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Has anyone experience of the TT quattro Sport 240 in particular?



Can't see them going down in value but are the running costs large?

Just get a regular 225 for £1500 ?

Nathan wrote: ↑Mon Oct 07, 2019 6:57 pm Just get a regular 225 for £1500 ?

...and then don't panic about getting it remapped, kerbing it, etc.

A silver 225 isnt quite as special

I see the point tho

I remember evo liking it.

They're expensive for what they are, IMO.

If you're after one to keep for occasional use, polish it a lot and not put many miles on before selling for close to what you paid for it...maybe. If you're after something to properly use, you'd be better off getting a 225 and fettling it a bit. Or buying a pre-fiddled one.

My BIL has been after one (a 225). Loads of eBay, some right tatty shit on there.....

Youre not kidding Matty. Looking at a few mot histories after the above suggestions and jesus its massive dog city - 7 plus, 9 plus owners and fail city on the mots. So 1500 quid car cost you a grand very quickly

I looked at 225s before I bought my RX8 - about 50% were fucked even back then - and that was 10+ years ago when they were a lot newer. Mostly turbo issues.

Dull to drive, that shape TT. The best thing about this one is the seats; but any mk1 TT has nice seats. I’d rather find a normal TT with the baseball glove stitching on the seats.

Shame how Audi felt they had to neuter them because of a few accidents and the press reaction
When it came out they were included in the Best Handling cars of the year .....but they “fixed” them after that
Friend bought a sub 2k one in a nice dark blue and it’s pretty quick
I like the baseball leather seats too - usually I don’t give much of a stuff about the interior or a car

Wasn’t that the model with the 3.2v6 out of the r32 golf or am I thinking of something else? Anyhoo surely more cherished and more interesting than the 1.8t no matter the state of tune, which are not exactly characterful engines even when built to 420hp as a mate had in his Ibiza cupra.

drcarlos wrote: ↑Mon Oct 07, 2019 10:42 pm Wasn’t that the model with the 3.2v6 out of the r32 golf or am I thinking of something else? Anyhoo surely more cherished and more interesting than the 1.8t no matter the state of tune, which are not exactly characterful engines even when built to 420hp as a mate had in his Ibiza cupra.

The Sport was just a suped up 1.8 - they did do a 3.2 V6 in the TT but that had a few more bhp (247bhp) and somehow managed to be slower whenever tested than the 4-pot

I think the enthusiasts fit Cupra R steering and suspension to sharpen these up

Mike1215 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 07, 2019 10:32 pm Shame how Audi felt they had to neuter them because of a few accidents and the press reaction
When it came out they were included in the Best Handling cars of the year .....but they “fixed” them after that
Friend bought a sub 2k one in a nice dark blue and it’s pretty quick
I like the baseball leather seats too - usually I don’t give much of a stuff about the interior or a car

you can un-fix them pretty easily. Firstly remove the rear bumper and strip off the near 20kg of ballast and tow hook and do a proper geo.

scotta wrote: ↑Mon Oct 07, 2019 11:54 pm

Mike1215 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 07, 2019 10:32 pm Shame how Audi felt they had to neuter them because of a few accidents and the press reaction
When it came out they were included in the Best Handling cars of the year .....but they “fixed” them after that
Friend bought a sub 2k one in a nice dark blue and it’s pretty quick
I like the baseball leather seats too - usually I don’t give much of a stuff about the interior or a car

you can un-fix them pretty easily. Firstly remove the rear bumper and strip off the near 20kg of ballast and tow hook and do a proper geo.

Plus the early type front arms/bushes and arbs

There are still original spec cars around as it wasn’t a compulsory recall and some people were happy with their cars

Mike1215 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 07, 2019 10:57 pm

drcarlos wrote: ↑Mon Oct 07, 2019 10:42 pm Wasn’t that the model with the 3.2v6 out of the r32 golf or am I thinking of something else? Anyhoo surely more cherished and more interesting than the 1.8t no matter the state of tune, which are not exactly characterful engines even when built to 420hp as a mate had in his Ibiza cupra.

The Sport was just a suped up 1.8 - they did do a 3.2 V6 in the TT but that had a few more bhp (247bhp) and somehow managed to be slower whenever tested than the 4-pot

I had a good run out in a 3.2 up in Inverness when they came out and was underwhelmed as far as I can remember.

The V6 was the first VAG DSG - only gearbox available with that engine. I’d not be keen to have a first gen DSG which is 15 years old.

The v6 tt had a larger rear spoiler and a black exhaust surround, the sport 240 carried these over and was the only 1.8t engines cars to get them

2008 tts 2.0 seems to be about 7 grand which might be a better buy.

Nathan wrote: ↑Mon Oct 07, 2019 11:37 pm I think the enthusiasts fit Cupra R steering and suspension to sharpen these up

The popular mod to restore the steering sharpness is known as the ‘defcon’ mod, harder/different bushes from what I remember.

I’ve just bought a 225 for £125, haven’t seen it yet

QS is desirable, but will be quite some time before it’s really desirable.