engine/gearbox broken on previous owner, so gave it a little crash and claimed insurance.

Imagine this being your pride and joy and seeing how easy it was to fix. Insurance companies really do take the piss

awesome purchase Dean! i almost bought an s1 like this a few months ago but didnt at the end cause s1 audis dont come with an automatic transimission and i didnt want a manual anymore so i got a 1.4 tfsi 190 bhp one! i love the car so much, its such a go kart! immediately fell in love with it!!! mine is max spec possible for an audi a1, damn awesome car!!! cant wait to watch this series of videos!

That exhaust is shocking, wheelbarrow looking drone system 😂

Great content as usual mate ! Straight to action just how it should be, keep the vids coming 👍

Great job, love your work.

Looks like a fun little car 👍 Wouldn't mind winning this one 😊 Gonna buy a few tickets as always for sure! I don't mind this being a two part video at all. More content for you and something decent to watch today! I would love to see some price breakdowns in future videos though..kinda curious how much all this has cost. Great video regardless ❤ Thanks 👍

Nice car Dean, good choice. I like the look of the S1, esp in 3 door form. It's a good little apprentice to the Urr Quattro. I suppose for authentic purposes it'd be better fitted with the TT RS 5 cylinder power! The original limited edition LHD S1 which differs slightly to your version was launched by Stig Blomquist a ford hero of mine but obvs a great Audi Quattro man and indeed Champion . The car is very nimble and open to lots of mods, but one my favourite fast Audi's. Best wishes. Ben

The Brembo brakes arent actually standard, It should have the same as the Golf R/GTI from factory, With the Litttco intake pipe I would assume its a littco hybrid turbo (Just got that far in the video sorry)

Fun little cars. Makes me want one 😂 Good content Dean, it wouldn’t be a saving salvage video without the car breaking a bit more on road test 😂 great for us 😅

Love these little Audi A1's, great little cars, glad you've choose this as I'm thinking of buying one!!, Good content, enjoyed the vid, well done mate.

I have a 2012 A1 2.0 Tdi black edition. It’s just hit 200k miles, I’ve done 150k of them. Rapid as hell for a diesel and so much fun to drive. Wish I had this one though. Great video Dean 👍🏼

What a sick lil hot hatch. Good purchase bro!

Great content on the S1.

Great watching as usual 👍

You will get it sorted👍👍👍👍

I was hoping your next video would have been Refitting the engine back into the Audi TT amplified addition! Looking forward to that one 😅

2 videos rather than 1, everyone’s a winner here surely👍👍👍👍🚘🚘🚘🚘 good work, I’m looking forward to driving it when I win😜😜

Always enjoy watching your content it never disappoints .

Great video, tickets bought 👌

Thanks Dean. That's a very nice Car. I never knew there was an S1 Quattro built. It's a beauty AWD. 4×4. I would say it was Brilliant when it was brand new. The interior is Great. Nice leather. Jesus for a minute there I thought the whole Gearbox was gone lol. But thankfully it's nothing too serious. Great Video again Dean. Well done and thanks for the Brilliant content bro. 😅😅

now that's what you call a pocket rocket. Love it 👌🤗🤩

thankyou Dean,,have a good weekend,,👍👍

Great content, you make brilliant videos.

And there was me muttering about gearbox internal gear shift forks.. you obviously know what you’re doing. Nice car. Thanks.

Great car, love Audi my faves are 80coupe and TTmk1 but very distrustful of previous owners

There is a certain position for the shifter and for the gearbox-linkage to lock them in while the cables are disconnected. Then you reconnect the cables and unlock both the shifter and the gearbox-linkage.

Got my tickets, Will be a great little car once you have finished with it 🙌

Loved the video mate. In the video, you mentioned 'DCAT smells so good'... does that mean its technically illegal due to being dcat? if so, you can just say i dont recall lol cheers

Dean i would check that rear strut it looks slightly bent only a bit but check the video you might see it mate i might be wrong And another great video thanks i always look forward to your videos 👍

Sounds great 👍

I think you need to lock the shifter with a 4mm Allen key under the shifter gater, once you have locked the gearbox, then you can release the shifter cables.

That oil catch can looks well over kill lol 😂 but bigger the better I suppose great video as always the guy with the best name ever 😉😆🤣

Class vid as usual. Agree with the car vertical comment but it's what helps pay the bills and at least it's relevant to the car trade unlike other channel's

I love your videos man! I only drive German cars ( live i the USA ) and Audi is my all time favorite. Currently in a 17 Stage 1 S3. I was hoping maybe you could help out a bit. I have the B&O sound system and my subwoofer just blew. I cant seem to find a new or used one anywhere. Any ideas? Thanks mate!

Nothing is ever straightforward for you Dean you should know that by now but it keeps us all watching, I'm off for some tickets now wish me luck

That looked so good to drive! Sounds good…

These have magride dampers so when it’s in dynamic the ride is firmer. That’s assuming it’s on stock suspension. Mine was great on just eibach springs

Never considered the S1. But now I really want this one. Looks a lot of fun for such a small car!

