C4 VTS - advice please.

[Fake Concern]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEvB8V28Mxg

[daviemck2006]

Mike, I will challenge you to get a red rev counter in 5th gear. I managed once. On a private m6 runway [emoji4]

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[Northern_Mike]

I was on a private test track today with a Q7 who thought he'd bully his way past me, I let him go then matched his speed. He didn't like that so just kept going faster and faster. So did I. He gave in first.

[Northern_Mike]

Well that was a bit of a damp squib. I've had to pull out of buying the C4 as my deal to sell the Audi fell through and although I can afford to buy the C4 without selling the Audi, I'd rather have the cash in the bank until it does sell after years of being skint!

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[Fake Concern]

Well that was a bit of a damp squib. I've had to pull out of buying the C4 as my deal to sell the Audi fell through and although I can afford to buy the C4 without selling the Audi, I'd rather have the cash in the bank until it does sell after years of being skint!

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Well that's a shame! Perhaps the VTS will still be around when the Audi sells properly.

[Stickyfinger]

why are cars getting more stressful to purchase ??.....I feel your frustration mate, a friend up the road was recently told (when he arrived afyter 4hours driving) that the guy "just sold" the Land Rover the day before (and not told him).........or try buying one from a Frenchman in France, then get the CI and insurance in France from the UK....LOL...I need Betablockers

[Northern_Mike]

It's doing my head in , that's for sure. It's partly my fault - I forgot to tell the buyer that the fuel and temp gauges are a bit crazy on the TT - both over-read by about 1/3rd. I'd forgotten as you can press a combo of buttons on the climate control and it shows you the exact engine temp, and it's always as it should be, and the miles to empty works fine on the fuel computer. So I ended up shelling out for his ticket too..(it's a skint mate who was going to clean it up and sell it on) £80. FFS. Pissed me off a bit as I was letting him have it *very* cheap simply so I didn't have to deal with ebay eejits or autotrader arseholes. A grand for a freshly MOT'D TT 225 Quattro in good order with the belts done and all basically working is a steal.

I can afford the C4 but I don't want to end up skint with three cars on the drive. After years of surviving on one salary we're finally on the up now wife's working full time and doing her CIMA stuff, I don't want the stress of it again so the TT will have to stay or something. I'm most peeved.

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[Northern_Mike]

P.S. I have loads of beta blockers!

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[Stickyfinger]

PMSWL

[daviemck2006]

So is he a skint ex mate now? Sounds like a very cheap tt.

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[Northern_Mike]

Nah, life's too short Davie. These things happen. I should have told him about the gauges, I just forgot as I'm used to them.

The TT is cheap. My mate up your way bought it very cheap when it was dead 4 years ago and brought it back to life with a new turbo, amongst other things. It's been well looked after since then. Kids came along so he sold it cheap to another mutual friend, who decided it was too fast and uneconomical for his needs, so he sold it to his niece, who ran it for six months and sold it to me.. it's done over 11k a year the last 4 years, and apart from a grumble synchro on 2nd is all in good order. Apart from the gauges of course..

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[Fake Concern]

Nah, life's too short Davie. These things happen. I should have told him about the gauges, I just forgot as I'm used to them.

Apart from the gauges of course..

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Glad to hear that, so often people fall out over silly things, but friendships matter!
Would the gauges be hard/expensive to sort? Would it just be a ballast resistor?

[Northern_Mike]

It's a common TT problem. Usually the whole instrument cluster goes completely nuts. I know mine's been repaired once already. It's a "send it away to BBA-Reman and hand over £125" job, not hugely expensive in the grand scheme of TT repairs

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[Northern_Mike]

My wife is still telling me to buy the C4 by the way... For once she's telling me to buy a car rather than not..

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[daviemck2006]

I would have thought a TT would sell easily for a grand. Don't see much cheap ones up here. You may get a c4 vts some day. I would have another, even given its entry/exit problems for me.

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