UH OH...Test Drive BREAKDOWN?? (RARE Abandoned Audi Turbo - GRAND FINALE!!)

[@calopii]

Seasons greetings from Bavaria, Germany, original home of the Audi. I loved to follow this monumental restoration series all through Christmas. What a project! She threw almost every possible curve ball at you and you dodged every single one of them. Keep up the good work and have a very happy new year, Ivan. Can’t wait for the next episodes to come up.

[@dannytall8699]

Merry Christmas, I'm from the UK, I love Audi, I've got one myself A4 Convertible, what a cruiser, vorsprung durch technik!!!

[@jonnycando]

Ich war in dem Bayern geboren! US Army brat!

[@OzFrog48Z]

Every Audi should come with a pickup truck and trailer as standard equipment.

[@paceauto5382]

This Audi will go down in the hall of fame for the channel‼️💯🙌🏽

[@jimburgess9205]

A 32 year old vehicle is new again. Thank you Ivan for an incredible series. Loved it.

[@igormac88]

And what a 32 years old vehicle! Couldn't be more intricate and interesting!

[@michaelgleason4791]

Definitely nowhere near new. The owner is going to have problems with this thing until they do an actual complete teardown and rebuild.

[@andrewthompsonuk1]

Best series yet.

[@andrewthompsonuk1]

I suspect many new modern car parts replacements would cost more than Ivans bill. Love that car..

[@pcar5]

Between rodents, 15 years sitting in the woods and the resultant moisture and corrosion this vehicle will have problems until it mercifully goes to the crusher.

[@gbnmb]

My favorite Ivan series of all time. The smile on the owner face was the best part.

[@Z-Ack]

Having a customer base like that would be the sweetest thing i could think of having.. doing what you have a passion for out of your own property, working your own hours, with the ability to be able to tinker to get things fixed, while learning new things plus making a good extra income from recording your endeavors.. the fact that people actually put their trust into a person by leaving their cars with him, and ivan not ever having to find work because everything randomly gets dropped at his doorstep.. and your project cars to work on in between other critical customer issues.. it takes a lot more than a mechanic to be able to communicate with customers, juggle your work/ schedule, find the parts for the best price to turn a profit, maintain the shop and consumables yourself while keeping the better half happy in the abode along with kids and whatnot..

[@dont-want-no-wrench]

an honest competent mechanic will always have work, and he is a couple steps above that

[@KarateSensei71]

I have never seen Ivan have one single car with so many different challenges. As always, the Russian Automotive Genius was victorious.

[@LesReeves]

Watch the Cubans fixing pre 1956 American vehicles (Cuban Chrome I think it is called.)they will amaze you working with primative tools as well.

[@titaniumman_22]

Now wait, northwestern Jersey has lots of hills and spirited driving areas! Nick is one happy customer!

[@thebigmacd]

FYI, v-belts with notches slip a lot easier than solid belts. The reason is a v-belt bulges as it wraps around the pulley and grabs the sides of the vee. If you put notches in the belt it keeps the sides from bulging and you reduce friction. Notched belts save energy at the expense of ability to transfer torque.

[@GS-lh2nx]

Congratulations Ivan you got all 12 days in!!! lol What a project. I am glad you got it on the road again but I cringe thinking about how much money it took for parts and labor. Yikes. Great series and case study for us to follow along with. Thank you

[@karleck1119]

Ide say 6k pahts and laba

[@remodz6385]

This type of resto there isn’t a budget or cost that really comes into play. The owner wanted this specific car to be drivable and there wasn’t anything that would stop him from getting it. He clearly has the money and didn’t really care what it cost. It was just the principle of having the car to add to his collection

[@LeverPhile]

A labor of love this was ... if money ever becomes no object, Id probably track one down and have it restored. Used to have a 1988 90 Quattro (non turbo 5 cyl) and it was a fantastic car. The Quattro with Torsen center differential is phenomenal in the snow, it's geared very well for going up and down mountain roads, and even the non turbo motors make surprising power & torque once you wind them up. With a turbo ... a freakin rocket 🚀

[@rkan2]

​@@karleck1119That probably doesn't even cover the brake job(s). I'll say 20k$

[@karleck1119]

@rkan2 oh those dang rotors forgot them. Car is only worth maybe 12k lowest On market

[@baxrok2.]

