RE: Audi TT RS Sport Edition | Driven

[anonymous-user]

av185 said:

RemyMartin81D said:

Still cheaper lol.

Report back in 12 months when the Audi has lost £22k v the Caymans £10k.

And then again when the OPC’s trade in price offered bears zero resemblance to folklore

[CousinDupree]

Here we go with PH churning out the old front wheels in the air 100% torque to the rear wheels marketing talk, for the haldex clutch.

A lovely interior, engine note and performance to enjoy. As always, the Cupra 290/300 and it's predecessors show that this platform can be decent fun to drive, too.

[RemyMartin81D]

Brooking10 said:

av185 said:

RemyMartin81D said:

Still cheaper lol.

Report back in 12 months when the Audi has lost £22k v the Caymans £10k.

And then again when the OPC’s trade in price offered bears zero resemblance to folklore

If your retort is straight to residuals then I'm not sure that's a good thing.

[J4CKO]

av185 said:

RemyMartin81D said:

Still cheaper lol.

Report back in 12 months when the Audi has lost £22k v the Caymans £10k.

You piqued my interest there, 32k for a year old TTRS ?


Seem to be at 47 or therabouts,

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2018-18-Audi-TTRS-Coupe...L4AAOSwillc58w9

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2018-18-AUDI-TT-2-5-TTR...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...



Still 45k and up, even if a 2017

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...



No TTRS available in the 32k ish bracket, they are MK2s at 25k and below and MK3's 45k and up.

[davea18h]

Not a fan of those extra little winglets on the rear spoiler as I think it makes it look too track dayish, and what's going on with those wheels? Audi normally has some of the best alloy wheel designs in the business, but have never liked these and think they look a bit like after market Halfords specials!

[wab172uk]

As said by most, it'll be less fun to drive than it's rivals. Less steering feel etc. Understeers at the limit. So on an so forth

But as a package. Exterior looks ok (not great) interior looks and feels fantastic, and it has one of the best engines you can buy today.

Point to point on UK roads this car will be quicker than most supercars and X times the price.

[kambites]

Not my sort of car but undeniably impressive nonetheless.

[Nubiann]

I'd suggest you drive one. I did although not the 2019 model. I found it to be great fun with an engine that makes the Cayman's feel like a 70's ford pinto. I like the fact that it's predictable at the limits, I don't have delusions of being a LH but try as I might I didnt have the Kahoonas to find its limits if grip. It is however, blindingly quick, a perception supported by the owner of the one I drove from south to north Wales showing me his timings that regularly recorded 3.1 0-62. I must say I loved the way you could cover the ground flowing smoothly on the twisty sometimes wet A470 exploiting a unique 5 pot that has been voted best engine year after year for I think more than 6 years. There is a great deal of snobbery and assumption going on here in some posts. I think piston heads have got it about right, maybe the Cayman S or A110 will entertain at the limits a little more but only if you want to risk being spat into a ditch or worse into the front of an oncoming 40 tonner. I dont buy cars for on limit track use or skid marking my pants on UK roads. So I would buy one if I was looking in this sector. Its a brilliant under rated pocket rocket that will almost certainly crush either of the afore mentioned rivals A-B. but hey that's just my opinion I respect yours.

Edited by Nubiann on Saturday 25th May 10:26

[Pooh]

Brooking10 said:

Pooh said:

So just another fast but ultimately rather dull Audi, it is probably great if you do most of your driving either stuck in traffic or on a motorway but it has no appeal to me.

Funnily enough I suspect quite the opposite .

In traffic and on the motorway it might just as well have a Diesel engine .

I’ve just done a 2500 mile road trip right across Spain. Incredible roads, and hard driving, though a real variety of topography.

My guess is this car would have been a great tool for that particular job. I’d agree that it probably lacks the last few percentage points of fun versus some potential competitors but I suspect it would be very competent, comfortable and very rapid.

Probably more of a mini 911 Turbo as opposed to half of an R8.

I am sure it would have been very good but I live in rural Perthshire, spend most of my time driving on some of the finest driving roads in the country and I would rather have something more fun if I was spending that sort of money.

[Nubiann]

av185 said:

RemyMartin81D said:

Still cheaper lol.

Report back in 12 months when the Audi has lost £22k v the Caymans £10k.



