TT Quattro Sport
Discussion
I'm considering buying a 2005/2006 Sport and wanted to get a view on them from anybody who has or still does own one. Does the handling benefit from the changes made compared to the standard car and how do people find the bucket seats vs the electric standard seats? How about reliability and durability?
Anything else that you think is relevant would be welcome.
Thanks
Keith
Anything else that you think is relevant would be welcome.
Thanks
Keith
Bit late to the party .................
however, I love mine. Really enjoy driving it. Not super fast but enough to have fun. Handling is great. Just makes me smile. It's missing some bells and whistles (no heated seats, no auto dim mirrors, stereo shows its age) but who cares. Looks fabulous, sounds good. Buy one!
Mines got PU suspension bushes and a modded anti-roll bar of some sort (all a bit beyond me, tbh).
I took the Recaros out of mine, my lurcher would have trashed them, and fitted some S Line leathers seats I bought on ebay for £150. Important to keep the Recaros for resale, so their are stored carefully on my office roof.
however, I love mine. Really enjoy driving it. Not super fast but enough to have fun. Handling is great. Just makes me smile. It's missing some bells and whistles (no heated seats, no auto dim mirrors, stereo shows its age) but who cares. Looks fabulous, sounds good. Buy one!
Mines got PU suspension bushes and a modded anti-roll bar of some sort (all a bit beyond me, tbh).
I took the Recaros out of mine, my lurcher would have trashed them, and fitted some S Line leathers seats I bought on ebay for £150. Important to keep the Recaros for resale, so their are stored carefully on my office roof.
Edited by Tim O on Wednesday 22 February 21:54
I'm even later to the party.
I love the mark one TT, always have since the day I first saw one pull up to the lights in Amsterdam, before they hit the UK.
The sport 240 is the ultimate Mk1, closely followed by the rare V6 manual cars. Only my opinion of course.
I think the sport 240's are plenty of money at the moment, not sure they'll go up much more anytime soon when you can get a 225 low mileage minter for about 5 /6 grand.
As very low mileage Mk1 TT's get in short supply, I think they'll start to go up, maybe in a couple of years, but they will be colour and spec sensitive as people who are willing to pay big money are fussy. They'll also want good history, not a million owners, and will seek out cars that have been mainly garaged and are not all corroded underneath. Only cars matching this description will rise well in value.
The 240 sport will eventually go up, but not just yet.
TT's are a car some people love to hate (hairdressers car?) but I've had plenty, the shape is def a classic, even now I admire a Mk1 driving down the road. Yes they may be based on a Golf, but has a Golf ever driven badly?
I never fell in love with the Mk2 shape.
Now the Mk3, I tested one and wow, gone from a good car to a very good car, even the base petrol model I drove went well and felt very sorted, and that interior, well done Audi.
Then they announced the RS with 400bhp. Still a hairdressers car all you TT haters???
I love the mark one TT, always have since the day I first saw one pull up to the lights in Amsterdam, before they hit the UK.
The sport 240 is the ultimate Mk1, closely followed by the rare V6 manual cars. Only my opinion of course.
I think the sport 240's are plenty of money at the moment, not sure they'll go up much more anytime soon when you can get a 225 low mileage minter for about 5 /6 grand.
As very low mileage Mk1 TT's get in short supply, I think they'll start to go up, maybe in a couple of years, but they will be colour and spec sensitive as people who are willing to pay big money are fussy. They'll also want good history, not a million owners, and will seek out cars that have been mainly garaged and are not all corroded underneath. Only cars matching this description will rise well in value.
The 240 sport will eventually go up, but not just yet.
TT's are a car some people love to hate (hairdressers car?) but I've had plenty, the shape is def a classic, even now I admire a Mk1 driving down the road. Yes they may be based on a Golf, but has a Golf ever driven badly?
I never fell in love with the Mk2 shape.
Now the Mk3, I tested one and wow, gone from a good car to a very good car, even the base petrol model I drove went well and felt very sorted, and that interior, well done Audi.
Then they announced the RS with 400bhp. Still a hairdressers car all you TT haters???
Tahiti said:
The mk1 TT is a design classic in my humble opinion and it gets complemented quite a bit.
Totally agree. Had a coupe and a roadster and very muchloved them both. Was never a fan of the mk2, so moved on to other cars, but the mk3 is a big step in the right direction. A decent refresh of the original styling. But that mk1 shape - i still love it today, and I think the interior has dated very, very well - so long as you can live without all the modern tech many expect today.My love of the mk1 shape was a big reason why I got an R8, and seeing a mk1 still puts a huge smile on mt face. The TT enthusiast community is pretty lively too.
And I'd kill for the magma-hot heated seats of the mk1 over the luke-warm efforts in my R8. Proper toasty 😁
The 240 Sport is the one to get but from a practicality/maintenance costs perspective, bear in mind it has no rear seats and the wheels are staggered (wider at the back) so affects tyre pricing.
I test drove one with a view to buying as I was after one for ages, but I was underwhelmed by the driving experience. Never meet your heroes and all that. The same dealer just happened to have a Golf Edition 30 sitting there in the corner looking bored, so I took that for a spin as well and I bought it there and then. Hugely better to drive than the TT, so if driving dynamics and TTs are your thing.....I would urge you to consider the MK2 TT-S instead.
I test drove one with a view to buying as I was after one for ages, but I was underwhelmed by the driving experience. Never meet your heroes and all that. The same dealer just happened to have a Golf Edition 30 sitting there in the corner looking bored, so I took that for a spin as well and I bought it there and then. Hugely better to drive than the TT, so if driving dynamics and TTs are your thing.....I would urge you to consider the MK2 TT-S instead.
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