I can literally see Mike's and Jimmy's excitement in almost every part of the video, like a 10 year old!! Which is of course, standard Petrolhead protocol 😂🤣😂😂🤣
I have purchased several “dream cars” as I get older I realize that the most fun I have had was with the cars I had getting to the point of being able to buy my dream cars.
The engine is blown, bearings failed, the transmission gear teeth and clutch assembly is toast, electrical gremlins of the highest order, boom, 1.5k moneys
@@clumsygarage1578But, with some fat trimmed out, and some cheap suspension and tire upgrades, it will be a great car. It's a Golf underneath, afterall.
I'm lucky enough that I was able to snag my dream car for a steal, now I just need to get the money together to repair and restore it - and if the stars align, maybe an engine swap
Absolutely fell in love with the R8 after that Top Gear track test too! The 4.2L Audi V8 in the back is an absolute peach of an engine and pair it with that gated manual it’s a match made in heaven!!
The old style R8 is iconic for so many reasons. Iron Man's main ride, Transformers showcase, but we don't get the R8 without the TT so they're all great.
@@lorenzrudolf Looks like the TT I rammed when the Richard Head driving it tried queue jumping on the way into Cambridge one very wet morning. He left with an Iveco 7.5 tonner shaped dent in the back!
225 TT with no spoiler? I wonder if it’s a pre-recall setup? I used to have a TT 225 (from new in 2001). Earlier models had been recalled and a rear spoiler, suspension changes, and ESP were retrofitted following a couple of fatal high speed autobahn “offs” attributed to lift off oversteer. Mine was a pretty safe and dull handling car. I drove a TT that the owner wouldn’t allow the retrofit on, and it was a much more lively setup. I much preferred it to mine.
I got a TTS MK2 new almost 14 years ago; have put 166k miles on it and still drives like she did out of the showroom. The only thing that's going to make me upgrade is when they no longer sell petrol.
And to judge our shed TT, resident shed expert or should that be former shed resident, Jimmerrrrr!! Please have Mr Broadbent on more often, such a cracking episode!!
I worked for Audi through the period of the original TT being launched, as well as the R8. Honestly, the TT was such a special thing back then. Sure, the R8 is a special thing too and in a different league in most respects, but I don’t recall it having the same level of hype at launch as the original TT received. I suspect the Mk1 TT did more for Audi as a brand and paved the way for future car design in general way more than the R8 did. The TT interior was years ahead of its time and it’s unmistakably a TT. Sit in something else from the late 90s and compare. The R8 interior is just like any other interior of the time. The TT Mk1 will surely soon get the recognition it deserves.
Exactly! Everyone calling the Mazda MX5 a sports-car and the R8 is in the same bracket? Absolutely wild.. but people told me, my M2C wasn't a sports-car. So in that world, the R8 would only be a sports-car, I guess 😅
That v8 R8 is also my dream car and as I don't think I can't afford one, specially as a daily for maintenance costs. I'm thinking about the mk1 TT 1.8T, so I feel this video suits me well
I fell in love with the Abarth 500 when it was first featured in Top Gear back in 2008, now I own an italian unit from the same year, dreams do not need to be THAT expensive, there are nice fun daily drivers that almost anyone could probably afford at some point.
That's a very early tt without the spoiler or the suspension tweaks. I'm surprised it was so cheap since people charge a premium for early non altered ones
I love the first gen TT for a similar reason. One of my all-time favourite TG episodes was the convertibles in Iceland shootout (in which Richard drove a 350Z convertible, James a Crossfire convertible and Jeremy a TT 3.2 roadster) and that episode made me madly infatuated with the TT 3.2 quattro roadster. In my imaginary $100 million dream garage, I'd definitely have one of those cars. And if you had that TT in this episode, I'd even rank them as TT 3.2>R8 V8>R8 V10.
I have news for you, out here in Oz, you are not going to get a going TT for $2K, the cheapest ones for sale (1999-2002) start at around $6K and go up to around $15K. Later versions are even more expensive. And forget an A8 as they are way out of pretty much most people’s budgets.