Merry Christmas Ivan! Thanks for the amazing series. I was honestly questioning this effort but once I saw the look on the owners face during the test drive, it all became clear to me. Well done.

[@brianw8963]

Thanks for yet another great Holiday treat Ivan! What a unique car, great to see that the owner decided to save it. A 5 cyl. turbo 3 pedal 5 speed, and a ABS bypass switch. It had to be saved! Nice job Ivan. 👍👍🇺🇸

[@LesReeves]

I had an extremly rare 3cyl Diahatsu Charade only two that I knew of at the time I desperately wanted to save it I went all over my country then South Africa & Japan (where they were made) & could not get one part I tried to get it repaired no luck I tried to get it recarsted no luck Iput out feelersin just about all the countries that sold them no so I had to get rid of it.(I almost cried that day.)

[@nevillegoddard4966]

@​@LesReeves A 3 cylinder Charade? Really? I drove a silver one of those here in Australia Les! It was a work vehicle! It was originally kinda the 'spare' vehicle of the fleet, for when one of our guys' regular vehicles was off the road getting serviced etc. Because of that, it was quite unloved, uncared for, & pretty dirty, as it a was no one's responsibility. My first few days on the job had me getting there by bus & train, & learning 'the ropes'. One of the guys drove me from site to site to learn what was what. After that, the boss needed me to work at various clubs & pubs by myself, so I was given the little Charade 'provisionally' just to get the work done for that day. I completed the jobs they'd given me, & the boss told me to take the car home & bring it back the next day So the first thing I did when I got home that day was give the car a complete clean up & wash. I cleaned the windows, emptied out the accumulated empty fast food containers & rubbish, vacuumed the floor & blackened the tyres. It looked much nicer now! Next day I pulled up & parked it in the car park at the office/workshop along with all the other work cars, & said nothing more about it. The cleanup job I did on it must have made an impression as nearly all the guys made a positive, encouraging comment about it, & the boss told me to just hang onto it & use it every day from then on! I was given a petrol card for fuel & oil, & so it was 'my' vehicle for quite a few months after that. It never missed a beat in all the time I had it, & drove very well. The automatic gear changes were smooth & not jerky, which was unusual for 4 cylinder cars back then- let alone a 3 cylinder car! But yeah, interesting that they became so rare, & sad that you had to ditch it for lack of parts. The one I had was a really good little car!

[@MrCheeto01]

So glad to see this Audi leave, it was just like a continuous rerun, and folks, just because it moves does not mean it’s restored, it just means it lives to die tomorrow

[@rickrogers2649]

Awesome series Ivan !!! If Nick is serious about keeping the Audi long term he should buy the house next door to you. 😁 Merry Christmas to you and your lovely wife.

[@dougyoung3896]

On the 12th day of Christmas my true love gave to me A abandoned audi that been sitting under a pine tree. Merry Christmas Ivan you have more patients than I have anymore !

[@Mickey_Bauer]

At first i was like holy crap, everything on this car is broken, no wonder it was abandoned in a forest for 15 years, just let it go. However, seeing the smile on the dude's face was priceless. I hope he enjoys it for a long time. Great job Ivan 👍

[@jerryking2418]

I believe I can understand your relief as the Audi pulled away from your driveway. Enough already. Very enjoyable to watch you figure things out.

[@Land2020-w6w]

Ivan, have renamed the song (The 12 Days of Christmas) to 12 Episodes of the Audi. The smile on Nick's face is priceless. Beyond amazing 12 vids & a Happy Christmas to you. Dave in Guernsey, Channel Islands.

