The story behind me and my TT:
So there I was looking for a cool sports car for about 6
months. My wife had her car, I had my truck and now I wanted
a sports car. Money was not an issue, but I did not want
a Vette or anything big that sucks a lot of gas, Ferrarri
or Corvettes were out of the question. I started test driving
some cars to get a better idea of what I wanted in a sports
car. I drove a couple Honda's, the S2000 was an awesome
car and I ALMOST bought it, but my golf clubs would never
fit, I also drove the new Civic SI but it had no power.
I drove an Acura RSX and again, no power. Then I drove a
few bimmers and thought, the M3 had a ton of power, great
handling but it did not have much personality, as well as
the 330XI which had AWD which I thought was a cool idea.
Then I got to the TT, and when I drove it
the first time, when it hit turbo @ around 3k, I was like,
"Ummmmmm. ok, where do I sign".
No kidding, it was just like that. I bought
and paid for the car right there on the spot and left my
truck there (only to pick it up later with a friend that
could drive it back, there was no way I was driving a truck
again, not for a long time) and I have been a smilin' guy
ever since. (Actually, I smiled a lot before this too -
lol)
When I first got the TT, it obviously had
some mods on it already as listed below. I was thinking
one day while looking at my car, and thought to myself,
"Self, what is carbon fiber made out of" and then
answering myself (not really) I said, "huh, silver
and black" and so the saga began.
I started to buy a few things that were carbon,
the license plate holder, mirror covers and front grill
were the first. And then, I have no idea what happened next,
all of a sudden my car was covered. I have carbon fiber
inside, out and even under the hood too.
So now, here we are in the summer of 2005,
I just got back from my first real showing of the TT, and
did not get 1st, 2nd or 3rd and partly because the OTHER
ADAM was there (tighTT on AW) and his car is just simply
put - AWESOME and there was no way I could compete with
him. Regardless of the fact that I had no idea what the
judges were looking for, they asked me to open my ashtray
and glovebox and I was like - oh oh. So now next time I
know, for the next show, my car will be, ummm lets say,
immaculate, perfect, emptied and cleaned as well as polished.
I am not sure what I will do next to the TT,
but rest assured, now that I have had the car over a year,
there is really not much that I want to do. Maybe a big
brake kit, and seats and harness and maybe a different suspension
and enlarging the side intercoolers, or maybe even shaving
the door handles, or some more custom body work, or maybe
all of the above, and thensome?
Who knows, time will tell.
Regardless, where I go now, I am in the 4
ring family, a family of German car enthusiasts. Really
the 2 closest are obviously VW and Audi. We are like blood.
But the family also reached out to Porsche, BMW, Mercedes
Benz as well as any other German cars. And then to have
some even more distant cousins we can just incorporate any
European car!
Really though, it is all about just loving
cars. I see a 1963 split back window Corvette, and my jaw
drops EVERY time as they are rare, only 1 year with the
split back window.
Anyway, here are some stats:
Year: 2001
Make: Audi
Model: TT Quattro Coupe 225
Modifications:
Mods list before I bought the car:
Custom Painted Black top
Intake (changed since then)
Brullen Exhaust
APR Chip (Only 91 octane though)
Things I have done is amazingly long:
Added Performance Features:
Hyperboost DV
"TTDA, BAMM, 4 bar FPR", Boost machine (controller)
B&M Short Shift Kit (2 SSK's)
ECS tuning short shift kit (2 SSK's)
WAS Brembo sloTTed in front and plain rear rotors NOW Brembo
332mm BBK
Stainless steel brake lines
Clutch - WAS Stage 2 South Bend DXD Race Clutch - NOW Stage
3
APR chip (91, 93 & 100 octane programs)
Stainless steel braided fuel lines
Lightweight pulley system (NOT INSTALLED YET)
Samco hose kit in blue
Interior Features:
White Face Gauges
Raffi Hand made AWESOME shift knob
New custom floormats
Sparco Torino 2 seats
Shroth 4 point harness
Stable Energies harness bar
Momo Trek (R) steering wheel with custom alcantara
Custom hand stiched door panels
Other Interior Features:
Oil pressure gauge from Defi, installed in center dash vent
Boost gauge from Defi, installed in center dash vent
Carbon Fiber interior Door Handles
Carbon Fiber E-brake cover
Carbon Fiber interior kit from LLTek
Blue neon lights (inside only)
Exterior Custom Features:
Smoked side marker lights
Carbon Fiber rear spoiler
Carbon Fiber mirror covers
Custom Carbon Fiber Roof (yes the entire roof)
Shark fin antenna from new A4/A6
Darkened rear tail lights
Window tint - Limo tint in the rear and 20% everywhere else
Body Kit - WAS Rieger V1 body kit NOW Reiger TTR body kit
Flik Black Wasp 18"/with Bridgestone SO3 with custom
center caps
17" OZ Racing Supperlegras (Saved for track days) with
Falken Azenis Sport's
19mm Nuespeed rear sway bar
Other Custom Exterior Features:
Headlight mod (taking off the reflector and installing clear
corners and Angel Eyes and then painting headlight
housing silver custom mix)
Polished intake manifold
Future Upgrades:
2.0 Engine conversion with big turbo and downpipe
Custom sound enclosure for sub and amp
Alcantara headliner
Full K-Mac suspension kit
Ground Control Front Camber kit
As always, more carbon fiber
Sponsors:
Bridgestone - Bridgestone S03 tires (so far)
Show Schedule 2007:
HIN Nightshift
Treffen
Exposure (Magazine, Features, etc.):
None as of yet :(
Awards:
3 years running - 1st place @ Treffen Midwest
1st place @ HIN Nightshift 2006 (Hottest Audi)
1st place HIN 2007 (Hottest Audi)
1st place (*local show) Rays Electronics Car Show