Rescuing First Audi RS left in a Glastonbury Field – Will this Rare Classic Quattro Fire Up?

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Rescuing the First Audi RS from a Field in Glastonbury – Will this Rare Classic Quattro Fire Up?
Join Jonny Smith for a barnfind episode which is actually in a Somerset orchard, but the owner used to drive it daily in between his homes in Scotland and London. The car in question is an RS2 Avant – one of 2000 made in collaboration with Porsche – and when launched was the world’s fastest estate car. It has sadly been off the road for a while, so Jonny called VAG expert Ricky Elder from RE Performance (https://reperformance.co.uk/) who twin turbos R8s and Lambos. Ricky is ex Audi master tech, so knows his way around the 315bhp 2.2-litre 5-cylinder turbo. Question is, can he resurrect this example, that’s been owned by Maz for 25 years?

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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:46 Glastonbury field
1:06 Quattro history
1:19 RS2 launched 1994
1:47 Performance stats
2:00 Porsche features
2:20 Walter Rohrl
3:20 Meet Maz the owner
3:45 Owned 25 years
4:36 Imported from Germany
6:30 Why did it end up here?
10:05 Opening up and looking inside
10:40 Car phone!
11:22 Immobiliser fear
12:00 Opening engine bay
12:30 MOUSE PISS
14:40 Henry Versus Dyson
15:00 ENGINE WORK
19:46 Quicker to 30mph than McLaren F1
20:29 INTERIOR
22:27 BOOT
24:19 Engine turning?
35:55 MICE IN EXHAUST?
44:30 Towing car
44:58 CLEANING
45:36 THUNDERSTORM!