WHY I SAVED THIS AUDI A2 FROM THE CRUSHER! 

the A2! Those TDIs are unburstable. Loads of A2s still buzzing around Germany to my surprise

Probably, it's a radio mic system and even though it's a Rode one it's not immune to interference unfortunately.

I hear it too.

It’s awful, I couldn’t watch because of it

That’s birdsong mate.

@@ifyouarefeelingsinister It is bad, isn't it :(

Agreed👍

@@volkswizard would be perfect, I wrote that comment seconds before you then went on to say the same thing basically haha

A really nice video Andrew as a homage to the Audi A2. I have recently acquired one, currently working on it as a little project to get it running and looking spot on. Wishing Volkswizard all the best for its new ways going forwards 👍

I agree. I also had a mk1 TT in 2002 and this reminds of that in many ways.

Would love a Colour Storm, any colour will do

I have 20 A2s.

@@winniethexi2184 Why so many? ..do you rent them or you are just collecting them? ..do you also have the 1.4TDI (90hp)?

@@pventi20 it was a joke bro

My cousin has one near Glasgow. It’s sat on his driveway for a few years now, he refuses to sell it. So far, and has bad eyesight now, so doesn’t even drive it. Seems Ike a waste to me.

@@stuartleckie I stay in South Lanarkshire Stuart, so your cousin is not that far from me. That's a shame he cant get the use of it now; sorry to hear that buddy. They are cracking little cars. Best wishes to you and your cousin Stuart. Regards.

@@johnpirie3800 it’s in North Lanarkshire, so yeah, pretty close by. Although I moved across the pond or I would be trying to pry it away from him 😆

​@@stuartleckie Nice one Stuart. Hope you and your family are all well buddy. Next time your talking to your cousin, bend his lug about the A2!!! By the way, it rained here today.....again! Best wishes and continued good health to you and your family Stuart.

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Snap! Mine's 2001, Y-reg (Somerset) petrol, & I'm very fond of it. Hasn't exactly been molly-coddled in the past (a back-street garage's runabout for a few years), silver and a very pleasant drive. However, I think the removable bonnet was an eccentric error.

They were super thrifty and good for pre-ULEZ London as small and responsive.

You can remap the ecu and add 20 hp and still use the eco when needed

Just because they offer that doesn’t mean it’s worth that 😉

@@volkswizard Completely agree, and maybe (hopefully) the lower scrap value will help keep more of these cars on the road! It only gives an indication of what they value the metal (scrap price) at, plus what they can recover in parts sales where there is demand. I know Trents are very selective about what they remove to sell, based on inventory and demand. Mostly, I was expecting Aluminium to command a higher price, but then again, scrap value is largely weight based and the A2 is quite light. Scrap prices have fallen in the last couple months. In March, they offered £50 more (285) for the Focus when I was (briefly) considering scrapping it due to it now needing quite a bit of investment to get back on the road.

My pleasure 👍

Thanks Scott, glad you enjoy the nerdiness 🤓👍

I'm a bit curious as to the mpg of your Passat.. I had a pd130 too and the mpg never seemed amazing

@@beautgrainger147 the b5.5 was basically getting 50mpg all the time or better when driven sensibly. The b8 190 I have now does 750-800 miles per tank in summer but only 550-600 in the winter (lots of short runs where it doesn't get to temperature until I'm back home and turning the engine off - 4 mile round trip to drop the kids off the 800/600 will mostly be long runs (150+mile runs Manchester to London for example). My dad had the Passat before me, he use to get 55-65npg out of it on hour plus runs, I think I only got 63 out of it and I was trying. I also had a b5 when I worked at Amtrak that produced the same mpg as the highline. One of my colleagues had a 130 in another VW (about the size of a Jetta but I don't remember the name of it), he could only get 35mpg out of that, but then he drove very differently to me and got several telling off's from our transport manager)

@@house89147 that's more than I expected.. I used to drive it quite quickly and got about 59mpg once when aiming for max economy.. usually it was 47mpg on the motorway. I had a B5.5 estate in maroon.

