MrLizard Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Yesterday had a call from the guy i broought my first 3 cars from, who kindly (trying to convert me) lent me this: So I had a TTS for 3 hours yesterday. Interesting car, 275bhp 4WD Magnetic Ride To start with the interior was lovely, as with most top model audi's you get lots of leather all over the place, the seat has so many modes its untrue, the dials do the whole needle sweep thing and then glow a nice blue, like in the VW R32, the boot is a very decent size. Exterior, I really like the new look audi TT (im not a hairdresser), even though they seem to be multiplying like rabbits in coventry i still had a lot of people looking at it, the quad exhausts look nice, but ive no idea how they sound as the sound deadening was so good.(quite confident it doesnt sound like my K1 on the zed tho ) The front end looks much more agressive than the old one. Drive, I did a selection of dual carriageway stints and country lane driving. In my old A3 i had the DSG gearbox, which was awesome, the TTS also had the DSG box, but for some reason it was no where near as responsive, the lag from putting your foot down to the ECU telling the engine to use 'kick down' mode was dreadful. So i thought to myself well okay maybe its trying to be economical then, ill switch it to sport mode. In sport mode in my old a3 it held every gear as long as it could and you were always in the lowest gear for the speed, so, high revs, on boost. In the TTS it was still lagging, it still felt like it was trying to get more MPG, which i must add was worse than the 350z in total. So, the only way to drive the automatic gearbox is in manual mode, using the paddles, which is fine as long as you dont go round a corner, as each paddle is about as large as something that isnt very large at all. The power delivery in manual mode was good, and when the turbo was spooled it wasnt slow. The steering was dreadful, not just detached but dreadful, ive driven a selection of sports cars now and i would have to say this is probably the worst, it has the same weight to the steering when you are reverse parking as it does at 70mph round country lanes... i know im used to the zed now but this made no sense, the saleman called it 'safe' but im not so convinced it is. The handling, oh my, the handling is awesome, with the magnetic ride switched on and on full 'stiffness' it cornered on rails, felt very planted, you could occasionally feel the quattro system scraping for grip but it found some from somewhere even in the wet, the handling for me was its one saving grace, and has pushed me much closer to getting the KW for my zed So all in all, probably a semi-decent commuter car, not as much fun, not as quick, and not as involved as the zed, i would never take it on the track over rear wheel drive and to be honest at £38k i would rather have a second hand porka or RS4 Apologies for the dis-jointed review im working at the same time here ta MrLizard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beavis Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Someone on here already as one of those. Whats that about an hair dresser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrLizard Posted July 29, 2008 Author Share Posted July 29, 2008 hope ive not offended anyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_350z Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 cool review thanks for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarnie Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 Any proper pics? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted July 29, 2008 Share Posted July 29, 2008 I saw one in a bright shade of lambo-esque orange. Actually looked great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MrLizard Posted July 29, 2008 Author Share Posted July 29, 2008 the one i took was silver, from listersgroup, but it isnt on their forsale page yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verma Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Know this is a old thread but my 21 year old cousin bought one of these a month or so back, brand new in white, have to say it looks nice and the front LED'S are like marmite but I like them...drove it the other day and I thought the handling is very good!! Lizard you might off seen it, lives off the binley road in the avenues...cousin wouldn't be able to drive this car at all....shame really.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrLizard Posted December 24, 2008 Author Share Posted December 24, 2008 i think i may have seen him going up the a46 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmJak Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Not as quick as the Zed? Thought it was well faster. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H5 Posted December 25, 2008 Share Posted December 25, 2008 Same power output, through a 4 wheel drive system, you'd expect the Zed to have a bit more raw pace. What the difference is in the corners remains to be seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrLizard Posted December 26, 2008 Author Share Posted December 26, 2008 Not as quick as the Zed? Thought it was well faster. . . stock v stock through corners i think you would be chasin the tts, they have similar 1/4 mile zed pippin it slightly, tt takes off a lot quicker then the power delivery is odd, very smooth for a Twin turbo but didnt feel as quick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanski Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Cool review matey however - personally (scarred for life after bad Audi episode a few years ago) I actually prefer the look of the original - this new one just looks too corporate and in line with the rest of the range I did however find 1 thing I would have on it that the Zed needs - the petrol flap does look much better! But you can get those chav stick on ones that every Vauxhall Corsa in the land has now so erm maybe not - he he he keep Zedding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zedrush Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 wish z'ds had that interior though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanski Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 wish z'ds had that interior though your right - a cardboard box has better interior fitments than a Zed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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