b22r

Own a TT. Love the car but wish it had a little more power. Can't do the
225hp Quattro as I need the trunk space. Am considering a Mercedes. Anyone
familiar with the TT and the SLK series? How do the M-B stack up?

Hairy One Kenobi

"b22r" <b22rgetridofthisstuff@erols.com> wrote in message
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> Own a TT. Love the car but wish it had a little more power. Can't do the
> 225hp Quattro as I need the trunk space. Am considering a Mercedes. Anyone
> familiar with the TT and the SLK series? How do the M-B stack up?

Good brakes (a salesman demonstrated that quite nicely on an Autobahn near
Mannheim, thank you very much!)

Trick roof (although I've seen a harried-looking woman with the damn thing
stuck between positions - the car was undrivable)

Handling designed for movement in a straight line, apparently (this bit's
hearsay - I looked at it and was put off before getting the TT)

Slushbox

Surprisingly sedate for such an expensive car

Quite pretty (although I personally feel that the TT is in another league,
design-wise)

Proper RWD

I've not seem the boot [trunk] on the FWD, so I can't really comment. The
Quattro's been fine for me though (certainly good enough for a week routing
Europe, and plenty of goodies from the local hypermarket.

A rechip would be the obvious thing - you won't get the full benefits of a
225, but the power should be similar. Acceleration (where grip permits)
should be pretty good, as the car is quite a chunk lighter.

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Hairy One Kenobi

Disclaimer: the opinions expressed in this opinion do not necessarily
reflect the opinions of the highly-opinionated person expressing the opinion
in the first place. So there!

GravyCat

"b22r" <b22rgetridofthisstuff@erols.com> wrote in message
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> Own a TT. Love the car but wish it had a little more power. Can't do the
> 225hp Quattro as I need the trunk space. Am considering a Mercedes. Anyone
> familiar with the TT and the SLK series? How do the M-B stack up?

The roof of the SLK will fill up that trunk that's so critical to you....

Hairy One Kenobi

"b22r" <b22rgetridofthisstuff@erols.com> wrote in message
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> I have heard that the roof takes up most of the trunk....I guess i will
have
> to go check it out (putting the roof down) at a dealer....cause that would
> be a deal breaker.
>
> Roof aside, I think the230 is out (too anemic) Also, as H1K notes...more a
> straight line sorta car. While the TT roadster may have a boring first
gear,
> have always enjoyed 2nd and 3rd. I want to see what the pickup is like for
> the 320 and get an overall sense of the engine. May have to look at the
new
> 350Z roadster as well.
>
> thanks for the comments H1K and GC..

I've never had enough time to get bored in first gear ;o)

MIght be worth trying a 225 at the same time, to get an idea on what a
rechip would do?

I've heard (very) good things about the Nissan's handling, but a few
negative comments about the durability of the interior. Haven't tried one
(yet!), but it's probably somethng to keep an eye on when you take a look.

HTH

H1K

> "GravyCat" <patowen@pugetsound.NOSPAM.net> wrote in message
> news:HJvw5C.7J9@news.boeing.com...
> > "b22r" <b22rgetridofthisstuff@erols.com> wrote in message
> > news:bhtuf1$bns$1@bob.news.rcn.net...
> > > Own a TT. Love the car but wish it had a little more power. Can't do
the
> > > 225hp Quattro as I need the trunk space. Am considering a Mercedes.
> Anyone
> > > familiar with the TT and the SLK series? How do the M-B stack up?
> >
> > The roof of the SLK will fill up that trunk that's so critical to
you....
> >
> >
>
>

Dave

chip it! the difference is amazing...

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Dave (who has a chipped 180hp TT Coupe Quattro)

"b22r" <b22rgetridofthisstuff@erols.com> wrote in message news:<bhtuf1$bns$1@bob.news.rcn.net>...
> Own a TT. Love the car but wish it had a little more power. Can't do the
> 225hp Quattro as I need the trunk space. Am considering a Mercedes. Anyone
> familiar with the TT and the SLK series? How do the M-B stack up?

Steve Grauman

Car and Driver clocked a 6.2 second 0-60 run in a 225 TT Quattro cabrio, the
most weighty of all the variants. My GTi (which shares it's platform with the
TT, as well as it's 180 Hp 1.8T) clocked a 0-60 run of 6.5 seconds, also in
C&D, so the TT 180 FronTrac coupe' should be somewhere in that region, making
it slightly slower the the 350Z which runs the 0-60 dash in around 5.9-6.0
seconds. But the build quality will be *worlds* better than the Nissan's. The
180 version of the 1.8T is stuck with the K03 turbo, meaning that the chip
upgrade can't get you beyond 207Hp. That should drop your 0-60 time to around
6.2 though...