RE: Audi TT RS Plus announced

[Mermaid]

Those wheels ? Audi put them on for a reason. And what exactly is that reason?

[monthefish]

MonkeyMatt said:

Charlie Michael said:

+1

Someone who want somthing faster and cheaper? Though I am quite sure the Cayman drives better

Good answer.

Also, not that looks are allowed to be a factor in any car decision on PH, but the Cayman is a very ugly car.

[Mermaid]

nonuts said:

Someone that doesn't want a Cayman and wants a fast car. These things are genuinely rapid, I didn't think they were anything special until I saw a number of cars doing 180+mph at VMax (granted not totally standard).

Being honest a Cayman wouldn't see which way a remapped one of these went, traction, acceleration and top speed will all be significantly faster.

I am not saying that makes it better but it's very different.

Good summary.

[sagarich]

Not keen on those wheels

[SonnyM]

Charlie Michael said:

Dr S said:

Who in his right mind would buy this over a Cayman S/R?

+1

It may be a decent car but a Porsche is a Porsche - there is no substitute.

If you're into Turbo cars then you can get a decent 996 GT2 for around £50k, aswell a number of other great cars.

[anonymous-user]

SonnyM said:

It may be a decent car but a Porsche is a Porsche - there is no substitute.

If you're into Turbo cars then you can get a decent 996 GT2 for around £50k, aswell a number of other great cars.

You could probably get a second hand Gallardo as well

[Cheib]

The looks are questionable unlike the price which is utter lunacy.

[Harris328i]

The Smeg gets an ice dispenser

[RichTBiscuit]

This is the car equivilent of adding little leather patches to jeans - the germans may think it's cool, but perhaps not many others!

[Dr G]

gmh23 said:

Up to 420bhp for a Revo re-map apparently. These engines respond very well to tuning. Theres a lad on seatcupra.net who's aiming for 750bhp out of his white one, looks cracking in white! Currently sitting at 430bhp, hits 60 in 3.4 seconds, hits 100 in 8.4.

S-Tronic is faster still, 3.3 and 7.7

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAiNs-7tUmk

[Dave Hedgehog]

gmh23 said:

VeeDub Geezer said:

£5k for a remap and a wheel refurb? Really?

What would a generic remap add to the "standard" TT RS?

Up to 420bhp for a Revo re-map apparently. These engines respond very well to tuning. Theres a lad on seatcupra.net who's aiming for 750bhp out of his white one, looks cracking in white! Currently sitting at 430bhp, hits 60 in 3.4 seconds, hits 100 in 8.4.

but this map is warrantied

and those wheels are fantastic, on a white car

but then i am biased

[Bash Brannigan]

MonkeyMatt said:

SonnyM said:

It may be a decent car but a Porsche is a Porsche - there is no substitute.

If you're into Turbo cars then you can get a decent 996 GT2 for around £50k, aswell a number of other great cars.

You could probably get a second hand Gallardo as well

This is from the company that sells Golf GTis for second hand Cayman money though...actually the Cayman is from the same company isn't it. Mental.

[herebebeasties]

What is this fad for putting stupid bits of carbon fibre on cars?
Particularly where you're swapping already lightweight plastic bits for it?

Naff. Extremely, pitifully naff.

[Dave Hedgehog]

now the killer question can you retro apply this map to the standard TTRS, or even better to the A3?

[Mr Gear]

Excuse my ignorance, but is this the 2-litre 4-cylinder, or V6?

[Ecosseven]

Looks horrible although I think the base model TT actually looks good - nice clean lines without all the extra plastic bits stuck on.

[jon-]

abarber said:

Still going to be utterly dull and inert to drive.

This. I've said it before and I'll say it again, still one of the worst "performance" cars I've driven on track.

Masses of grip, zero fun.

[JJMatrixx]

VeeDub Geezer said:

£5k for a remap and a wheel refurb? Really?

What would a generic remap add to the "standard" TT RS?

Agreed, mental. Standard remap is £700 and you'll run over 400bhp on it.

I paid just over £3k for a full race miltek, filter, IC and Revo stage II and am now running close to 450bhp...puts the PLUS to shame - they could have done a lot better but it becomes an R8 V10 killer!

[Dave Hedgehog]

JJMatrixx said:

VeeDub Geezer said:

£5k for a remap and a wheel refurb? Really?

What would a generic remap add to the "standard" TT RS?

Agreed, mental. Standard remap is £700 and you'll run over 400bhp on it.

I paid just over £3k for a full race miltek, filter, IC and Revo stage II and am now running close to 450bhp...puts the PLUS to shame - they could have done a lot better but it becomes an R8 V10 killer!

arn't you worried that it will go bang and you will get a massive bill? or do you have buckets of cash lying around?

[P4ROT]

VeeDub Geezer said:

£5k for a remap and a wheel refurb? Really?

What would a generic remap add to the "standard" TT RS?

I've seen some in the classifieds remaped to over 400 bhp- definitely a cheaper way to go!