- 116,637
- 2,214 below average
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- Brentwood, TN
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- 2,214 below average 116,637 blue automatic
2004 audi tt 180hp review this car review is specific to this model, not the actual vehicle for sale. Quicker and sportier, with new v6. introductionaudi has come further, perhaps, than any other german car company. It's a car company on the way out of the lower luxury segment and into the upper, and a company that deserves watching. The tt is a two-seater and comes in both coupe and roadster form. It features solid vw mechanicals and durability underneath. That theme is carried through inside with a stylish interior in top-quality materials and fit and finish. These cars feel very refined and quite stable, like their riding on rails. The brakes are excellent. The 225-horsepower 1. 8 t is quick and the new 3. 2 is very quick indeed; audi's quattro all-wheel-drive system comes on these models to put the power down on clean, dry pavement as well as on mud, snow, slush or rain-drenched roads. The 1. 8 t 180 comes with traction control (asr) to make up for its lack of all-wheel drive. Roadsters come with fixed roll bars in polished aluminum finish behind the seats. All tt models include seat-mounted head and chest side airbags and next-generation dual front airbags; three-point safety belts with pretensioners and load limiters; and the latch system for child safety seats. leather upholstery is standard on all models. Large 17-inch wheels and tires and xenon high-intensity discharge headlights come standard. options include a papaya orange paint 1000); the baseball optic leather interior treatment 1000); a premium package with homelink and heated seats 700); a bose audio system package 1200); the power folding top option 800); 18-inch wheels and tires 775); a navigation system 1350); a leather-swathed steering wheel 275); and a cell phone prep kit 350). upgrades for 2004 include a standard cd-player audio system in base models, standard homelink in base models, standard 17-inch wheels and tires for the basic 1. 8 t model, height-adjustable sports seats, and xenon high-intensity discharge headlamps with self-leveling and automatic adjustment. walkaroundwe were struck by the styling of the audi tt when it was first introduced as a 2000 model. The designers of the tt were inspired by the original 'bathtub' porsche and the famed auto union grand prix cars of the 1930s. In short, it looks terrific. Specifically, the 3. 2 features an exclusive front apron with side gills and enlarged inlets for engine cooling. Ergonomics has always been a strong suit with modern audi products. The tt interior is about twice as adventurous as a typical audi sedan interior, though, with a glamorous center stack, more decoration around the instrument bezels and air vents, and a generally livelier presentation of all the usual information. the bucket seats are small, but what there is is a good, solid seat with enough adjustment latitude to fit even tall drivers like me (6 feet, 4 inches). The quality of materials, their fit and their finish are unassailable, and there is an interior option for the seats and trim called baseball optic stitching that is very sexy, especially in orange or black. there is room for two average-sized adults in the tt, and that's about all there is. This little lightweight is intended for those who like their drives, whether to work or to wonderland, with a little tabasco and a lot of style. The steering is reasonably heavy to the touch, which we like and prefer to the flighty-lighty steering on most cars, and the car turns in with authority. At high speeds in tight corners the v6 version feels like flying a p-51 mustang fighter, with always enough power and agility to get out of a bad situation. The dsg, as audi calls it, straddles the technical aspects and performance of a full manual transmission with the clutchless convenience of an automatic. Move the lever and the electronics take over, declutching the clutch, shifting the gear up or down, and re-engaging the clutch with no drama, no noise, no lurching, no nothing, just a clean, crisp, quick shift, up or down. Heated Seats✔ Anti-lock Brakes✔ Bucket Seats✔ Navigation System
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