Why You would Buy A V6 TT 

I bought a 3.2 manual in January and I have to say the sound is insane and it feels very quick to me. The Quattro system is great and there’s decent steering feel. The Bose sound system isn’t bad either.

Fantastic video mate, absolutely love it. It was great to see you and thank you for featuring the V6 :)

Thanks another do Sunday Video. Got the same Exhaust on a 3.2 Roadster and totally agree about the valve.

Great video quality and top commentary, keep it going mate!

Great video Tom keep up the good work

Great video of a great car,there's just something so special about the mk1 TT especially the 3.2 v6

Great video nice to see someone talking about the 3.2v6 they normally just talk about 225s I have a 04 3.2 which I’ve had for 4 years and I absolutely love it 👌

Weve had our 3.2 for 16 yrs. 30000 on the clock. Great car great sound and good ones are becoming a rare sight. Add the ABT grille (like ours) it makes the front look so much better.

Dom: ‘so you’ve got rust spots on the car yeah?’ Tom: Slouches on front wing with arms folded.

I love the mk1 3.2 you cant beet that sound I'm sure they will be a collectors car soon

Cracking car lads. Always wondered how much difference there was between the 3.2 V6 and the 225. It’s made me more keen to get my hands of it to accompany my roadster for the channel! Excellent production as always!

For 3.2 DSG owners with vcds, there's a procedure you can do called clutch wear adaptation that'll usually fix up hesitation / jerk that old gearboxes may be experiencing. Worth doing if you have access to a vcds cable.

Good vid bro keep that up! 👌

Nice car Tom, It completely passed me by when you bought it- i need to keep up better haha

Got one of these with a scorpion non-catback exhaust, let me tell you, the sound is just so insane, if you do not have horns already, you will grow them driving it LOL :) (beautiful car you have there bud)

I just sold an A4 3.2 V6 B7, had it for 2 years, I can definitely relate to you're experience. Loved the engine note, and the way it delivered it's power. You can def feel the extra two cylinders compared to a four cylinder car. Mine was a 6 speed manual, very clean, did a few suptile mods, only reason I parted with it is because I'm going for an RS4 B7 next summer.

Just for a second there I thought you had taken the plunge Dom ;) Great Vid, fantastic car...Glad you got to drive it, so now you know what you're missing😀.....V6 manuals super, super rare, I got mine in September last year too, For me it had to be Silver....not many of those about either...but i do like the red. Yeah the sound is amazing, lots of people look, if anything the worst part about driving a 3.2 TT is that you can't actually see it😀

Good video and good advice what to look for. I'm thinking of buying a 3.2 when I finally sell my beloved Subaru impreza RB5 which at 21 years old is beginning to a bit of a money pit. I've looked on Ebay a few times and your right, not many good ones on there. I do a lot of classic and modern classic car shows, so the MK1 will now fit in to this mold. But yes. Good informative video and looking forward to getting back to driving an Audi again.

Had MK4 / MK5 R32 loved the noise. Fancied a 3.2 for I went for the TT. But I wanted more power and a tune so the 225 made sense. Plus you can get rid of a lot of the boost leaks by fitting catch can and deleting N249. Red for me all the way.

Enjoyed that. 😀

Awesome video mate, looks a lovely car and in great condition. Those seats look like new, amazing for a 17 year old car mate.

Great review I actually got mine as a investment, I had a 225 a few years back , but the 3:2 is fantastic, I’ve just had my chains and DMF done , it wasn’t cheap but it needed it doing dsg box is good for a old car and it goes well. Mine is a 53 plate 95k roadster, I paid 4K for it back in December last year , condition is 8/10 some rust on the sills and that’s about it

Stunning car 👍👍

I've had 2 V6 TT's and 1 225. Sold my last V6 a few months ago, and already back looking for another. Had a sport exhaust on all my TT's , fantastic noise when floored.

I do miss my V6 man. Same colour as well. Brilliant Red

It has a learning gearbox if it's slow changing , change your drive style and feel the difference

Love a v6. I've got a 05clk 320 it sounds like a v8 everyone turns its got a loverly burble

Great video👍 I have a V6 3.2 TT convertible 08 plate with a manual 6 speed box, only 38k miles and well maintained. I absolutely love it!

Have a 3.2 ‘04 coupe in the States and have to say it is a truly special car given the timeless design, rarity (the MK1 TTs in general being less common over here), and amazing/unique sound. It just ticked over 120k miles and I truly hope to have it for a long while. Truly underrated and certainly a future classic.

No 3.2s here in Greece due to stupid road tax by engine size laws. So its refreshing to see a video review of the V6.

I've been pondering about that rear wing extension, to put on my 1.8. But it's a big hunk of plastic, I'm not sure I want to spoil the sleek lines with that. Maybe with a carbon fiber wrap. V6 is a V6, it's going to be awesome any way you look at it.

