PetSKi
04-10-2016, 07:47 PM
Hello folks, Volkswagen-Audi folks,
I got re-routed here while searching information on my new purchase, Audi A3 Sportback 2.0 TDI quattro. However I'll get to the questions later in proper manner and forum area.
My history with VAG products inherits from my childhood and family. We used to have a line of VAG cars early on in my life. My father's cousin sold Volkswagens in Helsinki area, Finland and we are Finnish people, who moved around the country for a while, before my dad found occupation in the capitol city. Then after we sort of settled to the south-west area near Helsinki, the capitol city.
First memories on VAG vehicles to me are in early 70's, when we, I think, had a box-model Audi 80 and a VW Beetle later on. Between these two there was an Audi 100 CC, the most advanced 5 cyl version in aerodynamics at the time. Cw only 0.28 or so. And it was really luxury car for our family. Even though we had had Volvo 242 (American) and few others really nice cars... I cannot believe I am saying this, cause one of them was Peugeot 504, which we later came across in the new 505 model in two versions, the nicer being 505 2.0 GTI in red, yet the 2.0 DR had eftermarket turbo charger on it.
Later My mom got a VW Polo C Classic, of which was then equipped with instructional pedals and my dad taught me to drive with it. By that time our first car had changed into VW Passat T2.0 sedan and after that there were a line of Audi A6's. I remember test driving one dad brought home, 3.8 biturbo quattro avant - and almost wrecked it...
My first own car was a black VW Golf GT, with only 90 hp and short ratio gear box, to make it feel more sporty. Anyhow it was the lower ride-height family version of the 8V GTI, which I drewled over, but could not afford. 1999 we got a baby and the 3-door hatchback with aggressive audio set-up had to go. We changed into the family estate category by buying a Passat Variant 1.8, which served us till our divorce and my wife even beyond. She, by the way now has Skoda Octavia stw.
2006 or -07 I imported a VW Motorsport handmade RallyeGolf with Oettinger tune-up, measuring still 180 hp with pulley wheel change and no chip tuning and all orginal parts for that matter. What a great car that was. However I got carried away by the syncro 4wd and the car jumped into a ditch, ruining all the plastics of which my insurance company did not satisfy to repair mostly due to the fact, that they'd gone out of production ages ago. I then drove for few months with a Gen III Golf CL automatic, but bought ´quite promptly another 4-wheel-driver, Passat V6 4Motion for a couple of years, which I then changed into more fuel economic Audi A3 sportback 1.6. And then, just a month back exchanged that into few years younger A3 of same chassy, but face-lifted and more powerfull tune.
The years with 4WD Volkswagens had me mitten into the steering with gas pedal tribe and now finally, had the opportunity to upgrade.
So, there it is, my short VAG-history. They all are rigid, liable and quite economic to maintain, even though the new models have so much eloctronics in. Hence I'n not all thumbs, so I may change brake discs, pads and other mechanical things, camshaft drive belts and so forth whenever there is a need to such basic jobs on the car.
I got re-routed here while searching information on my new purchase, Audi A3 Sportback 2.0 TDI quattro. However I'll get to the questions later in proper manner and forum area.
My history with VAG products inherits from my childhood and family. We used to have a line of VAG cars early on in my life. My father's cousin sold Volkswagens in Helsinki area, Finland and we are Finnish people, who moved around the country for a while, before my dad found occupation in the capitol city. Then after we sort of settled to the south-west area near Helsinki, the capitol city.
First memories on VAG vehicles to me are in early 70's, when we, I think, had a box-model Audi 80 and a VW Beetle later on. Between these two there was an Audi 100 CC, the most advanced 5 cyl version in aerodynamics at the time. Cw only 0.28 or so. And it was really luxury car for our family. Even though we had had Volvo 242 (American) and few others really nice cars... I cannot believe I am saying this, cause one of them was Peugeot 504, which we later came across in the new 505 model in two versions, the nicer being 505 2.0 GTI in red, yet the 2.0 DR had eftermarket turbo charger on it.
Later My mom got a VW Polo C Classic, of which was then equipped with instructional pedals and my dad taught me to drive with it. By that time our first car had changed into VW Passat T2.0 sedan and after that there were a line of Audi A6's. I remember test driving one dad brought home, 3.8 biturbo quattro avant - and almost wrecked it...
My first own car was a black VW Golf GT, with only 90 hp and short ratio gear box, to make it feel more sporty. Anyhow it was the lower ride-height family version of the 8V GTI, which I drewled over, but could not afford. 1999 we got a baby and the 3-door hatchback with aggressive audio set-up had to go. We changed into the family estate category by buying a Passat Variant 1.8, which served us till our divorce and my wife even beyond. She, by the way now has Skoda Octavia stw.
2006 or -07 I imported a VW Motorsport handmade RallyeGolf with Oettinger tune-up, measuring still 180 hp with pulley wheel change and no chip tuning and all orginal parts for that matter. What a great car that was. However I got carried away by the syncro 4wd and the car jumped into a ditch, ruining all the plastics of which my insurance company did not satisfy to repair mostly due to the fact, that they'd gone out of production ages ago. I then drove for few months with a Gen III Golf CL automatic, but bought ´quite promptly another 4-wheel-driver, Passat V6 4Motion for a couple of years, which I then changed into more fuel economic Audi A3 sportback 1.6. And then, just a month back exchanged that into few years younger A3 of same chassy, but face-lifted and more powerfull tune.
The years with 4WD Volkswagens had me mitten into the steering with gas pedal tribe and now finally, had the opportunity to upgrade.
So, there it is, my short VAG-history. They all are rigid, liable and quite economic to maintain, even though the new models have so much eloctronics in. Hence I'n not all thumbs, so I may change brake discs, pads and other mechanical things, camshaft drive belts and so forth whenever there is a need to such basic jobs on the car.