RE: SOTW: Audi Coupe GT
Discussion
stewy68 said:
Shropshiremike said:
Weren't they called 90 quattros if they had a 5-pot in or was it a very early one?
It was an early one '83 A plater in red. I had standard steel wheels, so was a bit of a sleeper (apart from the sound).Always puts me in mind of the cover of the very first issue of Performance Car ( the ashes of which grew into EVO mag )
I had one of these as well. Brings back good memories.
The car went through me and 3 off my mates. Started its life as one of the boys by being bought at auction for £200. It then passed through everyone hands with a fresh MOT and was straight swapped each year for (respectively): a case of tennents lager, bottle of whisky and finally when I "bought" it a mobile phone charger.
Bird hated it. She called it the batmobile.
But for 200 quid it lasted for 4 years and did about 40,000 miles between us and it was already way, way past the 100K mark when we got it(and over 20 years old when it was scrapped!)
My mates were gutted as I killed it.
Still bombproof but I had found a new car.
The Audi had the last laugh as it was being towed to the scrappies. It ripped the back bumper and chassis leg off my mates Peugeot who was laughing at it being towed away. The Audi was untouched
What a great car. My bird isn't letting me buy this one though.
The car went through me and 3 off my mates. Started its life as one of the boys by being bought at auction for £200. It then passed through everyone hands with a fresh MOT and was straight swapped each year for (respectively): a case of tennents lager, bottle of whisky and finally when I "bought" it a mobile phone charger.
Bird hated it. She called it the batmobile.
But for 200 quid it lasted for 4 years and did about 40,000 miles between us and it was already way, way past the 100K mark when we got it(and over 20 years old when it was scrapped!)
My mates were gutted as I killed it.
Still bombproof but I had found a new car.
The Audi had the last laugh as it was being towed to the scrappies. It ripped the back bumper and chassis leg off my mates Peugeot who was laughing at it being towed away. The Audi was untouched
What a great car. My bird isn't letting me buy this one though.
annodomini2 said:
Gridl0k said:
Yay!
They never did a 2.3, that was the later ones. The 2226cc was the biggest.
The Early 2144cc is called the 2.2 and the later 2226cc was called the 2.3 to differentiate them.They never did a 2.3, that was the later ones. The 2226cc was the biggest.
By the way, the coolest shed ever! No doubt!
I too owned one of these a 1984, white in 2144 5 cylinder guise. I think 130bhp was all it came with (but mine was on 100k when I bought it). It was my first performance car and despite needing new valve guides (smoke on overrun) I did 40k in it. Loved the warble and it seemed really keen at lower rpm in particular. Always a bit dissapointed at the top-end, but it was an ancient example.
Had some problems with pre-ignition and no-one seemed to know where to adjust the timing. Ended up costing a fair chunck for new injectors, bypass valve etc, and a cracked exhaust manifold. I broke a spring at the front once too. Even as a novice I said to the garage, 'shouldn't I change the left one too? only be told, 'it's not worth it, springs hardly ever break'. A week later the other side went bang!
As it lurched into money pit status I sold it and got a Corolla 16GTi 16v...........another story
Had some problems with pre-ignition and no-one seemed to know where to adjust the timing. Ended up costing a fair chunck for new injectors, bypass valve etc, and a cracked exhaust manifold. I broke a spring at the front once too. Even as a novice I said to the garage, 'shouldn't I change the left one too? only be told, 'it's not worth it, springs hardly ever break'. A week later the other side went bang!
As it lurched into money pit status I sold it and got a Corolla 16GTi 16v...........another story
Had this before 2 URQ's - mine was the very early GT5S with 'Econometer' and cookie cutter wheels. In some ways its actually a better car than the quattro in terms of day to day driving (and economy!). FWD is not an issue as loads of lift off oversteer - you had to be there, plus the 4 people legroom is superb.
Would contemplate this if it wasnt for the fact its the 4-cyl engine - also this run-out model was the better looking IMHO with the deeper front and rear bodywork, and lovely st st infill panels on the bumpers...
Also one of the best colours for this car...
Would contemplate this if it wasnt for the fact its the 4-cyl engine - also this run-out model was the better looking IMHO with the deeper front and rear bodywork, and lovely st st infill panels on the bumpers...
Also one of the best colours for this car...
