My 1st TT but not my first Audi

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georgep
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Location: Glenrothes, Fife

This is my first TT but my fifth Audi in the last 15 years.
Previously i have owned a 2000 A3 1.8 Sport, an 2002 A6 Allroad 2.5TDi Quattro fully loaded, an Audi 80 Cabriolet 2.8 V6; i had all 3 at the one time for a few years. Now i own a 2013 A6 S-Line black edition 2.0 Tdi in Daytona Grey and my 2007 TT 3.2 Quattro pretty well speced.

My car was an Audi Press Office car, its sister car one registration digit different and exact same spec and colour appeared in Audi Drivers magazine in 2007. I also had an article in Audi Drivers mag a few years back when they reviewed Scottish owners, at that time i owned the 3 Audi's.
Both the Audi Press cars were up for sale in January 2015 when i got mine.

The reason i got the TT when i did was as follows. I bought the Top Gear Ultimate Road Trip 2 DVD for christmas. It was based in Italy this year and ended up on the Amalfi coast. I have been to Italy many times on holiday and business and love the place but have not been to the Amalfi coast. My wife and i will be 50 this year so wanted to plan a special holiday trip and what better than a trip to Italy? I looked at flying to Naples then hiring a decent car. To hire something "nice" was going to cost. At which point i started to look on Autotrader at TT's, knowing i really wanted one anyway. After about a week searching all the websites, i came across a well speced 3.2 56 plate. It had power seats, Sat Nav Plus, 19" wheels and Mag ride as the main cost options as well as storage pack etc along with the standard items on a 3.2.
The car was 350 miles away so i had to ask a lot of questions over the phone and look at detail on the pictures.
Myself and dad travelled by train from Fife to Peterborough and then a further 20 miles by taxi on a one way ticket. This was not unusually for me as i had to fly to Nottingham to get my Allroad and to Gatwick to get my Cabriolet, 3 out of 5 Audis from "down south". Anyway the car was good with the promised 57k miles on it and full history and very good condition for an 8 year old car.
The drive back was good but like buying any second hand car you are listening for noises, watching all the gauges etc. We traveled through sleet and snow to get back but had the reassurance of the Quattro.
Anyway i have had the car 4 weeks as i write this and so far so good. The car will be 8 years old tomorrow 9/2/15, son is all 18 on the same day.
Oh just about forgot, the trip to Amalfi is on hold. We could only afford 7 days away which would not give us enough time to do the trip justice so instead we are doing a tour of Ireland with my dad coming along in his MX5 which i might have bought, but its not an Audi.
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Welcome :D
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Hi George your just along for ourselves, drop me a pm and I'll inroduce you to Jim at star performance in Kirkcaldy he will keep you right on any maintenance tips :thumbsup:
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Great write up George :yes:
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Welcome to the Club, George :thumbsup:
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