A man with fine taste 😁

Thanks Russell, boot space surprised me too! Probably best to put a different engine in rather than add a turbo, 3 cyl turbo from Up! TSI or GTI would be awesome!

Do you still have your A3?

Yep had to sell the S3 when it was clear I was leaving my work premises

A very different car as Up! was new VW, built cleverly but cheaply and they are simple and largely reliable. £3k gets the worst Up! or a really good A2 so I'd go A2 too

Thanks Bernt, glad you 'get' the A2 too 😎👍

Wow. Rare indeed!

Thanks again Robtt👍

doubt many modern cars could crack 300k with (I assume) minimal expense

Hi Hitesh, hope you are enjoying it. Had to get this video in before it went as car meant a lot to me but it was great to get some good drives in to get some satisfaction from all the work.

Not much else, maybe wishbones.

EPC light indicates something is wrong with the electrical circuits. Mine would occasionally turn on because my brake light switch was going bad

Thanks Bill, your friend sounds like a good guy to buy a car off :)

Can't recall but they were expensive as they are very sophisticated. The new Mini came out not long after with it's retro looks and dated engines and competitive price and wiped the sales floor with it. Audi overestimated the intelligence of the compact car buyer

Turbocharge?? That's a video worth seeing. Good luck with the project

You are going to be replacing the 1.4 pretty soon if you just a put a turbo on it. What will you do with the magneti marelli ecu? Marelli ecus are PITA to work with and not many professional will even touch them. Just throw the old 1.4 16v in to the lake and put some 1.4tsi with timing belt there instead.

@@ville85 That's the fun part. hoping everything will work or make it work. I know its hard to do hence why im trying it

@@colinvos7304 you need to change bigger injectors and throttle body if you're willing to gain power with turbo, then the ecu definitely needs to be programmed, or use some aftermarket engine control like maxxecu or megasquirt etc. There's so many things to be considered, lots of work and maybe you can gain max 15-20hp with the turbo setup so I don't think it's worth it. Replacing the engine would be cheaper and wiser in the long run. I replaced the 1.4 16v AUA in my -02 A2 with a 1.6 16v BCB engine from a VW Bora. Still running with the original 1.4 ECU and injectors&throttlebody, but it runs great. I need to buy a Vag-tacho so I can replace the ECU, then with it's own ECU, injectors and throttlebody it should have that approx. 30hp more than the original 1.4 16v.

You've saved the best model too

Tell Rode, apparently it's broadcast quality but could be my old Hero 4 and it's wifi interference, very annoying

Had no choice with a camera in hand but a wipe is all it takes to sort

Deffo E5 but FSI has always needed Super to work properly anyway so no big deal

Thanks Andrew! Last few k took a while but same for everyone I gather, roll on 50k :)

Sold it because I was fed up with the harshness when cold plus I started doing a lot of motorway miles and there were better cars to do it in.

Because it's not mainstream cool or trendy like say a Mini, it's a clever car for car nerds who appreciate engineering, not how many likes a car gets on Insta

Yes, I reckon someone should by them all up, convert them and sell them on, be cheaper than the cheapest electric car and better

That’s a great suggestion

If you look at the BMW I3's profile it looks like they've taken the idea from the A2

@@rockhillbilly1 Yeah totally! Never thought of that

A2 design has something in common with Citroën Xsara Picasso. They're both MPVs but a2 has the early 2000s audi design style and there are lines and shapes you can see for example in a4 b6 avant. So A2 is like a dwarf A4 avant 😁

Well you really haven't seen enough different cars if you think that. For example BMW i3 copied something from A2s shape and made it much worse. Even volkswagen and audi have uglier cars today.

Its not stunning...but has something. Sort of purposeful and a clever design.

You are hideous,not this beautifull audi a2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Right hand drive as per UK is the original correct side - all goes back to when people rode horseback and used swords, most people will use the sword with the right hand so the adversary will be oncoming on their right.

@@volkswizard Thanks for that -- "fly the flag!"