In March of 2k4, I lost my allroad. It was a fine car, and will be missed. However, since it was under warranty, I wasn't really able to mess with it the way I wanted to. Having said as much to my wife a zillion times, she thought I should get something fun that I could work on, so I did. I found a 1990 Audi V8 with 250,000 miles that had just had most of the major services done. Because of the high miles, the price was only 3k.
Here's the beast:

The previous owner(s) took excellent care of the interior, and really quite good care of the auto in general. However, as it has been driven and loved, there were things needing to be done. I was lucky to be able to maintain the relationship with the master technician who had done the last fifty thousand miles worth of work.