Long time yawn, minor updates only.
Neither the B5 nor the B8 have sold yet. No one wants to buy either for a lick over 10k and it just ain't worth selling them for that. So the prospect of me getting a blue MK6R is looking slim currently. All said, boy the B5 sure is fun. If i can address a couple of the remaining issues (rear calipers are siezed, small oil leak near the passenger downpipe, tune it to make 450whp, android auto headunit badly needed, summer tires/wheels) it may be a keeper.
Installed a JHM Weighted Knob in the B5 which seriously made a decent difference in shifting (its pretty heavy with the short shifters/upgraded synchro's). Other than that, no new B5 news except I re-died the black alacantara upper driver seat fabric and painted the Y-Pipe under the hood, did the front brakes recently.
The B8; I did a DSG flush with both the internal and external filters yesterday. It was a whole ordeal but long story short, its done but didn't make much of a difference. Shifts a little smoother (maybe) but still lurches pretty bad from a stop. Gonna see if my M8 can do an adaption/relearn on it to hope that helps, otherwise maybe it needs a mount/s, clutchpacks, or a mechatronic unit.