Tell me about the 06-14 Audi TT Quattro

I don't think the Boxster is the answer (and this is coming from someone who owned one for three years).

I think it's a case where the running costs would greatly exceed what the OP would be willing to pay (looking at the original list he's been thinking about small hatchbacks like the Polo and Fiesta, so it's safe to assume he isn't considering the running costs of a 6 cylinder Porsche).

To highlight this I'd advise anyone buying any of the above examples to set aside a minimum of £1000 per year for repairs, a further £500 or so for routine servicing and then a set of tyres every 15k or so at around £1000. Replace the £1000 repair budget for £800 warranty budget if you can get one that Porsche will warranty. Fuel consumption will sit around 22mpg if you don't nail it everywhere.
 
Major service at a specialist is 20-30% cheaper than the price he's mentioned for a Major service at Audi. Also cheaper than BMW dealership.

The prices you quote are OPC, which would be pointless for a 10 year old car as it would be at the borderline of qualifying for warranty or past.

£600-700 per set of Michelin Pilot Super Sport or less for PS2 / Goodyear / Conti... not £1000 (although that's around what OPC quoted me for PS2s).
 
Blackhawk47 said:
You mean these desires?



I'm not saying a TT diesel would be good for track days. I think the Op should look at something like the Polo GTI.
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A Polo GTI for track days? Noooooo...

MX5 would be a better recommendation in my book... 35mpg+ quite easily and cheap as chips to run/maintain... with this budget, could get a really nice example, perhaps with supercharger that'll both perform better than the RX8 and still be noticeably cheaper on everything... tax, fuel, tyres, maintenance, etc.
 
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For reals though, I drove a TT and found them pretty boring. It was the 3.2 quattro which is a nice engine, and it had plenty of power but there is no 'event' to a TT. The driving position is naff and it feels like an A3 with a roof chop IMO. It doesn't feel like a sports coupe, it feels like a hot hatch. The grip is bananas and they're easy to drive very quickly, but they're not much 'fun'.
 
lemonade said:
I think you will be bitterly disappointed driving a TT after coming from an RX8, which IMO is one of the best sports cars of the last decade. But it looks like your after a different purpose.
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It depends on your driving style.. I had an RX8 and now have a 2.0T FSI DSG TT.

The RX8 is a nice car for throwing around corners and getting the back end out, but with the little amount of torque you have to keep your revs high. With my TT it pulls away in any gear which makes over taking a breeze.

Personally I would recommend the Automatic with the DSG gear box. With gear changes only being 0.2 seconds you don't notice them, plus the sound it makes when changing up gear is very nice :p
 
My Dad owned a tuned up 1.8t TT for ages and now has a newish TTrs (post-midlife crisis mobile). They are nice cars, but a little to serious and clinical for my liking. Which is why I have a Fiesta ST (and a mk2 Focus ST before that) :D

Tyres and servicing are not cheap either. And if something goes wrong out of warranty expect a massive bill :P
 
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Major service at a specialist is 20-30% cheaper than the price he's mentioned for a Major service at Audi. Also cheaper than BMW dealership.

The prices you quote are OPC, which would be pointless for a 10 year old car as it would be at the borderline of qualifying for warranty or past.

£600-700 per set of Michelin Pilot Super Sport or less for PS2 / Goodyear / Conti... not £1000 (although that's around what OPC quoted me for PS2s).
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Why are you comparing an official dealer and a specialist? I can't say I've ever seen anywhere that'll do a major service (everything all in) on a 987 for £217 as you claim. If he's going to consider taking his Boxster to a specialist then surely he'll be doing the same with his Audi / whatever and it'll be even cheaper.

The Boxster is an expensive car to run, because it's a brilliant quick sports car. It's leagues ahead of a diesel TT or Polo with a nippy engine but that also means it's in a completely different league when it comes to paying for it's running costs.

A 10 year old Porsche can and will throw up big bills - just ask Vince!
 
This thread is bizarre, how have we gone from a diesel TT to save money on road tax to a Porsche for track use? Sounds like the op doesn't know what he wants :p
 
Peerzy said:
Why are you comparing an official dealer and a specialist? I can't say I've ever seen anywhere that'll do a major service (everything all in) on a 987 for £217 as you claim. If he's going to consider taking his Boxster to a specialist then surely he'll be doing the same with his Audi / whatever and it'll be even cheaper.

The Boxster is an expensive car to run, because it's a brilliant quick sports car. It's leagues ahead of a diesel TT or Polo with a nippy engine but that also means it's in a completely different league when it comes to paying for it's running costs.

A 10 year old Porsche can and will throw up big bills - just ask Vince!
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Because you were quoting OPC prices, no need to mislead him into thinking it's more expensive than it needs to be.

I did a quick google for specialist pricing...

£195 minor
£295 major

http://www.northwayporscheltd.co.uk/pages/service

Compared to OP quoting £310 for a major at Audi. I don't know where you got £217 from...
 
crinkleshoes said:
Because you were quoting OPC prices, no need to mislead him into thinking it's more expensive than it needs to be.

I did a quick google for specialist pricing...

£195 minor
£295 major

http://www.northwayporscheltd.co.uk/pages/service

Compared to OP quoting £310 for a major at Audi. I don't know where you got £217 from...
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£217 is 30% off the £310 that he's quote for Audi. I was quoting OPC prices as he was quoting Official Audi prices.

I'll wait for the OP to come back but I think you're way out with the Boxster idea. I love the cars, they are absolutely brilliant but the OP doesn't sound like the type of person who wants to pay the running costs on a car like that.
 
Thanks very much for your help everyone.

I've done some number crunching and although the Porsche Boxster 3.2 S is affordable, it is probably not going to be feasible as a replacement car - it will be cheaper to tax than my RX8 and it will use a bit less fuel, but I'm concerned the running costs may run away with me (especially where part replacement and labour are concerned).

However, I am open to the idea of potentially test driving the Boxster and I still want to test drive the TTS and the Polo GTI (as I haven't given the Polo GTI much of a chance yet).

I mentioned earlier that I didn't find the Ford Focus ST seats very comfortable when I test drove one, and these are also used in the Fiesta ST - a shame really as it seems a good car.

The MX5 is a worthy shout. A good all rounder - and a very nice drive too - but the boot space is smaller than I'm used to. Perhaps I can overlook this since I'm not a family man; however it was the boot space which swung me towards the RX8.

Track day wise, I only tend to go on the track 2-4 times a year anyway, it's great fun in the right sort of car, but not a deal breaker for me. I'm more concerned with tax savings and fuel savings this time around.

Argh! Decisions decisions!
 
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