I Bought An Abandoned Audi R8 And It's Worse Than You Can Imagine

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[renaaaars]

A million dollar project on his hands, yet Freddy buys more broken cars, loving it.

[TheLaXandro]

There was an R8 V12 TDi concept car back in the day, it was essentially production-ready yet never saw production. But the engine found its way into a Q7. You should be the one to reunite the two, now that you have one piece of the puzzle.

[YouTube]

what a project! looking forward to see which lucky subscriber gets the car

[cartermacewen]

Your Doug Demuro impression was spot on 🤣

[wolfx.]

The R8 is an absolute piece of art. The aftermarket rear wing was a horrible decision.

[theo_jacobs]

It does my heart well to see you smile again @Tavarish. You really seem to be finding your joy again

[wadedarlington]

Love your optimism and comedy when making your videos. You and your friends have good chemistry. Can’t wait to see how this one comes out, if anyone can make this work it’s you guys.

[BasicFolders]

Nobody punishes Tavarish like Tavarish. 😂❤

[diysecuritygear]

Jack is actually inspiring. A dude that knows his stuff.

[RPO]

Thank you for what you do. Keeping these cars from the junkyard is really a great idea. I would love to have such a sweet ride. Good luck to the person that gets it.

[seeseerules]

i love these videos. im not a big car guy but i love seeing the engineering and mechanical work to make something have life again

[jhconjr]

Tavarish, you would not believe the vicarious enjoyment everyone gets from watching your videos, making impossible builds and fixing deserving cars. Keep up the great work!!!👍👍👍

[benjaminkara]

Hey Tavarish wanted to let you know that you have made a change in my life. Had a rough time for a while until I discovered you, your content makes me enjoy cars like never before. Keep up the great content💪💪

[imaudi]

Yes! Was excited to see Hoovie buy an Audi and was bummed that he and Wizard never got it running. When the Vanquish to R8 trade happened with you I knew there was a glimmer of hope for it still. So happy to see it getting some attention!

[brianmiller]

I love your approach to challenges! There is no mountain to high, and everything is fixable.

[HereForAStorm]

I'm starting to think these broken cars are a reflection of his soul.

[PatrickWDwyer]

I usually try and skip the ads. But Caramel seems great. I will definitely use this the next time I buy a car

[Treacherous_One]

I know a ton about the R8 being a previous owner. The seats come from the TT ( as are a lot of the interior bits, disappointingly ) and they do wear like what is seen in the video really fast. I had to have mine replaced in the 1st year under warranty for excessive wear. Jack is dead on about the paint, the R8 has some of the most meticulously done paint in the industry. The entire process is quite involved and the results are very good. Remember, these cars are all hand built in the Nekarsulm factory and the people that build these are all veteran Audi techs, not just some randos to fill space on a production line. When you are having one built, you can actually track what phase of production it's in and they can tell you who the last person to touch it was. You alluding to the R8 taking "a while" to reach its top speed is absolutely false. Especially on the V10 like I had. (which was the same Daytona Grey as the V10 at the end)

[shirleykeys]

Just wanted to start by saying how much my husband and I love both of your YouTube channels. We found your channel through ed bolian’s vinwiki channel and subsequent cartrek series. We were watching the pebble beach/Monterey car week cartreck episode, since we have lived in Monterey for 20 years, was pretty cool to see. You guys were parked in front of the Monterey plaza hotel and then it hit me. I know that guy! You were in your beautiful blue McLaren, as I was walking by you said “Hi, how are you doing?” I said hello, I’m ok, beautiful car! Maybe you remember? I thought you were Vin diesel!( now to my husbands great amusement) I was in a tough spot at that point in my life, living basically hand to mouth, looking scruffy and dirty and wearing a big backpack. My husband was stuck down in LA working for LA county fire dept. at the time, so things were pretty tough. I thought how some big shot(you) was kind enough to take the time to say hello to someone who looked so down and disheveled.
Funnily enough, I was on my to try and save this 2002 Audi TT quattro turbo that a friend had given me, with no keys I may add. As my love of cars is lifelong( first car was a 72 Charger 440 r/t that my dad and I rebuilt out of a junkyard) I walked every free day I had to try and get this car going. When we finally had enough money to get a new key made by Audi, 400$+, Monterey had towed the car and we were pretty much shit outta luck.
The Audi R8 has been a dream car for me since I first saw one driving through pebble beach. When I tried to describe it to my husband(another life long car but-he went to art academy of San Francisco for automotive design and engineering) he was so frustrated about not knowing what I described to him! He finally figured out it was the R8 after we saw a new TTrs and I said that it looked like the TT’s big brother.
Any way I saw your true character and the person you are after watching the pimp my ride van videos you gave your babysitter. I hope to be considered for your R8 giveaway, we’d give it a great home and garage and will be loved and cherished for the rest of its days! But just to know you remembered saying hi to me in Monterey would bring a smile to my face. You have two endearing fans for life, keep up the good work and wrench everyday!
Yours truly
Shirley ❤

[jordanfeltcorn]

Seeing Freddy with the "Save the Manuals" shirt, leaning over the R Tronic shifter is humorous in itself!