I rebuilt a TERRIBLE Audi RS6

[@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.

[@1881Gordon]

This is one of the, if not the best YT Uploads I have seen in 2024... Unbelievable content! The genuine Level of care, concern and attention which you gave that car prior to handover is to be saluted... Not many people would do that. Brilliant channel. Subscribed!

[@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.

[@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

[@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 🤝

[@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 🇸🇪🇬🇧

[@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...

[@evilution_ltd]

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

[@h12st_d63]

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

[@sullygamingx5533]

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

[@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!

[@Radi-h4z]

Is also my dream car. I literally hugged you in the beginning of the video. Good luck. Good man.

[@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.👌❤️

[@alastairaitken6263]

Congrats! You have learned so much and grown so much in the last 3 years. You have stuck with it and persisted. You have shown grit and determination. Well done sir! You are an inspiration. Keep it up.

[@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

[@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 🇦🇺

[@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 and responsibility for its associated maintenance costs for £5k. Mine had two owners before me and all of us kept an immaculate service history, 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 into 5 figures on maintenance costs to date, so it must be nearing the point where maintenance costs will match, even exceed, 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.

[@PaulKingDE]

You would have been better off buying the 911 turbo on hire purchase and having nothing to fix :)

[@ThePedroDB]

@@PaulKingDE ...and that's exactly why leasing supercars has become the way most people run them these days. All inclusive leasing (incl. servcing etc.) and a newer vehicle should mean a lot less 'down time'/heartache too

[@kennywallace1]

@@PaulKingDE Not sure where I would have put my mountain bikes, snowboarding, kit, etc. I now drive a T5.1 Transporter. Quite a change of pace... and expense.

[@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

[@pauljeffries]

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

[@offside7]

This channel deserves to do so well. Great, relatable content - thank you allowing us to share your journey.

[@British-Roleplay1]

I love your videos! I might start making KZbin videos myself! Keep up the good work, dude; I'll keep watching. I know how rewarding it feels when you fix something-it's a great buzz! But I also understand your frustration when things don't go as planned. As I said, keep up the good work, bud!

[@jack-walt]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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 👊🏻

[@thomascharnock]

Your achievements never cease to amaze me. What an awesome job on an awesome car. I think you're well qualified to call yourself a mechanic, even though you say you're not! Amazing video.

[@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!

[@salchristiano6606]

Every car guy knows that moment of relation when we have, yes! Fixed the problem. I love seeing you get that emotion that we often feel.

[@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

[@EGGJAZZ]

never stop making these, format is absoloutley perfect

[@thelordofdarkness141]

Only just found this channel but I'm enjoying the videos I've watched so far, keep it up

[@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...

[@MrForcat]

What a great video, love all the cars you’re featuring, for some reason got a few of them. And decided long ago to stay away from top versions, got an A6 2.8 Quattro which provide me enough fun in a world of speed cameras, and costs very few to maintain

[@AutoBeta2T]

Brilliant videos, Nino, YT randomly autoplayed one of your vids earlier today....I'm now on my third. I watch Mat Armstrong, Auto Alex, and TDC, so clearly, the YT algorithm has identified that you will appeal to their viewers 😄 I'm looking forward to catching up on your older vids and seeing the new ones. Cheers Dave

[@NotEconomicallyViable]

Thanks, Dave 👍🏻

[@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 🇬🇧).👍

[@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!

[@EricScheck]

I absolutely loved this video. Well done. You're right, I agree 100% that you should never meet your heroes. But that won't stop me from obtaining and fixing a Nissan 350Z. Wish me luck!

[@adityabalachandran691]

Last few mins ..so emotional ❤ love you bro and your work ❤️

[@wojciechturek1601]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@ThePedroDB]

If you've ever owned a car that went from problem to problem, you do lose faith in it and get disheartened. It's just a weight round your neck and a relief to get rid. Like Nino, you hope the next owner will have better luck but, either way, it's not your problem any more. As for showcasing your business, they say "You can't polish a turd but you can sprinkle glitter on it". Certainly true with this Audi. Any 20 year old high performance vehicle with a lack of parts supply from the manufacturer is only going to cause further heartache, eventually...

[@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!

[@MrMikeyc10]

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

[@worldofrandometry6912]

I see the RS grille badge jumped around a bit.

[@tazmandoogle]

Yup, swapped sides at some point

[@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!

[@johnshaw4140]

Well done for not crying , on to the next project

[@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!

[@csquire3]

Great video and fantastic channel. This car put you through the ringer and we were all routing for you. By the way, right decision to remove the wrap 👍

[@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!

[@Japs_Eye_Of_The_Tiger]

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

[@bobajob1524]

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

[@hsingh630]

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

[@chriswinfarrah893]

Amazing nino I love tinkering with cars but no way would I go as far as you do you certainly do a great job and really pleased you're keeping these cars on the road nice one buddy

[@gt197]

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

[@RobboRobinson]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@richardjohnson3463]

Well done Nino, fantastic job!! 👍👏

[@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!

[@MickHolliday]

Nice job mate and if it needed replacing you did it

[@01bogwoppit]

Great channel , really happy i found this .

[@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?

[@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,

[@PhilKimberDN]

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

[@albertcastellon574]

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

[@paultaylor9652]

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

[@armendi04]

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

[@tomhardings1]

Totally agree, much, much better with the silver satin trim, the car pops.

[@salazar1104]

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

[@deanwelsh5702]

I wanted one of these since I watched layer cake .

[@ginoadamo1280]

Great channel had one myself money pits didn’t miss it 😅

[@Raaanch]

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

[@dom.b1972]

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

[@jesdadotcom]

NICE JOB LEIGH BAXTER!

[@jamesanderson2727]

Brilliant stuff, love in the channel. Great work.

[@jonbrookes77]

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

[@stco2426]

Agree.

[@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

[@hennypitsilou734]

perfect and amazing job CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!

[@terryroxburgh3276]

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

[@bobhill5227]

Great work man 💯

[@Oyvind88]

Great video, work and what a amazing car😎😍

[@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.

[@tradecarsdirectltd2344]

Wow you're so lucky £79 job done 🙏 I took an A6 saloon in P/x with a vibration, and was diagnosed as the propshaft bearings. I found it cheaper to buy another A6 Avant (Same Shaft) than pay nigh on £1,000+Vat for a new one. You know what it cured the saloon and never vibrated on the Avant, how strange??? Sold both for a good profit in the end 👏 Sam in Cannock . . .

[@barricadeish]

Never knew you were a builder😂😂😂😂😂☮️☮️

[@NikBoff]

Nice work Nino

[@DanDan-hj2pp]

Grate show mate would love to take one of these on but its so hard getting parts

[@MarkHyde]

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

[@mikes747]

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

[@johnkaimins9998]

I had written that the headlights will need 3 coats of 2k clearcoat for longevity, but since the car is sold the point is moot.

[@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 :)

[@mihailvroomz]

This was amazing, thank you NEV!

[@jimmy-i6w2h]

Jeez had one of these for 3 years . Soon as I saw this I was like you need 30k to fix it 😊 Great car when they are working though

[@hemtet5500]

Well done Nino all of that was engaging and at times quite fraught!

[@BEATNG_U]

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