Well, the wait is nearly over and I am getting some final details about the trip and car delivery.
My girlfriend and I will be in Sonoma March 23-25, an the Carneros Inn, all courtesy of Audi — including round-trip first-class transportation and a Q7 to drive while we’re there.
Monday, the 23rd, we’ll arrive early, check in, get the Q7 and go to Infineon in the afternoon to a private awards ceremony, followed by three hours of private driving instruction in the RS4. What that entails specifically, I don’t know, but I hope it involves track time, or at least closed-course time.
Tuesday, we’ll both get to do the R8 driving experience! I can’t even express how exciting this is and how much I’m looking forward to it. I’ve lusted after the R8 since its release and now I get to flog one around Infineon Raceway. Wow.
Our evenings and all of Wednesday is pretty much free time for us to enjoy our spa and dining credits (also courtesy of Audi), probably followed by some wineries Wednesday afternoon before we head to the airport and back home to San Diego.
I’m told the car will be delivered to Audi Escondido early in the week, so I’m hoping to pick it up Thursday the 26th! Just 8 days away!
On another note, the online enthusiast community played an undeniable part in making this all possible. Specifically, many of the members of AudiWorld voted numerous times for the video. This community has meant a lot to me during my Audi ownership, but a recent business decision by new owners, Internet Brands, has all but destroyed the community that has been built over the last decade. Ignoring the outcry from the community, the switch from the beloved KAWF format to vBulletin not only severely handicapped the ability to communicate and find information, but the migration also truncated and killed off years of important archived data.
I would like to thank the creators of http://forums.quattroworld.com for taking their own time and money to create a site that feels like home to the thousands of disenfranchised AudiWorld members. If you have not done so already, please check out and support this new site… this new home for my friends and myself.
Of course, I wouldn’t forget to mention AZ, Fourtitude, SCE, AF, and WOT when talking about forums that helped me win the car 
The next update should contains pictures from Infineon, Sonoma, and of the new RS4!