Tag: audi
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Audi A2 update – Have recent reliability woes finally broke me?
It’s been an unusually costly few months with the A2. Firstly there was a snapped alternator belt that turned out to be a seized alternator and just the other week a wheel bearing went triggering the ABS sensor. In total it’s cost me just under £500 in maintenance recently, cash I desperately need for the…
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Audi A2 1.4 TDI – Long term review
There’s things in life that you can’t stand but you equally can’t do without. My girlfriend occasionally falls into this category when she can’t seem to keep the house tidy. Every time I see empty ASOS bags stuffed into a drawer or the laundry basket overflowing, it fills me with a rage that is only…
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Are Car Brands Selling Out and Ditching Their Historic Core Values?
When Ferrari stop building a naturally aspirated, front engined, rear wheel drive V12, the four horsemen of the apocalypse are truly on their way… I recently published a blog looking at the history of Citroën and how a few decades ago they were innovators in automotive technology and design. Each new model would build on…
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My 2002 Audi A2 TDI
Having bought a Suzuki Ignis sport for the purpose of serving as a practical little daily, I’d gone and turned it into a stripped out, two seat track day car (as you do). That’s all well and good for my solo commute to work but along with a girlfriend, I’d gained a two year old…