Call for Candidates - 2018-2020 Board of Directors It’s October 2017, and this is an election year for three positions on our board of directors. If you are considering running for one of these positions, here is more information for you to consider. • Anyone who is an active member of our chapter on the ACNA rolls is eligible to run • You must be nominated by a current member of the board in order to be on the ballot • The three-year term you will serve is FY 201...

Close2Bennett GTR and 4000 (3B engine conversion) Thunderhill Raceway I was bit by the Audi bug on a warm California afternoon. There was a beautiful widebody race prepped S4 sitting in the middle of a soccer field during a local business oriented festival in the city of Davis, California. The car fired up and belted out a sweet tune through its K04 Turbos. The side exit exhaust filled the air with the sweet scent of 100 octane gas. What 16 year old wouldn’t instantly fall in love? &...

Hurricane Harvey has forever changed the face of Houston. We sincerely hope our members have not been seriously affected by this epic storm. We know that recovery efforts will be continuing for months and even years. But we are Houston Strong, and through the efforts of many government and charitable agencies, Houston and the Gulf Coast will be whole again. In this spirit, Audi Club Lone Star wants to help with the hurricane recovery effort. We are partnering with Mercedes Benz Club of Am...

Where to start?  I guess, by backpedaling over 42 years ago for my first experience with an Audi.  As a young kid (24), I was a Banker and I financed the new Audis for the local Audi dealership...Green Oaks Porsche/Audi.  Front wheel drive...100LS...and the stark Audi Fox (who remembers that?).  Go forward a few years, where I had resigned from the bank and started a Porsche/Audi service business.  I had been racing Porsche 911's for several years with very good success.  I was hired by ...

The Rock Rose part of the Domain shopping center in north Austin features a variety of quirky shops and hip bars, including the rooftop fire pit at the Dogwood. After holding monthly happy hours there for the past year, the Audi Club has a standing reservation for this prestigious and cozy spot. Members park a block or two away in the Red ramp, climbing almost all the way to the top to find enough open spots next to each other to form a picturesque Audi lineup. This month, we filed the ca...

ACLS Members who attended the Austin Happy Hour in July got a surprise visit from the Circuit of the Americas Audi Driving Experience. They brought two cars from ADE for our members to drool over appropriately, a new RS3, and a new TTRS! Curiosity and excitement abounded as our members eagerly perused the beautiful examples of Audi Sport vehicles, and got their questions answered by ADE personnel. We wish to thank COTA/ADE for this preview of the cars that are "Born on the Trac...

Like many car aficionados, my interest in cars began early in life with my father’s muscle cars (GTO’s & Cuda). My first entry into German vehicles commenced with the BMW 325, later moved to the Mercedes Family (190 and SL500). I entered the Audi family late in life, but glad I did. After repatriating, I knew I did not want to drive my SL to work every day, so I started researching vehicles for work. One day I saw this vehicle (A4) and the first thing that hit me were the headligh...

On Saturday morning, June 3, 2017 Audi Club Lone Star members' cars were parked in formation in the garden area preceding a reception with Audi Sugar Land personnel including refreshments.The group enjoyed a Technical Overview on the current state and future of Audi, including a private showing of Audi's high performance models, and a technology review of the new Q7, in the second floor showroom. The group participated in a question and answer session with an Audi service repres...

My passion for cars began as a child. My father was a Corvette guy, and some of my earliest memories are of attending car shows, race events, and “helping” him turn wrenches. It was in elementary school where I first began to recognize Audi as a car I favored. My best friend’s dad drove an A8, my little league coach drove an A6, and the mother of my third grade crush drove an A4 Cabriolet.   In April 2007 I stumbled upon a CPO 1.8T A4 quattro. I was looking at a VW GTI at th...

Thank you to everyone who attended and brought family, friends, awesome cars, big smiles, and Audi love. We truly enjoyed hosting you in the city of Austin and its northern suburbs. I would also like to thank the planning committee members (listed below), ACLS board of directors (current and emeritus), and those of you who stepped up during the event to pitch in. And finally, a big shout out to our sponsors: Brink Motorsports, Audi North Austin, Audi Grapevine, and Sierras Autosalon. T...