I rebuilt a TERRIBLE Audi RS6 (full story)

[@james3418]

Your a Genuine Top Bloke mate and your videos are Awesome ive just watched all of your content from start to finish over the last 2 weeks this channel proves that content is king not fancy youtubers with clickbait titles and outrageous antics keep up the good work mate 💯

[@mysterygti]

So true, I couldnt agree more! Back in 2007 the ex father in law traded his E39 M5 for one of this era RS6. Funnily the M5 vanos failed on track at Donington and a year later the gearbox on the Audi gave up at Oulton Park.

[@NotEconomicallyViable]

@@james3418 really appreciate that bud 🤝

[@markdunstan8277]

So true a top bloke indeed very genuine

[@J3r03nM5rc3l]

Finally, a new update! 🙃 Please, more new episodes. We like your channel a lot.

[@bigRed90]

I really enjoy your format with the narrator/presenter talking and explaining along side the content like this. You've got a good balance of serious/passionate about cars and the repairs you explain plus you have the easy going, naturally funny guy thing going on too.

[@computerguy61]

For years as a car guy I watched Hoovie, Tavarish, & a lot of other car channels doing up their impossibly expensive foreign cars, but seeing you doing down to earth, cheap & cheerful cars like this Audi, beats any Lambo resto I have seen, you are hillarious, your Sister is delightful...( Is she married? 🤣) your beginnings were a real Rags to middle class story, loved the Range Rover resto, & all the others, wish you all the best, I'm sharing your channel with all the mates.

[@kennywallace1]

I had a C5 RS6 Avant for years and loved it. It's not uncommon for people buying these cars to think they got an RS6, in your case, for £5k. What you have actually bought is a £60k supercar for £5k and it's associated maintenance costs. Mine had two owners before me and all of us kept an immaculate service history. It was very low milage and mint. It was 15 years old when I sold it on and the Service History total was in excess of £40k in 2018. I'm still in touch with the current owner who has spent well in to 5 figures on maintenance costs to date, so it must be nearing the point where maintenance costs will match the original purchase price. Think about it, it's not that far from an A6 Avant bodied R8. It could outrun a 911 Turbo of the same year.

[@Dreatnought1966]

Hello, I'm from Germany, my father was a driving instructor and bought an Audi V8 4.2 in 1994. For inspection you had to take the car to the Audi dealer, who then brought the car to Osnabrück because normal workshops were forbidden to work on the engine of the car. Just by the way, the inspection cost just under 2000 DM back then

[@gutsngorrrr]

So many people forget about small local firms like Leigh Baxter. They are always a great option to getting you out if a problem

[@accordinglyryan]

The quality of your videos lately has taken a noticeable step up, good job man!

[@Greg-f8m]

So good to see the ring spanner microphone working a treat

[@stco2426]

Enjoyed that, too.

[@paulluce2557]

There's me thinking... 'He's talking into his ring spanner.... ' pressure has got to him...

[@evilutionltd]

There is no way an engineering company couldn't have sorted that caliper. They could have removed the helicoil, re-drilled the hole dead centre in a milling machine and either timesert the hole or fit a larger bleed nipple. As you said, always support local firms.

[@philipmilsom9544]

Was thinking the same, probable for less than £100

[@qc2731]

Bigg Red would have done it no bother

[@rufusvardag8190]

That feeling when you know you have to take half the car apart just to get to that special screw .. From a garage in Sweden 🇸🇪🇬🇧

[@marcduthie4327]

Great work Nino. I have loved watching how you have learnt and taught yourself over the course of this and other cars. Great to see the raffle went well. Looking forward to more great content. Have a good week. Marc from Australia 🇦🇺

[@TizerHare]

Again another Epic video. Honest and raw. I loved my audi until the ABS sensor went. Over priced parts can be made by 3d printers or local engineering firms. My go to channels are yours, M539, NNKH and Matt Armstrong. Great job.

