Compliment from an Audi owner

Yorkshire GOC · 17th August 2018, 08:28

Had an auto electrician round to assist on my parking sensors issue. Started talking about cars he said he had an R Reg Audi A4 1.8T which he has had for 17 years and has grown attached to and which he really looked after - so we swopped experiences around old car ownership. As he parted he then asked me has your car been remapped or a steel back box as your engine sounds a lot more powerful than my Audi- the answer to which was no upgrade and a standard newly fixed Klarius box. He was impressed.

championdaddy · 17th August 2018, 09:24

At the moment I own an Audi a6 2.0 diesel saloon.

It is a nice drive, comfortable, reliable, real mile muncher

BUT..........

For me it doesn't have the smile factor of the ZT/ZTT .

I am after another ZT as a toy

The audi can go days without me driving it......

When I had my ZTT........ it was used everyday.

Lord of Hog · 19th August 2018, 10:38

Don't get me started on Audis!

My neighbour is in hospital and asked if I could pick up his A5 S-Line Cabrio and take it home for him.... ten minutes to work out how to get it to start (stick the keyless fob into some little slot that looks like a loose change holder and press the clutch) .... then it nagged me all the way with a variety of pings, bleeps, coloured lights and "useful" suggestions from some disembodied voice that was vaguely reminiscent of Rosa Kleb from the James Bond films.

I'll take the creaking of the suspension and the rumble of the dodgy after-market exhaust on my 75 every time!

Darcydog · 19th August 2018, 13:35

I had three Audi 80’s as company cars one after the other - a 1.6 CL then two 1.8GL’s. I loved them. Comfortable, reliable and the 1.8’s were surprisingly quick.

Only issue I had was the second car would cut out when idling on a downward slope. After lots of checks it was finally identified as water in the fuel tank. Either condensation, dirty fuel or someone pee’ed in my tank.

But once the tank was drained and dried out - no more problem.

jordimussol · 19th August 2018, 20:17

Before my ZT I had an Ibiza TDi90, best diesel engine ever made, 360.000kms with no faults. I miss that car, but I'd miss more the ZT now I'm driving it. The only thing I like better from my old Ibiza is that it got better mileage.

17th August 2018, 08:28	#1
Yorkshire GOC I really should get out more....... Rover 75 connoisseur se v6 auto Join Date: May 2014 Location: Hull Posts: 2,078 Thanks: 1,842 Thanked 623 Times in 469 Posts	Compliment from an Audi owner Had an auto electrician round to assist on my parking sensors issue. Started talking about cars he said he had an R Reg Audi A4 1.8T which he has had for 17 years and has grown attached to and which he really looked after - so we swopped experiences around old car ownership. As he parted he then asked me has your car been remapped or a steel back box as your engine sounds a lot more powerful than my Audi- the answer to which was no upgrade and a standard newly fixed Klarius box. He was impressed. __________________ She came off the Longbridge Line on 20-05-2003 The Silver Machine was the 13th of 160 Rover 75's to come off the production line that day and is the 100th of 527 Starlight Silver Rover 75 2.5 V6 Connoisseur SE Auto saloons listed in the build records produced world wide.

19th August 2018, 10:38	#3
Lord of Hog Gets stuck in Rover 75 2.5 V6 in Wedgwood Blue Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Felbridge, East Grinstead Posts: 982 Thanks: 250 Thanked 294 Times in 206 Posts	Don't get me started on Audis! My neighbour is in hospital and asked if I could pick up his A5 S-Line Cabrio and take it home for him.... ten minutes to work out how to get it to start (stick the keyless fob into some little slot that looks like a loose change holder and press the clutch) .... then it nagged me all the way with a variety of pings, bleeps, coloured lights and "useful" suggestions from some disembodied voice that was vaguely reminiscent of Rosa Kleb from the James Bond films. I'll take the creaking of the suspension and the rumble of the dodgy after-market exhaust on my 75 every time! __________________ Conformity is not morality. Consensus is not truth.

19th August 2018, 20:17	#5
jordimussol Avid contributor 2005 MG ZT & 1996 MGF Join Date: Dec 2017 Location: Mallorca Posts: 174 Thanks: 24 Thanked 67 Times in 32 Posts	Before my ZT I had an Ibiza TDi90, best diesel engine ever made, 360.000kms with no faults. I miss that car, but I'd miss more the ZT now I'm driving it. The only thing I like better from my old Ibiza is that it got better mileage. __________________ This vehicle was the 14,383rd ZT to run off the production line, out of 18,894 This vehicle was the 2,487th ZT CDTi + (135) to be made out of 4,184 This vehicle was the 2,112th ZT in XPower Grey (code: LEF) to be made out of 3,143 XPower Grey ZTs

17th August 2018, 09:24	#2
championdaddy This is my second home Mg Zt 190 Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: The FIRST Garden City....Letchworth. Posts: 6,778 Thanks: 1,243 Thanked 920 Times in 698 Posts	At the moment I own an Audi a6 2.0 diesel saloon. It is a nice drive, comfortable, reliable, real mile muncher BUT.......... For me it doesn't have the smile factor of the ZT/ZTT . I am after another ZT as a toy The audi can go days without me driving it...... When I had my ZTT........ it was used everyday.

19th August 2018, 13:35	#4
Darcydog This is my second home Join Date: Jul 2014 Posts: 5,428 Thanks: 3,123 Thanked 3,170 Times in 2,096 Posts	I had three Audi 80’s as company cars one after the other - a 1.6 CL then two 1.8GL’s. I loved them. Comfortable, reliable and the 1.8’s were surprisingly quick. Only issue I had was the second car would cut out when idling on a downward slope. After lots of checks it was finally identified as water in the fuel tank. Either condensation, dirty fuel or someone pee’ed in my tank. But once the tank was drained and dried out - no more problem.