Audi TT recall

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• http://www.986.org/boards/986/986.pl?read=137380

Thomas,

Thank you very much for the web address on the Boxster forum's discussion on the Audi TT handling issue. The level of hysteria on this subject is reaching criticality for TT owners. With the amount of rumors and hearsay on the subject short- and mid-term resale values will be affected. How is Audi going to address the addition of the rear spoiler without stating that is a "safety" upgrade? Degradation of design will not be viewed as a general model improvement in the marketplace. I am dismayed and disappointed in AofA's utter lack of response on this issue. Many of us have had transmission, instrument panel and window lift problems and have been told be AofA that no problems exist with the TT. Ignorance is bliss and form follows function.

Audi AG has responded appropriately given the level of unwarranted press. Everyone quotes the article in AutoCar/ Auto und Sport describing the tail happy behavior of the TT. What everyone fails to mention is the next sentence in the article that describes the TT as a refreshing drivers' car with poise and ability. The key phrase is "driver's car"; to drive a TT aggressively requires above average skills. This was also stated in an article by Car magazine.
Interestingly, almost a year ago many people on this forum was concerned that the TT was not going to be a car for the driving enthusiast, now everyone is concerned that the handling is tuned too aggressively for the average driver.

The rapid response of Audi AG in instituting "corrective" measures indicates that several insiders at Audi wanted a more benign and passive TT. Audi, in the course of development, examined a plethora of suspension settings and decided on the neutral setting. The TT does not exhibit understeer or oversteer until one approaches the limit of adhension, at which point the car does have a greater tendency toward oversteer. Face it, this is a real driver's car in world of Big Gulp sipping, cell phone talking, mini-van/SUV owning drivers. Cupholders count not driving skill. The sad fact is that driving as an art is dying even in Germany.

John

The Boxster board it just reflecting the "hysteria" on this board. What I read is NOT all that bad, and there are people that genuinely have concerns for fellow "sports car" owners. There are people that drive at 100+ on roads here in the States. Arizona, Nevada, some sections of Texas, so the stability issue is NOT mute here. Audi knew/knows there was/is a problem. sticking your head in the sand is not a solution. If Audi doesn't pick up on this there will be a problem, for you on resale, and for Audi as whole.
The car design is the same in the U.S. as it is in Germany, therefore the same problems will be had. If there is a PROPER answer found for German drivers, why shouldn't American drivers profit from it as well? Speed limits be damned, there are occasions that we all (or at least most of us)speed. Is there any reason that "our" safety is considered less important then a Germans? I think not.
Sorry I got carried away in the heat of the moment, no flame intended.

No harm done. My point was missed and thats probably my own fault. C'est la vie!

-Jenner
'00 180QX TT

the fact that insurance rates for TT owners WILL be affected by everything: the silence from Audi, the propensity for problems, and the criticality.
STTeve R