LEFT TO ROT - Can I Get This AUDI TT 1.8 TURBO Back On The Road?! IN 5 DAYS?!

No other YouTuber would do all this in one episode. They would break em up for more views.Great content from start to finish. I'm hooked. Keep em coming 😊😊

I started watching this on Monday and today I've bought a MK1 Audi TT (225). Almost everything you did needs to be done on my new car. Looking forward to getting stuck in. Expect about a dozen views from me trying to copy what you did! 😀 *Update - car dismantled. A lot of oil! Pcv system had been "deleted" and many perished pipes. I now have new silicon pipes and all the parts I need to restore this lovely car back to a mechanically sound vehicle!

I bought for my wife a 52 plate, 2002 Audi TT 225 in this colour, Silbersee metallic, obviously with twin exhausts, black leather, Bose & a 6 CD changer and low mileage (6k) in 2004. It was the first “sort of premium” car we’d ever had. She kept it until 2006, when she totally changed preferences and got a Rangerover Evoque. The TT sold for £1500 in 2016, only two owners and around 100k miles. It looked almost as good as it drove away as it had the day we picked it up from an Audi dealer twelve years earlier. The paint was bulletproof. Nothing major had been replaced, still on the original clutch, though all brakes had been replaced. Coil packs also towards the end as idle had become erratic and it wasn’t TB related. It ate tyres though and was vulnerable to punctures from rubbish country roads. Other than that, it was totally reliable, never failing to proceed. Oh, it used to eat front sidelight bulbs, which I put down to slight corrosion in the lamp holders and dodgy earths. And door micro switches that drop the windows a few mm when opened, and rolled them up upon closing the doors. Instead of replacing the entire door locking mechanism, the Audi recommended fix, I created & installed positive return springs under the micro switches. A square of the plastic from dart flights was bent to form a Z-fold & superglued into place. As it proved, this was a permanent solution & I never even needed to replace the homemade return springs. Genuinely cannot think of anything else going wrong in well over a decade & nominally entire life of the car.

There isn't a video of yours that I don't watch where I'm not chuckling along - Your sense of humor and the delivery is so dry and fast - Love it - Lovely car too!

I absolutely love the song and band promotion thing, touring and gigging is so expensive these days therefore exposure is impossible for some young acts. Absolutely love it, well done Ben!!

SHOUT OUT TO THE DUDE WHO WROTE THE HOOVER SONG!! Nice lil tune that fella oddly soothing!!😊😊

Ben, mate...what an absolute stunner of a car! Massively enjoyed this episode. I gotta admit, I prefer your long videos as they are more immersive and totally feel like we take the journey with you. Simply put, you're a genius with motors. Your humour and ease before the lens, plus your resourcefulness make wonderful viewing. Thanks for all the time you invest so we can enjoy these awesome 2nd chance jam jars.

When these came out, they were so different, and stunning to look at. Couple of years later we bought one, for 16 grand. We had the 225 version with twin exhausts. Hands down the best car I ever owned. The quality of the car was outstanding, and it was quick. Owned BMW’s, rx8, and now I have an Audi a3 saloon S line, but the TT was special. Such a fantastic thing.

What a bargain you got Ben! A lot of car for very little money. When I blend paint on a panel I never spray right up to the tape - try not to get any base or clear up to the tape, for the base colour coat and clear i just lift the gun or the can away from the surface gradually towards the edges of the main repair. That way i find i get a much more gradual change from the old to new. I do that for both the clear and the colour, though obviously i take the clear out a bit further. Where i lift the gun or can away towards the edges of the clear coat it can look a bit dry, but that is where that can of blending thinners does it's magic, the slightest whiff of that stuff will blend the new clear to the old giving it a lovely shine. Looking forward to seeing you taking it around the ring - hope it's a dry day for you - though with the four wheel drive you will have fun either way!

Its Still A Hoover was perfect. Never a truer word spoken. What a wonderful thing. This channel just is genius. The T-shirt looks great. Oh and I love the Audi.

In 07 I bought an 05 TT 3.2L Quattro SLine with DSG and only 14k miles. I’ve had it for 18 years. For most of that time, it’s been the lowest cost of ownership car I’ve ever owned. Just recently decided to give it a refresh and fix problems related to being parked outdoors. Re-did the headliner, had the roof and rear deck painted. Replaced the AC compressor. Ignition coils. Replaced the headlights that were all opaqued and had some wires rat bit. It runs like a top. 250 hp and the best exhaust note of any TT. I love my TT. Couple of points- There is a release cable for the rear hatch either in the tunnel under the cup holder, or in the rear set. And a release for the fuel filler behind the access door for the right side tail light. Sometime just locking and unlocking the car door with the key a couple times will reset the electronic controls for the windows, release buttons etc. The radio safe code can be found in the car documentation if it came with the car. ( like if the window is not opening a little and closing when you open and close the door ) And with Quattros- it’s really important that left and right tires match in wear/diameter. So if you replace, say, the left front, replace the right front at the same time. Same for the rear tires, replace them in matching pairs. If they don’t match, that alone can cause some ABS/EPS issues.

Loving this episode. And the Hoover song ?! Genius. We were both singing it by about two-thirds of the way through 🎶 🎤😁

When a song sticks in your head it's a hit! And the video is also stuck in my head!! A couple of bullseyes..... Not too shabby! cheers!!

Your content has gone through the roof recently Ben - thanks so much for the effort! Such great viewing! Greetings from 🇮🇪

For those of you reading this comment, it's okay, it's normal to feel lonely sometimes, if you're going through tough times, keep trying, but never give up,

SUPERB WORK! I bought a Mk2 Silver TT convertible a couple of years ago that was in a similar mess! I had seen a Mk1 restoration like this and how things just worked after a bit of cleaning and servicing. And how refined it was, and how clean underneath etc...and I decided I wanted one and a Mk2 with all the bells and whistles. Which I got, heated leather seats, AC, Full electric roof, 2L turbo etc. But it was an utter mess, dirt, grime, moss green hood, every panel was scratched, the interior had broken bits of trim or missing trim and looked like skip, full of rubbish. I spent about 3 months restoring and cleaning. I got all the panels pristine via electric polish, fully serviced it, restored the roof, fixed or replaced the broken trim, and had the wheels done professionally as they were worse than yours sadly. It now looks brand new. Like you I ended up going above and beyond as once you start, you cant stop and the Audi TT is so classy and executive its worth it. The heated seats are a joy in winter and the engine is great, its quiet and quick. I have upgraded parts like adding more leather to the inside and put in a whole new double din stereo for the TT so it all blends and looks stock. All I can say is, just repaint the entire wing now you have done the light. Sand the rest slightly and mask off the wing and blow it all over with paint and it will save the effort of trying to blend it in and masking lines. It will fix all the scratches and bring it up to the quality of the rest of the car. When you sell it on you will make a lot of profit. If I were you I would keep it......

Two and a half hours! Man that is value Ben. Here we go

Two and a half hours of pure magic 👌

The TT has gone from a scrapper, to a forecourt smasher, well done. And all in one video, not drawn out it to many small episodes. Wonderful, really enjoyed the TT rejuvenation. 🏆

An absolute modern design classic restored to beautiful condition. Hats off to you. 250 nicker..Madness!!