nickauctioneer Posted November 30, 2003 Report Share Posted November 30, 2003 As one of those people who browse the tyresmoke a4 cab forum as an 'anonomous' person , on the WHO'S ONLINE list and then gone again, I thought I should break cover and show you a quick flash of my new cab. I popped up a little while it was on order but haven't been out of it since I got it ! It's Atlas Grey, 1.8T with sport pack, light grey leather and interior.... I know that beauty is in the eye of the beholder but I do love the colour! More photos to follow. Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CARACTERE 007 Posted November 30, 2003 Report Share Posted November 30, 2003 wait till Ari sees that!....its gorgeous dude...good choice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickauctioneer Posted November 30, 2003 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2003 cheers mate very chuffed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdehoogh Posted December 1, 2003 Report Share Posted December 1, 2003 Welcome Nick, Looks great . I'm really interested to see pictures top down! Any details like engine etc? dolphin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdehoogh Posted December 1, 2003 Report Share Posted December 1, 2003 Sorry Nick, Just was so overwhelmed by the picture that I overlooked the description: 1.8T anyway: great car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snail Posted December 1, 2003 Report Share Posted December 1, 2003 Sweet car mate!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari Posted December 1, 2003 Report Share Posted December 1, 2003 Superb! I like the cabrio in subtle colours like this to be honest. My favourites are Moro Blue Ebony Black Atlas Grey Some people might not find these choices inspiring but each to their own. What colour interior have you got there? Hard to tell in the photos. Cool car mate! (1.8T engine better than you'd think too don't you find?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickauctioneer Posted December 1, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2003 Ari glad you like the car . I chose leather seats, trim and carpets all in light grey and they compliment the atlas grey paint very well. It is the stylish and understated thinking man's cab! Pleased to say that after reading all posts on this forum with worrying regularity leading up to the delivery date, and worrying about - hood problems squeeks leaks window faults transmission probs etc ..... I haven't encountered a single problem. (the doors will drop off now I've said that) I think the 1.8t engine is a little underpowered but the engine is still young. I imported a 1.8t golf gti for my wife last year and after 12,000 miles the engine is now sweeeeet. The cab pulls away up hill feeling like a heavy car. However, in the gti I try to race around everywhere but in the cab I find that if you go too fast pedestrians get cross because you don't give them chance to stare!! Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmmlmmam Posted December 2, 2003 Report Share Posted December 2, 2003 I'd been wondering myself how long the 1.8T lump took to fully loosen up. Not that I'm unhappy, quite the opposite, it has exceeded my expectations, providing strong real world performance and pretty good economy (for a heavy car). My previous cars (Honda Civic) engine improved for the entire 24000 miles I put on it from new. My cab had 5000 on when I bought it and it definately feels better now (~10000 miles). I really notice that on cool, dank mornings it runs really well (nice dense charge, noticable on lots of cars but more pronounced on this one). I noticed some other 1.8T owners on this site saying that they got really good results using high octane super-unleaded / optimax type fuels. I think a lot of them may have been running chipped or higher standard output versions of the engine. Have any of you any experience with the 163BHP version as fitted to the cab? Cheers CabMac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari Posted December 2, 2003 Report Share Posted December 2, 2003 Really pleased with my 1.8T cabrio, better than expected. I only have about 7,000 miles on mine but my last two cars (both 1.8T A3's) really started to loosen up at around 20,000 miles so I think mines got pleanty of scope to improve. I use only Shell Optimax in mine and I think it helps a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdehoogh Posted December 2, 2003 Report Share Posted December 2, 2003 After some 10.000 km my oil burner felt much better. Further: some self-promotion.... New pics on the galary of my lovely dolphin grey cab! Pictures !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari Posted December 2, 2003 Report Share Posted December 2, 2003 Like this one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdehoogh Posted December 3, 2003 Report Share Posted December 3, 2003 Agree! It has been taken at the Cote d'azure around St Tropez... Great area for driving a cab!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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