Reliability was poor on these and you have the added extra of very high repair and servicing costs because it's an Audi. Better off getting a Polo as the technology is similar, but they seem to be more reliable and cheaper to own.

Great cars of course as long as you read on the A2 forums about them and get the tips what to look out for etc

IMHO the A2's a fancy-looking, expensive handbag on wheels. All the money went into making it look "cute" and "cool" to appeal to women, as did the "easy to get to" fluid monitoring in the engine bay

It doesn't, I assure you.

I know of a man who drives one, as does his wife.

As a Previous A2 owner I had the 1.4 petrol it was low mileage and it gave me little or no trouble in the 2 years I had it . 2001 (y)

As for parts they are shared accross the VAG range including Skoda and are not expensive as some people make out £10 for a Temp Sensor £100 for a service from a Mobile Audi Specialist .

The car always started first time .If it has the Bose comfort headunit it is superb

There is one thing to avoid and thats the Sunroof or "Opensky" as its called if its got one walk away because if it goes wrong its £2000 out if your pocket and looking for some one to fix it is non existant.

If you want to find out more you want to try A2oc owners club place you question on there and you will get very knowlegable advice

hope this is of help

It is repairable under warranty if under 7? years old. But only iirc one dealer can repair them.

I agree about the cost tho.

It's definitley a car to get carefully checked out for accident damage. Most were written off if accident damaged due to the cost of repair.. And sometimes rebuilt on the cheap.

And despite the body being aluminium, it does corrode and the paint peels round the door tops and bottoms inside and the door handles. Very expensive to repair.

At 100k miles.+ most need a suspension and brake rebuild. At that age, Audi and VAG dealers are ££££s. OK if you diy or have a competent independent.

Edited by madf on 06/11/2012 at 06:56

Am I missing something or does there seem to be bit of a gap in these mails

You're not Collos, embedded deep within the thread are some replies made at three am this moring deriding the popular opinion of the A2. I couldn't be a***d to dump my remark in the thick of it and whacked it onto the end.

Gotta love this mesage board's structure....

It seems all the negativity has come from people who have not even owned the car long term? Am i right. t***s.

Annnnnnd he's back.

So does one assume you have an A2 and are miffed it's not held in high regard?