Audi 80 Saved from the scrapheap...
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Lovely car, how Audi's use to be built.
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Excellent work, a good save!
I had one of these - albeit in the 'wrong' diesel engine configuration (slow AND thirsty)! It was the wrong car for me at the time, but I do remember how comfortable a place it was to be, and glow plug issues aside, never gave any trouble.
I still like the design, and from memory, it has the Procon-10 (?) safety design that stops you becoming intimately acquainted with the steering wheel in the event of a frontal impact.
More updates please!
I had one of these - albeit in the 'wrong' diesel engine configuration (slow AND thirsty)! It was the wrong car for me at the time, but I do remember how comfortable a place it was to be, and glow plug issues aside, never gave any trouble.
I still like the design, and from memory, it has the Procon-10 (?) safety design that stops you becoming intimately acquainted with the steering wheel in the event of a frontal impact.
More updates please!
A quick update for today. Went through the service history and found a few items of note.
Original manual in the Audi wallet and the service book is all stamped at an Audi dealer from day one.
The service history indicates the cambelt was changed only 4,000 miles ago... but also 6 years ago.
Might have a look at that to see what state it is in. I imagine it will be fine.
In the stack of papers that came with the car I found this, the original brochure for the car! Nice little bit of history. Makes for quite fun reading.
According to it this Audi has the Procon Ten system for the steering wheel and confirms the SE spec with all its extra bits. The engine is the 100 bhp 1.6 and quotes the 0-62 time as 13.4 seconds with a top speed of 113 mph - I haven't driven anything that slow in years! Car weighs 1,230 kg apparently, which is pretty hefty for the 1990s.
These made me laugh... (direct quotes from the brochure)
"But the exterior matters too, and the sleek, understated lines of the Audi 80 make the car not only a pleasure to drive but a pleasure to be seen in."
And...
"With 100 bhp, the 1.6 litre Audi 80 delivers real performance, perceptively better than most of its competitors." Ha ha!
Cheers,
Drew.
Original manual in the Audi wallet and the service book is all stamped at an Audi dealer from day one.
The service history indicates the cambelt was changed only 4,000 miles ago... but also 6 years ago.
Might have a look at that to see what state it is in. I imagine it will be fine.In the stack of papers that came with the car I found this, the original brochure for the car! Nice little bit of history. Makes for quite fun reading.
According to it this Audi has the Procon Ten system for the steering wheel and confirms the SE spec with all its extra bits. The engine is the 100 bhp 1.6 and quotes the 0-62 time as 13.4 seconds with a top speed of 113 mph - I haven't driven anything that slow in years!
Car weighs 1,230 kg apparently, which is pretty hefty for the 1990s.These made me laugh... (direct quotes from the brochure)
"But the exterior matters too, and the sleek, understated lines of the Audi 80 make the car not only a pleasure to drive but a pleasure to be seen in."
And...
"With 100 bhp, the 1.6 litre Audi 80 delivers real performance, perceptively better than most of its competitors." Ha ha!
Cheers,
Drew.
Edited by drewwa on Thursday 31st January 11:08
Fermit and Sexy Sarah said:
I wonder why there are so many widely revered W124's still on the road, but not these, with the same love?
Same era, same ideals.
I wonder if it's not due to the procon-ten system which has seen many written off as it pushes all the steering and pedal elements into a pre-cut area of the chassis thus making repairs horrendously expensive. I'm sure I have read something along these lines somewhere.Same era, same ideals.
Great thread
Growing up with VW/Audi family cars of this era, I've a real soft spot for the 80. A very simple, honest, well-engineered car. Not exciting in any way, but fantastically dutiful.
For the interior, try lobbing one of these in there for a few hours once a week: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pro-Breeze%C2%AE-Dehumidi...
I had one in an unheated outhouse, and the volume of water that it collected was astonishing.
For the interior, try lobbing one of these in there for a few hours once a week: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pro-Breeze%C2%AE-Dehumidi...
I had one in an unheated outhouse, and the volume of water that it collected was astonishing.
Yep, I'll put the cambelt on my list of things to do.
Oddly enough, by complete luck, my other car is also L reg from 1994, a rather different proposition from the Audi. An Eunos Roadster (JDM mx-5)
1.8 plays 1.6, 16 valves plays 8, supercharger plays... er... nothing, and the Roadster has twice the bhp and rather less weight. 15" alloys are common, but the roadster has low-profile tyres compared to the balloons on the Audi.
The Roadster is only used for high days and holidays now as it's a noisy little beast, so the Audi will be an admirable daily during the less clement weather. Neither of them have airbags and the roadster doesn't even have ABS, though it does have aircon... which I always found a bit weird in a two seater convertible.
The supercharger is an MP62 and the car has 180bhp at the rear wheels, which makes it quite brisk. Still a work in progress itself, new suspension is next (a modicum of lowering required)
Both have, I think, rather pleasant looking steering wheels and cockpits. I've added very similar gauges to the Roadsters dash, interesting to find them as standard in the Audi. There are a few other mods in there too.
The Roadster is tiny compared to the 80 though!
Cheers,
Drew.
Oddly enough, by complete luck, my other car is also L reg from 1994, a rather different proposition from the Audi.
An Eunos Roadster (JDM mx-5)1.8 plays 1.6, 16 valves plays 8, supercharger plays... er... nothing, and the Roadster has twice the bhp and rather less weight. 15" alloys are common, but the roadster has low-profile tyres compared to the balloons on the Audi.
The Roadster is only used for high days and holidays now as it's a noisy little beast, so the Audi will be an admirable daily during the less clement weather. Neither of them have airbags and the roadster doesn't even have ABS, though it does have aircon... which I always found a bit weird in a two seater convertible.
The supercharger is an MP62 and the car has 180bhp at the rear wheels, which makes it quite brisk. Still a work in progress itself, new suspension is next (a modicum of lowering required)
Both have, I think, rather pleasant looking steering wheels and cockpits. I've added very similar gauges to the Roadsters dash, interesting to find them as standard in the Audi. There are a few other mods in there too.
The Roadster is tiny compared to the 80 though!
Cheers,
Drew.
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