TT Owners, unfair or an astute observation ?

[J4CKO]

Just spotted this on the Daily Mash (on of my favourite spoof news sites, generally spot on), not my personal opinion, just wonder what we make of it on here ?

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/audi-tt...

[motco]

A TT once owned in my family was so unreliable and costly to maintain that I would wholeheartedly concur - nobody CAN afford one! The saving grace was the beautiful interior - so nice to sit in whilst awaiting the recovery truck!

[Axionknight]

As an aside, I know three people who own TTs, they are all total knobheads, true story.

[Baryonyx]

It's an astute observation.

I did the rare thing of paying cash for a TT 225, which I loved. For about ten minutes. It developed faults on the way home after buying it and I handed it back for a refund the next day.

I've driven a few 225's in the past and find them to be a really underrated car. They look nice, the seats are nice, the gearshift is nice (the interior is pretty dire though, other than the great seats and shifter). The performance is useful, the roadholding is fantastic and the handling isn't bad either. They're never going to set your pants on fire with spirit, and they will understeer if you go into a bend too fast. Using a slow-in, fast-out method to cornering (as you should) reveals a workable chassis and their advantage is bolstered by bad weather, when you can really let rip in them with some confidence.

I'll have another, probably as my next car. I've been meaning to get back into one for a while.

[malks222]

had one for 2 years, bought for £13.5k got £9k in trade in after 2 years. over the period, apart from routine services i didnt have to spend anything extra on the car. loved the 3.2 v6 engine, really loved the car. also i dont work in recruitment, so must be in the other 2% of owners.......

[MitchT]

Probably applies to 90% of all cars on the road that are bought new and are perceived as 'exclusive'.

[J4CKO]

I do love TT's, when they came out I thought they were jaw dropping but got to be a bit of a trinket quickly, which being a proper petrolhead put me off, I sat in one and totally got the point, I drove and S3 which is mostly the same and sure it was a bit inert, but it was very effective. I think the MK1 is a total classic in the making, currently available at really good prices, I don't think they will go any cheaper but not sure they will be worth a fortune as there are loads and they last pretty well, bar the odd coilpack, dashpod and other little bits that are easy to sort these days.

[nunpuncher]

The bit about going on holiday to Dubai made me laugh. Not heard so many people say it this year (possibly because i've changed job) but certainly over the previous few years I heard a lot of people that i would class as thinking themselves as "aspirational go getters" boasting about going to Dubai. I used to always think "why?" not a place that's ever held any attraction for me. Possibly because i suspect it's full of TT driving go getters with fake double barrelled names

[J4CKO]

Not heard much about Dubai apart from some neighbours who said they were goign, to me it just looks liek a massive city that has sprung from the desert and is mainly posh hotels and designer shops, sort of Las Vegas without the colourful history and massive gambling industry ?

I did see this the other day which was in Dubai which frankly, astounded me, in a good way, one of the most amazing things I have seen this year, and I have seen the kid telling the Monkey to fk Off.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czy0pXRRZcs

[anonymous-user]

Have to admit it is always a certain 'type' of person that tends to brag about a holiday in Dubai. They all without fail come home and tell everyone how 'expensive' everything was there.

[SuperchargedVR6]

Baryonyx said:

It's an astute observation.

I did the rare thing of paying cash for a TT 225, which I loved. For about ten minutes. It developed faults on the way home after buying it and I handed it back for a refund the next day.

I've driven a few 225's in the past and find them to be a really underrated car. They look nice, the seats are nice, the gearshift is nice (the interior is pretty dire though, other than the great seats and shifter). The performance is useful, the roadholding is fantastic and the handling isn't bad either. They're never going to set your pants on fire with spirit, and they will understeer if you go into a bend too fast. Using a slow-in, fast-out method to cornering (as you should) reveals a workable chassis and their advantage is bolstered by bad weather, when you can really let rip in them with some confidence.

I'll have another, probably as my next car. I've been meaning to get back into one for a while.

