Hi, I am in the market for a new used vehicle and i found a 2001 tt quattro on CL that is 4,500$$. I was told a little about the car, 147k miles, oil pan replaced 6 months ago water pump 3 months and recently passed emissions. Im going for a test drive soon anything i should look for? From the pics it looks to be in fantastic shape and well taken care of.

 

Look for a big packet of service history, which should have included a timing belt with that water pump, an instrument cluster replacement, and a decent history of oil changes, etc. No history? Depends how good you are with tools.

 

That could be a good deal. As miamisam said check for a service history.
A carfax report might also be a good thing to check.

 

On the subject of maintenance schedules and service histories - I did see audi has something posted to their web site indexed by the model year of the vehicle...

Question for whomever here may now - is there a TT Roadster specific one posted here in this forum or at another web link? Sorry if the question sounds naive. Still new here.

 

theFonz, what are you looking for?
The maintenance schedule for a TT Roadster?
If so, which year?

 

randomid123 - Per my price range (less than $9K, or $8K if I am lucky in negotiations) and mileage targets (less than 100K, preferably 75K - 85K range), I seem to be landing in the neighborhood of a 2005 or 2006 TT convertible.

Most of the 2001 - 2003 TT's that I see are all higher mileage than I would really care to have to consider. And anything from 2007 and onward seems to be out of my price range.

Yes, I am looking for a maintenance schedule for a TT roadster. From reading these posts, I can see that owning one of these cars is only really feasible by NOT running to an Audi dealership every time there is an issue. There are local Audi / BMW / Mercedes garages in my area (greater NJ/NY vicinity), but not sure if they are just as bad.

Thanks in advance, any information you can share, I appreciate it...

 

theFonz - I just picked up a 2005 Audi TT Quattro Roadster 3.2L, with 68,xxx miles on it
There is another engine, the 1.8T (Turbo), I only have information about the 3.2L engine.
I can give you more information as you narrow your search on your Audi TT, especially if it is has a 3.2L engine.

I have enjoyed every minute I have driven my new ride .

Good luck with your search.

 

randomid - Best of luck in that new ride you picked up!

Thanks for the suggestion about the engines (very much so) - I've omitted my focus on that (apparently foolishly) when searching... I assume the 3.2L is typically more costly than a 1.8L (Turbo)?

As far as purchase candidates, it's getting more difficult, I see pricing on the more attractive options actually going back up a bit, maybe cause the weather is beginning to turn for the better, and the used car salesman trying to get a few more Benjamins in-pocket!

Will probably have to start looking at private sellers instead of dealers, but that may be a good thing anyways cause of the maintenance record questions.

 

Good luck with your search! Post back when you find one that like.