[@neutonrenda2303]

Great choice peeling off the wrap, it looks amazing. It's such a sexy car, but unfortunately it's also way too expensive to fix, even more so here in South Africa. Awesome job done with the problem of solving the shake. Love watching.👌❤️

[@stevehowarth498]

love the style and presentation. And the honesty 🙂built a Porsche Macan Turbo Cat S over the last 18 months, n totally get the frustrations - but what a motor now its complete 🙂 Cracking watch

[@paulvanpoperingen9501]

your videos are great, it's a true story how hard it can be working on today's cars. Having worked on all of them including jag 12 cyl back in the day [1980] up to Porsche Macan . Keep up the good work. Paul

[@sullygamingx5533]

Flash sale! Huge headache and car problems for the low price of £5000 ONLY!!!

[@h12st_d63]

Welcome to the Layer Cake son... Such an iconic car, great work Nino ❤❤❤

[@JJsAutomotive]

44:21 - that's a perfect driver. Needs nothing else. 57:30 - I am beginning to harden at this point. Having owned one from 2015 to 2018 all the sounds and sights are so familiar and are just so right.

[@gordonross5436]

I can really relate to this channel, reminds me of trying to fix motorbikes on my drive in the rain and cold. Keep up the good work!

[@tractorb0y]

Another great recap video, still miss you graveling around on your drive, but your videos are getting better every time, keep them coming! Thanks

[@jack-walt]

From the R53 to an RS6 in just a couple years. Amazing! Been a pleasure watching the journey so far

[@foregonereality]

Well done on an amazing job NEV! The amount of mechanics I've met who say they love German cars but when they get older they're nothing but a nightmare - this RS6 looks incredible after the work done! Literal blood sweat and tears went into that!

[@PeterMitchell-s5t]

If I had put all that work in,and now looking so good. Ain't no way I would be giving this away! I would have this car as a show car for the business. Good job done bud.

[@wojciechturek1601]

Just my second video and I’m over the moon with what I’ve just seen All the best from Glasgow!!!

[@TheRatedLive]

Loved the video you mentioned that the "black optics" pack you thought was badly wrapped but I believe it to have been the way audi had done it because my b7 rs4 had similar issues where it has shown through but my car was optics pack from factory :) anyhow great video!

[@dave1966red]

WOW .... been away from YT and hence your Channel for a while. Incredible to see just how far you've come in such a short space in time. I'm thinking back to driveway working in all weather conditions. Be about the time you became a Dad. Awesome journey, content, KZbinr & 'All Round Geezer' - keep up the incredible work Nino 👊🏻

[@pauljeffries]

Brilliant video nino, top job.....excellent work 👏

[@patricksaunders9076]

Hello Nino, I discovered your channel a few days ago, I’m loving it mate.I couldn’t believe you were working on those cars on your driveway!. I was only saying to my family this guy needs a proper workshop and car lift.Then I watched the the merc video and your big reveal of your workshop. Congratulations mate, I’m learning a lot from your content, keep up the good work, best regards Patrick from Perth Western Australia (formally UK 🇬🇧).👍

[@FionaZombie]

I'm about to meet my hero: 2009 Volvo V50 T5 AWD. Maybe it will be a mild rebuild as well, but fingers crossed she'll be alright. Love your videos!

[@johnshaw4140]

Well done for not crying , on to the next project

[@Japs_Eye_Of_The_Tiger]

You make a complete nightmare look like fun. Another great video, thanks man.

[@worldofrandometry6912]

I see the RS grille badge jumped around a bit.

[@jadynwilliams-hazleman2104]

I’m not an Audi fan or a fan of new cars at all but you my friend make a damm entertaining video! The car or age of it really doesn’t matter when it’s one of your videos! Another great one bro!

[@martinda7446]

Very pleased to see your channel is looking really healthy. (I know you, like everyone starting up I guess, has a period of worry..) Excellent addition to the community here. Entertaining, great quality and a very nice chap.