They understeer because of the chassis changes Audi made following the high speed crashing incidents. Easily solvable with some solid rubber (instead of the revised voided ones) wishbone bushes. Same applies to the MK4 R32.

[scherzkeks]

Baryonyx said:

It's an astute observation.

I did the rare thing of paying cash for a TT 225, which I loved. For about ten minutes. It developed faults on the way home after buying it and I handed it back for a refund the next day.

I've driven a few 225's in the past and find them to be a really underrated car. They look nice, the seats are nice, the gearshift is nice (the interior is pretty dire though, other than the great seats and shifter). The performance is useful, the roadholding is fantastic and the handling isn't bad either. They're never going to set your pants on fire with spirit, and they will understeer if you go into a bend too fast. Using a slow-in, fast-out method to cornering (as you should) reveals a workable chassis and their advantage is bolstered by bad weather, when you can really let rip in them with some confidence.

I'll have another, probably as my next car. I've been meaning to get back into one for a while.

Pretty much sums up my feelings on the car. All VAG products seem fault-ridden however. I had more faults on my previous S4 in 1 year than in 3 with my C-Class. The S3 I had seemed better, but I didn't have it as long.

[nickfrog]

Baryonyx said:

The performance is useful, the roadholding is fantastic and the handling isn't bad either.

Don't drive a Boxster or a GT86. Your perception of the TT might change a little in comparison.;-)

[Emeye]

I've had two Mk1 TTs - great cars - first one was £6k second one was £3800, they didn't bankrupt me. In fact I sold the second one for £4300.

[ianrb]

My wife owns one. She doesn't work in recruitment, has a single barrel name, and has lots of money so can afford it easily!

So no, it's bks. But still funny.

[Rick1.8t]

ianrb said:

My wife owns one. She doesn't work in recruitment, has a single barrel name, and has lots of money so can afford it easily!

So no, it's bks. But still funny.

Naah its true, anybody who goes on a public forum to say 'mah missus has loads of moneys' cant have loads of money, just not possible, if you had loads of money you wouldnt drive a tt anyway....

[CCM604e]

Rick1.8t said:

ianrb said:

My wife owns one. She doesn't work in recruitment, has a single barrel name, and has lots of money so can afford it easily!

So no, it's bks. But still funny.

Naah its true, anybody who goes on a public forum to say 'mah missus has loads of moneys' cant have loads of money, just not possible, if you had loads of money you wouldnt drive a tt anyway....

[thelawnet1]

nunpuncher said:

The bit about going on holiday to Dubai made me laugh. Not heard so many people say it this year (possibly because i've changed job) but certainly over the previous few years I heard a lot of people that i would class as thinking themselves as "aspirational go getters" boasting about going to Dubai. I used to always think "why?" not a place that's ever held any attraction for me. Possibly because i suspect it's full of TT driving go getters with fake double barrelled names

We went there for free (stopover), bloody horrible place. Would never go back.

[anonymous-user]

Wouldn't mind one in the near future

[Twin2]

It depends, one one hand, yes, there are a lot of the young, cheap lease, need a white German car type people who drive them.

HOWEVER, since the mk1 came out my Dad loved them but still needed a big car to ferry us around in so had an Audi A6 and then an S-Type (another car he wanted since first seeing it).

Then came the point where he wanted to get rid of the S-Type and was split between an XF and an A5.

Lots of coercing from us like "Dad, you commute alone, and 90% of your other journeys are alone, why do you need to fit 4 fully grown people in your car, we can just take mum's Astra..."

So off to the dealership, bought a mk2 with 20k miles for something like £17k, cash of course, and he loves it. It's been nearly a year and the only downside is Mum berating him for being a "sad old man".

Which seems to me to be the other half of the TT demographic around here. The 50s-60s gentleman who wants a "sports car" but still thinks with his head and needs 50+mpg.

P.S. there was a longing look at a GT86 but the interior and economy couldn't tempt him.