I Bought An Abandoned Audi R8 And It's Worse Than You Can Imagine 

Was the P1 not enough!

A million dollar project on his hands, yet Freddy buys more broken cars, loving it.

what a project! looking forward to see which lucky subscriber gets the car

Love your optimism and comedy when making your videos. You and your friends have good chemistry. Can’t wait to see how this one comes out, if anyone can make this work it’s you guys.

There was an R8 V12 TDi concept car back in the day, it was essentially production-ready yet never saw production. But the engine found its way into a Q7. You should be the one to reunite the two, now that you have one piece of the puzzle.

Your Doug Demuro impression was spot on 🤣

i love these videos. im not a big car guy but i love seeing the engineering and mechanical work to make something have life again

Love the content that you’re putting out! Love the cars you’re showing off! Keep up the amazing work!

The R8 is an absolute piece of art. The aftermarket rear wing was a horrible decision.

Nobody punishes Tavarish like Tavarish. 😂❤

I love your approach to challenges! There is no mountain to high, and everything is fixable.

Can't wait to watch this one! You got me hooked on the P1 and now the build of an R8. Awesome!

Jack is actually inspiring. A dude that knows his stuff.

It does my heart well to see you smile again @Tavarish. You really seem to be finding your joy again

Great to see you smile and work on these again Tavarish, Audi R8 was my childhood dream car when it came out and to this day it still looks fresh

Really looking forward to see this R8 getting the Tavarish touch, once again another lucky car will be saved. Love the videos and content Freddy, so glad to see you getting back to your original self, remember, Wrench every day 😊

I'm starting to think these broken cars are a reflection of his soul.

Tavarish, you would not believe the vicarious enjoyment everyone gets from watching your videos, making impossible builds and fixing deserving cars. Keep up the great work!!!👍👍👍

Love your content and this will be an amazing build to see progress through the next few episodes!

YOUR INTRO music totally sets the VIDEO up,, I love it

I usually try and skip the ads. But Caramel seems great. I will definitely use this the next time I buy a car

Yes! Was excited to see Hoovie buy an Audi and was bummed that he and Wizard never got it running. When the Vanquish to R8 trade happened with you I knew there was a glimmer of hope for it still. So happy to see it getting some attention!

It's so good to see your projects come to life :) keep up the good work

These videos hit so different, can't wait to see how this and the P1 turn out! Always thought this version of the R8 was gorgeous

Hey Tavarish wanted to let you know that you have made a change in my life. Had a rough time for a while until I discovered you, your content makes me enjoy cars like never before. Keep up the great content💪💪

Thank you for what you do. Keeping these cars from the junkyard is really a great idea. I would love to have such a sweet ride. Good luck to the person that gets it.

I discoverd your channel just a few weeks ago and I was hooked. I watched pretty much every video of you and I am every single time excited when you release a new one. I really hope you keep on makin videos ;D

Don't lose your passion. Glad to see you repair cars and get them into great shape again. 👍🏻

If anyone can bring a car back to life it's you. I absolutely can't wait for each episode. Keep challenging the notion of impossible!

Last 10 seconds of the video got me thinking "This car might actually be fun to drive when its done" . You are doing good by this car converting it into what it was always meant to be

What a beautiful car. I’ve always wanted an R8. It’s been my dream car for sometime now lol, love to see the rebuild

I always love to watch your project cars and Im so happy you managed to find an R8, I’ve always loved the R8 and it is easily my dream car. It will be really cool to watch you clean it up and give it away to a very very lucky person.

I know a ton about the R8 being a previous owner. The seats come from the TT ( as are a lot of the interior bits, disappointingly ) and they do wear like what is seen in the video really fast. I had to have mine replaced in the 1st year under warranty for excessive wear. Jack is dead on about the paint, the R8 has some of the most meticulously done paint in the industry. The entire process is quite involved and the results are very good. Remember, these cars are all hand built in the Nekarsulm factory and the people that build these are all veteran Audi techs, not just some randos to fill space on a production line. When you are having one built, you can actually track what phase of production it's in and they can tell you who the last person to touch it was. You alluding to the R8 taking "a while" to reach its top speed is absolutely false. Especially on the V10 like I had. (which was the same Daytona Grey as the V10 at the end)

Tavarish is just doing side quests while he gets the P1 parts 😂.

