500 deep, i sold it to WeBuyAnyCar during the lockdown-ish times when the price of used cars was through the roof due to the semi-conductor shortage, meaning i got around £18,500 back for this car leaving me in profit!

This car was also the inspiration behind my first private plate purchase of S13 AOR, which has a little bit of a double meaning, the last half being my initials and the first being somewhat representative of the car S13 (S3) and 13 being my favourite number and the day of my birth.