After all the bodywork, the car went off for paint. Not much to say in detail. The color isn’t the easiest one (Nano Grey), but the job came out great. What got painted: the quarter panel, front right fender, sill, rear door and rear bumper with the parking sensors. Of all these parts, only the…
The parts finally all arrived and it was time for the bodywork. From earlier posts you could see the main impact area (rear left fender), and at the point of impact a straightening job and welding in a new infill panel were needed. Even before the car arrived in Ukraine, a genuine new infill panel…
One thing I didn’t quite expect to see after the car arrived in Ukraine was mold. Before shipping the car in the US, everything was dry. I spent a long time wondering where the mold in the car could have come from. What’s interesting is that the mold was only on the left side behind…
Almost 4.5 months later, my car finally made it to Ukraine. Late in the evening on May 16th, I got sent photos of the car carrier in my city. The next morning I headed to the shop where the follow-up repair was to happen. There the car was put up on a lift and the…
The first thing I did after buying the car at auction was start digging into the full factory equipment. Visually, and from the auction listing, it was clear the equipment consisted of these packages: To confirm this, I went to the official Audi USA website and, through the support chat, ordered a free Window Sticker…
On January 18th the car was already picked up from the yard in Seattle, packed into a container, and on January 20th it was loaded onto a container ship. On February 2nd the container ship left Seattle. Looks like the container with the car is in for a round-the-world trip, with 3 transshipments onto other…
