So was looking for a car under 2k, over 60mpg and £30 road tax and stumbled upon the Audi A2, also quite like the idea of something that become a future classic. In researching the A2 I stumbled across the A2OC website, which had a wealth of information. It proved difficult to track down a car to buy as there are not many on the market and didn't want to travel to far to get one. I ended up getting a 2001 plate, 1.4 TDI (75bhp) with 111k on the clock, it cost under 1k and has 12 month mot on it and zero service history... but looking back through the MOT history online I can see it must have had money spent on it and likely the paper work has just been lost along the way. It has many things wrong with it, which I spotted before buying the car, + a few more since and im sure more to find. Since I was even considering spending 2.5k on one I don't mind spending money to fix it up, planning on doing much of it myself. Have already used the forum to help find out whats causing some issues. Here is the full list of things I plan to deal with...
Already fixed
1. Button on boot not working to open, not sure why but the cable was unplugged....plugged it back in and it worked.
2. Remote locking was not working, added new battery to key... still not working
3. Dash warning light for fuses, found 2 fuses were just not present. Very odd, replaced them and a number of things started working (heated rear window, remote unlocking, interior lights on when care unlocked, fuses warning message gone from dash).
4. Sun Visors both snapped off, found replacements on ebay and fitted
5. Tailgate trim was off, but in the boot. So fitted that back on, linked to 1 and likely 2/3 as I was told previous owner had gotten key locked in the car
Still to Fix
0. Get the car serviced (full service) and find out if cambelt/waterpump need replacing as no idea when they might have last been replaced.
1. Windscreen wiper keeps coming out of mounting, the plastic clip is not that tight fitting.
2. Rear number plate, delaminated (has come up for last several MOT as advisory)
3. Drivers door only locks with the key, cable was cut behind the door card (linked to 1/2/3 and 5 in already fixed and the key getting locked in the car). Have ordered new wiring loom for door from ebay... hopefully replacing that will restore remote locking to the drivers door
4. Get a 2nd key, car only came with 1 key (hence many of the issues above)
5. Rear light has a small hole in it covered with red tape. Have ordered a replacement from ebay, looks easy enough to swap over....if not im sure I can find a thread on here to help.
6. Drivers door wing mirror control is snapped off and electric window swtiches sunk into door (but they work and all light up). Replacement module ordered from ebay, will replace at same time as the door wiring loom
7. Various scratches on arches/bumpers/bodywork, plan to see how far I get with chipex
8. Cassete player lcd screen is patchy, have ordered a concert cd player off ebay (looks like it should be a simple swap).
9. Front bumper is broke, looks like it had a coming together with a curb, need to work out if I an fix it up or just get a replacement bumper. Its just the part where the grill and spot lights go.
10. Fuel gauge intermittently not working on startup
11. Trim around steering wheel and fuse box is coming away/broken.
12. Laquer has come away from bonnet and wings, car is dark blue anyone else had that happen? I saw threads talking about red cars. Plan on this is to either have bonnet resprayed and wing or find a replacement bonnet the same colour and swap... but this is way down the list
On the plus side the car drives well, gear changing is smooth. So hoping that it proves to be mechanically sound, the full service will help prove that theory out for me.
Future Plans
1. Replace the 15" wheels with the 16" ones.
2. ??
So wish me luck and I may come asking for help if I dont find info in previous threads.
Thanks
Jason
Already fixed
1. Button on boot not working to open, not sure why but the cable was unplugged....plugged it back in and it worked.
2. Remote locking was not working, added new battery to key... still not working
3. Dash warning light for fuses, found 2 fuses were just not present. Very odd, replaced them and a number of things started working (heated rear window, remote unlocking, interior lights on when care unlocked, fuses warning message gone from dash).
4. Sun Visors both snapped off, found replacements on ebay and fitted
5. Tailgate trim was off, but in the boot. So fitted that back on, linked to 1 and likely 2/3 as I was told previous owner had gotten key locked in the car
Still to Fix
0. Get the car serviced (full service) and find out if cambelt/waterpump need replacing as no idea when they might have last been replaced.
1. Windscreen wiper keeps coming out of mounting, the plastic clip is not that tight fitting.
2. Rear number plate, delaminated (has come up for last several MOT as advisory)
3. Drivers door only locks with the key, cable was cut behind the door card (linked to 1/2/3 and 5 in already fixed and the key getting locked in the car). Have ordered new wiring loom for door from ebay... hopefully replacing that will restore remote locking to the drivers door
4. Get a 2nd key, car only came with 1 key (hence many of the issues above)
5. Rear light has a small hole in it covered with red tape. Have ordered a replacement from ebay, looks easy enough to swap over....if not im sure I can find a thread on here to help.
6. Drivers door wing mirror control is snapped off and electric window swtiches sunk into door (but they work and all light up). Replacement module ordered from ebay, will replace at same time as the door wiring loom
7. Various scratches on arches/bumpers/bodywork, plan to see how far I get with chipex
8. Cassete player lcd screen is patchy, have ordered a concert cd player off ebay (looks like it should be a simple swap).
9. Front bumper is broke, looks like it had a coming together with a curb, need to work out if I an fix it up or just get a replacement bumper. Its just the part where the grill and spot lights go.
10. Fuel gauge intermittently not working on startup
11. Trim around steering wheel and fuse box is coming away/broken.
12. Laquer has come away from bonnet and wings, car is dark blue anyone else had that happen? I saw threads talking about red cars. Plan on this is to either have bonnet resprayed and wing or find a replacement bonnet the same colour and swap... but this is way down the list
On the plus side the car drives well, gear changing is smooth. So hoping that it proves to be mechanically sound, the full service will help prove that theory out for me.
Future Plans
1. Replace the 15" wheels with the 16" ones.
2. ??
So wish me luck and I may come asking for help if I dont find info in previous threads.
Thanks
Jason