What would you choose.

[sinbin5t]

Originally Posted by Davids

That will be good, if its going to be black then the paint has to be first class to look good.
My daughter wanted a red or whit one before she went off travelling

That's the problem, only looked at one so far, it was black with swirl marks in the paint where somebody had tried too hard to buff it up

Why do they do it !

[vorsprung durch technik]

Originally Posted by urquattr085

Plenty of manual (6spd) Mk1's around Bruce..

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classif...odel=TT&page=1

Thought so how could Audi make one without manual.

[sinbin5t]

Originally Posted by vorsprung durch technik

Thought so how could Audi make one without manual.

Would be daft wouldn't it.

[vorsprung durch technik]

Originally Posted by sinbin5t

Would be daft wouldn't it.

Yep, which means you must get one.

[sinbin5t]

Originally Posted by vorsprung durch technik

Yep, which means you must get one.

Ahhhhh, but the auto is quicker i'm led to believe because it changes faster than we can change manualy

Unless of course the Clarkson was talking cobblers

[vorsprung durch technik]

Originally Posted by sinbin5t

Ahhhhh, but the auto is quicker i'm led to believe because it changes faster than we can change manualy

Unless of course the Clarkson was talking cobblers

Your right the DSG box is quicker.

[Davids]

Originally Posted by sinbin5t

That's the problem, only looked at one so far, it was black with swirl marks in the paint where somebody had tried too hard to buff it up

Why do they do it !

It's because they don't know how to treat black and dark finishes

[sinbin5t]

Originally Posted by Davids

It's because they don't know how to treat black and dark finishes

So it's a re-spray after they've done that ?

[Davids]

Originally Posted by sinbin5t

So it's a re-spray after they've done that ?

Not necessarily, could be someone has heard about machining polishing and tidying a cars paint, getting rid of scratches etc. You have to be so so careful when using a rotary polisher. Most get a crap Chinese thing form fleabay, set of nasty rough foam mops and a tub of G3 and go at it , tw ats. Might as well just hit it with a DA and a 1200 grit on it for all that polisher does.

Using a rotary takes lots of patience and practise, and the correct compounds.
There are loads, everyone has their favs, and over the years I have used most and to be honest its the skill of the operator to make them work, not the compound on its own.

As I said it could be someone trying to tidy it up but all they have done is introduced hologram swirls. On the cobra and dark cars I would only use my Rupes DA with a fine cut and compound. If the car is that bad you could get it back but you would really need to test it, at least finishing with an ultra fine compound. Problem is you are into quite a few hours which is ££££'s . I'm not a detailer, only what I do after painting and keeping mine up together, but it could be a negotiation point for you.

[sinbin5t]

There are probably superb examples out there for what i can pay, i'm not in a big rush at this time but i will be if it gets to new year.

Thanks for the info mate, better to ask than wonder.