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Pretty quick, beautifully made, handling a bit wayward when pushed - needless to say - it looked great.
If you’re considering retraining as a hairdresser, they’re great cars....
Mine was awesome - I did have the dsg gearbox problems that are well documented but there are plenty of cheaper fixes for that now - when it first went the first quote was around 5k for a repair. Servicing costs are high - I think the 3.2 might be worse but check the cost of brake discs and make sure your sitting down. I needed a new timing chain at one point and that was two days labour alone.
If you have a good local indie Audi specialist and know what you’re getting into then they are a great car.
The tt forum is very helpful and worth joining to get a feel for what to look out for.
The mk1 was the more pure design - beautiful inside, particularly with some of the extras that were available - though less well sorted to drive. I had a mk2, where the design was toned down a bit, but the driving was more sorted. Though, tbh, the driving aspects are only going to make a difference if you're really, really, pushing it.
You're buying Audi build quality, at a time when they built properly. Way fewer electronics to go bang, and way more repairable if you can find a decent specialist rather than an authorised dealership for the maintenance.
More than likely that a 225 1.8 will have been driven "enthusiastically" through it's life, so check for the obvious damage repairs, and a FSH.
The tt forum will give a lot of detailed advice.
The LCD dash screen went as the pixels died one by one and the servicing costs were pretty steep..
Sold it after many years, to remove the risk-to-licence.
Having had a MK4 Golf Gti for 18 years, I consider myself to be a local specialist...I can rebuild one with a 10mm spanner and a spoon, which is fortunate..the bastid's been falling apart for the last 10 years, I've gone through at least 3 spoons. Seriously though I have a specialist just around the corner.
I'm waiting for the TT forum to approve my registration...I'm on my third attempt since yesterday, but thanks for the suggestion anyway Lads.
As to re-training as a hairdresser...I've been parting my own hair for a majority of the 54 years ( tomorrow ) that I've been on the planet...does that count..?? hee hee
They really are lovely little buggers...
Thanks again Lads.
My brother has just bought one, a 1.8T and loves it. It's high milage as you would expect at that age, but drives well and is good mechanically.
Had it mildly remapped to about 245. Very solid car, great fun to drive. Always felt like something very expensive was about to go pop (never did though).
I'm only keeping it going to spite the bastid....
And the bastid is only keeping going to spite me...it's one of those relationships...