I still have my 05 DSG 3.2 Quattro. It’s the best TT ever made. It’s getting to the point of me wanting new headlights, and I replaced the instrument cluster for the dreaded red screen issue, and redid the headliner since mine had been parked in the weather all this time. But aside from a recent fuel pump replacement the car ran as my daily driver for 15 years without a single repair. I don’t race it, although I do enjoy its acceleration and impeccable handling on twisty roads. ( no one in a RWD car can keep up with the Quattro 3.2 DSG TT on winding roads) Reasons to get the 3.2 are- 1, that extra 25 horsepower is something a car this heavy NEEDS, but the real boon is the low end torque. The 3.2 DSG will shift into 6th at 35 mph if you are not driving it in sport mode. As a result, mine gets around 30 mpg. 2, the naturally aspirated 6 is more durable, and has a timing chain rather than the serpentine belt that will fail without notice. You can Check the timing of the chain to see if it’s stretching with a diagnostic. 3, the 3.2 DSG Quattro has a very understated exhaust note in ordinary drive mode, but when manual shifting or in sport mode, the engine comes to life with a deep satisfying growl that is not obnoxious or overt. Just loud enough to draw positive reactions. The best sounding TT by far, and you don’t have to do a thing to the exhaust to get it. The 3.2 Quattro sLine DSG is best when its as built. The audi engineers did a great job of balancing performance with durability in tuning the car. If you don’t mess with it, it will retain excellent performance for 150,000 miles as the engine is tuned to match the transmission and vice versa. The DSG will simply not LET you lug or overrev the engine. And every shift and throttle blip will be perfect and faster than any manual. 5, the DSG is still the best transmission I have ever driven. Effortless in switching between paddle shifting manual and auto shifting automatic operations. Tap the downshifter and floor it and the car leaps forward at almost any speed. And the sLine suspension was tuned to ride perfectly at 100 mph. If you can find one that was just left at factory spec, without the chipping, goofy exhausts or add ons that so many folks ruin their TT with, then it’s likely in solid mechanical shape. But beware the ones that young men drove hard and dicked around with to increase horsepower, or exhaust noise. I bought mine 2 years old off a lease with only 14k miles. Half original sticker price. It had been leased by a young woman, and like most young women she did not race the car or play the launch control nonsense… she just drove it at a high rate of speed everywhere she went for 14k miles. Which happens to be the profile for perfect break-in of the 3.2/DSG combo.

That's a great looking car... There's a manual v6 on ebay at the moment. Before my 225 I had a Mazda 323f 2.0 v6 and it sounded great. It was sat for a while when I bought my tt and when I sold it and a truck picked it up, I started it and that v6 tone made me wish my 225 sounded the same!

Great video, I'm thinking about taking the plunge as an investment but for daily use as well. Just worried that it will be a money pit! Can't get passed that noise though

Hi guys, thanks good Video. I’ve got also one in papaya orange coupe …….a beautiful car with 139000km ! Cheers from Switzerland

Great video, I am looking at a 3.2 at the moment the chain is within tolerance as it been tested by a VAG

i have a 3,2 manual in red, spent a long time looking for one and can safely say i do not regret it, it is starting to get lacquer peel now in small areas unfortunately

So happy I bought a 3.2! Mine's a manual with red interior 👌 Only think I don't like is the lack of fuel economy 😢 You forget about that when you out your foot down though! Not fast by modern standards but with a simple cat back and induction kit the sounds is miles better than most modern turbo cars!

Hi hun. 3 weeks ago I bought myself 2006 1.8T automatic 😜48000 on the clock genuine miles, all her history and servicing came with her ( notice I say HER coz I'm a TT girl)This beauty has been nowhere and in 6 years she'd only done 1000 miles 🤪. Her colour is grey more like dark silver but she's beautiful and her body work really is mint. I'm getting her remapped sometime soon. One question tho.. She has a bit staining on her exhaust tip can you suggest how to clean it to come up like brand new... Can I send pics of her to you??? And how??? Cheers huni. Love your vlogs😁👍👍

I've been pining for one of these but since I live in the US and there were no manuals available here I'm wondering if anyone can hypothesize on the feasibility of manual swapping a Mk1 3.2?

I have a 2005 3.2. Can you post the link to the Scorpion exhaust mentioned in the video? Please and thank you Dom

That looks really smart. The VR6 sounds great with the Scorpion exhaust! Points well made about the engine/gearbox and costs involved for repairs. My DSG 3.2 has had a litany of misfire/non start problems that seem to point to chain stretch. Checking on VCDS shows measuring blocks within tolerance. I have replaced cam sensors and crank sensor. Latest issue was a coil pack melting, blowing a fuse and bringing up the flashing ‘PRNDS of death’. A lot of the time the car starts/runs OK, other times it starts and runs like a bag of spanners. Turn it off, restart and it runs like a sewing machine. It’s really frustrating, so I have decided to replace chains, solenoids and any other worn bits around that critical area. Watching ru-vid.comhumblemechanic has given me renewed confidence in doing this. Wish me luck.🤔

Great video and nice to see a 3.2 finally getting some representation. :-) My feelings on the dynamic merits of a DSG 3.2 are well documented. If you could move the engine 8 inches back in the chassis it would almost be as dead and inert as a 225. As it is, a 3.2 is an understeery, thirsty bugger, prone to mechanical tantrums and DSG hissy fits. A manual is slightly less grim. They do sound good though, and the instant torque makes them a bit more predictable on part throttle. I think of a 3.2 as the Pavaroti of the TT world. Audi clearly agreed with me as the QS went back to the 1.8t rather than keep flogging a 6 pot horse. And don't get me started on VR6 timing chains. Tongue (mostly) in cheek here. :-)

Is the front bumper splitter stock or aftermarket? Looks really nice.

Hello sir I just started watching your content and I was just curious with a 3 in downpipe do you need to get a new dogbone mount my car only has 87,000 miles on it so I am not to if the bearing is crazy worn or not

Nice car. For me a tunned 225 all day over the v6

V6 for me as easily tunable for 600 ish on a stock block when boosted

Love the sound of a VR6. Lovely car, just a shame Audi decided to badge it as a 'V6' in the TT.

There's no such thing as a V6 TT. It's another configuration called VR6, but many of them towards the 2000s just ended up being marketed as V6 for whatever reason.

What lower front lip spoiler is that?

Mk1 forever guys.

225 1.8 plus a remap is faster and handles much better much less understeer

A 3.2 garage car for 4k? Who is so stupid to sell for that price?