TT's are fun to drive and it sounds like you only keep a car for a short time. The Spyder is more reliable but if you get the Audi with a bumper to bumper warranty then its good for the winter and then buy a spyder for next summer. Audi's do have electrical gremlins:huh:
Good luck

 

I read that alot of them were ironed out by the 2005 model to where the 2001 to 04 are terrible with electrical prob's.....

P.S. Damn you whoever bought the 2004 light blue MR2 at Claremont Toyota!
it was 14k and had 30k miles on it =(

 

$25K?

Elise, Z4, Boxster, STI, EVO,TT? There are many cars in that price range with todays crappy used car market?

Why do you want a spyder? It's a serious question.

 

Meh....I dont want a 4 door car that's for sure...
Z4's are cool but just kinda weird looking to me...Like the front is sooo long it just looks odd...and their interior is super bland...Lotus I'd have to get a old one an that's ok.... I really Like the new Audi tt's but they are so damn expensive...even used models are all over 32k for 2007 an 08's

Honest to god reason for wanting a MR2 again is just I simply really liked the car....and I'd save alot of money...lol

 

I've had a chance to drive the 225hp quattro and I wouldn't settle for the 180hp version. The 225hp was decent for the weight of the vehicle. They're fun cars and offer a lot of luxury compared to the MR2.

 

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I'm a big fan of the newest TT convertibles (the 08/09). If something happened to my Mr-2, I would probably go back to having one car, and this would be the car. I read not so great reliability of the prior model TT.

 

My uncle has a TT but the verts don't have the back seat that's for the coupes only. If you're looking at coupes I'd look at the Z4 coupe which looks amazing. In the end though I have to ask why did you sell 2 spyders if you still wanted to drive one?

-Spargo

 

Because I'm one of those guys that has had 9 cars in 9 years of driving....lol, my next car I want to keep around for ever though so it has to be a good choice....

And to that SMT comment....I love that trans man..don't knock it

Best SMT trans story ever....I get a jamba juice I'm cruising over to my best friends house...reach over to put the jamba cup in the cup holder and hit the center of the bottom of the cup dead on to chrome ball shifter and a lava like flow comes out into all over my smt.....lol beat that one

 

Ha ha fair enough I suppose. You really just have to drive both these cars and get the feel. I like the extra power of my uncle's TT vert, but I'd never trade, it had good feel, but I'm just not a fan of the AWD I really enjoy the ability to break the rear loose. I'd certainly never get the coupe for the sake of the back seats, I'd just hate to loose the top down freedom. Until you drive both though its impossible to say what you'd enjoy.

I also don't trust VW/Audi reliability in the slightest, people always say its gotten better but they took way too long to fix those issues, and the 2.0T hasn't been out long enough to make a judgment call in my opinion. After watching numerous 1.8t's die I just knew I could never trust that company.

-Spargo

 

TT= choptop VW bug....... That's kinda how they look...

 

25K = ELISE!

I don't know how it is as a daily driver, but man, that is one FINE driving car. I should've bought one but it cost 5 times the cheapo MRS that I picked up.

 

25K = ELISE!

I don't know how it is as a daily driver, but man, that is one FINE driving car. I should've bought one but it cost 5 times the cheapo MRS that I picked up.

I do and I found it too harsh for DD duty (2hrs of driving a day). The MRS was fun and handled the drive great. The MKII (NA) was great ride wise but T-Tops suck so I missed the MRS & Elise conv top. MRS top was the best though.

I needed a back seat since we're expecting another baby, so I just bought a new STi. But if I didn't need back seats, for $25k, I'd be looking at a Boxster S.

GL,
James

 

I can think of 1000 reasons to not pick the TT... the extra 1000 pounds that car carries around... sure the Volkswagen Golf (Audi TT) is a decent car--but good-looking sheet metal isn't going to change the torsion-bar rear suspension, and the fact that it handles like a Chevy Impala...

Sorry, that's just my opinion, I could be wrong

P.S. Both the engine and the drive wheels are on the wrong end

 

Whatever I do end up getting will be way cooler then the Chevy Aveo I rented this weekend....lol I get a kick out of driving little cars...the wheels are so small that if you tuen hard I swear you can fall over on its side if going fast enough...lol

 

wait a bit or see if you can stretch that 25k a bit. The prices are coming down

 

There's a 2008 TT in Hollywood with 6k miles on it that was in a accident and the passengerside door and fender were replaced, they wasnt 29,800 and I got them down to 28k right now...clean title...2.0 Motor where are the stage 1 and 2 kits from? what site?

 

I like this one:
http://www.cars.com/go/search/detai...ir=ASC&sf1Nm=price&sf2Nm=miles&alMkId=20088&rpp=50&feedSegId=28705&aff=national

 

damn that ones is nice....I need to find one in socal though, I believe us Cali people cant buy federal certified cars from others states?

 

I'm kind of leaning towards an MR2 now...the difference in a $225 car payment and a $560.00 for the Audi is making me feel that way...lol
As of right now...this is my only option, but I'm not feeling 57,000 miles...I would really want under 40k but I dont see any in Socal or Nocal for that matter

If I do go this route...anyone have a hardtop in socal to sell me for 2k?

http://www.cars.com/go/search/detai...ir=ASC&sf1Nm=price&sf2Nm=miles&alMkId=20088&rpp=50&feedSegId=28705&aff=national

 

What are you looking for in a car, as in what made the choice come down to a TT or Spyder? I really like the new TT bodystyle, as i linked, and the annoying issues with the electrics aren't as big an issue in the new ones, i had an 05 GTI (same thing as an 05 TT basically) and had a lot of issues which is why i say go with the new generation.

 

I love the way the mr2 feels driving it, I love the gas millage, and I like the way it looks and it's not expensive at all.... I'm just not sure I want to drop all sorts of money on a car....I love the way the Audi looks, never driven the new model but with them cutting the weight down and adding power to the 2.0 I'm sure it's awesome to drive....It just depends on what is available and how much I am will to spend...I own a small business and with this economy I might be better off getting a spyder...paying it off over the next 10-12 months and then fiancing a TT right after... that might be the smarter thing to do....damn this economy! I have seriously made 1/2 of what My biz pulled in last year....Oh well though...life is still good!

 

I like this one, at the top

Try this, it was designed by a friend, our Spydie designer...

http://autos.aol.com/used-list/year-2009/make1-Lotus/model1-Elise