As I have done in the past four years, I spent the first weekend of November out at Portland International Raceway shooting for Audi Club Northwest’s Quattrofest event. While it was wasn’t quite a rainy as the last few years, it was a little bit nippier in the morning.

Today marks one year on the dot that I let go of my Sprint Blue S5 and picked up an Audi exclusive Ara Blue A4 allroad.

Back on June 24th, Audi Expo 2017 was held at Griot’s Garage Flagship Retail Store & Event Center in Tacoma, Washington, and I made the trek up there to cover the event for the sixth straight year. You really couldn’t have asked for better weather and great selection of modern era Audis.

Especially when it’s on my B9 allroad :)

(This post is also available on my blog at AudiForLife.com)

This year marks my fourth year of officially covering Audi Club Northwest’s annual signature event, Quattrofest, as one of the event’s photographer. As with the past three years, Quattrofest was held at Portland International Raceway on the first weekend of November, with a banquet held Saturday night.

Saturday marks the six years since I picked up my 2011 Sprint Blue Audi S5. Right now, it has clocked in just over 45,000 miles...

I recently had the keys to an Audi A3 Sportback e-tron for a weekend. Since the A3 e-tron is capable of driving solely on its batteries and its electric motor for roughly 16 miles, I wanted to see how far I could go...

For the fifth year in a row, I made the trek up north to Tacoma, Washington to attend Audi Expo 2016, held at Griot’s Garage. As with the past several years, I brought along some photography gear to cover the event. This time, I had my trustworthy Nikon D800E and an AF-S 70-200mm f/2.8 VR II along with a new Nikon…

I recently had a chance to do a very quick test drive of the new A4 when I went to the recent movie event Audi had promoted, I needed a little bit more time behind the wheel to get a better feel for the car. The Audi A4 was optioned out with the Premium Plus and Technology package and dressed in Ibis White.

Even though I’m not a fan of crossovers for a number of reasons, I still do not pass up the opportunity to check out what each new Audi crossover. This time, it was the new 2017 Audi Q7 that Audi has been bringing to various dealers for training Brand Specialists.

With apologies to Jason Statham in the film “Truth in 24” about Audi’s 2008 24 Hours of LeMans campaign: It almost always rains at Audi Club Northwest’s Quattrofest. And rain it did at this year’s Quattrofest held on November 7th and 8th at Portland International Raceway (PIR).

It’s Quattrofest weekend here in Portland again and it is also raining. No surprise.

I will be working on a write-up and more photos of the new R8 and a Sport Quattro from Audi Beaverton’s event this past Thursday night.

With a grand opening event of Audi Beaverton’s (formerly known as Sunset Audi) new terminal set for tomorrow, they were able to snag a 2017 Audi R8 V10 plus. I had the opportunity to take a series of photos while it was parked in a separate building, away from most prying eyes.

For those that know me, I’m a huge fan of the various blue paints that Audi has in their collection, be it: Sprint, Sepang, Nogaro, Ara, etc. I can now add Riviera Blue to that list.

Five years ago today, on Friday, August 27th, 2010, I stopped by Sunset Audi Beaverton to sign the last set of papers and to get the keys to my 2011 Sprint Blue Audi S5.