Audi TT Mk1 - not sure why it's got such a bad reputation?
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Well I've had my 2002 Audi TT 225 for a month now, and I'm really starting to fall for it!
It feels solid, feels special and it shifts and all the reviews go on about the handling, but I don't think it's too bad.
Yesterday I found an excuse to take it for a proper blast and ended up using the fantastic back roads into Macclesfield. Half the time I was ploughing through the s
t that farmers had kindly left on the road and the Quattro was completely unfazed.
I had my girlfriend in the car, so even though we were late maybe I wasn't taking the car up to the limit, but I was surprised how much confidence I had in the car.
Maybe it's because I was running 17s and not the 18s that the later cars came on, but I was happy!
These were the same roads I used to commute on 12/13 years ago, and it made me realise I need to get out more often for a proper drive!
It feels solid, feels special and it shifts and all the reviews go on about the handling, but I don't think it's too bad.
Yesterday I found an excuse to take it for a proper blast and ended up using the fantastic back roads into Macclesfield. Half the time I was ploughing through the s
t that farmers had kindly left on the road and the Quattro was completely unfazed.I had my girlfriend in the car, so even though we were late maybe I wasn't taking the car up to the limit, but I was surprised how much confidence I had in the car.
Maybe it's because I was running 17s and not the 18s that the later cars came on, but I was happy!
These were the same roads I used to commute on 12/13 years ago, and it made me realise I need to get out more often for a proper drive!Alex97 said:
Mine understeered like a bh. The day I got rid of it was one of the best days of my life! I have an S2000 now it and the difference is night and day. The TT is a half decent GT car though.
I must be getting old, but I wasn't even getting close to understeer - the only time I felt the car sliding was when I hit some serious mud half way around a bend and I was deliberately trying to provoke it.h. The day I got rid of it was one of the best days of my life! I have an S2000 now it and the difference is night and day. The TT is a half decent GT car though. Emeye said:
Half the time I was ploughing through the st that farmers had kindly left on the road and the Quattro was completely unfazed.
I wouldn't have thought the Quattro system would kick in with a situation like that?t that farmers had kindly left on the road and the Quattro was completely unfazed.Even in the wet the front seems completely planted.
Must try harder!
Torquey said:
Compared to a golf or an astra it's a cracking car.
Compared to an elise, s2000, z4 it is a little way off.
IMO
Agreed. Driven a VX220 turbo and driven/owned lots of other great handling cars, and maybe it's expectations (I didn't have any with the TT, just always fancied one) but I'm happy with my TT.Compared to an elise, s2000, z4 it is a little way off.
IMO
Oh and I'm running Pirelli P6000 that were on the car when I got it.
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