Burt2000
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So after almost a year with the lotus it was time to let it go as the 2 seats (both my sons are petrol heads) and overall size and nature of the car was proving a little impractical. Also the fact that it was a bit too much money for me to have tied up in something that only does a couple thousand miles a year.
After it went back to England I roughly halfed the budget and set about looking for a replacement. Originally I was after a something like a nice edition 30 or a Mk6 Golf R, I looked at a couple of cars but they weren’t what I expected and I couldn’t really be arsed going to England this time unless it was something really worth it.
I spotted this car locally and went for a look just out of curiosity as it was a bit above budget but when I seen and drove it I new I would have to stretch the money out a bit and go for it. The dealer was great to deal with, there was no movement on price which was already fair tbh, but I pushed them to do the (expensive) brakes for me and they did, new front discs and pads, rear pads and a service, 1 years warranty on top as well.
Anyway onto the car. I got a chance to give it its first wash today and get a few pics as the sun came out. It seems well enough spec’d. 19’s, mag ride, sepang blue paint, manual, Bose, heated/folding mirrors heated seats, phone prep etc
I’m really happy with it, very original and has been well looked after, FSH, nice low miles for its age. The engine is just
and pulls from basically any revs in any gear. Very well put together car too with that Audi build quality, I’m surprised there aren’t more about as I think they are a bit of a performance bargain atm and destined to be desirable in the future with that engine and a manual 6 speed, they tick a lot of boxes and have 4 seats(kind of).
After it went back to England I roughly halfed the budget and set about looking for a replacement. Originally I was after a something like a nice edition 30 or a Mk6 Golf R, I looked at a couple of cars but they weren’t what I expected and I couldn’t really be arsed going to England this time unless it was something really worth it.
I spotted this car locally and went for a look just out of curiosity as it was a bit above budget but when I seen and drove it I new I would have to stretch the money out a bit and go for it. The dealer was great to deal with, there was no movement on price which was already fair tbh, but I pushed them to do the (expensive) brakes for me and they did, new front discs and pads, rear pads and a service, 1 years warranty on top as well.
Anyway onto the car. I got a chance to give it its first wash today and get a few pics as the sun came out. It seems well enough spec’d. 19’s, mag ride, sepang blue paint, manual, Bose, heated/folding mirrors heated seats, phone prep etc
I’m really happy with it, very original and has been well looked after, FSH, nice low miles for its age. The engine is just
and pulls from basically any revs in any gear. Very well put together car too with that Audi build quality, I’m surprised there aren’t more about as I think they are a bit of a performance bargain atm and destined to be desirable in the future with that engine and a manual 6 speed, they tick a lot of boxes and have 4 seats(kind of).
