Free Car! ***Update*** (Audi 80)

Member Name: spb1

Product:	Audi 80
Date:	25/02/01 (1560 review reads)
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Advantages: Reliable, solid,

Disadvantages: only 4 gears!

It is now 1 year since I was given my first free car, a C reg Audi 80 1.6 petrol. (see below) and here are my findings.

Nothing has gone wrong or left me stranded in a major way. I did run out of petrol a couple of weeks ago, but that was my own fault, I just ignored the fuel gauge! Doh! It does leak a bit in heavy rain, I think the door seals are leaking. I can live with that. It has just passed it's MOT with a clean bill of health. The only parts I have replaced are: Engine oil (3 times), spark plugs, air filter, fuel filter, gearbox oil, HT leads, distributor cap and rotor arm, and 4 new tyres.

It has always started first time, and can crusie in comfort at 80-90mph. It is a bit noisy because it only has 4 gears, but I just turn the music up louder! My mates think it is cool, and enjoy cruising down to the pub in it. I have done long journeys in it (200 miles) and it is comfortable at motorway speeds for hours on end.

The only thing I don't like is the fuel consumption (partly because I use it for short journeys) the m.p.g. is about 25-32. Not good. Still, for a car that has only cost me about £200 in parts in a year is fantastic. If you are looking for a car, which is about £300 ish, I would recommend an Audi 80. The parts are cheap as long as you use "German, Swedish and French".

Cruise on for ever...........





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I've just been given my first car for free, a 1986 Audi 80 CL, 1.6 petrol.

I had to pay £110 to get it through the MoT, which isn't too bad for saying it had been sitting on someone's drive way for 14 months. It also started 1st time!

Even though it is 15 years old, it still has a nice drive, pretty nippy and is simple to service. I am also helping the environment by not sending it to the scrapyard.

It has now done 103000 miles, but always starts 1st time, there is hardly any rust on it, just a couple of patches
on the wings but that's all.

If you would like a solid reliable 2nd (or 3rd, 4th or 5th) hand car, I recommend an Audi 80, they are still capable (can cruise at illegal speeds on the motorway quite comfortably - allegedly!) and I feel a lot safer in my car than I would in a Daewoo Matix or Fiat Seicento.

And, my car has the bonus of not being able to depreciate - being free, it can only gain value! It shouldn't cost me much to run it for a year, and I will have had cheap transport for a year (my girlfriend says she wouldn't be seen dead with me in a Mondeo, but is happy to "cruise" in my Audi).

Spare parts are cheap too, an air filter is £2.50, and a cam belt £3.50, if you go to specialist who only deal with Audi/VW.

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