Somehow I thought I had a 5-year warranty, but now they tell me it's 4 years.
Bummer.
Now I have to pay.
The "Service Due" light has been on for a few months,
but I put so few miles on the car that it hasn't been a priority.
Just turned 19,000 miles after 4 and a half years.
Audi Miramar figures it should have a 35,000 mile service,
and they want 380 bucks for the work, parts and labor, tax, etc.
And then I remembered my favorite independent, Pure Motorsports, who did the work on the grille, exhaust, brakes, and chip.
It has been a couple of years since I have had my car in their shop, but the owner, Michael, remembers me.
They quoted 217 bucks. So I go for it.
:)
Owner/driver Michael McCafferty ("Double M") starts with a new 2011 Audi S5 and evolves it into an extraordinary road machine and daily driver.
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Begin1
The Ferrari will have to wait a bit longer while I jump into a new startup with both feet. To celebrate, I got a fresh plate for the daily driver.
With the arrival of my new license plate, I am drawn to the opportunity for low cost advertising, I just ordered a black custom license frame bracket with "BeginItNow.com" printed on the lower space between the screws. On the upper space, the single-word question: "Startup?" (SeaSweet Software is too long)
To compensate for the extra clutter, I should de-badge the rear end, removing the Audi rings and the S5, darken the tail lights, and paint all black that completely superfluous silver air splitter. That would focus all attention on the message, not the medium.
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Epic Night Drive!
It was an EPIC night to be driving on the freeways in SoCal.
Just after sunset.
70 degrees,
clear,
no wind,
summer in San Diego,
I got a hot car,
plenty of gas,
and no place else I gotta be.
No self-driving-car owner will ever have as much fun as I had last night.
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Way cheaper than a new Audi S5!
It's a lot less expensive to get a new license plate
than it is to get a new car.
:)
After 3 years of driving this car,
I have put only 13,000 miles on it!
After 3 years of driving this car,
I have put only 13,000 miles on it!
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Pedal faster!
(before)
(after)
The stock pedals were an embarrassment and I replaced them with pedals of a competition nature, lightweight, drilled aluminum, etc.
These custom pedals come in two flavors: with or without rubber blivits in the holes in the pedals. I, being a minimalist, chose the without blivits option. Naturally I have been regretting my choice for the last two years of ownership. Everywhere I see high performance pedals they always have blivits.
So I have been finally moved to order the blivits as a Christmas gift to myself. And today, in the fullness of time, I have achieved pedal Nirvana, with blivits. And all is right with the world...
The pedals were custom made by:
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Audi RS5!
I got a call last night saying that there is an RS5 in blue sitting at the dealership unclaimed and available for sale.
Tempting!
But I decided to stay with my S5 because I have better brakes (Brembo), and better looking brakes, and it would be a hassle to switch them over to the new RS5. There's not *that* much difference between my car and the RS5, except the extra few horsepower, the pushbutton start, and a handful of other minor differences that I can live without. And, the blue is a bit bright for my preferences right now.
It's really just another shiny object, a toy, a distraction...
Consider the wise words of Henry David Thoreau: A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.
Tempting!
But I decided to stay with my S5 because I have better brakes (Brembo), and better looking brakes, and it would be a hassle to switch them over to the new RS5. There's not *that* much difference between my car and the RS5, except the extra few horsepower, the pushbutton start, and a handful of other minor differences that I can live without. And, the blue is a bit bright for my preferences right now.
It's really just another shiny object, a toy, a distraction...
Consider the wise words of Henry David Thoreau: A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Road trip!
Del Mar to Santa Barbara to
Ragged Point (Big Sur) to
Half Moon Bay
along the awesome Pacific Coast Highway, CA route 1.
Spec-freakin-tacular!
Sunday, February 26, 2012
New Logo for door
An updated logo has been developed using the collaborative efforts of 99designs.com and is being used on Double M Systems branded websites. We expect to update the Audi S5 driver's door to reflect this change.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Photos by David Newhardt
all photos in this post are copyright 2011 by David Newhardt
David Newhardt is a good friend, and quite probably the best automotive photographer in the world.
He has more than 60 auto photo products listed on Amazon.com where he is either the sole author/photographer or a significant contributor with photo and/or text. He's a great automotive writer too.
Lately he has branched out into TV appearances and even cameos in major motion pictures (Ironman 2, for example).
Recently, Dave drove down from Pasadena for a visit, and to take some shots of my continuously improving Audi.
Here are a few of my favorite shots from that session.
Thank you, big time, Dave!
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This last photo, above, is a bonus shot by Dave Newhardt, of another car I used to own, way back when... It is 1 of only 3 hand-built bodies for a 1959 Corvette, built by Scaglietti (Ferrari body builder).
The photo was taken while on display on Rodeo Drive in LA during the recent Father's Day car show.
The car is now in the Petersen museum in Los Angeles.
Friday, July 15, 2011
Brembo!
Yesterday was a big day for the Audi and me.
We got Brembo brakes installed, front and rear!
Wow!!
If you're going fast,
you need to be able to stop fast.
Calipers up front have 6 pistons,
calipers in the rear have four pistons.
Drilled, oversized rotors.
Brembo has lots of reasons why
their brakes are the best.
And most racing teams agree.
Ferrari too, of course.
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