1:04 My dad said literally the exact same thing about his. I thought it was cool, he misses having a manual car, but doesn’t really have any lasting love for TTs
True. The only reason I'd choose the R8 over the TT is if it either has the titanium exhaust on that V8 or the 5L even-fire V10 from the early Gallardo with the manual.
Was deciding between this and a video on an unrelated topic earlier. Went with the other one. Later, I saw that Jimmy mentioned on instagram that he was on this so had to come back to it.
Okay, so i know that MOT on older cars is more expensive and more intrusive than American licensing requirements, but your used car grass sure looks green from this side of the pond. A TT in this nick is a $6000 car in the US. The only $1500 TT i found was a "mechanic's special" with 400k miles. Then there were two salvsge title cars at $2k. The cheapest "driveable" example was $4000, and it looked like every one of its 182k miles was a difficult one.😔
I think 1500 for a bog standard OG TT is a bit lost in the past when even things like a TTRS or an RS3 from the 2010s can be had for 10k. Would love for that level of car to be included for something like a E63 vs old E550 vs 1500 class car. Doubly so if you take the 550 to get tuned.
My dream car is the one I have owned since new - 2013 Subaru Forester turbo diesel 6 speed manual - you can't fit a couple of kayaks on the roof of one of the Audis 😋
I love the Audi design, from tthe early 90's into the 00s. Cause you got the A2 family aluminium saloon as well. I know what they say about the filling of fluids and electrics.
I'd get a S5 with 4.2l V8 manual for 5k over a TT, you get a great sound and more hp and torque. You only have 60 less HP than a r8 v8 at that point, for £95k less monkey
The main issue isn't which car is best, but what has happened to Aero bars? What's happened to the proper block shaped bar? That pale lumpy thing looks terrible.
As a mk1 TT 150 owner and a mk2 TT 2.0dti owner and having driven the mk1 v8 r8 they feel the same the r8 is just faster feeling is the same and interior is practically the same maybe the newer gen is different but at a gues it would be similar to the mk3 just faster
This is probably biased because I drive a current gen B9.5 A5 sportback, but I prefer the looks of the last gen V10 R8, but I would need it to be an AWD spyder.... Who am I kidding, I'd rather have an RS6 avant and the V8 manual first gen R8
First 😇
Ty for having me along! That TT was a weapon!
What a collaboration
Jimmyyyyyyy
Nice to see you here Jimmy!
Nice to see you as a car show presenter! You didn't feel out of place at all fit in really well
Great Collab, Jimmer! Keep up the work.
I can literally see Mike's and Jimmy's excitement in almost every part of the video, like a 10 year old!! Which is of course, standard Petrolhead protocol 😂🤣😂😂🤣
I have purchased several “dream cars” as I get older I realize that the most fun I have had was with the cars I had getting to the point of being able to buy my dream cars.
MK1 TT VR6 3.2 Turbo charged is something special even to this day.
Is it in the video though? I got anoyed they were using a 1.8 and turned it off half way through
Didn't make it that far@@vubevube
untill you try and corner at speed and it goes in a straight line instead
Vr6 still has so much unrecognised potential
@@TheFakeFatLegitimate new HPA VR6 2.5T aka VR550T is sublime engine.
1500? how many people have died in it?
The engine is blown, bearings failed, the transmission gear teeth and clutch assembly is toast, electrical gremlins of the highest order, boom, 1.5k moneys
There are four for less than that currently on autotrader
Since it's a mark 1 TT that's missing the rear spoiler they added after the recall... probably a few
@@Shif80 Yeah and they have 300,000 miles on them.
@@IRMacGuyver nope. The highest mileage is 124.5k
Now that's a pre-recall TT without the spoiler if I'm not mistaken
"Dangerous at any speed", I love it 😂😂😂
Honestly older small peppy cars are so much more fun to drive than pretty much anything that isnt over £$100K base.
You are right, but I remember the TT being very heavy for a sports car of its size. Don’t remember the actual number off the top of my head though.
@@clumsygarage1578But, with some fat trimmed out, and some cheap suspension and tire upgrades, it will be a great car. It's a Golf underneath, afterall.
