Rusty911
A2OC Donor
I bought a 225 TT, I can't believe it but that was 18 years ago.
I thought they were simply stunning when they came out and looked so ahead of their time, I just had to have one.
I test drove 225 quattro roadster and coupe demonstraters at my local Audi dealership and settled on the coupe as it just felt more solid, obviously in the only colour to have, Aluminium silver.
They had a brand new one in stock that was apparently a cancelled order but it had the 17" 5 spoke (diamond cut) competition alloys on which, although I liked imo didn't look any nicer than the standard 17" 6 spokes that I thought at the time, and still think, really suited the car (like the standard SE 6 spokes suit the A2) but it wasn't a deal breaker until they told me it would cost me an extra £1000 more. I said I wouldn't pay over list and asked if they could include the wheels or put a set of the 6 spokes on, they wouldn't, so I didn't buy it.
Luckily for me I dropped on an as new, unblemished 225 quattro coupe in silver with black leather and with bose, 6 CD and the 6 spokes I slightly preferred. It had done just 4k miles and was 8 months old and used as a third car. Additionally it had a full Eibach Pro-kit fitted (also came with the original like new springs in the Eibach box) along with wheel spacers all round which just made it look the best looking TT on the road, still looking standard but just a fraction lower and wider and simply looked perfect.
I remember buying it driving home feeling like a movie star and the luckiest guy in the world.... very fond memories indeed.
I kept it for 3 1/2 years which at the time was unheard of for me as I used to change cars, like my golf clubs, very frequently indeed.
My only criticism of driving it would be if you needed to pull away a bit quick from stand still, on a roundabout for example, it would feel a bit flat/you would get a bit of lag until the turbo kicked in but that was it.
Other than that it was great and I couldn't fault it but tbh it had only done around 20k when I sold it.
I do agree that a TT on the drive alongside an A2 would look fabulous as they are both a style icon, a very clever design and both ahead of their time and I'm sure many people must have both.
For me no other TT has looked anything close to the original and just like A2 still looks great now.
My advice would be to go for it ?
That's brilliant, thank you. Great post
I agree, the original is the style icon: the later cars for just don't do it for me at this time, good as I know they are. Not only that but £1500-2000 gets you into a fairly respectable MK1 if you don't mind some miles (and I don't, if it's been treated right). At that level you're enjoying the whole 'I can't believe I only paid £xxxx for this' thing and everything is a bonus. You can forgive a car an awful lot if it's only a grand or two above being free.
For me the later cars are a whole different matter: I rather like to think the MK1's have come through any image issues (a bit like early Impreza's only a different demographic) and a nice stock one is a modern classic. Go to a MK2 and in my mind you've simply got a used car, albeit a nice one. I get that the chassis on a MK1 is not the last word in dynamic ability but if I really, really wanted that I might as well have kept the 996. For me there's a real appeal in having something on the drive that gives, say, 50-70% of the ownership pleasure of the 911 for 15% of the capital cost and 5% of the worry. One thing's for sure, the Audi will be better built .
I think there's enough feedback from long term owners here to at least not dismiss one. Far from it, I'd better find one to try ?
Many thanks all