RE: Shed of the Week: Audi A2

[s m]

Erudite geezer said:

I have the 1.4 lite petrol, 2002 year model, and absolutely love it.

Averaging 46 mpg with average speed 20 mph.

99,000 miles and feels like it will double that easily.

1.4 petrol




Guess it shows some progress how the newer 1.4TFsi engines have doubled power and can pretty much match the economy

Edited by s m on Saturday 9th April 12:04

[MarJay]

Probably the most un PH car in the known world. As yet uncontacted tribes in the south American rainforests have more PH worthy cars than this.

Time to sack shed?

[cptsideways]

Blackpuddin said:

cptsideways said:

I've owned a couple, if you like aerodynamics these are one of the best out there to this day. The 3 pot PD diesel is a fab little engine & give little trouble, thrummy & quite zippy.

Would love to find a rare 3L version, I currently have a Lupo 3L (my second one).

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2001-Audi-A2-1-2-tdi-Auto-Island-Green-3L-Rare-Auto-UK-Conversion-Belt-Done-/121928523166?hash=item1c63819d9e:g:-YwAAOSw7FRWUhu9

Crikey that's some pricing lol. Though in Euroland they do go for a fair whack. Though the wheel trims are hideous!

[TooMany2cvs]

MarJay said:

Probably the most un PH car in the known world. As yet uncontacted tribes in the south American rainforests have more PH worthy cars than this.

Is an A8 more PH-worthy than a Phaeton?
If so, then why is this less PH-worthy than a Polo?

[NomduJour]

MarJay said:

Probably the most un PH car in the known world. As yet uncontacted tribes in the south American rainforests have more PH worthy cars than this.

Think that atitude shows just how far the PH forums have fallen.

[Erudite geezer]

cptsideways said:

Would love to find a rare 3L version, I currently have a Lupo 3L (my second one).

That almost reads like an Audi A2 with a 3 litre engine.

Imagine that.

[aka_kerrly]

Hugh Jarse said:

aka_kerrly said:

Hugh Jarse said:

http://oldconceptcars.com/1930-2004/volkswagen-aut...

Looks like the front of what was then the new b3 passat and the rear from the mk2 scirocco with a Corrado roof line.

Can't say I'm a huge fan of the A2, I'd rather a Fabia VRS

Pedant mode, concept was 1981, B3 Passat 1988.

That's a very good point! For some reason I missed a Passat generation and thought the B3 was much earlier.

I do like that white A2 with yellow interior, amazing how the white paint job magically takes at least 10 years of the car apparent age.

[stevesuk]

I do like these. Not very PH? Sure, it's not going to break any land speed records, but it's got an internal combustion engine, and elements of the engineering/design still seem really clever today - some 17 years after it was launched.

SOTW has piqued my curiosity, and I've been browsing Autotrader. Prices seem all over the place - anywhere from a few hundred quid, right up to the heady heights of £5000. I would like a petrol engine version with leather interior, panoramic roof and the BOSE hifi please

[Hugh Jarse]

aka_kerrly said:

That's a very good point! For some reason I missed a Passat generation and thought the B3 was much earlier.
I do like that white A2 with yellow interior, amazing how the white paint job magically takes at least 10 years of the car apparent age.

No sweat, you are now third PHer to admit they are wrong about something since the website opened as a TVR fansite. Congrats.
There's a UK A2 owners forum which i joined one month ago by coincidence... http://www.a2oc.net/index.php
And agree that whitey with beige is very tasty.

[morgrp]

Loved mine
Great car - don't care what anyone else (mostly people who have never owned or even driven one) says about them. More practical than an a3, more efficient than a polo, not a rusty piece of st like a fiesta.

[SuperHangOn]

Each to their own but I'm not really seeing the appeal. The hard ride would rule it out from being any good on long drives and a Lupo or Polo with the same engine would be fun to nip about town in. Interior looks pretty grim. Pass.

[rtz62]

TooMany2cvs said:

rtz62 said:

Despite some of the negative opinions about these, someone close to me in Derbyshire obviously likes theirs in a huge way (and sorry for the image being a bit arse about face..)

