There was a raffle at work to win a TT for the weekend.
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I didn't enter as expected it to be on a race weekend
But the person that won it didn't actually want it
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(you must have a clean license) so he thought would pass onto the biggest petrol head he knew.
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very kind of him.
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so after a few phone calls to Audi HQ and organizing a weekend that suits me here we are with a 15 plate TT
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First off i wasn't very excited
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(although looking forward to it) Audi's do not tend to excite me at all.
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All i have driven have always been missing that
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"fizz" or been a little dull on delivery.
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Even when someone at work got a brand new A3 it just looked like another A3 TDi like he had before just a different colour.
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So i Turned up to work to pick it up today not sure what colour spec or anything to expect.
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It was silver.
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oh great.
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i mean its a great looking car from the front.
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but a more exciting red or similar would have been nice but that seems to be the way of the world now days.
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Not sure on the looks
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square on from the rear if i am honest at first.
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it just looks like a TT,.
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but from any other angle i think it looks awesome.
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Go into collect keys.
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expecting the lecture
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"you can't drive over 3k, you can only do 100 miles, sign here" etc etc.
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nope nothing.
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Audi HQ dropped the car off.
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here you go.
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some keys.
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see you tuesday.
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awesome
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Now i have been looking foward to trying the new
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"gimmicky" dash.
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but more to that in a mo
Me and the wife got in.
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straight away not even in the position i would sit in it was comfy, really comfy, although would say the width of the seat is designed for someone larger
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(rounder) than me and would have liked the adjust ability
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to hold me a little more at the sides
A quick scout over and finding some paperwork.
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Its a
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2015 Audi TT 2.0T petrol 230ps Manual transmission S Line 2 wheel drive
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Manual.
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gets better
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But with the options this car has its
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£36k!!!!! let me say that again.
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£36,000!!!!! this one given to me has 2800miles and 3/4tank of fuel with 290 miles in it with an average consumption of 46mpg.
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that'll be the motorway journey down.
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not bad for a turbo 4 pot.
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Seat all set up
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(space in the back looks small) start it up.
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sounds good already nice and warm
a fiddle with the buttons show that its all normal Audi in here, well thought out everything where you want it, really like the heater controls being on the vents themselves
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(ill get a pic of that)
Now the instrument cluster.
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in simple terms its a tablet that controls the car, and it looks great.
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To start with without reading instructions seems pretty to use either the centre
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"wheel" control or the steering wheel controls
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( a nice chunky wheel it is too)
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So off we go.
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straight out.
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oh thats quick.
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lots quicker than expected.
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The engine is a peach.
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pulls nice sounds good.
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complaints.
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as normal.
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normal mode the Traction cuts in to early but this does make for some awesome exhaust noises
sport mode is really nice.
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great for pulling away and makes you feel in control but when on some B roads it seems to still interfere a bit too much.
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turn off the TC completely is a bit of a faff, turn the tc back on then hold for 5+ secs.
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but pulling away is a nightmare.
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the car just lights the front wheels up and hops and bounces.
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its horrible.
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the wheels just can't handle it at all, its as though it needs the Anti lift kit i fitted on the ST to help reduce that, but once moving its better and no interference is great.
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Turn in is lovely the steering weight is really nice when its in Dynamic mode gives a lot of confidence although on uk b roads could do with a little more dampening.
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The brake though need work on their feed back.
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doesn't seem to be enough communication back.
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but boy they do work.
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I would like to have seem the accelerator/brake slightly closer together to make heel and toe a bit easier.
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but its very do-able and easily to balance as its set up.
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but a slightly better setup would have been perfect.
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The gearing is on of my main issues with it.
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1st is great almost perfect for this engine.
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but 2nd is where it goes wrong.
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its long.
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far to long red line is 76mph
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(not that i have been up above 70 to test that) it just too long and seems to take an age to get through 2nd.
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its not slow by any means.
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but just a bit long for my liking
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Economy by now i have done 20 miles.
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its now has on 200 miles in the tank and average of 17MPG.
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wow okay when you get a move on its thirsty.
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really thirsty.
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But on the other had it has different modes.
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Stick in eco and it quietens down uses some of the REgen system
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(explain in a mo) and it plods along at well over 40mpg.
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so drive it like a hoon and you will pay but to and from work or motorways runs its kind to you.
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perfect combination if you ask me.
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whilst playing with the MMI system
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(dash computer system) on the live mpg i noticed it kept going all the way to over 99mpg when coasting then going green and showing a battery.
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maybe some sorts of Kers device to make more economical?
but when in ECo or auto mode sit cursing it uses this system to do more MPG a Big E comes up next to the gear selected.
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starting to see where all this 36K is being spent.
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It does give the feeling of being a lot smaller than it actually is.
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I parked it up next the roadster and it just dwarfs it
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Overall the car has really impressed me.
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Its lovely inside and out.
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Leave it in Sport and its a lot of fun without the front hopping around, watch the speed with such a long second gear and its a lot of fun with refinery you'd expect for an Audi.
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It is great at covering b road miles very quickly and a lot of fun as a point to point car, stick in Eco and lovely comfy quiet motorway cruiser
I will say that I wouldn't want the quattro, i think it would remove the fun from it and start feeling like a boring audi again
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Would i buy one.
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hmmm If i was after this sort of car with this price range over the bmw z4 maybe but i feel the RWD of the bm would draw me in.
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although the room in the back is enough for DM its a 2 seater really no normal adult can sit in the back in comfort.
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I do look forward to seeing this type of dash starting to appear on all new cars its a great step forward
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(my fav part of the car)
but it does make me want a toureg or Q5 when i replace my Pajero
I will also say on the build quality that the ST has 18Kmiles an no faults to report.
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the TT has 3K and the passgener window has stopped auto dropping when opening and closing the door.
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meaning it won't close properly and i have to drop the window down each time to shut the door
which is annoying
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Ill drop back after the weekend of playing with it.
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