Audi TT reliability -- better info
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Joined: Nov 2008
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From: Ames
It must be something you're doing. These cars require that they're in your thoughts every waking moment to continue running smoothly. If you start thinking about other things, like what you want to do on the weekend that isn't car related, of course its going to break down.
It just comes down to neglect.
It just comes down to neglect.
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Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 6,678
From: Colchester, VT
yeah, the cat thing was probably it.
when i bought my car, it was FULL of dog hair. I immediately had to replace the haldex controller, and my after-run coolant pump worked intermittently. The times it didnt work, it also had a coolant leak.
when i bought my car, it was FULL of dog hair. I immediately had to replace the haldex controller, and my after-run coolant pump worked intermittently. The times it didnt work, it also had a coolant leak.
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Joined: Mar 2008
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Seriously. I started conducting this research because I realized that people think that "unreliable" cars require far more repairs than they actually do. No one else was providing actual repair frequencies, just dots that can make problems seem much more common than they actually are.
The solution: conduct a survey, and provide the actual repair frequencies. Even cars with the worst records average about 1.5 repair trips per year.
We'll do this for the TT as soon as enough owners sign up to participate.
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It must be something you're doing. These cars require that they're in your thoughts every waking moment to continue running smoothly. If you start thinking about other things, like what you want to do on the weekend that isn't car related, of course its going to break down. It just comes down to neglect.
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Thanks for the info, guys.
To include data in our analysis, though, it must come through the survey process.
Two model years just a few short of the minimum now, and others getting close.
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To include data in our analysis, though, it must come through the survey process.
Two model years just a few short of the minimum now, and others getting close.
Car reliability research
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Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 561
From: SWFL
I understand that saying this on here isn't going to help your survey, so just for the purposes of this forum... my car (2002 180 FWD) was excellent. I had a coil pack go bad and I needed to replace a wheel bearing. Other than that, everything was great. I just drove it hard, replaced all my fluids with the expensive stuff, and occasionally ran some seafoam and removed the MAF for cleaning.
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Thanks, I'm sure people will find that helpful.
Thw 100th TT owner recently signed up, and we've been able to include the 2001 and the 2008 in the survey. A good start, but more needed to properly cover all model years.
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Thw 100th TT owner recently signed up, and we've been able to include the 2001 and the 2008 in the survey. A good start, but more needed to properly cover all model years.
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