Faults:

Strut top mounts and drive shaft gaiters at 85000 miles replaced before they failed. (both normal wear and tear)

At 90000 intermittent and violent clutch judder, combined with uncontrolled revving and trying to stall, (a two second cycle up and down,) car virtually undriveable.

Fault traced to throttle positioning valve on the mono-motronic unit. To check remove the thing completely and unplug 4 or 6 pin terminal. Car should run fine except the tick-over will drop to nothing.

I spent months trying to locate this fault, because the local Audi dealer hadn't the right diagnostic equipment.

This may help someone else.

Car now runs superbly.

General vehicle condition inside and out as new. Will keep for a few yrs yet.

General Comments:

Economical for engine size. 45mpg on continental trips

Seats lack support, they need armrests for long trips.

Paint/corrosion protection exceptional.

Road-holding and handling v good, although steering a little light and lacking feel.

Faults:

Reversing lights sporadic in their operation.

Electric antenna has a similar work ethic

(Both these faults simply require effort, an afternoon and the use of Haynes.)

General Comments:

Somber, sober and dignified, black on the outside, grey on the inside. Dull looking quality. Something of relief from today's tricked out, pimped up "junior exec" "sports saloons".

A 1.6 and heavy with it, so performance is just about adequate (does not enjoy being thrashed), handles reasonably well though. Interior is as new and indestructible, exterior devoid of rust in the AUDI tradition.

Plenty of room, well screwed together, harsh sounding engine note at motorway speeds. Direct steering, slick gear change.

Do you really need any more? I mean really?

Faults:

Brakes have bien faulty.

General Comments:

Good reliable car not short on looks either good piece of engenering over all a excellent car.

Faults:

The car had vague steering when I brought it. Ended up replacing the front dampers, suspension bushes, tie rod ball joints and lower ball joints. Did the work myself and made a huge difference. Cost around £150 for all parts.

Offside front wheel bearing became noisy. Replaced that myself and cost around £30.

Performance can feel slightly sluggish sometimes, not sure if it is a sensor fault, dirty injectors or a computer problem.

Has the traditional "tappet noise" when starting up; requires replacement of the oil check valves. I have got the parts to do thi and it is quite a simple job.

General Comments:

This is my third Audi, and is the best I have owned. Since working on the suspension the handling is fantastic and very confidence inspiring. Although the engine can sometimes feel sluggish the acceleration it provides is very good; it is also very smooth on the motorways.

The interior is quite dark, but does make you feel very safe within the car, the seats are very supportive and comfortable and the material has hardly worn. The layout of the dashboard and ancilliary instruments is also very good, Audi have obviously put some effort into this area.

Main dealer parts can be expensive, so I use independent motor factors which keeps costs down. On the other hand my local dealer is very accommodating and spent a couple of hours trying to diagnose the performance problem. Didn't charge me anything.

For an eleven year old car it is fantastic, it doesn't look modern, but it doesn't look dated either. The insurance is also very surprising, £600 per annum for a 22 year old with one years no claims discount!