Just covered 20,000 miles in my AMD A2, its been really great, I haven't enjoyed a road car so much for years, just can't believe how few people have caught on to this "mini supercar".
My first ride in an A2 was with an instructor at the famous Nurburgring Circuit in Germany (which i visit at every oppurtunity) when the car was first annouced, it was fantastic, a 1.4tdi with a great Ringmeister driver actually passed and drove away from a BMW M5 on the rain swept circuit, I just had to get one.
My car had initial turbocharger problems, but after lots of attemps by my dealer to fix the problem failed, they relented and fitted a new turbocharger, it been perfect. Added the AMD chip after about six months, this has just given the car an "edge" which makes it much more fun, doesn't seem to have effected the economy. I'm very lucky and have a couple of "track Porsches" which i would normally use for fun on the road in the summer, but the A2 is so great to drive the Porsches have been used only for track work !
What do I like:
The look of the car, every seventies schoolboy dream car "doodle".
The very high build quality
The fantastic frugality
The breathtaking chassis, the turn-in is just so sharp
The added punch of the AMD kit, makes it feel so lively
The driving position, the best of anything I have ever driven, including a McLaren F1 Steet car !
The open sky system that I use constantly.
What I don't like:
Audi dealers, frankly a disgrace.
Audi customer service, lets just fob you off.
Got my first puncture last week...no tyres available...a disgrace.
Getting conned into buying an older spec small fuel tank car two days before the larger tank was annouced !
What I'd like to see developed:
More power and torque
A six speed gearbox
More development on ride quality, deletion of the slightly strange front to rear pitching.
What I'd like to know :
What is the typical range of the newer large fuel tank tdi ?
What has been done to the newly annouced 90bhp tdi, will AMD be able to improve on it still further ?
How bad is the ride on a 17" wheel sport suspention pack car, compared to the 16" standard wheel and suspension car ?
Regards,
TimR
My first ride in an A2 was with an instructor at the famous Nurburgring Circuit in Germany (which i visit at every oppurtunity) when the car was first annouced, it was fantastic, a 1.4tdi with a great Ringmeister driver actually passed and drove away from a BMW M5 on the rain swept circuit, I just had to get one.
My car had initial turbocharger problems, but after lots of attemps by my dealer to fix the problem failed, they relented and fitted a new turbocharger, it been perfect. Added the AMD chip after about six months, this has just given the car an "edge" which makes it much more fun, doesn't seem to have effected the economy. I'm very lucky and have a couple of "track Porsches" which i would normally use for fun on the road in the summer, but the A2 is so great to drive the Porsches have been used only for track work !
What do I like:
The look of the car, every seventies schoolboy dream car "doodle".
The very high build quality
The fantastic frugality
The breathtaking chassis, the turn-in is just so sharp
The added punch of the AMD kit, makes it feel so lively
The driving position, the best of anything I have ever driven, including a McLaren F1 Steet car !
The open sky system that I use constantly.
What I don't like:
Audi dealers, frankly a disgrace.
Audi customer service, lets just fob you off.
Got my first puncture last week...no tyres available...a disgrace.
Getting conned into buying an older spec small fuel tank car two days before the larger tank was annouced !
What I'd like to see developed:
More power and torque
A six speed gearbox
More development on ride quality, deletion of the slightly strange front to rear pitching.
What I'd like to know :
What is the typical range of the newer large fuel tank tdi ?
What has been done to the newly annouced 90bhp tdi, will AMD be able to improve on it still further ?
How bad is the ride on a 17" wheel sport suspention pack car, compared to the 16" standard wheel and suspension car ?
Regards,
TimR