4pot caymans not predicted to be good as the motor is a dog. TTRS will become rarer as Audi wind it down to replacement with the Electric TT but who knows what the values will be when this transition gathers pace

[swisstoni]

Imagine if it looked any good.

[chazwozza]

I hate the fact the wheel spokes face different directions either side... cost saving I know but even as a 6 year old the same thing bugged me on my mums d-reg XR3i....

[anonymous-user]

Pooh said:

Brooking10 said:

Pooh said:

So just another fast but ultimately rather dull Audi, it is probably great if you do most of your driving either stuck in traffic or on a motorway but it has no appeal to me.

Funnily enough I suspect quite the opposite .

In traffic and on the motorway it might just as well have a Diesel engine .

I’ve just done a 2500 mile road trip right across Spain. Incredible roads, and hard driving, though a real variety of topography.

My guess is this car would have been a great tool for that particular job. I’d agree that it probably lacks the last few percentage points of fun versus some potential competitors but I suspect it would be very competent, comfortable and very rapid.

Probably more of a mini 911 Turbo as opposed to half of an R8.

I am sure it would have been very good but I live in rural Perthshire, spend most of my time driving on some of the finest driving roads in the country and I would rather have something more fun if I was spending that sort of money.

Totally get that.

I think a lot of people though do end up finding RS cars in general as very agreeable ownership propositions.

Have you tried one ?

[AC43]

I really like the idea of one of those but would go for more subtle wheels And, if possible, a rear spoiler delete.

For a design that was historically very clean those bits look very Richard Grant to me.

Still, I guess you can't see them from the inside.

[DoubleD]

Pooh said:

Brooking10 said:

Pooh said:

So just another fast but ultimately rather dull Audi, it is probably great if you do most of your driving either stuck in traffic or on a motorway but it has no appeal to me.

Funnily enough I suspect quite the opposite .

In traffic and on the motorway it might just as well have a Diesel engine .

I’ve just done a 2500 mile road trip right across Spain. Incredible roads, and hard driving, though a real variety of topography.

My guess is this car would have been a great tool for that particular job. I’d agree that it probably lacks the last few percentage points of fun versus some potential competitors but I suspect it would be very competent, comfortable and very rapid.

Probably more of a mini 911 Turbo as opposed to half of an R8.

I am sure it would have been very good but I live in rural Perthshire, spend most of my time driving on some of the finest driving roads in the country and I would rather have something more fun if I was spending that sort of money.

As always, different people like different things.

[av185]

wab172uk said:

Point to point on UK roads this car will be quicker than most supercars and X times the price.

Presumably you are talking about most 1970s supercars.

Or do you have actual figures that can prove your rather ridiculous claim?

[Shiv_P]

av185 said:

wab172uk said:

Point to point on UK roads this car will be quicker than most supercars and X times the price.

Presumably you are talking about most 1970s supercars.

Or do you have actual figures that can prove your rather ridiculous claim?

It's not really ridiculous. It's point and shoot. It's a small, and narrow car. I can imagine a lambo aventador or a 488 leads to having your eyes shut down most B roads.
TTRS has DSG, 4WD, accessible power, it's small, it's narrow, decent visibility.

[DoubleD]

av185 said:

wab172uk said:

Point to point on UK roads this car will be quicker than most supercars and X times the price.

Presumably you are talking about most 1970s supercars.

Or do you have actual figures that can prove your rather ridiculous claim?

Most things these days are quicker than 70s supercars ha ha

[DoubleD]

Its a very very quick car, that we can all agree.

[anonymous-user]

av185 said:

Presumably you are talking about most 1970s supercars.

Or do you have actual figures that can prove your rather ridiculous claim?

No figures but lots of experience in driving on high speed trips in groups of cars spanning a pretty broad spectrum from supercars through 911s of various drive and aspiration to the likes of RS3s, A45s.

Invariably the awd Turbo hatches arrive at the destination just as quickly as everybody else. They tend to get left behind on the big sweepers but on the technical stuff they hold their own and any hint of loose/damp surface they are hanging on to the R8’s, 911Turbos etc. while others have to reign it in a little.

On a cold or low friction windy surface a GT3 on Cups isn’t going to catch a well driven RS3 on PS4s.

Sure the headline numbers aren’t the same and on an empty track there would be a gap in the times but in real world performance driving cars like this prove to be very competent.