[@bleeedthebrakes]

The v belt situation gets more interesting with old italian cars. Dailying an Lancia Thema, which also throws the alternator belt every 5000 miles. But the alternator belt also drives the waterpump, so if not caught in time the engine will be toast.

[@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

Yup same on my Mazda van 😅

[@JoseSilveira-newhandleforYT]

Yay! It's finally gone 🙂 Now the annoying little problems have passed on to the customer, that is so excited that will take them all with a smile 🙂 Great long job, Ivan!

[@johnaclark1]

Great series! An old Audi like that is the gift that keeps on giving! The only other thing I would have done would be a timing belt. That thing has to be quite old and will leave the owner on the shoe leather express when it breaks, if it doesn't kill the valves.

[@frankvoynar6427]

Yeah, how many years sitting outside?? I would be very suspicious of timing belt . Not sure if it's an interference engine. A ticking time bomb

[@billlangdon5914]

This was a fun series for us to watch. Thanks Ivan and Merry Christmas

[@golfmaniac]

That was a very good decision to tow it home. If he had driven it home, it would have been one of those "place your bets" moments.

[@derekmillar318]

That generation of audi built to last...no modules that need special codes etc...fixable with a bent screwdriver and a hammer with a 4 inch bounce... Cheers Ivan enjoyed that....

[@timjackson1904]

Series reminded me of my Triumph Stag days, always something to fix. Coming home one day, it lost power and died on the motorway causing me to stop on the hard shoulder. It would seem like it was going to start then die. After a few attempts to start, I realised that I didnt hear the tik tik tikking of the fuel pump and investigated. I took the cover of and found the mechanical rocker mechanism had a 'fulcrum pin' that had come unseated jamming the mechanism. But when power was applied, it did one pump before sticking. I kept my toolbox in the boot(trunk) and had some wire, so I fixed a length of wire from the pump power input to the passenger seat, another from the cigarettes lighter as a power supply, and got the wife to repeatedly touch the ends causing one stroke of the fuel pump. When the wife went fast enough , we could manage 50mph and got home!! I like this channel because you seem to have the same approach to finding a solution to a problem. Nice series. Happy Xmas

[@TheBry_Guy]

The customer is a lucky guy. He has a great car, a great conversation piece, and access to not only a great diagnostician, but a great mechanic also (and if memory serves, a great Airconditioning tech, and an optical equipment and genie boom tech!!). Hope you and yours had a great holiday Ivan, you earned it after this marathon.

[@billmonroe8826]

Holy crap! That corn looks good for this time of year! 🤣🤣

[@zoidberg444]

This was an insane series - given all the turds that get dumped on you Ivan I'm not sure where you found time for this but it was an epic series. Thank you for providing such quality entertainment over Christmas for us. Hard to imagine topping this! This was even more crazy than that W124 Merc you had with the bad ignition wiring. I have to say while its very impressive you were able to get this in a driveable serviceable condition I think if the owner wants to go cross country on it like he does in his Merc it would need a far more comprehensive restoration, rust treatment and probably re-wiring and maybe even a modern engine management system. I do remember a time in my childhood when these were not an entirely uncommon sight on the road in England and these days they are the least common from that era, I just don't remember seeing one in the last 15 years. I do sometimes see old Mercs that are still daily drivers and even the very occasional old BMW that is probably still a daily. My uncle had an old D-reg E28 528i up until 2018 (you should have seen how hacked up the wiring was in that thing...). Dare I ask what is for the New Years special this year?

[@r.weaver3769]

Having a cool customer always makes the job so much better. Merry Christmas to you and your family, Ivan.

[@crisprtalk6963]

That was one happy car owner. Epic job well done Ivan.

[@Hankie56]

Big compliments to the owner of the Audi; he must be a real ‘connaisseur’!

[@sblagg527]

Gotta admit, I teared up a bit watching the Audi pull away down the driveway! These kind of cars remind me so much of my childhood/ early adulthood, driving quirky neat cars without a care. Still have my 69 VW bug that my folks bought brand new, special place in my heart for vehicles like this. Well done Ivan!