When I was 19 I bought this beast as a px from my Uncle's garage. It had a new 2.2 5 cyl engine and went like a rocket. I parked it outside a friend's house one evening and heard a noise, only to see the aftermath ! What a wonderful car. Cost £650, I spent a little on it (mainly bushes) and it was incredible fun at that age. This was in 1995.
Kazlet said:
Good OLD Audis, blander than a very bland thing in a bland competition.
So you felt the urge to make a smart arse comment, but didn't teally know what to write, so you thought 'bland' would be a safe line of attack because it's an Audi. It might have been a better idea to read a few of the other comments first, by people who have owned them, then tried to formulate a different type of smart arse comment with some accuracy. 'Understeer' is usually a good one.
predding said:
Had this before 2 URQ's - mine was the very early GT5S with 'Econometer' and cookie cutter wheels. In some ways its actually a better car than the quattro in terms of day to day driving (and economy!). FWD is not an issue as loads of lift off oversteer - you had to be there, ...
Would certainly believe the lift-off oversteer bit - the Audi 80CD with the 2 litre 5-pot ( pictured earlier ) was great for it Strawman said:
LuS1fer said:
1050kg according to this for the 2.0:
http://www.carfolio.com/specifications/models/car/...
But 980kgs for the 1.8L version which this weeks shed is.http://www.carfolio.com/specifications/models/car/...
http://www.carfolio.com/specifications/models/car/...
Just shows despite all efforts at weight saving materials how bloated cars have become.
However, had a quick scan through the old Autocars at the later facelift versions and they are surprisingly light.
Even the 4wd C-reg one with the 136bhp 2226cc 5-cylinder only weighed in at 1212kg! Quite impressive economy on test as well at 24.2 mpg especially as they remarked they drove it quite hard and at high speed.
A few months later they tested the front wheel drive version of the same car ( 5-pot 2.2 litre with 136bhp ) and this one weighed in at 1035kg! Quite front heavy though with 64.2/35.8 f/r distribution.
At 1035kg for the 5-pot facelift you can well imagine the 4-pot 1.8 being a few kg lighter so maybe that 980 kg isn't far off
Small Car said:
When I was 19 I bought this beast as a px from my Uncle's garage. It had a new 2.2 5 cyl engine and went like a rocket. I parked it outside a friend's house one evening and heard a noise, only to see the aftermath ! What a wonderful car. Cost £650, I spent a little on it (mainly bushes) and it was incredible fun at that age. This was in 1995.
Blimey, what happened to the other vehicle that hit it? It reminded me looking at that at the accident damaged Quattro that PPC brought along to the Classic Car Show at the NEC. They had a bit of an off ( Cadwell Park?)
Edited by Shropshiremike on Saturday 27th February 14:18
I ve had about 30 of these in 21 years.Plus saloons and ur quattros.
I ve had about 45 other cars but still come back to the Gt as a classic, different car.
Great simple cars to restore and use everyday, can be made to handle and go well.
Only trouble I ve seen is that some people give up on them and weigh them in-loads of spares going to waste, getting hard to source good stuff now, even for me!
I ve had about 45 other cars but still come back to the Gt as a classic, different car.
Great simple cars to restore and use everyday, can be made to handle and go well.
Only trouble I ve seen is that some people give up on them and weigh them in-loads of spares going to waste, getting hard to source good stuff now, even for me!
Shropshiremike said:
Small Car said:
When I was 19 I bought this beast as a px from my Uncle's garage. It had a new 2.2 5 cyl engine and went like a rocket. I parked it outside a friend's house one evening and heard a noise, only to see the aftermath ! What a wonderful car. Cost £650, I spent a little on it (mainly bushes) and it was incredible fun at that age. This was in 1995.
Blimey, what happened to the other vehicle that hit it? It reminded me looking at that at the accident damaged Quattro that PPC brought along to the Classic Car Show at the NEC. They had a bit of an off ( Cadwell Park?)
Edited by Shropshiremike on Saturday 27th February 14:18
Edited by Small Car on Saturday 27th February 15:53
StevenJJ said:
Any chance of this in a bigger res?
Probably not Steven At least not unless I get a much better scanner. It was taken on 35mm film ( days before non-digital camera ) and although the pics are reasonably sharp I've only got a very bottom of the range scanner so I doubt I can improve on that. If I get a chance to borrow a better/film scanner I'll have a go
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