hey guys,

i was having some discussion with friends about the best year for TT and some of the main reasons. i would like to know what your thoughts are on this... coupe, 180, 225, options, etc.

cheers,

primo

 

I figure the newer the better but hey mine is a 2001 180 FWD TT and it runs good with 53,000 miles on it

 

hey russ,

you got a good looking TT. but are newer models always "better" and mechanically stable than older models? i question that since "newer" can mean all the kinks haven't been worked out.

any other thoughts on this?

 

well, the 250hp beats all, simply because its 250hp : )

 

haha, good point

but which year model is best? is it too early to tell?

 

I don't think theres a whole lot of difference in what you see out there, a few small changes in the body, and like you mentioned, some of the bugs have been worked out of the newer ones (for one, instrument clusters on 2000-2001 and maybe newer even, often went bad) Some people have gone thru 2 or 3 clusters. Im on my second.

Lets just hope the 2007's or later don't look anything like that shooting brake concept. That thing is hidious.

 

so 2002 onward has improved instrument clusters... that's the kind of info i needed, thanks achTTung!

so what's the shooting brake concept all about?

 

I think the easiest description of a shooting brake, would be to call it a really fancy station wagon. like so: (thats a porsche)

Heres the Audi shooting brake pics taken from fourtitude

 

Shooting brakes was developed in the Uk, as rich, sportscars owners wanted to have their sportcars, but still have enough room to take all their shooting gear along wioth them when they went game hunting... Thus, the creation of the shooting brake. A sportcar, with an 'Estate car' rear...

 

Well Id atleast get 2001 on because it has Immobilizer but 2003 - on is the preferred model and getting a v6 250hp (R32 motor) DSG transmission Audi TT would be sick.