It's nice to see your news projects! Big hug from Portugal!

Can't believe you're taking this on with the P1 still in progress. Love and respect your tenacity!

I applaud you for your patience and vision with each project.

Long time car enthusiast here. I love the time and effort your sharing with everyone on doing this. Love seeing skills Put to work! Your doing a phenomal job at it! Good luck to the winner!

Love the optimism you bring into your videos. I would rather have a car rebuilt from you than a new one any day!

You cliff hanging, S.O.B..!! I'm hooked!!!!

I love your commitment to making quality videos that the basic enthusiast can relate to. Thank you very much Freddie for emboldening me to do things that others think is stupid or not worth the effort. Big up!

The amount of Doug Demuro in the beginning was awesome 😂😂

Love the content you have been putting out a real car guy !!

Great video - can’t wait to see what becomes of the V-10 beast!

Jack so brings another level of enjoyment to the channel. Thank you Jack

Seeing Freddy with the "Save the Manuals" shirt, leaning over the R Tronic shifter is humorous in itself!

Sweet fancy Moses! Looking forward to this series!

OMG! So stoked for this build!

Looks like an awesome project Freddy, glad to see you able to up the number of videos you put out, hope this indicates an upturn in your fortunes 😊

now we are at another level, P1 and R8. l cant wait to see these two beasts back on the road. Thanks for keeping me inspired man, l learnt to have hope in every situation

Just wanted to start by saying how much my husband and I love both of your RU-vid channels. We found your channel through ed bolian’s vinwiki channel and subsequent cartrek series. We were watching the pebble beach/Monterey car week cartreck episode, since we have lived in Monterey for 20 years, was pretty cool to see. You guys were parked in front of the Monterey plaza hotel and then it hit me. I know that guy! You were in your beautiful blue McLaren, as I was walking by you said “Hi, how are you doing?” I said hello, I’m ok, beautiful car! Maybe you remember? I thought you were Vin diesel!( now to my husbands great amusement) I was in a tough spot at that point in my life, living basically hand to mouth, looking scruffy and dirty and wearing a big backpack. My husband was stuck down in LA working for LA county fire dept. at the time, so things were pretty tough. I thought how some big shot(you) was kind enough to take the time to say hello to someone who looked so down and disheveled. Funnily enough, I was on my to try and save this 2002 Audi TT quattro turbo that a friend had given me, with no keys I may add. As my love of cars is lifelong( first car was a 72 Charger 440 r/t that my dad and I rebuilt out of a junkyard) I walked every free day I had to try and get this car going. When we finally had enough money to get a new key made by Audi, 400$+, Monterey had towed the car and we were pretty much shit outta luck. The Audi R8 has been a dream car for me since I first saw one driving through pebble beach. When I tried to describe it to my husband(another life long car but-he went to art academy of San Francisco for automotive design and engineering) he was so frustrated about not knowing what I described to him! He finally figured out it was the R8 after we saw a new TTrs and I said that it looked like the TT’s big brother. Any way I saw your true character and the person you are after watching the pimp my ride van videos you gave your babysitter. I hope to be considered for your R8 giveaway, we’d give it a great home and garage and will be loved and cherished for the rest of its days! But just to know you remembered saying hi to me in Monterey would bring a smile to my face. You have two endearing fans for life, keep up the good work and wrench everyday! Yours truly Shirley ❤

That ending got me real excited! Great content, loving the videos

I’m real psyched to see where you take this project! Best of luck with it! I’d say the real test when it’s finished is to race it against the Vanquish you traded it for, give Hoovie a taste of what the car could’ve been like.

Love what you do Tavarish! Even with the cost of other projects, you still find time to work on other cars to give away to your fans. This is why your channel is one of my favorite car channels that I have remained subscribed to for the longest. Also, that Audi R8 is a beautiful car, wish I could afford one

I'm so psyched for this !!

Keep your head high. Keep the videos coming, love them.

The R8 has always been a dream car of mine. During the pandemic these were a steal for $40k. Prices have skyrocketed since. Excited for this build!

Today's sponsor sounds amazing. Honestly such an incredible new service. First full ad I actually wanted to watch and use in the future!

