Audi TT...'01 Quattro Roadster...thoughts/experiences?

[bounty]

I'll never, ever own another German car out of warranty. Even regular maintanence is pricey, but add on 500-1000 repairs every few months and it becomes an unpleasant experience really fast.

I swear my car was designed to systematically start falling apart at year 7. Once I hit that age it was all down hill.

[4re Nut]

Originally Posted by bounty

I'll never, ever own another German car out of warranty. Even regular maintanence is pricey, but add on 500-1000 repairs every few months and it becomes an unpleasant experience really fast.

I swear my car was designed to systematically start falling apart at year 7. Once I hit that age it was all down hill.

Sounds to me like a good primer for Ferrari ownership.

[Latsyrc]

Just got your PM, so sorry it took me a while to get here.

I got mine (1.8T 180hp version coupe) about 6 months ago and it's been pretty decent. It had 105k on it, and I only paid $5500 (dealer friend). Fortunately the timing belt had been changed, but went out 2 months after I purchased it. The mechanic warrantied it so it was no problem.

As mentioned before, electrical issues may be an issue. The dome light stays on randomly, and the automatic windows wont work right. They'll still go up and down, just not on their own (for us lazy folk). These issues happen pretty rarely on mine. It did have a burnt out passenger window motor when I bought it, but that also got replaced as part of the deal. The passenger window has a slgiht opening at the top so it whistles a little above 65 MPH.

I lost power steering last week and appears to be a pump/leak issue. I noticed the reservoir was empty, filled it, and came out the next day to a big puddle under the car. My friend is working on getting the pump now.

A lot of issues I have are because the car is going on 12 years old. I also have a 2003 A6 2.7T that runs ok, minus some misfires (ignition coils). I'm an Audi fan, but can see why people have issues with them. My next cars will be German, but not necessarily Audis.

[4re Nut]

Originally Posted by Latsyrc

Just got your PM, so sorry it took me a while to get here.

I got mine (1.8T 180hp version coupe) about 6 months ago and it's been pretty decent. It had 105k on it, and I only paid $5500 (dealer friend). Fortunately the timing belt had been changed, but went out 2 months after I purchased it. The mechanic warrantied it so it was no problem.

As mentioned before, electrical issues may be an issue. The dome light stays on randomly, and the automatic windows wont work right. They'll still go up and down, just not on their own (for us lazy folk). These issues happen pretty rarely on mine. It did have a burnt out passenger window motor when I bought it, but that also got replaced as part of the deal. The passenger window has a slgiht opening at the top so it whistles a little above 65 MPH.

I lost power steering last week and appears to be a pump/leak issue. I noticed the reservoir was empty, filled it, and came out the next day to a big puddle under the car. My friend is working on getting the pump now.

A lot of issues I have are because the car is going on 12 years old. I also have a 2003 A6 2.7T that runs ok, minus some misfires (ignition coils). I'm an Audi fan, but can see why people have issues with them. My next cars will be German, but not necessarily Audis.

Yikes, thanks for sharing.

I'm gonna pass on this car; too much risk and really more than I want to spend.

6 months ago it might have been a different story b/c I had a shorter commute and often worked from home. But as mentioned in my first post my commute is soon to be a M-F 60 mile roundtrip each day and even splitting the miles with my current DD means a lot of miles will pile-up on the TT.

Thanks all for your thoughts.