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Do you fit the sterotype tho? Are you a hairdresser or a male... or both?
And are you gonna get a heart on the side like the sig??
and orange black leather? Got a pic?
today... AS.net IS a chatroom!! Its not even Friday!
Well I've just sold my S3, pxed for a TT and have a TTs on order so I figure i should be a good judge.
The TT has far exceeded my expectations in every area, even the 2.0T FWD would not be left far behind the 'Super S3'. Its lighter and feels very agile, it has a better exhaust note and in Black with 19" RS4 looks really sporty in comparison to the S3.
I never fail to glance back when parked up where as the S3 could become anonymous amongst all the other A3 S-lines around. I'm not knocking the S3 as I still think its a brilliant, fast and very practical car but the looks could have been more ambitious. I owned the S3 12 months and got very few comments about it, I had the TT 3 nights and have had neighbours come around just to take a look ?!?
As for a girls or hairdressers car well that an old stereo type now aimed at the generation 1, drive a Gen 2 and then pass judgement.
The TT-s will sell well despite it's £33K price tag as it will have the exclusivity the S3 enjoyed 12 months ago. I
f you need 4 proper seats get the S3 if you only need occasional seats and require a bit of a looker go for the TT-S.
I test drove the TT despite the usual grief i got off mates re girls car etc before buying the S3. As much as the Mk2 is slightly bigger than the Mk1 I personally think the dimesions need to be tweeked further. I had to do some serious neck bending to get in the TT which i don't in a Cayman or Z4M. Seems trivial perhaps but this would really have got on my nerves over time. I drove the 2.0 TT and S3 straight after and IMHO the S3 was impressivly much faster hence i bought one. Not knocking the TT just sharing my view/experience. The TT-S will be hell of a motor ...... if you can get in ok:icon_thumright:
Defo S3 in Sprint blue.
Rare car, Ive seen lots more TTs than S3s here `up North`.
TT are very nice but if youre spending 30K+ on a sports car where practicality isnt an issue then its got to be a Porker.
happy shopping
Get the S3 and Black or Red!!!
TT-S? Why bother? still looks cheap next to a Porsche Cayman and for £37k there are plenty Porsches around... or a Z4 coupes!!!
I like the TT but you can't get away from sort of haidresser image just because there are lots of them...
Pedro
But the major one is that you no longer get a discount if you live in the zone if you fall into this bracket. So thats £25 per day 5 days a week if you drive your cars!
Toshiba said:S3 are just a faster crappy A3. A3 was out of date when it was released. looks crap, interals are crap, its boring as hell to be in. The best thing about it, is getting out of it and walking away.
At least you know it wont get nicked - no one wants them.
Jeeze! People like this wind me up. They see a car as a status symbol. The more expensive it is the better it is obviously! I bet he'd be ill at the prospect of a Clio 182, which by all accounts is a fantastic car.
How about the need for 4 seats, coupled with lack of driver ability to handle a high powered rwd!. Stacks of Porsches here in bucks - Boxster county
As for 4 seats... if you need for seats forget the TT... my mate has a TT and rear seats are more like a rear shelf... might be fine for a 2 mile trip to the shops...
Driver ability... no comment.
Again is a personal choice if I was buying a TT-S or any car for the matter I would try to get a very good spec... well in the TT-S if you do that is brings it close to £40k... And with that price tag there are nicer cars with better build quality, driveability or even performance. And no matter what you say you will see more new shape TT than new shape Caymans...
I am sure the TT-S will be a very very fast car... but if follows the trend of my S3, completely unexciting... I drove a friends simple 320i coupe and steering feel, driver envolvment was in another league... he even turned off traction control and I was able to play a little with it... Now that is a drivers car... not this clinical Audi "locomotives"...
But yeah... TT is a looker and everyone will look at you when cruising at 5mph on the highstreet saturday mornings...
Pedro
I must admit, I tend to think of the TT as a girl's/hairdressers car.
IMO, it's the looks they are first attracted to, then the fact they are completely unintimidating to drive.
Nice light steering, nice light controls, hardly any chance of you losing control.
Some would call that a boon, some would call it boring.
If it was more 'challenging' to drive, women wouldn't like it.
@spin,
All fair points, I can see why you went with the TT-S, but if I was in your shoes I still think I'd take an RS4 over the TT-S. But thats just my opinion.
Exhaust note on 2.0T FWD TT is nicer than on S3.
TT-S in summary: Faster, headturner than a S3 no question about that! To drive? I would say absolutely sterile... can't see Audi changing their direction all of a sudden. Safe and fast!
Oh yes... there is the RS4...
Anyone considered a 2-3 year old 911 Carrera? Rear seats are ridiculous but should be more exciting to drive and everyone says it is a fine everyday car...
Pedro
I mentioned Runflats in my previous post as our company BMW's have them and they are crap. Whilst BMW fit them as std, we wont be buying anymore BMW. The buggers also pick up punctures all the time.
My Alpina doesn't have the run flats, which most say is a bonus.
However, it doesn't have a ****** spare either, not even a spacesaver.
Just some 'mousse' and a compressor.
The puncture procedure looks ridiculous, although it might not be that bad in practice (I'm not keen to find out).
I, along with other Alpina owners, have bought a used wheel and tyre from a breaker, along with a jack from Halfords.
You lose some boot space, but gain peace of mind.
So in the tyre/puncture/spare department, yes, BMW suck.