Scene tax

[wuvvum]

Do these things not attract much of it then?

 

 

£300 with 10 months' test seems cheap for something with a connection (however tentative) to the retro VW thing.

[Milford Cubicle]

Yummy! What's under the bonnet?'80s Audis don't seem to attract much of the tax at all.

[mirafioriman]

They are a great car. Well put together, quite quick and economical. My Father and I have had a couple between us.Looks like a bargain!

[wuvvum]

What's under the bonnet?

1588cc petrol. These are supposed to be quite fun to drive. I like it - like a bigger version of my old Jetta. Same colour too.

[dollywobbler]

Don't think these Audi-yadoo's attract loads of attention. Shame really - it's a Golf for sensible people.

[Milford Cubicle]

Injected? Should be pretty nippy either way, they are light cars.

[retrogeezer]

well, it was a steal at that price....shame no-one noticed it before today.

[HillmanImp]

They are nice cars. Quite nippy too. Had one when i was about 18 for a bit on a loan from someone.

[wuvvum]

well, it was a steal at that price....shame no-one noticed it before today.

I did.

[Rusty Pelican]

Where was it for sale , looks local to me , has it sold

[vicsmith]

Where is/was it? Is it gone?

[retrogeezer]

well, it was a steal at that price....shame no-one noticed it before today.

I did.

did you buy it?? I meant no one had posted it in the ebay thread (not that I noticed anyhoo)

[Guest]

Can't wait to see it with cut springs and matt black with a load of skateboarding stickers in the window! On second thoughts, I could wait. Many years in fact.Nice buy Wuvvum - I like these.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

That does look like a barg! Someone is selling an almost identical one on R-R, they've a £900 scene levy on top of the cost of this one though.

[Owain-328i]

These are still a classy car i reckon in original un-scened condition.

[garethj]

Someone who knows more than me will confirm the 1600 didn't roll on those alloys originally, otherwise it looks very standard. LovelyStirling Moss himself drove one, there can be no higher recommendation (other than a Hirst Used Cars Seal Of Guaranteed Satisfaction For You And Yours)

[pogweasel]

That is well nice!£300 for any old rammle with t&t is good going.For a class old Audi it's gr8 val-u.

[wuvvum]

Someone who knows more than me will confirm the 1600 didn't roll on those alloys originally

It didn't. And it doesn't now - it's back on its original steels. Alloys come with it though, albeit with shagged tyres.

[Guest]

Let's see some pictures of it on the steels! I'm sure you could get these with some kind of dog-dish hubcap setup.

[Station]

Think it's just missed the scene tax because it has four doors and is a fairly recent Audi. Think the scene tax is only applied to cars that thousands of people own, ie Golf. I actually think this would look 'relevant' if it was 'lowered and riding on widened steel wheels/£1500 80's alloy wheels' with a silly roof rack and other 'relevant' crap stuck on.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Scene tax only seems to apply to stuff that was absolutely awful for body rot, slow and not hugley desirable when new - Minis, Mark 1/2 Scorts, Beetles and and those bastard Campers.Old Audis are worthy but dull. The 1600 petrols were lively though, as was the understeer in the wet. Audis don't seem to have any following at all apart from the odd 80's Quattro Turbo. They just seem to get old and then vanish whereas BMW's and Mercs linger on forever.

[Guest]

Scene tax only seems to apply to stuff that was absolutely awful for body rot, slow and not hugley desirable when new - Minis, Mark 1/2 Scorts, Beetles and and those bastard Campers.

Old Audis are worthy but dull. The 1600 petrols were lively though, as was the understeer in the wet. Audis don't seem to have any following at all apart from the odd 80's Quattro Turbo. They just seem to get old and then vanish whereas BMW's and Mercs linger on forever.

What about that Ur-100 that got a feature in Retro Cars despite being bog standard other than Fuchs and air ride? Would that be because RC is effectively PVW, and at some point they worked out they had to cover other stuff other than VWs?

 

They had an Audi 80 on bags as well. And it had been RESPRAYED and had BBS ALLOYS on it. Shit the bed.

 

The VAG crowd don't seem to do much with the old Audis other than air ride them. Air ride's pish anyway, it just looks like your uprights have collapsed.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

Scene tax only seems to apply to stuff that was absolutely awful for body rot, slow and not hugley desirable when new - Minis, Mark 1/2 Scorts, Beetles and and those bastard Campers.

Old Audis are worthy but dull. The 1600 petrols were lively though, as was the understeer in the wet. Audis don't seem to have any following at all apart from the odd 80's Quattro Turbo. They just seem to get old and then vanish whereas BMW's and Mercs linger on forever.

What about that Ur-100 that got a feature in Retro Cars despite being bog standard other than Fuchs and air ride? Would that be because RC is effectively PVW, and at some point they worked out they had to cover other stuff other than VWs?

 

They had an Audi 80 on bags as well. And it had been RESPRAYED and had BBS ALLOYS on it. Shit the bed.

 

The VAG crowd don't seem to do much with the old Audis other than air ride them. Air ride's pish anyway, it just looks like your uprights have collapsed.

Dunno, I don't do Dubs and I ain't no Dubster!

[Cavcraft]

Do these things not attract much of it then?

 

 

£300 with 10 months' test seems cheap for something with a connection (however tentative) to the retro VW thing.

Had one (yonks back) and probably one of the worse cars I ever owned. hateful, unreliable heap of shit.

 

Weighed one in year before last that was quite low miles and unabused and it gave me great pleasure smashing it up. Soz for being a misery arse but cannot stand the bastard things.

[Rusty Pelican]

Had a series 2 sport , nice motor but the engine overhang made the steering feel a bit wierd and this wasnt helped by being FW drive , got a Quattro series 2 after this , now THATS a CRACKING car

[Station]

My mate had a darker green one last year (and had it for 5 years), before trading it in against an over-priced, horrible 2005 GREEN bog standard A6 petrol. Remember thinking how unremarkable it was. Engine was 'longtitudinal' and surprised at it being rwd, which it wasn't!

[stormee]

These are very similar to MK2 Passats, I once had a 1.6 carb one, drove decently but nothing more. Try any 5 pot B2 Audi/Passat... I have a Passat 2.2E for my daily and I really love the smoothness, the note and its response.The 4 pots are reliable, slightly better on MPG but simply not comparable. Audi 80 in GL spec are nice, forget about the CL, but the nicest ones are the CD which came with the 1.9 115bhp 5 pot engines.

[TheScrapman]

I had one about 10 years ago for a few weeks. One of the two fwd cars I've owned.

 

Only crap picture I can find of it:

 

It had 57k, 1 owner 1.6 auto with the greenest interior of any car ever made ever. Green seats, green dash, green gear lever - even the switches were green. They must have had such a vast parts bin when building these things. I think I paid £300 for it then.

 

Went well enough though, and good on fuel, but for some reason it was astronomical to insure. So it did one naughty uninsured mission from Andover to Norwich and was sold on to an old learner driver...