B15 - Bis - short for Bisous, French for kiss.

Well thanks, I only saw it as 'Big Luv' despite being able to speak French!
I'm surprised my neighbour, a charming French lady who I respectfully call 'La Shabby Chic', doesn't own similar, sadly her ride is an Audi Q3....
Back to the original post, I'm surprised I've never seen an A2 with some sort of monster drivetrain in it; I'm sure there must be such but as I don't haunt the Dub Scene I'm probably too far removed from that sort of tuning to know.
Sounds tempting, in a 'Gas Monkey' sort of way....

[vsonix]

Were these the ones that were supposed to be revolutionary because the driver was supposed to never see the engine, and you open the bonnet and see nothing except places to top up the coolant and wiper fluid, or something along those lines? Further contributing to the dumbing down of the average motorist. It's a horrible looking little thing, I'd be seen getting out of a SMART before I'd be seen dead in one of these horrible little pug-faced bug-eyed ungainly doom-boxes. I suppose you could jazz it up a little with some small deep dish wheels with big tyres but I could think of a thousand other things I'd rather spend shed money on than one of these.

[mr2mk1lover]

great cars - from the comments I think its fair to say the majority of those who've owned one think so too

Mine is a tdi with a rare colour, rare votex bodykit and 5 seats.

Up for sale soon but not for shed money!

[ajprice]

rtz62 said:

Back to the original post, I'm surprised I've never seen an A2 with some sort of monster drivetrain in it; I'm sure there must be such but as I don't haunt the Dub Scene I'm probably too far removed from that sort of tuning to know.
Sounds tempting, in a 'Gas Monkey' sort of way....

The 1.8T VW/Audi engine has been done a few times https://www.flickr.com/photos/cp2009/4413991862/in...

[bigaoi]

This is the only completely non-sporting car I (really) like. Love the looks, intrigued by the aluminium construction, aero shape. Looks fab and characterful. Always liked small cars too. Seems some really can't stand it though ! I've never driven one though.

So, what are the (supposedly non-sensible) petrol engined one's like ? The 1.6FSI should have a moderately reasonable amount of get-up-and-go ?

[shoestring7]

bigaoi said:

This is the only completely non-sporting car I (really) like. Love the looks, intrigued by the aluminium construction, aero shape. Looks fab and characterful. Always liked small cars too. Seems some really can't stand it though ! I've never driven one though.

So, what are the (supposedly non-sensible) petrol engined one's like ? The 1.6FSI should have a moderately reasonable amount of get-up-and-go ?

First gen. FSI suffered from fouling. Mine needed a de-coke; the first the garage had done since 1970....

SS7

[MrMoonyMan]

dandarez said:

..... at the 'Citroen Picasso types ...at best!'

NEVER make assumptions - usually they end up being wrong.

my son (engineer and a test driver) asked me to pop down the car auction and put a bid on a Audi. An
So please don't make assumptions and tag cars with specific drivers.

....

Point taken!

He sounds like a good petrol head and it seems that quite a few other ph types like them.

I just really took a dislike when I drove one, to each their own of course.

(Awesome S4 too..)

[Mr2Mike]

MarJay said:

Probably the most un PH car in the known world. As yet uncontacted tribes in the south American rainforests have more PH worthy cars than this.

Time to sack shed?

I'm sure it can fun to drive; let's be honest any car can be fun to drive no matter how st it is. I just cant get past the revolting styling and how tall and narrow it looks, and past that it doesn't really have any redeeming features that better cars don't have as well.

TBH, it looks like it was designed to appeal to OAPs in the same way as e.g. a Suzuki Wagon.

[Emeye]

I quite like these, but then I have a thing for the mk1 TT. Since then most Audis, other than the R8, are just nice cars, that feel like different sized expensive VWs - I'd have one but don't want one.

I don't get this not a PH car thing, for a long time now I thought PH was for people who like cars whatever, not just performance cars.