[@MehZehLee]

glad that audi is finished and good to hear it preformed amazingly! Keep up the awesome work

[@shuriKen469]

Nick, you are one smart lad! taking the Audi to Ivan was its' only hope. cheers for sharing this sweet restoration!!

[@rodneymiddleton9624]

I bet you have used 3 ink cartridges and a case of printer paper on this job!!! What a journey!! Thanks Ivan!!!

[@scottymoondogjakubin4766]

These videos just made me prouder of owning a 94 chevy s10 2.2 all original unrebuilt engine - trans - rear end with 658,000 miles ! My daily driver ! All my gm vehicles combined have over 2.5 million miles ! Still run great and parts are plentiful and low cost ! Glad to see that audi finally making its way home again !

[@dosgos]

Nick - Thank you for the no-holds-barred Christmas special! Looking forward to your next project!

[@GreyRockOne]

Nice work Ivan.. you could easily exceed a 25+ part series with this...vehicle, and to build a car completely around a gas tank, ludicrous. Let us know when he comes back for AC, Sunroof and Stereo work. Thanks again Ivan, AND good luck Nick!

[@stevenmorris25]

Oh man that was good, my father had that Audi. Great work on restoring it, I really enjoyed watching. Merry Christmas 🎁🎄

[@jomangeee9180]

this guy smiling is a beautiful sight to behold, there is nothing like the love of a man to his car

[@Michael-yi4mc]

I used to be a workaholic like Ivan is. No regrets. Got to follow your passion!

[@sprograt]

Thanks for posting the marathon Audi series, I appreciate the time and effort you have put in to make it possible. Merry Christmas to you and your family.

[@mmichaeldonavon]

Ivan. This "fix" IMHO has given you "followers for a life time." :-) I marvel at your tenaciousness' - I am amazed at your work ethic. Ivan, you are "da man" - my hat is totally off to you. Thank you.

[@sspnugen]

That was a fantastic German car repair series,love the older VW and Audi cars

[@braaapattack2937]

And I bet this car makes a reappearance in 2024

[@josephcordoba938]

This is without a doubt one of the most interesting projects for the year. It could be a training document series! The fact that Ivan was able to identify the troubles and fix them along the way is simply amazing! Thank you Ivan! I hope this brought you some good old money! Well done and thank you for sharing! Merry Christmas!

[@paulmoffat9306]

I've restored corroded relay contacts with 600 grit w/d sandpaper with Deoxit as a lubricant - makes the contacts just like new (only need a short rub to avoid too much removal).

[@michaelbaptista2171]

Awesome Series. Thanks!

[@DaveSender66]

Nice work Ivan, Merry Christmas to you and the family!!! It's been a great year watching you work on many different vehicles. The Audi was a exceptional challenge. Looking forward to another exciting year watching you perform your magic!!!!!

[@johndoyle4723]

Thanks, amazing series, the smile on the customers face and your face at the end says it all.

[@titaniumman_22]

Merry Christmas Ivan! I have loved this series! Take care brother! 🇺🇸

[@8pilgrim]

Hey Ivan. I can’t believe how easy it was to get hooked on this series. It scratched an itch! I like working with my hands and problem-solving and your vids are perfect for showing my grandsons the skill of proper diagnostic skills. My oldest (17) wants to be a diesel mechanic and I am always showing him your vids and this series has been the best. I drive a 5 cylinder 2006 Volvo S60T. Love the torque at the wheels. I hope to take good care of it. Currently at 206k and aiming for a million. Thanks for the excellent resource.

[@superatrain]

Wow this series was awesome! So rare to find an owner willing to invest in such a basket case, and even rarer to find someone like Ivan to can restore it so efficiently and effortlessly! Thanks for bringing us along, and happy holidays! You should reach out to speedo repair specialists and see if they can restore / re-calibrate either of the units!