[@NotEconomicallyViable]

Really appreciate that 🤝

[@leevarker5563]

I am in RS6 hell at the moment, no boost but she runs great, still awaiting my V5 so i can get out and do some log runs with VCDS, been waiting 13 weeks ! long story but i think the DVLA dispatch individuals on donkeys to gather information on previous owners. really wish i had been given the latest V5 when i bought the car back in August. keep up the good work Nino, great videos,

[@hsingh630]

I love the trials and tribulations of home mechanicing (if that’s a word) highs and lows galore. 😂

[@stco2426]

Cool work and a fab video. I've seen this car in the background of your videos and it's great to learn the full story, and for you to come full circle on it. Happy that you did get to drive the RS6 and you've made it live again, albeit plenty of pain. Big shouts out to the great local companies that heve helped you along the way. Keen to know what you tackle next. Keep up the good work!

[@steventhomson7531]

My girlfriend owns a B7 RS4 and I can confirm these RS Audis are just an absolute pig to work on. For example I needed to change the front foglight bulbs in it a few weeks ago, a nice quick job to do on a Saturday afternoon I thought...until I had to jack up the car, remove the front wheels and remove the front bumper. A job made even more stressful by the fact this is my girlfriends pride and joy, she loves this car more than me. The paintwork on it is immaculate and the front bumper was actually replaced a couple of years ago, so if I left any marks or scratches on it I'd be a dead man. So yeah, it is not an enjoyable car to work on, but lord does it make a cracking noise when you let the V8 sing round to 8000rpm! Anyway, Nino, love the channel, been watching you since the Mini R53 days (I have a few of them myself) and it has been great to see the channel grow like it has.

[@garryhaines3066]

Love the channel just found it and this is the first vid seen, just beyond me why they makes so hard to work on. More content from sis lol handy to have her working there

[@bobajob1524]

Love the spanner microphone. Great idea. Keep doing what you are doing, love your channel.

[@davidvivian596]

The antidote to 'M539 Restorations'. This is what made Britain great!😄

[@ladakhsail1]

Yeah but its German car...could be worse it could be a Landy

[@Johnathan_Waters]

Uhhhh lol

[@CarBoreBoy]

an antidote? What do you mean? Do you mean that M539Restos is bad and that this channel is a treatment for it? Are you being as sarcastic as a human could be? I can't work it out!

[@rafagomez3537]

Las comparaciones siempre son odiosas, pero encima intentar decir que el mejor representante de UK es este canal? sin desmerecer para nada a este chaval es de risa vamos.

[@matthewpokora336]

​@CarBoreBoy yeah, I don't understand either. M539 is a great channel, as is this one

[@jharris888]

I hate Audis. Well done mate. you prevailed

[@gt197]

Great video with an even better end result. Keep em coming 👍🏻

[@MrMikeyc10]

Lovely to see an old warrior get some tlc and back on the road.

[@stefanNT_1008]

Man, am I ever glad to have a closure on the Audi project! And I feel your pain, I used to have a b7, the best car I owned, but she was an absolute trailer queen. 100k on the dash and the dpf gave out, the turbo had to be cleaned, the oil pump chain broke, the flywheel had to be replaced, the brakes, the gearbox oil , and the list just goes on for days. I felt the same relief the day I sold it for peanuts money. I loved her to bits, but she was the bain of my lifer for the better part of 2 years. GOOD RIDDANCE AND GREAT JOB MATE!😅

[@gdfggggg]

I had a similar experience with a bmw e61. I wanted to love that car, but the never ending problems were too much. Luckily, I’m and ex hgv mechanic so I did all the repairs myself. If I’d have had to pay someone, it would have been scrapped!

[@userscott]

Howling at the £40 from Leigh Baxter. That's absolutely amazing.. My nextdoor neighbour has an RS8 of the same age and it's been parked up for years too. It will financially destroy anybody who tries to get it back on the road - much like this RS6.

[@petercollyer9783]

Nimo... leaking front caliper and front crash damage?! Related? 🤔

[@deanwelsh5702]

I wanted one of these since I watched layer cake .