I’ve had 3 or 4 TTs and they’re genuinely great cars. They’ll take you to the shops and back, then still put in a decent shift at the Nurburgring 👌
My mate had a TTRS and it was an absolute weapon and never had any problems with it
The non spoiler versions are super rare, all TT’s were recalled and fitted with a rear spoiler so they would actually go around corners at speed 😂
Put a few mod on that TT and it will ya different story, I have a 225 TT that's about 300 hp so tuning on the 1.8 t is pretty impressive..!
Old top gear vibes. Keep it up guys
i drive a 99 camry because i can not afford fast cars. instead, i just bough an old 750ss motorcycle that can do 0-60mph in 4.3 sec.... lol
Ducati, ZXR 750?
@@hughstultz7849 a cruiser honda magna 750...now i bought another bike that can do 0-60 in 3.3 secs honda hornet 600...for $2500....lol
I'm lucky enough that I was able to snag my dream car for a steal, now I just need to get the money together to repair and restore it - and if the stars align, maybe an engine swap
To be fair, the TT's 1.8t engine is significantly more reliable than the R8's.
and can be tuned comfortably to 400bhp without upgrading gearbox, drive train etc
cheaper to maintain probably but im sure they are both equally reliable
What experience do you have of R8 engine reliability? Because it's bomb proof.
Absolutely fell in love with the R8 after that Top Gear track test too!
The 4.2L Audi V8 in the back is an absolute peach of an engine and pair it with that gated manual it’s a match made in heaven!!
TT is underrated
no it isnt...
the TT's 1.8t engine is super reliable , I have one for 2 years, with 140km, runs clear, just you need to find the right car
The old style R8 is iconic for so many reasons. Iron Man's main ride, Transformers showcase, but we don't get the R8 without the TT so they're all great.
actually a rare TT without the spoiler fittet
and the TT interior, after ,25 years, is most of time still perfect. All real aluminium and great quality.
@@lorenzrudolf Looks like the TT I rammed when the Richard Head driving it tried queue jumping on the way into Cambridge one very wet morning. He left with an Iveco 7.5 tonner shaped dent in the back!
225 TT with no spoiler? I wonder if it’s a pre-recall setup? I used to have a TT 225 (from new in 2001). Earlier models had been recalled and a rear spoiler, suspension changes, and ESP were retrofitted following a couple of fatal high speed autobahn “offs” attributed to lift off oversteer. Mine was a pretty safe and dull handling car. I drove a TT that the owner wouldn’t allow the retrofit on, and it was a much more lively setup. I much preferred it to mine.
so it will spin off at speed more readily..
there is a reason they are rare LOL
I got a TTS MK2 new almost 14 years ago; have put 166k miles on it and still drives like she did out of the showroom. The only thing that's going to make me upgrade is when they no longer sell petrol.
You could have gotten an early, higher mileage TTRS for about 12k in the UK, that would be a very fair comparison to the R8
And to judge our shed TT, resident shed expert or should that be former shed resident, Jimmerrrrr!! Please have Mr Broadbent on more often, such a cracking episode!!
I’m with you Mike, my dream car is a gen 1 R8 V8 Manual
I worked for Audi through the period of the original TT being launched, as well as the R8. Honestly, the TT was such a special thing back then. Sure, the R8 is a special thing too and in a different league in most respects, but I don’t recall it having the same level of hype at launch as the original TT received. I suspect the Mk1 TT did more for Audi as a brand and paved the way for future car design in general way more than the R8 did. The TT interior was years ahead of its time and it’s unmistakably a TT. Sit in something else from the late 90s and compare. The R8 interior is just like any other interior of the time. The TT Mk1 will surely soon get the recognition it deserves.
Yeah, the original R8 is still the best looking one by far. Talk about a design that got progressively worse...
Audi R8, almost a supercar? In what world lol. Definitely a supercar
Exactly! Everyone calling the Mazda MX5 a sports-car and the R8 is in the same bracket? Absolutely wild.. but people told me, my M2C wasn't a sports-car. So in that world, the R8 would only be a sports-car, I guess 😅
Jimmer and Mike make a great team together. Enjoyed this one
Sooo agree about the gen 1 R8. Such a great car
I've owned my dream car, a 2001 Volkswagen New Beetle for 6 months. Unfortunately, financially I couldn't afford to keep it.
