I put the Audi on Craigslist.
The title did most of the work: a black 2001.5 Audi S4, manual, heavily upgraded, never tracked, listed for $29,500.
It was not a quiet car. The S4 was already fast from the factory, and this one had become a project. The upgrades were important enough to lead the ad. So was the claim that it had never been on a track. I wanted a buyer to know it had been built carefully, not beaten to death.
Craigslist sent the usual message telling me the post was not live yet. I still had to click the private link to publish it. That email is the cleanest record I have of the decision. It proves the asking price and the exact car. It does not prove what somebody eventually paid, or even that it sold.
The timing is the interesting part. The same week, recruiters were asking me to resend an updated resume and complete online applications. I was already running IT at Beatport. I was still keeping the job market open, and I was trying to move a very specific, very modified Audi.
The car immediately became a topic with friends. Links to the listing went around. People had opinions about the price and the upgrades. That was part of owning a car like this. It was transportation, but it was also a running group project and a reliable source of conversation.
I do not have the final bill of sale in this mailbox. I have the listing confirmation and the replies around it. For now, that is enough: I wanted $29,500 for the S4, and on July 15 I decided it was time to see whether anybody else wanted it as much as I had.