I'd always liked the Audi Coupes, whilst I had the mk2 GTi it was always in the top handful of cars I'd like as a replacement, built in the time Audi's were the understated choice. Started looking for a coupe in 2006, didn't find any to spec, but found an 80k Audi 80E 2.0 saloon freshly MoT'd on eBay, and by the end of the night it was mine for a bargain £590. It might not have been a Coupe, but, it was solid, and at least let me cheaply find out whether I really liked one or not, even if it did have too many doors & too few cylinders. It was such a good, cheap runner it was 3 years before I finally got round to thinking about time I had a coupe, and by then the Cabriolet's had dropped in to budget... So the hunt was on for a 2.6 Cabriolet, 2.8s were out as they need even more expensive Super Unleaded, 2.0s were definitely out as running the 2.0 saloon was slooow compared to the GTi I'd had. Preferably wanted a manual but with around 10-30 Cabs on Auto Trader nationwide it did make picking the perfect spec difficult. So it's quite an exclusive car, it's rare enough I even see another Audi 80 saloon or Coupe, another Cabriolet on the road is quite a very rare spot indeed, I can probably count on both hands the amount of Cabriolets I've seen on the road in two years. Read the rest of this entry »