RE: Audi Quattro rally car vs Audi A1

[anonymous-user]

I know that this one has some dodgy stickers and the quattro is a bit expensive but I have never understood the downer on the A1! I dont know of any of the motoring press ever giving this car a bad review, in fact far the opposite!

[anonymous-user]

vz-r_dave said:

And my opinion judging by the amount of them i see is wrong lol. Not caring about cars is one thing but not caring and spending 18K on something they think is cool because its an Audi is another. Spending 18K on an Audi A1 if you like cars is a crime ;-)

Out of interest what would your 18k buy you if you had the choice?

[Dave Hedgehog]

MonkeyMatt said:

vz-r_dave said:

And my opinion judging by the amount of them i see is wrong lol. Not caring about cars is one thing but not caring and spending 18K on something they think is cool because its an Audi is another. Spending 18K on an Audi A1 if you like cars is a crime ;-)

Out of interest what would your 18k buy you if you had the choice?

a 24k polo

[Marty Funkhouser]

8.9 seconds when it looks like that??? Its like seeing a racehorse and finding out its only good for pulling ploughs.

[wst]

Marty Funkhouser said:

8.9 seconds when it looks like that??? Its like seeing a racehorse and finding out its only good for pulling ploughs.

No, that would be the TDI

[Reardy Mister]

Marty Funkhouser said:

8.9 seconds when it looks like that??? Its like seeing a racehorse and finding out its only good for pulling ploughs.

As I said, why didnt PH test the 185ps version?

[va1o]

Reardy Mister said:

As I said, why didnt PH test the 185ps version?

Its because the A1 Competition Line is really just a dressed up Sport so its limited to the 1.2 TFSI, 1.4 TFSI and 1.6 TDI. No 185 or 2.0 TDI.

[Zad]

MonkeyMatt said:

vz-r_dave said:

And my opinion judging by the amount of them i see is wrong lol. Not caring about cars is one thing but not caring and spending 18K on something they think is cool because its an Audi is another. Spending 18K on an Audi A1 if you like cars is a crime ;-)

Out of interest what would your 18k buy you if you had the choice?

This, and a trip to a garage/restorer that knows about Quattros.

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3510864.htm

Or this



http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3227191.htm

I suspect that 90% of the sticker kit buyers aren't even aware of the original Quattros.

[Reardy Mister]

va1o said:

Reardy Mister said:

As I said, why didnt PH test the 185ps version?

Its because the A1 Competition Line is really just a dressed up Sport so its limited to the 1.2 TFSI, 1.4 TFSI and 1.6 TDI. No 185 or 2.0 TDI.

AFAIK, you can order the competition look on any engine config. Just tick the right boxes.

[Porsche997C4S]

To those saying the A1 is ugly, or an 'eye sore' need to get their sight checked, the A1, like most Audis is a great looking, the stickers/ decals however are not really my thing.

[A3tdi]

KM666 said:

No.
Knowing of, and then buying a car that has a speaker that makes vroom vroom noises spells wker to me, in big capital letters for all to see.

..coming from someone who drives a renault megane with yellow fog lights and a michelin sticker on the splitter..

get a grip.

[g3org3y]

KM666 said:

The A1, and anybody who buys one, deserve nothing but contempt from anybody who likes cars, or anybody blessed with the gift of sight. Same as the new BMW M5 and anything with fake exhaust tips (saw one on the M5 tother day, driven by some fat with a bright red face, probably embarrassed as he realised everybody knows about that POS fake exhaust speaker, I pointed and laughed giving the wker sign)

Sorry, just to clarify: because the M5 has (artificial) exhaust noise piped into the cabin via the speakers it gives you the right to give the driver a wker sign?



Or you have special educational requirements.

PS, I'd rather have one of these:

with a bit of synthetic noise in the cabin rather than the hairdryer attached to a 1.6 French POS for example. Hypothetical example of course.

[va1o]

Reardy Mister said:

AFAIK, you can order the competition look on any engine config. Just tick the right boxes.

Nope was only the 1.4 TFSI 122PS manual, 1.4 TFSI 122PS S tronic and 1.6 TDI 105PS manual. Its been discontinued now anyway, wasn't very popular and used examples are proving hard to shift. Loosely replaced by the 'Amplified Edition'.

[y2blade]

Ponk said:

Small world. Saw this in Ipswich a few months back. looked good in the flesh.

You are right they do look good in the flesh.
There is a proper A1 Quattro in Newbury Audi.

[darren f]

Apologies if it offends, but WTF is the number on the door all about? Such a thing is forgivable on a true (utilised) competition car or just about passable on a replica homologation special, but on an overpriced shopping super-mini? My first reaction (rightly or wrongly) on seeing one is going be 'what a tool’.

[va1o]

darren f said:

Apologies if it offends, but WTF is the number on the door all about? Such a thing is forgivable on a true (utilised) competition car or just about passable on a replica homologation special, but on an overpriced shopping super-mini? My first reaction (rightly or wrongly) on seeing one is going be 'what a tool’.

Your post makes no sense, its fairly obvious what it is.

[rallycross]

darren f said:

Apologies if it offends, but WTF is the number on the door all about? Such a thing is forgivable on a true (utilised) competition car or just about passable on a replica homologation special, but on an overpriced shopping super-mini? My first reaction (rightly or wrongly) on seeing one is going be 'what a tool’.

Indeed, I have seen this A1 on the road (or one identical) and it just looked plain stupid, a shopping trolley in drag (and far too high a cente of gravity to be taken seriously at anything other than going to the shops with a tall hat on).

[INNE3]

Bodywork/ shell restoration Dave (skelly) Berry
Paintwork / panel fitment Rick Singleton
Built by Glen Nightingale
Project managed John Hanlon
He never did like the real people getting the credit they deserve.....
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