We've heard this story a thousand times before. Man finally procures his dream car. It's delivered on the other side of the country. Road trip! It's the age old passage of breaking your car in with a cross country delivery trek. A member of the VWVortex.com forums who goes by the handle uglybastid and his friend Aaron traveled to New York to pick up an Audi S4 for a (very trusting) friend. The black sedan from Ingolstadt was looking good, but uglybastid and Aaron like their Audis in Nogaru Blue, not black. In order to protect the car from rock chips over 2,850 miles, and to switch the color to something more palatable, the two purchased four and a half rolls of 3M Safe-Release blue tape... and covered the car from bumper to bumper in the adhesive strips. It's the best blue tape job ever and also allowed the two to chronicle their adventure via a Sharpie marker on the sheetmetal. Throughout the road trip, uglybastid exhibits an unhealthy knowledge of roadside attractions, and the two pass more plastic cows and muffler men than actual human beings. Keep in mind, the car has no plates and despite being pulled over twice by some friendly fuzz, the two make it all the way across the northern half of the U.S. on their way to back to Seattle where the Audi S4 will find its new home. Please, it's a Sunday, do yourself a favor, click through and read the amazing tale of uglybastid, Aaron and the blue-taped Audi S4.Thanks to Chuck G. for the tip!
[Source: VWVortex.com]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
DPC car videos @ Nov 19th 2006 7:43AM
I wonder if the S4 stayed clean after all this diving.
stg @ Nov 19th 2006 8:08AM
dude, its covered in blue tape. all they need to do is take it off and its good as new. this is a tape with no resedue. also known as painters tape. it leaves no marks on the car.
Jon @ Nov 19th 2006 9:46AM
After such jumps pure it does not remain...
Jon @ Nov 19th 2006 9:48AM
Thanks for the information
chuck goolsbee @ Nov 19th 2006 10:19AM
You're welcome.
--chuck
Sam @ Nov 19th 2006 10:54AM
wow, thats one helluva road trip
JayP @ Nov 19th 2006 11:08AM
Nice. Road trips like that don't happen anymore.
Now I have to watch the Cars DVD again. And Two Lane Blacktop. Maybe Vanishing Point.
Green Lotus Elise @ Nov 19th 2006 11:25AM
I did kinda the same thing (sans tape though) when I bought my Lotus this past February. We flew down to Clearwater Florida to pick it up and then brought it back through the south by zigzagging around to Gulf Shores Alabama, Atlanta, Deals Gap, Chattanooga TN, etc... It was a load of fun and a great way to get acquainted with our new friend. I think in the end the car arrived in Louisville with about 1,900 miles on it.
You can read about that trip and see photos from it at http://www.fleur-design.net/lotus/2006_02_01_archive.html and http://www.fleur-design.net/lotus/2006_03_01_archive.html
AJ Quick @ Nov 19th 2006 2:46PM
Thats so cool!
Why paint your car when you can get a cool blue paintjob for like $20.
-AJ Quick
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Richard Hoffman @ Nov 19th 2006 11:17PM
Actually, I spent $70 on the tape. Those 3" rolls are spendy!
Grajeda @ Nov 20th 2006 8:23PM
I want to do a travel like this around my whole country...
at least once in my life.
some day.
by the way, I´m from Mexico...
Buford @ Dec 21st 2006 8:16PM
I just did this to my STi for a roadtrip. Do I need to rewax my car or do anything special to it after I take the tape off? Thanks