[@Potato_Squid]

the fenders and other front parts are the same on the a6 and s6 IF the engine is a NA 4.2 liter, I am currently doing a "widebody" conversion on my narrow body, fenders are from a a6 c5 4.2 and front bumper was a damaged rs6 bumper which I got for 200€ and fixed

[@SHWELL11]

Lithuania is the bane of my existence while rebuilding an E39 540i.

[@ivanjovanovic362]

and Poland

[@HitPoint19]

So what's going on here? Germany has dumped all their old inventory onto Eastern Europe letting them to completely corner used parts market?

[@dovydasjuska1458]

Lithuania might be most filled country with BMW models. 7 of 10 cars you see is BMW here.

[@GERntleMAN]

​​@@HitPoint19Not dumped, soon as you offer your car on our local platforms, Lithuanians call you in the tens with offerings without viewing the car. They send large lorries carrying 10 cars to pick up yours. They take our stuff, we don't dump it there. That's also the reason why you don't see these cars in Germany anymore. Even if you want to, you hardly find them. And owning plenty old German cars like a V10 Touareg and a C5 RS6 amongst them, you will be hard pressed to find cars for sale in the condition mine are in. Mostly people without the means to service a high performance luxury car bought these cheap and made them worse. That's why we end up with shit cars although if you ask owners owning these cars for 10 to 15 years from basically new, they are not really troublesome at all. The difference is, even a well maintained Range Rover is shit quality. A well maintained RS6 or V10 Touareg is bliss

[@TheAudinis]

​@@dovydasjuska1458Neperdek. Paties svajonėse gal...

[@01bogwoppit]

Great channel , really happy i found this .

[@jesdadotcom]

NICE JOB LEIGH BAXTER!

[@yorkshire6458]

The look on your face,said everything 😂😂😂💯

[@jamesanderson2727]

Brilliant stuff, love in the channel. Great work.

[@MickHolliday]

Nice job mate and if it needed replacing you did it

[@russwalker78]

Fantastic man, well done to Andrew and keep up the great work and editing. Keep doing what you are doing and look forward to meeting one day!

[@paultaylor9652]

Great video Nino, watched you since you were fixing cars in the car park behind your house.

[@bigjoe4020]

I hate it when you have to remove 10 things to get to what you want to fix. Had a Beemer that was like that. I still fondly remember my first car, a 74 Cortina that had ton of space all around the engine to work on...Ah the good old days :)

[@kriscowley3241]

Ooooohhh the auld "RS" tax. Nightmare mate. Looking forward to this build. Like you, my hero is the B5 RS4 2.7 Bi-Turbo or what you have right here, The Daddy - RS6. Layer Cake was responsible for my love for this shape RS6. I remember every man and his dog would rock those RS6 wheeks on their MK4 Golf GT TDi's. First fire up......yeeeehaaaa. Straight Pipe too. That thing is a pure ASBO 😂. I'd have left her to build up to temp, drop the oil. Change the filter and oil and repeat. Good luck bro. Shes a keeper.

[@henrynawrocki9301]

You Turned a Rec into something worth Having, Well done As you kept to restoring What ended up being a really nice Audi RS6, I to am currently Trying to get An Audi A4 2003 which 21 Years old, not only did I got the car blind, I was also blinded cuz of the Reg, Which I found out was not the Reg to the car, as it was put in a salvage yard, and after 7+ month DVLA is or maybe letting me Keep the Reg, as the One that Came with the Car is also an 03 plate, having It inspected on 30th Dec 24, so not long to wait, even though I informed DVLA what the original Reg Was And I do wish that when you look up the mot history on the DVLA website, is that the VIN number is there as well So it makes it easier for people to see It they are getting the right car or not,. But well-done, as over the year's I have come across many of the head F-up's that I also had to put right, Nice set of vids though 😃

[@armendi04]

Great job, mate! Keep going with projects like this...👍

[@salazar1104]

Amazing journey, beautiful car it's so nice that you rescued it.

