80 tdi, a4 tdi potential daily?

[andy10v]

Hi

Toying with the idea of a tdi daily as some fuel economy would be nice and my girlfriend and I are going to need access to a car each. (would mean I drive the tdi to work and she uses the S2 when she rarely needs a car)

I am leaning towards an 80tdi as I have had most parts of a b3/b4 apart and have a pile of spares, also less to go wrong suspension wise and cheaper to fix. They are both the same to insure, 80s can be picked up cheaper as they are older but a4s can be got cheaply as well.

Would anybody advise going for an a4 and if so why? Or any other suggestions for cheap motoring?

Thanks Andy

[Acidburn]

personally i'd go for the 80, cheap as chips and go very well, I used to get from full to completely empty around 660 miles driving it flat out most places, plus less suspension issue's that an a4 which has a lot more to change and more expensive plus the 80 engines are virtually indestructable and good for 300k+ miles. The a4's have more to go wrong with them.

[Acidburn]

plus the 80 will run on cooking oil

[anthonys2]

A4 any day of the week!! I have a a4 1.9tdi quattro sport 130bhp as my daily car ive had it for 5 years and its absolutely superb gets 40 mpg with it being a quattro that aint bad and i do 35000 miles a year in it and all that ever needs doing is servicing tyres and brakes (touch wood). The engines are ever lasting as long as they are serviced properly mine has 180k on now and i wont change it and its so bloody comfortable!! half leather half alcantyre. Also my brother has a p reg a4 1.9tdi with 298000 miles on it and he wants to take it to 400k!!! Mines a 53 plate best shape best style in my opinion and if you have the money go for quattro grip superb and hold value better Hope this helps and if I was you i would test drive a 80 and a a4 cause with it being a s2 forum people will sway you towards the 80 keep an open mind

[andy10v]

personally i'd go for the 80, cheap as chips and go very well, I used to get from full to completely empty around 660 miles driving it flat out most places, plus less suspension issue's that an a4 which has a lot more to change and more expensive plus the 80 engines are virtually indestructable and good for 300k+ miles. The a4's have more to go wrong with them.

lol, thats just a little better than the s2, I get 30-35 mpg if I behave myself on a long run, the rest of the time a lot less.

[andy10v]

A4 any day of the week!! I have a a4 1.9tdi quattro sport 130bhp as my daily car ive had it for 5 years and its absolutely superb gets 40 mpg with it being a quattro that aint bad and i do 35000 miles a year in it and all that ever needs doing is servicing tyres and brakes (touch wood). The engines are ever lasting as long as they are serviced properly mine has 180k on now and i wont change it and its so bloody comfortable!! half leather half alcantyre. Also my brother has a p reg a4 1.9tdi with 298000 miles on it and he wants to take it to 400k!!! Mines a 53 plate best shape best style in my opinion and if you have the money go for quattro grip superb and hold value better Hope this helps and if I was you i would test drive a 80 and a a4 cause with it being a s2 forum people will sway you towards the 80 keep an open mind

I learned to drive in an 80tdi, my mum had one for about 16 years so I know them rather well.

I am unsure on the multi arm suspension, I like better handling but not increased cost

Just bee offered something tdi, quattro and interesting anyway so will see what happens.

[anthonys2]

Good luck in your search

[Sleeper_Avant]

just bought an 80 avant 74ps tdi for £260 with 6 months tax on flea bay, s2 bumper and trim also!
tatty but no rot.
full lowering kit
and a header tank full of oil lol, will bypass the cooler on monday.
it drives the ti ts and if im honest drives much much better than 90% of a4 ive ever driven and thats quite a few lol

easyer suspension diagnose and repairs too. my A4 has had a slight knock on it for 8 yrs and ive had ALL new genuine arms and track rod ends, £700 worth of witec coilovers and its still there and very anoying, DOH!

B5 facelifts are best inside 1999-2001
B6 are cheaper to touch and buttons/plastics coatings all rub peel and fade at a rapid rate! (like golfs and A3`s)

80`s are much more robust for dailys

slow as a mofo, £15 to travel the 120 miles home after picking it up
works out 51.28mpg

but i do plan to quattro it and AAT it this winter and use it as service barge for the A4 next year when its in full Time Attack mode


just my 2p worth

[K Simmonds]

I work on both almost on a day to day basis and I'd take a B4 80 over a B5 A4 everytime. Better built, easy to work on, cheap parts, ect.

[andy10v]

Sleeper Avant; That looked like a nice potential beater, just a bit far south for me. AAT and quattro would make an amazing daily, I take it you have read Nitec's fwd to quattro project? There is a guy on motorgeek just finishing of a 2.5tdi swap into an 2.8 v6 80 q (90 over there). My long term plan would be similiar, even a quattro swap and some tuning/ a later tdi would be ok.

K Simmonds; Thanks for the confirmation, I will just stay with what I know then, means less spares as well.

[Sleeper_Avant]

Someone has just cone a rear end conversion but he has exceeded his bandwith and pics gone. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! lol


i nearly shat when i noticed how far it was from me,
problem was my other half had just been induced into labour and we were in the hospital and i placed bids on my laptop.

once little Ben popped out i didnt wanna leave him or my better half to go get a £260 car ......... DOH

3hrs there 3hrs back, good job my dad came down to essex from newcastle to see the baby.

"dad i need a quick lift please"

Where to son

"Dorset Dad"

your ****ing kidding?!

"no dad"

LOL

[Dobby84]

You were the one who beat me to it then lol

I placed my bit and said that I wouldnt go higher after that then I saw what it went for and I would've stretched a bit further but hey.

Hopefully its a good car for you and congrats on the little one buddy!

[pimpdriver]

80 has legroom in the back for adults.
A4 doesn't.

I currently drive 80 TDI avant.

Done about 10000 miles in 8 months.

Love it.