2010 Audi TTS 8J Coupe

That pretty much brings us up to date. I am really enjoying the car - it's great fun to drive but also surprisingly practical. I can haul my five year old around as needed and with the back seats down it's surprisingly spacious, so I can get my five-piece drum kit in for travel to band practices and gigs. What I've spent on it doesn't make much sense from a pure financial standpoint, but I think it will give me a lot of happy years of use to come. I could have spent quite a bit more initially on one in 'good condition' and still found similar underbody issues hiding away so I at least know that this one has had that dealt with and to a standard that I trust.

I'm not quite finished yet though, future jobs are:

1. Replace rear ARB and droplinks, likely with Whiteline 24mm. The rear ARB on these isn't the best out of the factory, and the only advisory on January's MOT was for the rear drop link bushings, so that feels like a good excuse to do both at once
   
2. Respray. The paint job that is currently on the car is evidently a rattle can job, and an awful one at that. I'll get the alloys reconditioned at the same time
   
3. Other exterior cosmetic stuff. I'm umming and aahing about going gloss black on the front grille, rear diffuser and wing mirrors. I'll likely see how they look offset against a nicer paint job before making a final decision here
   
4. The remaining front bushings that weren't replaced when the back end of the car got dealt with
   
   

After that I might just leave it alone and drive it. There's always the temptation to stick an aftermarket exhaust on and go Stage 2 though...