Craig the Princess Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 TT roffle? Please. Pretty please. With a Focus on top. Floatylight, loserone and Aston Martin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston Martin Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 I love the baseball seats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Well bought Sir Billy. I liked mine, they go very well and are surprisingly comfortable - I used to drive all over Europe in mine. They were all 4WD (in the UK) when this one was new, we didn't get the weedy 150bhp FWD variant until later - just the 180 and 225 Quattros. Everyone at the works do will tell you they’re boring to drive, but that’s compared with a Boxster on a track. On the road they’re enough of a hoot when you want them to be. They’re also more fun than the mk2s, and a lot less complex, as SiC will attest. Sadly baseball glove seats were a convertible-only thing. Aston Martin, Cavcraft and dome 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timolloyd Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 I ran one of these as a company car years ago. They get an unfair rep IMO (and as discussed in another thread a while back). From memory the Quattro is actually 30/70 or something, but maybe that's always the case in cars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston Martin Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 I’m always amazed that they’re a hatch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 I was looking at these before I bought the z4 and lots of the cheaper ones are fucked in different and exciting ways . dome, Laseraligningfoofooflanges, Dick Longbridge and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserone Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 There's a chap on our allotment site has one of these, very often full of hens or ???? shit. Must be very practical Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 Nice Golf. Sigmund Fraud, Aston Martin, Christine and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted May 22, 2018 Author Share Posted May 22, 2018 No rust (that I’ve seen) but not looked underneath. No mention of it on MOT failure though, so hopefully it’s not an issue.Advisories included both rear wheels sticking slightly, train of though is sticking calipers or handbrake cable/s as it wasn’t used much last couple of years. It pulls well, my lad tried to overtake me so I wellied it and it took off very nicely.In the short drive I’ve had, it seems nice but not crazy like a VXR/ST/etc, much more sedate feeling. Probably a good thing for your licence or middle aged hair dresser’s middle aged crisis, as they appear to get labelled. Suppose it’s unfair to compare it to balls out cars, maybe it’s more of a grand tourer type thing? Does make you feel quite grand driving it, it must be said. Skizzer, Aston Martin, alf892 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omegod Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 I had to strip the front end off one of these after the passenger headlight bulbspringything went awol, zero access to get to it otherwise, drove quite well to be honest and I think I probably would Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 There's a chap on our allotment site has one of these, very often full of hens or ???? shit. Must be very practicalYou can get a suitcase and snowboarding kit (including board) in the boot with the rear seats down. (How middle class / middle aged am I.) I've also shared the luggage space with a wheelbarrow while a small tree rode in the front. A friend was driving. That wasn’t awfully comfortable though. loserone, Lacquer Peel, mat_the_cat and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayts450 Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 I trust the tree was wearing its seat belt ? Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Does this mean no more vectras Billy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigmund Fraud Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 From memory the Quattro is actually 30/70 or something, but maybe that's always the case in cars Those TTs are not a proper Quattro, they use a first-gen Haldex system which means they're FWD most of the time. Tayne, Lacquer Peel and Aston Martin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted May 22, 2018 Author Share Posted May 22, 2018 Does this mean no more vectras Billy? I don't drink in the week, Bren. chaseracer and Daviedv 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobblers Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 Cheers....V5 new keeper's bit says 'TT Quattro (225BHP)' Raffle. Please raffle! I have remap equipment and I'm not afraid to use it on a car that cost me 25 quid or whatever Lacquer Peel, Supernaut and loserone 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 I trust the tree was wearing its seat belt ? I hope it had a booster seat if it was of that age too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bezzabsa Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 whats the story with the suzook ignis?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted May 23, 2018 Author Share Posted May 23, 2018 whats the story with the suzook ignis?? Bad timing is bad. Due to be collected today by the scrap yard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
666jjp Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 as the office Vectra man, do you by any chance have any user manuals for a 'b' that I could purchase. Cavcraft and Split_Pin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigmund Fraud Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Bad timing is bad. Due to be collected today by the scrap yard. Cavcraft and Supernaut 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supernaut Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Yay Janet the hen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted May 24, 2018 Author Share Posted May 24, 2018 Not one to crow about, sadly. MOT failure (too much to bother with) and the smoke screen had to be seen to be believed, I swear it was brown coloured at one point. Seems to use more oil than diesel, but it was one hell of a final journey (not 750 miles) for the poor old thing. Bucketeer and DVee8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wuvvum Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 Is that the one off the eBay tat thread which the owner reckoned would struggle to pass the emissions? Sounds like he was right then... Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 The New mot regs says no visible smoke on startup. A good percent of the cars I’ve owned have smoked on startup . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matts_Rusty_Bus Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 The New mot regs says no visible smoke on startup. A good percent of the cars I’ve owned have smoked on startup .Only on cars fitted with a dpf I believe Sent from my SM-A520F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted May 25, 2018 Author Share Posted May 25, 2018 Is that the one off the eBay tat thread which the owner reckoned would struggle to pass the emissions? Sounds like he was right then... I don't know to be honest, quite possibly. Very nice bloke though, picked me up from mine to go and get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted May 26, 2018 Author Share Posted May 26, 2018 Back on my head today. Vendor was a brilliant bloke, was part way through re-wiring the alarm on his Ferrari Mondial when I got there. Could have talked to him all day long, no danger. Anyhow, Fiesta failed MOT, the only tricky bit (I can see)is the welding needed right next to the rear suspension mount.He says it's original/genuine mileage, one MOT (on history) has seen it jump by 70,000, but it seems the tester cocked up. clayts450, Burnside, jumpingjehovahs and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timolloyd Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 Did a double take at that first pic - thought there was an air scoop on the bonnet. DeeJay, Aston Martin, Cavcraft and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greengartside Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 Did a double take at that first pic - thought there was an air scoop on the bonnet.Me too! These are a reliable old bus. Well bought. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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