Audi TT

[Jon9]

Mk1

And before all the salon, gay ect ect crap starts, has anyone had, got or had a good go in one, what did you think.

Not the mk2 or 3, only the original..

 

[MartytheMartian]

Not a clue Jon, @DD67 is the resident car nut and he is equally 'sensitive' of all the hairdressers cars accusations about little 'sporty' numbers. All I know is that I probably wouldn't pit behind the wheel of one.

 

[DD67]

The 225bhp version was a lot better than the 180bhp version. It's quite a heavy car as a coupe or as a convertible.
The Quattro 4 wheel drive system makes them incredibly sure-footed. At the expense of also making them a bit sterile. i.e. no tail happy opposite lock fun like you get in an enthusiastically driven rear wheel drive vehicle.

A MK1 these days is an old car Jon. So expect well over 100k miles. Not a problem if it's been maintained well & not booted everywhere it goes.
Not sure if they did the TDi motor in the MK1? If they did, get a test drive cos it'll pull like a train & undoubtedly surprise you with it's performance V's the smaller engined petrol models.

 

[DD67]

he is equally 'sensitive' of all the hairdressers cars accusations about little 'sporty' numbers.

Only if his accusers don't know their arse from their elbow about the vehicle in question. And are simply trotting out the well used hairdresser gags for cheap thrills.

No offence!

 

[MartytheMartian]

They are all 'alien craft' to me @DD67 as you know I just don't 'dig' cars at all. They are all just transport to me and I will choose the most practical over anything else and I don't care who else drives them.

 

[Sarky B’stard]

Fundamentally it's a Golf in a pretty frock.

 

[DD67]

Fundamentally it's a Golf in a pretty frock.

In coupe form I'd kinda agree Sarky.
But it's still a very pretty frock. The Golf has always been a superb vehicle in all its incarnations. However, IMHO it can't compete with an Audi TT in the looks dept. Especially if you compare a TT convertible with a Golf convertible. The TT just looks right from all angles. Where as the Golf looks exactly like what it is. i.e. a family hatchback with the roof chopped off. And a boot substituted for the far more practical hatchback.

 

[Sarky B’stard]

They shared the same floor pan but the TT was, if anything, better balanced with a lower C of G but somewhat less practical.

 

[DD67]

but somewhat less practical.

As the Jews would say..."Practical smackticle"...
Sports cars are meant to make you smile. Not get 25 2'x2' concrete slabs back home from B&Q

 

[chas]

I like the Mk1s but not subsequent incarnations so much.
If you're looking at any quattro make sure somebody has not staggered the wheel sizes/tyres. Quattros need an equal footprint at each corner else you'll burn the gearbox. Similarly, they're that sensitive that if you've one on lease if you pop a tyre you'll have to replace all four.
At MK1 age build quality was pretty good still too. In the last 3 years it's dropped dramatically, whether it's the reliance on Chindian (one for @Big Sandy ) tech or the outsourced build plants (Not much is actually made in Germany)

And I don't think they made a chip fat burning Mk1 so you're good to go.

 

[Old Nick]

Just get it @Jon9

If it’s a Golf in pretty clothes it’ll be grand

 

[Capt. Drunkey]

My pile of crap: (and fuck all that “hairdresser’s” nonsense…) I had one of the first MK 1’s and it was one of the best cars, I ever owned.
If you are into car design: That car had almost nothing out of the average Audi toolkit. It was a unique piece of art down to the inside door handles. Fullstop.
I did not own a 4 wheel drive since it took away some of the luggage space in the rear. Bit man, did it perform.

If you find a well maintained, low mileage one. Go for it. If I had room for a fourth car, I’d buy one again.

(Oh, I know, unfortunately it is German. But what can can I help it? We just build the best cars on that awfully fucked up planet… )

And NO. I do not expect anyone to agree. And do not give a shit neither…

Heil Lauterbach

 

[DD67]

That settles it then @Jon9

@Capt. Drunkey has owned one & loved it. Therefore there'll definitely be no more trash talk about an Audi TT being in any way connected to hairdressing or homosexuality

You should definitely purchase one

 

[Capt. Drunkey]

Just look at all the little design features… It is pure Bauhaus. And the basic theme is reflected in every detail.
Like it, or leave it…

 

[Capt. Drunkey]

no more trash talk about an Audi TT being in any way connected to hairdressing or homosexuality

…not if we get get rid of all the arseholes who tend to talk trash about homos and hairdressers…
But I could not care less.

In fact, we could always go back to the infamous TTF… (Sarcasm-Alert)

 

[chas]

I remember them being launched and the first thing they reminded me of was a Speedster. I've never planted my arse in the MK1 to drive only had a spin in later ones which are a bit 'generic Audi' (not that it's a bad thing) but the MK1s, despite the floorpan share, are a unique car.

 

[DD67]

…not if we get get rid of all the arseholes who tend to talk trash about homos and hairdressers…
But I could not care less.

My comment was just meant as humour mate.
No homos or hairdressers were intentionally offended.

So man the f#ck up & stop giving these non cool little sports car owners cause to mock us cool little sports car owners

BTW...
How's the Porsche Gayman panning out? Are you still in lust with it?

 

[MartytheMartian]

If I was to have an Audi it would be a 1979 Audi 80 in metallic bluegreen. Why? Simply because back in the early nineties a mate had one, it was built like a Panzer tank (Crushed a Ford Fiesta like a tin can and just needed the bumper straightened out) seemed bulletproof mechanically and the colour was beautiful.

 

[Capt. Drunkey]

I remember them being launched and the first thing they reminded me of was a Speedster. I've never planted my arse in the MK1 to drive only had a spin in later ones which are a bit 'generic Audi' (not that it's a bad thing) but the MK1s, despite the floorpan share, are a unique car.

Chas, at the pre-launch time I was at a seminar while working with Lufthansa, and a guy from Audi held it. He brought some pre-production brochures, and I swore that if I could afford one, I would. Which I did…

 

[Capt. Drunkey]

My comment was just meant as humour mate.

No offense taken, since I know that the same petrol runs in our veins…