Audi TT roadster or Z4

350Z is an animal :D pre 2005 has the lower tax band - after 2005 it's £500 ! Coupe version looks and handles better than the roadster - MPG is terrible but goes like shite off a shovel :D :D
 
mmm-five said:
Havard said:
mmm-five said:
You just need to add a 350Z, Porsche Boxster and Mercedes SLK to your shortlist :poke:
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For £5k?
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Autotrader shows all of them available for under £5k - the SLK showing the most, followed by the Boxster, and then the 350Z.

I’m not saying I’d have any of them myself. I was just throwing other options onto the table :)
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Wow. Lots of cars for very little money...!!
 
yes ,there is a lot of muscle out there for small change money these days and no one has yet mentioned the S2000,an absolute beaut when you get the revs really spinning but a little hard core for me.
At the end of the day a ragtop has to look right as well as go right and stuff like the 350Z and SLK just just don't do it for me.
Love the idea of posting the reverse question on the Audi TT mk1 forum.
Might do it when I get a minutes to spare.
 
I had a TT Coupe back in 2004 and loved it. Longest I've ever owned a car, had it for 3 years.

It felt like a well built car, the seats were lovely and the interior was different (felt a lot nicer than my E85 / E86).

If you are into modding then the steering can easily be sorted / improved with a few subtle improvements - defcon and R32 ARB's.

Would i choose one over a 3.0 E85. No
 
DPG said:
I had a TT Coupe back in 2004 and loved it. Longest I've ever owned a car, had it for 3 years.

It felt like a well built car, the seats were lovely and the interior was different (felt a lot nicer than my E85 / E86).

If you are into modding then the steering can easily be sorted / improved with a few subtle improvements - defcon and R32 ARB's.

Would i choose one over a 3.0 E85. No
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Phew, you had me worried for a second there Dan until the last word :)
 
jeffreyt said:
yes ,there is a lot of muscle out there for small change money these days and no one has yet mentioned the S2000,an absolute beaut when you get the revs really spinning but a little hard core for me.
At the end of the day a ragtop has to look right as well as go right and stuff like the 350Z and SLK just just don't do it for me.
Love the idea of posting the reverse question on the Audi TT mk1 forum.
Might do it when I get a minutes to spare.
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Now that I would read with interest. Then ignore of course. :D
 
TT = Total Tedium

I made the mistake of having 2. My wife's Z4 3l, bought a couple of years after I dumped the second TT, was a far nicer car to drive and be in.
 
No,not yet.
Mrs T has been running me ragged with 'jobs' .
Will join the TT forum when I get a minute and post up the question.
 
The TT will be much better car if you want to go for more power cheaply, has much better interior and generally feels better put together than a z4. Only went for the z4 because it was less common and has a more involving drive out of the box.
 
OK so I've posed the same question on the TT forum and am beginning to get some responses.
The general feeling is that the TT is better built, better cabin but doesn't handle like a Z4 .
It also carries a spare wheel without compromising the boot which I like.
Evidently a few mods will make a big improvement to the TT handling.
I think I am going to have to have a few trips round the dealers and take their cars for a ride and see which one I prefer .
Interesting eh?
 
If you're coming from a lotus, then consider this:
Z4 3.0i manual (pre-fl, 231HP): 1290kg
Audi TT roadster 3.2q manual (mk1 250hp): 1560KG
Audi TT roadster 1.8Tq manual (mk1 225hp): 1515kg
I'm guessing your current elan weighs 1000-1100kg?

Even an pre-fl nissan 350z roadster with the nice 280hp engine and stock LSD is.......1610kg (just as heavy as my volvo XC70 estate diesel :lol: )

The TT might have a spacesaver, which is nice indeed, but the z4's boot is considerably bigger I think.
 
And you asking this on a Z4 forum OP?! :poke:
It's the TT all the way!!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
Just kidding Marlon!😂😂😂
I had two TT's back when they were a new/current model. All I can say that hasn't already been said one way or another is I wish I'd bought a zed instead. At the time test drives of the zed on runflat tyres and its very stiff suspension coupled to doing a fair amount of mileage put me off but that's easily remedied. So did the Chris Bangle design in the early days. i certainly remember preferring the then edgy drop dead looks of the TT at the the time, but its aged quickly and looks quite soft and nothing special these days. At the same time the zeds grown on me over the years, especially when they face lifted it and dropped the ginger, i know im biased but i still think a nice E85 looks fairly fresh. The i6 engined zeds have on the whole proved to be a bit more reliable than the TT's aswell. Like I said in hindsight I should have bought a zed in the first place.
 
I have both a mk2TT and Z4mc....the TT is a better daily car, whereas the Z is a better drivers car. The BMW is mechanically a better car, but the interior of the Audi is better. I'd sell the TT over the Z4 every time.

Not sure that helps your decision.
 
Here's the thread on the TT forum if anyone is interested! They didn't give the Z4 much of a bashing actually...in fact most of them seemed to be talking about the Z3 :headbang:

http://www.ttforum.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=1790042&hilit=z4+roadster
 
If you are thinking of a TT I would avoid the 1.8T. They are the most soulless, characterless engines ever built.
I had one tuned to 230bhp in a mk2 golf and it ruined the car, don't know why I ever bought it.

In my opinion a roadster is all about driving experience, which the Z4 wins on hands down. Everything else comes a distant second
 
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