My A2

LordTJC

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Hello,

You may have seen my other thread asking about whether having an A2 as a first car is a good idea or not, I'm pleased to say in the end I did get one :D. And here it is!

After the sale of the first one my parents looked at fell through (the dealers didn't do what we asked them to do, the car wasn't ready when they said it was and when we got home found out it had been clocked), they looked at this one. They thought that the first was in good condition, but this was WAY better. For a 13 year old car it is in really good condition.

It is a 2001 Audi A2 1.4 TDI SE in Crystal Blue that has had 3 previous owners. It came from a dealer, and comes with a 1 month warranty (from the dealer, not one of those 3rd party ones that seem to exclude everything :) ) It is a 4 seat version, has Full Service History, 2 keys, owners manual/other documents. Being 13 years old it is not perfect, one of the fog lights and one of the headlights get fogged up (I believe this is common?), the glovebox is awkward to shut, one of the speaker grills has a small bit of damage, air-con needs re gassing (I probably wouldn't use it anyway), there are 2 small scratches on the body and one of the wheels is slightly scuffed.

It has climate control, and a chorus radio/cassette (sounds brilliant!) I haven't worked out what options it has had yet.

The second owner had a sat nav professionally fitted (Navman ICN 510, quite old, but still works well), which is what the mount is above the dashboard. They also had a bluetooth hands-free system fitted (Nokia CK-1W), which also works well (especially now that we found the passcode :) ). They must have liked it a lot, as when they bought it they also paid over £200 for Auto glym products.

One of the rear seats was jammed, but that has now been fixed. The random plastic cover that was in the boot was for the pollen filter.

Things that need doing:

Deep clean :)
Glovebox doesn't shut properly (needs a lot of fiddling)
Compartment in front of the gear stick doesn't open properly (needs to be pulled)

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Tim
 
Yes it looks fab---what a great car. As jeff says get your test done and join us at AITP or any other socials. cheers mike
 
Great looking car. I hope you're enjoying your driving lessons (assuming you've begun learning with an ADI rather than with a parent). If you aren't/don't after two or three lessons, you mustn't be afraid to change instructor. You'll learn more quickly - and less stressfully - if the lessons are given in a way to which you relate.

By the way, if by "Compartment in front of the gear stick doesn't open properly (needs to be pulled)" you mean the ash tray; it is opened by your giving it a gentle push rather than a pull, after which it pops open.

Jeff
 
Congratulations! Excellent choice of car!
Now, try to find it if someone close to you has a VCDS cable and get it scanned. There are probably some fault codes, save the scan, clear the codes and then have it scanned again after driving it a bit. This will give you knowledge of what to fix next on the car. As it is a 13 year old car, there will be other stuff to fix. I'm also running a 01, but a petrol. I have some bits left to fix, but they are not crucial.
Then, begin modding =o)
 
Congratulations! Excellent choice of car!
Now, try to find it if someone close to you has a VCDS cable and get it scanned. There are probably some fault codes, save the scan, clear the codes and then have it scanned again after driving it a bit. This will give you knowledge of what to fix next on the car. As it is a 13 year old car, there will be other stuff to fix. I'm also running a 01, but a petrol. I have some bits left to fix, but they are not crucial.
Then, begin modding =o)

I will see if I can get it scanned.

"Then, begin modding", haha. Well, the school holidays are soon...

I will probably leave it as it is though for now.
 
Great looking car. I hope you're enjoying your driving lessons (assuming you've begun learning with an ADI rather than with a parent). If you aren't/don't after two or three lessons, you mustn't be afraid to change instructor. You'll learn more quickly - and less stressfully - if the lessons are given in a way to which you relate.

By the way, if by "Compartment in front of the gear stick doesn't open properly (needs to be pulled)" you mean the ash tray; it is opened by your giving it a gentle push rather than a pull, after which it pops open.

Jeff

Yes, I mean the ash tray. I have tried pushing it, but it doesn't open normally. If you push it, and pull out out, it works. I have read somewhere that the spring that pushes it open may have broke or come out of it's mounting.

i'm driving with parents at the minute, but will be getting some instructor lessons soon.
 
After "Experimenting" with the glovebox, I figured out that the hinge at the bottom right is sort of loose. If I push downwards on the lid (towards the hinge) whilst shutting the glovebox lid, it works perfectly fine. But if I try and close it without doing this, the lid comes up too high, and misses the catches that the black pins on each side slide into.

Are they usually like this? I will probably leave it, as now I can shut it without trying 20 times :). Although if it is easy/cheap to fix I might go for it.
 
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