[@dom.b1972]

You can’t beat the sound of a V8!!! Great video mate.

[@albertcastellon574]

This one of the few channels which I hit the like button before even watching the episode.

[@richardjohnson3463]

Well done Nino, fantastic job!! 👍👏

[@RadostinVelchev]

That wobble is typical for tripod type inner CV joints. Had it on my Quattro, but in my case it was causing the whole car to shake if you accelerate while turning at anything over 60mph.

[@PhilKimberDN]

Great film - really relatable to the driveway guy. Although a massive shame after all that the bonnet was a different colour

[@oofazi]

Just brilliant Nino, outstanding collation and editing; so enjoyable - bloody well done. The 'sense of relief when moved on', yup been there, done that....still, I am yet to scratch the RS6 itch as you have...... and was hoping to win as I'd seen you go through all this pain! I'd recently been searching for all the RS6 content on your channel and I could not find any, I'm assuming you'd taken them down to make this larger 'journey' episode?

[@VioletDragonsProjects]

Yes that watch though F-91W! love it and love the content keep up the good work sir, love getting away from work and watching your vids with a nice cuppa :D

[@elev8j10]

We actually got this car in the US. Amazing motor. Terrible transmission. Got to drive one in 07 and It really was a beautiful car. Dark grey with black interior and carbon fiber interior trim. Man that transmission was sluggish. A manual swapped one of these would be one hell of an experience. Rs tax is real. B5 rs4 oem parts are crazy as well if you can even find them.

[@TomasWatchReviews]

I like your microphone. And a watch. And your videos. Quality content. I had A6 Avant 2.7 bi-turbo. Manual quattro. What a beast it was... Used to do skids where you just spin in one place :D It used to accelerate in a snow faster than it stopped :D Turbos and electronics went bad though.. Was uneconomical to repair.. Had my hearth broken. No more Audis for me.

[@01Chris02]

That local shop making that pipe for only £40 is absolutely amazing. Could have easily charged double. Sound lads. What was the name of the shop? They deserve a shout out.

[@Oyvind88]

Great video, work and what a amazing car😎😍

[@RobboRobinson]

What a journey and learning all the way. Well done on making it happen. Looking forward to seeing your next edit. 💯✊🏻

[@Raaanch]

Awesome recap good sir! I'm a huge wagon fan myself and that was a beauty.

[@BEATNG_U]

Great content mukka, you're a top guy, keep em coming 👏 👌

[@jonbrookes77]

Despite the very many challenges, it is still an epic car 😎 looked so much better with the wrap taken off.

[@stco2426]

Agree.

[@RendernStattGendern]

Its cheaper to just replace the outer and inner joints of the driveshaft, also its easy to do. < 80 bucks for both, while keeping the origninal shaft because the cheap ones tend to rust fast.

[@GERntleMAN]

I bought one in the beginning of this year and don't regret anything. Was my childhood dreamcar and is such great many good. Only 210.000km done as well. But with any german car older than 15 years, you have to get creative. Rubber or hydraulic hoses are easily replicated by your local hydraulic line builder. In Germany it's Hansaflex. A servo-line from the reservoir to the cooler? RS6 Audi tradition 250€. For a used part. Hansaflex? 30€ in higher grade material and hose. Same with plastic parts. I build metal equivalents like the little levers for the carlevel sensors. The intake houses I replaced with Wagner ones using a normal car jack. Took about 2 hours But what I've never heard anyone say about those is that they are dimwitted. Even people who never drove these and literally grew up with Porsche, Aston Martin, Jaguar and Range Rover like the RS6 very much.

[@terryroxburgh3276]

I was only saying to the missus last night there hadn't been an upload from Nino for a while and behold!!!

[@mikes747]

Looks loads better with the "black pack" delete! Fantastic result!

[@martynm.449]

Fixing up an old car is an emotional rollercoaster.

