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Life with an Audi TT RS: Month 8

After nearly 10k miles, the ’bahnstormer is going back whence it came. Did it leave an indelible mark on those who drove it? - 4th July 2018

The TT RS turned up in November last year with three indisputable strengths: a) it was nice to sit in, b) it was nice to listen to, and c) it was unrepentantly rapid. It departs with all three intact, and adds a few more for good measure.

Life with an Audi TT RS: Month 7

An Audi TT has passed through a snapper’s hands at Autocar before. In fact, Stan Papior ran one not so long ago. It wasn’t as expensive or as fast as the RS currently in Nic Cackett’s possession, but it was just as red and had much the same make-life-easy DSG gearbox.

He rather liked it. Which seemed counter-intuitive to me, given that he has to have roughly the same amount of photographic kit as I do on a daily basis. On the list of cars – even coupés - that would suit a jobbing photographer, the TT struck me as being no more up to the task than a Porsche Cayman.

Life with an Audi TT RS: Month 6

There’s not long left for the TT RS now, a fact the car has responded to with a couple of uncharacteristic niggles. First, the exhaust has developed a gentle but disapproving rattle at start-up (at least, I think it’s the exhaust – it crops up only fleetingly) and, second, the little popout dimmer switch for the Virtual Cockpit has stopped working.

We’re not just talking about 400hp and all-wheel drive, either. Desirable two-door coupés with a compact wheelbase and usable boot are not exactly thick on the ground. Sure, there’s the BMW M2 and the Porsche 718 Cayman, but most mainstream manufacturers abandoned the segment long ago.