My wife currently has a MK2 Tdi Roadster S-line Special edition.
She has been considering upgrading to the Mk3 for a while and has been playing with the build your Audi feature quite a bit. Last week my A5 had to go in for warranty work (It is expected to be with them for several days) and I managed to obtain a brand new, registered first week in March, TT roadster for the week
The car is an optioned up black 1.8 S-line with the optional 19 inch twin spoke alloy wheels fitted with Bridgestone tyres. The car obviously looks very pretty and things like the cool steering wheel, heater controls in the vents and the in dash navigation are fabulous. Less nice are the motor, the handling and the road noise.
The motor has to be worked to get the car to feel even slightly nippy. But all that revving really effects the economy and to be frank even when we've tried to get economy we've struggled to the car to deliver mid 30's
Handling - Our old TT drives like it's on rails with super fast turn in, it's like driving a go-kart. The new TT, that we have, seems far less direct. The car does seem to sit a lot higher, maybe the car hasn't got the lowered sports suspension? All I know is that it doesn't feel anywhere near as much fun
But saving the worst till last - road noise. My A5 3.0 black, on 19 inch rims is near silent inside. I have always found the wife's TT to be a little noisy but this new TT is terrible. You actually have to raise your voice to talk, and keep turning the radio up and down to over the racket coming from the wheels / tyres when the car is moving. It is so bad that it has actually put my wife off the whole upgrade idea. Have any of you who upgraded noticed this or could it just be an issue with this car and its suspension / wheel & tyre combination?
She has been considering upgrading to the Mk3 for a while and has been playing with the build your Audi feature quite a bit. Last week my A5 had to go in for warranty work (It is expected to be with them for several days) and I managed to obtain a brand new, registered first week in March, TT roadster for the week
The car is an optioned up black 1.8 S-line with the optional 19 inch twin spoke alloy wheels fitted with Bridgestone tyres. The car obviously looks very pretty and things like the cool steering wheel, heater controls in the vents and the in dash navigation are fabulous. Less nice are the motor, the handling and the road noise.
The motor has to be worked to get the car to feel even slightly nippy. But all that revving really effects the economy and to be frank even when we've tried to get economy we've struggled to the car to deliver mid 30's
Handling - Our old TT drives like it's on rails with super fast turn in, it's like driving a go-kart. The new TT, that we have, seems far less direct. The car does seem to sit a lot higher, maybe the car hasn't got the lowered sports suspension? All I know is that it doesn't feel anywhere near as much fun
But saving the worst till last - road noise. My A5 3.0 black, on 19 inch rims is near silent inside. I have always found the wife's TT to be a little noisy but this new TT is terrible. You actually have to raise your voice to talk, and keep turning the radio up and down to over the racket coming from the wheels / tyres when the car is moving. It is so bad that it has actually put my wife off the whole upgrade idea. Have any of you who upgraded noticed this or could it just be an issue with this car and its suspension / wheel & tyre combination?