[@Sn00pyJ508]

Enjoyable video. Thanks. 👍🏻

[@mihailvroomz]

This was amazing, thank you NEV!

[@hansibull]

Just imagine how painful it would be to replace the timing chain on this car. BETWEEN the engine and the gearbox! 😵

[@nicklloyd7987]

Tbh once the front end is off it’s not the worst thing to remove. Unlike the later v10

[@marcgibson9364]

The timing chain isn't between the engine and gearbox on these engines.

[@LimeyDude]

Timing belt on these BCY and BRV engines. There are cam chains, but not a timing chain per se!

[@h12st_d63]

Already commented once, but that ending deserves another. The humility and honesty of this channel is what seperates it from the other noise on KZbin, authentic love of cars delivered in a relatable way 🫶🏻

[@Jan_-_-]

An automatic estate is not my cup of tea but your efforts were fab 😊

[@NormanPress-qo2em]

How come the RS badge on the grill changed positions? Drivers side to passenger side and back again

[@stevenanderson875]

OMG! That's the exact Top Gear film that started my obsession with the trio and cars and driving road in the UK and literally my whole being! I remember it so clearly! and now Audi has gone and moved the goal posts, I wanted an RS6 sooooo bad!

[@vespaveloce1924]

I had a B5 S4 on around that mileage in 2013. £6000 in parts in 10 months. That didn’t include a clutch or either turbo! I sold it in the end, absolutely gutted, because I loved it when it behaved!

[@xlaimuxllt]

One too many knuckles busted on this one to still like it.. reminded me of Edwins audi at TDC by time you guys were done with it you were happy to see it go.

[@dh1380]

Videos like that make me wanna buy a dacia Duster so i have a second car whilst i tinker with my old audi daily driver (2009 TTS) Also nice guns mate. That t shirt sleeve roll is lookkng great 😅

[@vanderlinde4you]

RS6 c5 is known to be a absolute money pit. There's a few base things that always need consideration, and preventive maintenance is one of them. Apart from the brakes (They are expensive, and they do rip fast) you have the shocks / springs, the gearbox, which simply is not suited for the engine's power output. It guzzles fuel, and the road tax + insurance alone is a hefty price to pay. Now i owned a RS4 B5 for 3+ years. Don't look strange when i say the thing costed me 33k in just maintenance and upgrades, apart from fuel and / or tax / insurance. I eventually parted out the car (selling the parts individual) instead as a whole car, because that would brought more then selling it in one. At the end of the day i gathered 19k out of it from which 2k was for the garage. I have to say i have enjoyed every KM driven in those 3 years (bought at 280.000KM and parted at 410.000KM). They are robust and solid once maintained properly. These cars are not for people with a small wallet. Maintenance will cost you serious money.

[@Rscottphillips]

You misspelled “All Audi vehicles” 😂

[@vanderlinde4you]

@@Rscottphillips Anything with a RS badge is heavily taxed. Pricing of parts is done to make back the R&D done over the course of years. Audi itself is quite a overrated brand.

[@Cyprusmichalis]

M539 restorations is THE benchmark for all KZbin car guys.

[@td4speed]

VAG group cars avoid avoid avoid 😔

[@BenParsonson-z8x]

I do agree too many expensive issues

[@MarkHyde]

Those magazine pages tho - I have questions..... lol Great video!!!

[@officialsked]

I had a 1998 B5 A4 I sold on this year and similar story to this RS6. Dream car since I was a kid bc of BTCC and I liked having the car but it was plagued with electrical faults and mechanically the car was such a pain to work on sometimes and breaker parts are hard to find for the early models. Well made but overengineered.

[@NotEconomicallyViable]

Completely agree. I love Audis - probably my favourite car brand, but now I work on my own cars I can't see myself having one again for a long time

[@davida7713]

That bonnet colour match is shocking

[@NotEconomicallyViable]

The bonnet wasn’t painted - it was straight off another car

[@7pH]

Oh, the Ford Focus RS MK1 on the cover at 0:50 😍❤