[@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

"effortlessly" might not be the right word 😂

[@soundman6241]

Nothing is more rewarding than a happy customer

[@ChrisWilliams-pu8pj]

Thank you for the series Ivan. Hope you had a great Christmas. Wishing you a Happy New Year!

[@edwardzellner6869]

Wow, what a project! The owner must really love the car to have spent so much money to get it back in top form. I can only imagine what he spent not only for Ivan's time but also all the parts he provided.

[@adotintheshark4848]

Welcome to Audi World! If you fix one thing two more things go wrong. Hopefully those seats didn't come with automatic fart absorbers. Anyway It looks very good and it's way better than when you first got it. Congrats!

[@rogerrocco5211]

Congratulations! You deserve to be proud of your work! This project was a challenge that few mechanics would have the patience and determination to complete. Wow what impressive work! If you ever become a public corporation let me know. I’ll be one your biggest investors! Fantastic project very well done. Bravo!

[@jeffkeating8994]

merry xmas from Sydney Australia love this channel

[@larrygall5831]

Fantastic job you've done here. Congrats.. it really was a marathon.

[@shawnbelford3433]

Thanks for the series Ivan, a great Christmas gift for us all! Merry Christmas to you and your family!!!

[@spencerforhireauto]

I have successfully installed aftermarket seat heater pads and hooked them up to the OEM wiring in a few different vehicles, this would probably be a way cheaper solution than replacing the whole seat.

[@nickchannel5364]

That seat looked lumpy and mangled.

[@williamcunha9136]

Merry Christmas Ivan! What a Awesome Series! Thank You for taking the time to share!

[@alicetaylor1001]

Ivan thank you so much fantastic series really appreciate the time and effort you put into filming it and explaining everything very clearly. Happy Christmas to you and your family

[@nicholaswatson3896]

Great project Ivan, loved every minute.

[@jimcarmichael4417]

Ivan, You are so inspirational, knowledgeable, and master of all things mechanical. I enjoyed every minute of your journey to conquer this Audi project. You had a perfect customer willing to pay you what you are worth. Thank you for a great Christmas Special

[@carltonlane8931]

Merry Christmas Ivan,and your viewers,camb belt and tensioners,every 60 k or 5 years very important,but a great video,thankyou.

[@brucel76]

Congrats Ivan you got her running and the customer seems very happy. Great job and video series.

[@ssmining]

Hi Ivan, I thoroughly enjoy this series. Some different challenges for you and the length and variety of this series made me fully invested...

[@carsten4594]

Smart man to trailer it home. Thanks for the great series Ivan, Merry Christmas.

[@alanmcclelland5245]

All the best to Nick, may he enjoy the Audimobile for a long time. Great series Ivan. Cheers from BC, Canada.

[@paulwhite2023]

Simply brilliant. Loved it all. That Audi 200 looks so swish. Thanks Ivan. Regards. Paul.

[@nevillegoddard4966]

Great fun following all the challenges this old car presented to you, & its weird construction methods! A quirky Quattro! Of course! As has been said, the ear-to-ear smile on the owners face would have been icing on the christmas cake for you, & made it all the more worthwhile & rewarding! Seeya next year ay? You probly need a break now with your family! 😃👍

[@jgeorges3061]

IVAN, fun series to watch really enjoyed it thanks for taking the time to show all ups and downs to make this car road worthy merry xrsmas from Ontario, CANADA.

[@kruyf73]

Man, you really took me on a journey with this Audi marathon. Loved it.

[@roxanneabbott8424]

What a fun restoration Ivan!!

[@jerryplante4239]

Excellent series Ivan. Thanks for dropping it during the holidays.

[@neverstoplearning382]

What an adventure fixing that baby. Great job as always Ivan.

[@MrEroshan]

Enjoyed this Christmas series.

[@williamhague2768]

Victory. Softly stated, deeply felt. I’m sure it was expensive and the owner was still grinning … Priceless…

[@jdtractorman7445]

That's a fitting name for the gas station you guys stopped at. 🤣Good plan on the owner's part of bringing his trailer along.