Missed a clear opportunity for a F&F "Dude i almost had you" moment 😅
That v8 R8 is also my dream car and as I don't think I can't afford one, specially as a daily for maintenance costs. I'm thinking about the mk1 TT 1.8T, so I feel this video suits me well
Who titled this video? "The 100k car you can afford"? If you can afford the six figure car, then what is the point here? Just buy whatever.
Dropping Jimmy in like this is AMAZING. DriveTribe is becoming a FAVOURITE right now.
that's how I ended up in a non-M '07 z4 coupe.
Audi Le Mans quattro from NFS Carbon, love at first sight. Joining Mike on that R8 V8 babe.
I'd much rather work on a TT than an r8. "Audi Service Mode" is a thing.
Dream car that I can't afford- Audi RS6
Realistic car I can actually afford and my daily - Skoda Octavia VRS Challenge
I too fell in love with the V8 during that episode. I remember watching it so clearly.
My brother bought a red GT3 Audi wagon (for the dogs). And he lives for changing second to third
Jimmy's classic Casio is the perfect indicator of exactly why he's a legend.
Gen 1 R8 V10 is the car, no way the V8, you need the Lambo engine for the ultimate experience!
I fell in love with the Abarth 500 when it was first featured in Top Gear back in 2008, now I own an italian unit from the same year, dreams do not need to be THAT expensive, there are nice fun daily drivers that almost anyone could probably afford at some point.
2003 Audi TT's here in the states still average the equivalent of 6,000+ GBP. Still cheaper than an A8, until you have to fix it.
That's a very early tt without the spoiler or the suspension tweaks. I'm surprised it was so cheap since people charge a premium for early non altered ones
I love the first gen TT for a similar reason. One of my all-time favourite TG episodes was the convertibles in Iceland shootout (in which Richard drove a 350Z convertible, James a Crossfire convertible and Jeremy a TT 3.2 roadster) and that episode made me madly infatuated with the TT 3.2 quattro roadster. In my imaginary $100 million dream garage, I'd definitely have one of those cars. And if you had that TT in this episode, I'd even rank them as TT 3.2>R8 V8>R8 V10.
Luckily for me, my dream car was always a VW Golf, and now i have one. Don't know why but i just absolutely love them.
My dream car literally is Martin.
ffs I just sold my TT mk1 and now the TT Content is popping up everywhere WHY IS THE RUclips ALGORITHM TRYING TO MAKE ME REGRET MY DECISION!?
Just want to say, but I love seeing Jimmy here.. the dynamic was amazing 😆
I have news for you, out here in Oz, you are not going to get a going TT for $2K, the cheapest ones for sale (1999-2002) start at around $6K and go up to around $15K. Later versions are even more expensive. And forget an A8 as they are way out of pretty much most people’s budgets.
My dream car is a subaru impreza 22B. But I'll take a any subaru impreza sti/wrx
And then I got regular Impreza.
Bold of you to assume I can afford £1500
1:04
My dad said literally the exact same thing about his. I thought it was cool, he misses having a manual car, but doesn’t really have any lasting love for TTs
Would be nice to have known which TT it is, explained at the beginning of the video its specifications
if you want a small percentage of the R8, you need to try maybe an MR2, a Fiero, maybe an MGF, but defo not a fwd Golf 4.
The last gen Audi TTS is the best affordable alternative to an R8!
The old TT definitely looks better now than it did back in the day. It's aged really well
I've never cared for any generation of TT, but the first generation is the one I like the least.
That manual shifting sound is absolutely heavenly
Honestly, I’d take that TT everyday over that R8…
True.
The only reason I'd choose the R8 over the TT is if it either has the titanium exhaust on that V8 or the 5L even-fire V10 from the early Gallardo with the manual.
Jimmy and Mike is great content. Please do it more
Just shows how much they ruined the R8's looks over the years. The original is still the best with the full size carbon blades.
JIMMY ON DRIVETRIBE!!!!!!!!!!!
