TT roadster FWD 180hp vs SLK230/320

Good brakes (a salesman demonstrated that quite nicely on an Autobahn near Mannheim, thank you very much!)

Trick roof (although I've seen a harried-looking woman with the damn thing stuck between positions - the car was undrivable)

Handling designed for movement in a straight line, apparently (this bit's hearsay - I looked at it and was put off before getting the TT)

Slushbox

Surprisingly sedate for such an expensive car

Quite pretty (although I personally feel that the TT is in another league, design-wise)

Proper RWD

I've not seem the boot [trunk] on the FWD, so I can't really comment. The Quattro's been fine for me though (certainly good enough for a week routing Europe, and plenty of goodies from the local hypermarket.

A rechip would be the obvious thing - you won't get the full benefits of a

The roof of the SLK will fill up that trunk that's so critical to you....

I've never had enough time to get bored in first gear ;o)

MIght be worth trying a 225 at the same time, to get an idea on what a rechip would do?

I've heard (very) good things about the Nissan's handling, but a few negative comments about the durability of the interior. Haven't tried one (yet!), but it's probably somethng to keep an eye on when you take a look.

HTH

H1K

chip it! the difference is amazing...

Car and Driver clocked a 6.2 second 0-60 run in a 225 TT Quattro cabrio, the most weighty of all the variants. My GTi (which shares it's platform with the TT, as well as it's 180 Hp 1.8T) clocked a 0-60 run of 6.5 seconds, also in C&D, so the TT 180 FronTrac coupe' should be somewhere in that region, making it slightly slower the the 350Z which runs the 0-60 dash in around 5.9-6.0 seconds. But the build quality will be *worlds* better than the Nissan's. The