The Official Wagon (Avant, Touring, Estate, Variant, Grocery Shopper) thread

[Sir UNBANNED_GERBIL M.B.]

I am sure someone from Audizine will take you up for a shoot.


Not cool man! 150 internet points take away from you Sir.

150???!! That's a little harsh don't ya think. I only gained 1 for saving that dude. Now I have a 149 Internet Point overdraft

I don't go to the B7 forums over at Audizine. They're as bad as the MKIV guys. Drive me nuts

[EUROBORA8V]

150???!! That's a little harsh don't ya think. I only gained 1 for saving that dude. Now I have a 149 Internet Point overdraft

I don't go to the B7 forums over at Audizine. They're as bad as the MKIV guys. Drive me nuts

Run a red light! They wont be much worst than your existing photos.

[Smooremin]

Run a red light! They wont be much worst than your existing photos.

ZING!

[Dr.AK]

The photographer's ride. by bochmann.photo, on Flickr

'ey, that's mine!

It's currently looking like this though:













Getting painted next month, stock color, Cosmosschwarz.

[EUROBORA8V]

^^^^^


I applaud to you Sir! And i hate you at the same time!

[VadGTI]

Hmmm....

Is it possible to Sawzall the rear off an E36 Touring and graft it, along with the doors onto an E36 4-door sedan? Dr.AK, are there any structural/trunk floor differences? I think you owned non-Touring E36s before.

[EUROBORA8V]

Hmmm....

Is it possible to Sawsall the rear off an E36 Touring and graft it, along with the doors onto an E36 4-door sedan? Dr.AK, are there any structural/trunk floor differences? I think you owned non-Touring E36s before.

Do it Vad!

[Dr.AK]

Thank you

It used to look like this back when I bought it in 2009:






In the summer of 2010 installed the M bumpers and skirts, dropped it on AP coils and threw on some OEM 8x18 ET20 and 9x18 ET22 Style 32s off a 7-series E38 wrapped in 215/35/18s.



http://www.flickr.com/photos/bochman...7624024822213/


Then I hit an animal, which effed up the front end with a cracked bumper and a bent nosepanel, then sold the wheels and in the following winter I slid into a sign post. Which gave me this and a cracked bumper:






I've spent the last few months fixing it up again, fixing some rust issues, got some new wheels (BBS RF in 8.5x17 ET13 and 9.5x17 ET13 wrapped in 205/40 and 225/35 Falken FK452s), pulled the rear arches heavily and now it's only minor stuff left until the car goes into the paintshop. I did everything myself so far, only the paint will be done by a professional painter.

You can follow my build over on Stanceworks.
http://www.stanceworks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2031

[EUROBORA8V]

E36 Tourings make my pants tight

[Dr.AK]

Hmmm....

Is it possible to Sawzall the rear off an E36 Touring and graft it, along with the doors onto an E36 4-door sedan? Dr.AK, are there any structural/trunk floor differences? I think you owned non-Touring E36s before.

Hm...

thinking about it, theoretically it should be possible. As far as I know the undercarriage is exactly the same, as I haven't noticed any differences between my previous sedan and my current Touring. The rear most part, where the hatch closes at is a bit different, I think. But the parts underneath the car are exactly the same.

There might be some hidden chassis bracings in the sidewalls to give it a bit more stability, but I don't know for sure, but I doubt it.

A good body worker should be able to do this, with a good sedan and a Touring shell.

[EUROBORA8V]

Hm...

thinking about it, theoretically it should be possible. As far as I know the undercarriage is exactly the same, as I haven't noticed any differences between my previous sedan and my current Touring. The rear most part, where the hatch closes at is a bit different, I think. But the parts underneath the car are exactly the same.

There might be some hidden chassis bracings in the sidewalls to give it a bit more stability, but I don't know for sure, but I doubt it.

A good body worker should be able to do this, with a good sedan and a Touring shell.

Please convince him

[l5gcw0b]

[AutoUnion32]

335d Touring <3

[EUROBORA8V]

335d Touring <3

You are just asking for Saintor to come in

[silverzee]

Would not hesitate if I had the money. Educating the local populace would cost me 4 or 5 sets of rear tires though.

[Shomegrown]

A few of my past wagons...

[Big Bad Wolf]

[EUROBORA8V]

^^^^^

Shomegrown

Hey man! Always wanted to ask you, do you ever regret not getting a B5 S4 AVANT?

[Shomegrown]

^^^^^

Shomegrown

Hey man! Always wanted to ask you, do you ever regret not getting a B5 S4 AVANT?

Sort of, yes.

I bought mine nearly 10 years ago. I was single in my young 20's and wasn't really interested in an Avant back then.

Now I'm in my 30's with a family and do wish it was an Avant.

[gdown]

y'all are slacking. Can't believe that this hasn't been posted:



And this kinda does it for me:

[AutoUnion32]

You are just asking for Saintor to come in

[Yo Teach]

Of all the synonyms for wagons, "variant" just plain bugs the hell out of me. It hits my ear wrong and sounds pretentious, even though the Audi-synonymous "Avant" does not bug me. It's weird.


Ford Unicorn (I could not find pictures of the red Car and Driver second-gen SHO wagon)


BMW 535

[Oliver@triplezoom]

Would not hesitate if I had the money. Educating the local populace would cost me 4 or 5 sets of rear tires though.

Yeah, me too. In the meantime I'm happy with my 6:

[AutoUnion32]

i am APPALLED that the RS6 avant still hasn't even posted

[Big Bad Wolf]

[EUROBORA8V]

Sort of, yes.

I bought mine nearly 10 years ago. I was single in my young 20's and wasn't really interested in an Avant back then.

Now I'm in my 30's with a family and do wish it was an Avant.

Thats logical!

I know that you've had an ALLROAD.

What i mean by S4 AVANT, well, frankly, what i am hinting at is a B5 RS4 conversion. I know you would, wouldnt you?

[kharma]

[borapumpkin]

y'all are slacking. Can't believe that this hasn't been posted:



And this kinda does it for me:

or this

[JettMKII]

My wagon, currently sitting dead do to a burnt exhaust valve

[bora-brazil]

My 1996 328i touring

[HideYoKids]

150???!! That's a little harsh don't ya think. I only gained 1 for saving that dude. Now I have a 149 Internet Point overdraft

I don't go to the B7 forums over at Audizine. They're as bad as the MKIV guys. Drive me nuts

I have offered to shoot your car several times, Darren. for free.

I've now got a D80 and 4-5 lenses to play with

[EUROBORA8V]

I have offered to shoot your car several times, Darren. for free.

I've now got a D80 and 4-5 lenses to play with

And he declined?

[BOOSTAHOLIC]

I have offered to shoot your car several times, Darren. for free.

I've now got a D80 and 4-5 lenses to play with

Wanna shoot a Jeep in the wild

[HideYoKids]

Wanna shoot a Jeep in the wild

where you located? shoot me a PM

and yes, Darren declined, he's too busy getting heavy machinery stuck, I was in his area three weeks ago with my entire setup too

[curvedinfinity]

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