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Fredde
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Hi there!

Just found this forum!

Im very happy to see that there are so many users here discussing A8/S8. I'm almost the only one here in Sweden who's doing things to my car. It gets lonely sometimes... =)

I browsed through some of the pages here and saw that Sven already had posted pics of my car in some thread...

But here's some more...

The page is in swedish, sorry. Just click on the thumbnails to see a larger version. I'm sure you'll figure it out wink.gif

http://www.garaget.org/show.php?car=1351

Please tell me what you think about it!

And feel free to ask anything.

// Freddy from Sweden.

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Hey there Fredde, welcome to TSN. Yup, your mota has been mentioned in a couple of threads here, very very nice laugh.gif

You might wanna check out our galleries, we've got a few A/S8 galleries posted now....See the top of this forum for a thread laugh.gif

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Thanks!

I've already browsed through the whole gallery :-)

Some really nice rides there!

I have one question, what does "mota" mean?

Understand that it's another word for the car, but where

does it come from? mother?

/ Fredde

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I have one question, what does "mota" mean?

Understand that it's another word for the car, but where

does it come from? mother?

/ Fredde

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It's how some of our London friends might say the word motor....nothing more, nothing less smile.gif

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Bloody cockneys jump.gif

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Fredde,

You might weant to blank the reg plate on your picture

And Welcome to TSN

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Naah that's not a problem... The car doesn't "live" in the same town that it's registered in...

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It's how some of our London friends might say the word motor....nothing more, nothing less

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Aaaha :-)

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I dunno though, with the amount of new members on here with A8's recently I think they are getting a bit common

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They are quite common here, especially in Stockholm.

But it's mostly older people who drive them, and they're all stock....

//Fredde

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Hey Fredde, welcome to TSN! beerchug.gif

Small world... as you have seen I quite like your car! Love what you have done to it, although I think I wouldn't have the courage to take the airbrush to my car. But I do like it.

I can imagine how you felt, can you imagine at one time I was the only regular (S)8 driver here? But now it has grown into a lively little community! So again, welcome, good to have you aboard!

Some questions: it seems your car is lowered, what have you used, and how is the ride? And what are those wheels? Have you done any engine mods? (I see the exhaust isn't stock).

And yes, these crazy Brits have many weird expressions, a.o. they call a car a 'motor/mota'. But you'll get used to that, I did... wink.gifgrin.gif

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Hi Sven!

I'm glad that you like my car!

It's not airbrush, just plain old stickers.

But they are gone now. I just had them on for two

show's here in sweden (Stockholm Motorshow and Bilsport Performance Show), because the car was in the booth of zatzy.com, the largest street racing community in scandinavia (which i run togehther with 2 friends).

You have to excuse my writing. Sometimes i find it hard to express myself in english... hope you understand what i mean.

The car is lowered with springs only. The're from Eibach, but after mounting them, the car was way too high in the front, so I sent them to a guy who shortened the front springs even more...the ride is OK, i'm used to it now...

The rims are Antera 309, 8.5*20" with Yokohama AVS Sport 255/35/20. I'm looking for new ones at the moment, after an unpleasent encounter with a pavement... :-) I would like to have BBS LM or maybe theese AEZ Forge: http://www.oclbrorssons.se/cgi-bin/evoweb.dll/wheels.62CBDC716114844?form=web_framecontent&page=2442&action=show&designid=830

Not much done to the engine. Chip that promises 20 extra hp.

Handmade stainless exhaust with cats from RS4, and i installed a K&N filter about 15 minutes ago :-)

// Fredde

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Hi again Fredde,

Your English is fine, don't worry. I'm Dutch BTW, so it's not my first language as well.

Shame about the Antera's, I really like them. I think the combination of the alu center with the polished rim looks special. I'm not entirely convinced yet by the AEZ, but maybe you have to see them on the car. Examples of BBS wheels you can see on the 'Epic S8'.

I was told (by Eibach) they didn't do springs for the S8, only A8. But maybe that's why they were too high? As you say "I'm used to it" I presume they are quite firm, compared to the S8 setup?

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My Antera's are problably swedens most wrecked 20's right now :-) They are quite common here on cars like S8, Bmw 7's and some mercedes.. I want something else, but im gonna wait til next season.

I've also been told many times that things aren't made for S8, and that stuff doesn't exist.. but i have the springs on my car, so i know they exist :-) But you are probably right that they are for a8 4.2...

The handling now is like going over the atlantic in a canoe, as where the standard s8 setup is like going on a luxury cruise cruiser :-) I feel every cigarette bum i run over...hehe, but the handling has improved a lot!

I've tested the car on track and it was very amusing!

This is a picture of me chasing a subaru that refused to move!

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//Fredde

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