Richard! Jeremy Clarkson really wants to speed up works in your workshop. Some say that He bought new set of hammers. 😉
Was deciding between this and a video on an unrelated topic earlier. Went with the other one. Later, I saw that Jimmy mentioned on instagram that he was on this so had to come back to it.
More of these 2 together please!
R8 is literally my dream car. Idk any car that runs that you can get for a grand, so a TT is definitely more
Okay, so i know that MOT on older cars is more expensive and more intrusive than American licensing requirements, but your used car grass sure looks green from this side of the pond.
A TT in this nick is a $6000 car in the US. The only $1500 TT i found was a "mechanic's special" with 400k miles. Then there were two salvsge title cars at $2k.
The cheapest "driveable" example was $4000, and it looked like every one of its 182k miles was a difficult one.😔
Can already tell that's Llandow track.
Nice scripting/editing choices, very etertainment oriented, rounds off the whole thing nicely
I think 1500 for a bog standard OG TT is a bit lost in the past when even things like a TTRS or an RS3 from the 2010s can be had for 10k.
Would love for that level of car to be included for something like a E63 vs old E550 vs 1500 class car.
Doubly so if you take the 550 to get tuned.
this wouldnt work for me...
my DC is an LFA
what is the cheap alternative? IS350?
i might be able to get a Camry on my budget LOL
That Broadbent reveal was magic
My dream car is the one I have owned since new - 2013 Subaru Forester turbo diesel 6 speed manual - you can't fit a couple of kayaks on the roof of one of the Audis 😋
I love the Audi design, from tthe early 90's into the 00s.
Cause you got the A2 family aluminium saloon as well.
I know what they say about the filling of fluids and electrics.
I'd get a S5 with 4.2l V8 manual for 5k over a TT, you get a great sound and more hp and torque. You only have 60 less HP than a r8 v8 at that point, for £95k less monkey
The main issue isn't which car is best, but what has happened to Aero bars? What's happened to the proper block shaped bar? That pale lumpy thing looks terrible.
As an audi owner I could afford to buy the car yes. Can I afford potentially spending atleast $2K every time i visit a garage? Not so much.. 😂
A while back I was really considering about buying one of them bam 225 BHP Audi TTs and that one must be an absolute dog for a grand
no music over V10 sound, no music over V10 sound, no music over V10 sound, no music over V10 sound!!
0:28 : Dream car, all euro, no love for the JDM ... Nsx, R32 skyline, Pajero Evo, ... Manual 2JZ is-that-a-suuprahhh ...
It would be nice if the second channel behind the scenes video was released AFTER the main video.
I would absolutely love a MK.1 TT as my first car. They are just cool lil cars
1000 pounds? Must be an england thing. In America those are around $5000 for something drivable.
Should have gone mk2 TT, shares some r8 interior styling 😉
Love the gold Casio, I have one of those in my Casio collection.
My dream car a R34 gtr but a affordable car for me is a toyota corolla
So great to see Jimmy over here again 🙌🏼🙌🏼
As a mk1 TT 150 owner and a mk2 TT 2.0dti owner and having driven the mk1 v8 r8 they feel the same the r8 is just faster feeling is the same and interior is practically the same maybe the newer gen is different but at a gues it would be similar to the mk3 just faster
And the mk1 was the least rusty audi I’ve owned!!!!
Nearly didnt click on this.. wasnt expecting the broadster!! Nice suprise....
Kia Stinger all the way. 3.3TT RWD with all the toys for a fraction of what an Audi RS6 would cost
My absolute dream car is a ford mustang but the cars i own are a ford fiesta, a ford cmax and a ford focus ST3 mk2
Tt is amazing car. Slap bigger turbo on it and it can be quick car
This is probably biased because I drive a current gen B9.5 A5 sportback, but I prefer the looks of the last gen V10 R8, but I would need it to be an AWD spyder....
Who am I kidding, I'd rather have an RS6 avant and the V8 manual first gen R8
v8 is much more eye pleasing.
Oh look a different type of James here at Drivetribe.
You pixilated the TT even though you released a video with it this afternoon on More Drive tribe 😂
The cheapest TT on autotrader is £2695 so about double. but w/e
Insane how cheap a v8 gated r8 is over there. Here in the US that's a 60k car at the minimum