hydo14
A2OC Donor
As promised a while ago in the Today I... thread I am finally writing up about my project commuter. Back in the normal times (before COVID-19 and lockdown) I had a long commute from Shrewsbury to North Wales which I was doing in an 8V Quattro A3 TDI and that was okay on fuel getting 45-50 mpg for the journey, but after a year and a half of this and racking up >45k miles on it I chose that my wallet would be better served by something that didn't depreciate quite as quickly when hitting it with that sort of mileage.
After a bit of hunting around I was really intrigued by the A2 as an economical car that would also still be fun on the twisty country roads that make up my adventure to work and coming from a 200 bhp car I couldn't imagine having less than 100 bhp so settled on a 1.6 FSI sport, the A2 bug had bitten me and I really liked the versatility of the seat layout and large interior space and then the car being able to fit in any space in the car park (even sharing a space with a smart car at times).
From this I decided I needed a 1.4 TDI with a better spec for fuel economy and comfort:
The car I found towards the end of summer 2020 was a 1.4 TDI 74 SE with the following extras, some of which I have only very recently found:
After a bit of hunting around I was really intrigued by the A2 as an economical car that would also still be fun on the twisty country roads that make up my adventure to work and coming from a 200 bhp car I couldn't imagine having less than 100 bhp so settled on a 1.6 FSI sport, the A2 bug had bitten me and I really liked the versatility of the seat layout and large interior space and then the car being able to fit in any space in the car park (even sharing a space with a smart car at times).
From this I decided I needed a 1.4 TDI with a better spec for fuel economy and comfort:
The car I found towards the end of summer 2020 was a 1.4 TDI 74 SE with the following extras, some of which I have only very recently found:
- Bose
- Working OSS
- Fog Lights
- Red and black interior (although this one has definitely lost it's red seats somewhere along its life)
- Winter pack, heated mirrors, washer jets and headlight washers
- False boot floor
- DIS
- Cruise control
- Multifunction steering wheel
- Automatic Climate Control
- 4x Electric windows
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