Awesome to see someone make a living loving what you do. Congratulations hard work paying off 🤙👊💪🏽

I really needed that please been watching you the boys working on the p1 and also still waiting to see the next post of it ❤❤❤❤❤

Looking forward to this build. The P1, though monumental (if you pull that off), will take a long time to get going. This R8 will be easier. If Samcrac fixed one, you can be sure Freddie and Jack can get this running like you can race it.

Wow, can’t believe someone would let a car like that deteriorate as bad as that is. New to your channel. Been wrenching for 35 years and am jealous you get to do what you do.

Keep up the awesome work! Cant wait to see more!!

2:30 Mat Armstrongs GT3 half built in the background. Fair play Freddie for holding this vid back that long for another creator. Respect!

I love what you do and your straight forward honestly. The r8 is definitely my dream car . Just not in my reach yet but you give me motivation to keep pushing to my dreams . While being a technical trainer and teaching students to follow theres. Keep up the great videos and and show people if you work hard you can reach your dreams . Thanks Man for these videos

So happy to hear you say at the end how you're going to make it a bit more spicy 😁 Had the V10 in my D3 S8 & was beautiful every time I drove & opened her up 😍 R8 is my absolute dream car & looking forward to this build even more than the P1

I’ve been watching you for roughly around 8 months now and you have motivated me to want to be successful and watching your videos encourages me a lot. Keep up the great content ! 🔥

Love your videos and can’t wait to see how this car turns out. The P1 is looking good with the new carbon fiber shell. I would definitely love to be an owner of a r8

I love what you guys do! Having an Audi R8 that Tavarish restored would be AWSOME!! Semper Fi!

Sounds like a computer issue and since the engine was swapped that would make sense. Would love to see a modified V10 dropped in.

Glad to see you working on this!

Had me hooked and then sent me at the end! Can't wait to see this car saved!

Best channel ever, You're fearless when it comes to these project cars! Keep doing what you do. Jay from north jersey

I’m exited to see what comes out from this project. I would love to go for a spin when this project comes out. Blessings men 🙏🏽

I love watching these videos they are awesome thank u keep up the great work

Love all your videos!

Excited to see what you do with it. I love the videos sometimes I wish you went a little more in depth with the actual builds even if it means longer videos.

This is one of the most beautiful cars of all time truly timeless.

keep going...love your projects...jst waiting to see who is the lucky person going to get this car

Rad project, looking forward to watching the series.

Love your videos keep up the great work

One of best RU-vidrs i have ever seen. Keep it up. Love to see you posting daily ❤

This is going to be a great series. I love these cars. Audi R8's are one of my favorites. Great choice for a give away!

One of these days you’re gonna buy something expensive and appreciate everything you’ve accomplished. Good job man, best of luck with the P1

Looking forward to seeing how this build goes and all the shenanigans that will come along the way 😂

Cool project!! Looks awesome that u made it work! Happy to subscribe

Can't wait to see how this project goes! 🎉🎉

The P1 couldn’t stop him from keeping the projects alive for other builds! Insane that we’ll be seeing a V10 in an R8!

I feel like Jack has more fun tearing it up than Tarvish giving away the car 😂😂😂😂

amazing. another great episode!

this is awesome! excited for this one!

Sad to see my absolute dreamcar in such shape but glad someone is rebuilding it to its former glory! I wish you all the best on this and the other projects! Greetings from the #1 R8 fanboy lol

I remember seeing my first R8 in 2007. I thought they were the coolest car that Audi ever did and it became a game to try to find them. I would love to have a car like that, even with all those headaches as it sits. Can't wait to see the finished product

One of my dream cars! Excited to see this get repaired! Hope to see this on the road in south Florida one day

This will be the best R8 ever build! And build BETTER! Thanks for sharing its journey with us mortal plebs :) And as always thanks for the content!!!

I had a feeling this R8 would end up in Tavarish's hands.

Tyler bought it to surprise his wife. Then his wife surprised him.

That intro was class A salesman sh*t right there! I want it! 😂😂😁😁🤟🤟

Wow Freddy. I can't wait to see you turn this beautiful car into a priceless dream car. It has been my dream car since I can remember. I appreciate what you do. I watch all your videos and everytime you always deliver. Lots of luv my brother. Take it sleezy🤙🏼

Can’t wait to see this built next! Whoever gets the r8 when it’s done it will be a enjoyable car to drive!