[@hdipower1]

Amazing series - thanks for taking the effort to record for us.

[@golfmaniac]

Ivan, every time you took a test drive, another problem popped up. With that car, I think that will be the case, until it gets to the scrapyard.

[@timkaldahl]

Totally awesome series Ivan. Love the effort and skill shown here.

[@kj197734]

How dare I had to sit through all 12 amazing episodes. Seriously this was a great run of videos on this Audi.

[@realmccoy7503]

Cool series indeed, love it like that on troublecars, everybody merry Christmas .........wonder what the next car will be......we will see......

[@futuredinghy]

Cool series, great work and video- few comments: 1. Brakes - you shouldn’t need to let the engine run to build up pressure. Instead of a vacuum system this uses a hydraulic pressure accumulator. If the engine cuts out your customer would be left without power brakes which is seriously dangerous (first hand experience) there is a person who will recharge these with a core exchange. Most folks swap out to a booster but I enjoy the accumulator more when it is working. A cheap alternative to UFO brakes are porsche boxster* brakes with an Apikol adapter and 312x25mm a8 rotors (bolt on) 2. The rear battery - this should have a cover put on top of it, it is an extremely easy way for a fire to start - a simple cap on the positive would work. 3. Timing Belt/water pump - Unless I missed it this is a huge issue waiting to happen. Almost every crank gear of this engine will eventually sheer off and cause a catastrophic failure. The issue is that the key way on the gear gives way. 4. Gas tank - if it is rusty it will eventually start leaking! You can patch this but you need to get ahead of it - likely you’re able to spot it already weeping underneath. 5. Sway bar bushing and a spring/koni shock is a massive upgrade on these cars and affordable.

[@xerxes456]

I have a 1988 Audi 4 Banger drive with V -belts 100,000 miles. No problem. I guess it has to do with the climate. We have no rust on the 40-year-old cars.

[@jmaxim80]

Nice job Ivan you brought a very nice vehicle back to the road.

[@Paramount531]

Ivan, this was like a good book, you keep coming back to it and are always sad to see it end. Easy for me to say though, I wasn't doing the wrenching. I hope the owner keeps that very unique car on the road for a long time to come.

[@MonkeyPunchZPoker]

This and the Lada are my two favorite series from your channel.

[@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

Lada? You mean ZAZ? 😊

[@MonkeyPunchZPoker]

@@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics Yep, that's it. I got it confused with Garage 54 and all of the crazy experiments they've done with Ladas.

[@MySeanog]

Cheers Ivan! That was a fantastic restoration....

[@themechanic6117]

If this car had gone to any other mechanic they would of told the owner that it's not worth fixing and just scrap it. Or it would have sat at a shop for years on the back burner getting this done at a snail pace.

[@arbinazarian767]

I've thoroughly enjoyed this series. Thanks Ivan!

[@albutterfield5965]

You won the battle and you did a good job. I recommend your channel to all my friends that are home mechanics

[@tomblobasjamesc.mccollum1740]

He takes a basket case and does it up with math tutor precision. Thank you for this fun adventure. If it weren't for the interior and body still being in such great condition, I would have not bothered with it. I would swiftly treat the leather inside with some conditioner.

[@clintprice2123]

Nice, two episodes in one day! The smile on his face says it all. Great job Ivan!

[@petepeabody8905]

I'm glad the owner Nick was happy after the test drive. Excellent job by you Ivan on a better than 50% no parts required. I wish we could have seen Nick's face when he first viewed the bill.. He even looks loaded, so I'm sure he's thrilled. I don't know about everyone else, but I'm almost positive a rig like this "WILL" be back

[@stevenakn1]

I watched the whole series great work Ivan and merry Christmas 🎅 🎄

[@jeffryblackmon4846]

Merry Christmas (a few days late) and Happy 2024. I was becoming tired with you, Ivan, as more repairs were necessary. Very good work!