Great video for a lovely car :)

good channel mate

It would be quite a journey to the South Of France with that exhaust in place

has that cable adjustment got the lock pin on gearbox and the gear stalk holes that line up and you pin it

I would have changed both lower rear arms due to the horrible rust on the passenger side . If you have the time a few extra coats of paint would prevent or slow future rust

Hope it's not the shift fork for 1st/2nd, that broke on my S3 8L, cheap fix but time consuming. Edd China MK1 TT video helped!

The look on your face after that ill fated pull 😂

As soon as you unbolted the hub and shock you could see how much the lower arm was twisted. Nice cheap, easy repair.

Just bought a ticket that thing will be a rocket ship when it’s sorted

Great little cars, clutch on these are really weak seen some of them go on 25k mikes on standard power

On my MK6 GTI I have the same bent wheel issue, I replaced everything (I mean everything) on the bent side and it still hasn’t fixed it 😂 I think it’s my subframe now. Just something for you to check beforehand.

Any news on the Cerbera, Dean?

I was looking for one of these. E couple of years ago. I bought then e astra J, and after one year e mk1 Audi tt wich 1.8 225hp these are also fun to drive.

Really enjoyed the watching the video 🙂👍

100% short shifter installed and buggered it when putting it back together before insurance had it.

that exhaust drone is erm, exhausting

Totally worth laughs per minute!

Had 2 of these. Last one had 400hp, little rocket ship. Fit a short shifter and definitely upgrade the clutch. Had a Sachs clutch in the uprated power car and it chewed that one as well so definitely over do it on whatever clutch you choose.

might be my lack of knowledge but how can you test drive it when it's written off?.. do you use trade plates?

Beautiful car that Dean

See if the dent man can fix the rear wheel arch too, pretty amazing what they can do these days

I love this channel , I wish I lived in UK and could win these cars

Hey Mat, where do you buy your these cars from?

Tried entering the draw on your website but if i select pay securely with card it freezes, if i try apple pay it says billing country/region required even though i have clearly selected one. I give up.

Last time my car (an Exeo, almost identical engine) did the thing with revs, it wasn't an oxygen sensor or something a computer would point you to, oh no. It turned out to be a stupid plastic oil separator in the crankcase breather system, however it's called. This was after a friend pushed it to 150 km/h in 3rd gear, which is exactly what you were doing with this S1 :) Who knows, maybe yours did the same thing? They make everything out of plastic nowadays, it lives on the engine in high heat, and all that crap becomes brittle and breaks under umm... spirited driving ;) This calls for an honest "they don't make them like they used to"! ;) Also, that time I lost gears 1 and 2 (that was in a León), I had to replace the gearbox ;) I found an episode of Wheeler Dealers about exactly identical problem in an Audi on the same platform ( kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hK6HmK2bqJiRZIU.html ) but it was cheaper to get a refurbished unit than get an Edd to fix a single stupid fork ;) Thankfully this S1's issue is much simpler :)

Definitely having a few tickets for this

Sorry mate, can I recommend a Rode mic? Grate content like always :)

Put the gearstick in service position before releasing the linkages

Didn't realise there was a S1, Looks awesome though.

Nice car, looks like a clutch is needed perhaps ?

Mass airflow sensor still a thing? My 92 SRI used it self rev

Nah that was hilarious you were having a total blast in a 450bhp S1 not even 15 mins later a sad drive home 🤣 a familiar sight

I didnt even know there was an S1 quattro ,,, what a great wee car though .

This will be a great car Dean....just a few niggles to sort out. Don't mention insurance companies to me though. My patio doors were damaged during the hot, cold, wet sequences when the underframe collapsed. Will cost nearly 2 grand to fix. Paid 17 years with never a claim. Their conclusion.....act of God, no payout, not a structural part of the property!!! Still, simple write offs mean rich pickings for the like of you Dean. Cheers, Bob

How’s the TVR progressing?

Bloody hell, you need to catch a break ha, wouldnt care sounds amazing. Ill get me ticket money ready

Hi mate, really need your help. Sorry its not to do with the s1 but I have a rs4 b7 and need to do the ambiant temp sensor. Where is it and is it accessible without taking the front bumper off? Any help would be massively appreciate. Love the videos

I guess the row of holes in the off side rear tyre is from a police stinger?

Bloody hell, that thing looks like a right laugh to drive!

What a car my favourite but the one colour I can't have great content Dean as always

Get on it like a car bonnet Harry would still be on the bog at jfe🤣 only bloke who never knew were the bin liners were kept 🤣

its the splines pal worn out happened on my a1 pull selector of gearbox one bolt you will see the splines on the cable attachment

Sounds good

Thanks Dean. Appreciated this today. Takes the mind off life for a while. Looking forward to buying some 'Compete For Cars' tickets for this.

Cant remember my password for the compete for cars ,,, and i cant see a link to reset it

Crazy that this was written off for such minor damage. That was almost a driveway fix. That exhaust is annoying though - sounds like a tractor.

Put a m12 washer under the linkage bolt

Used to have one, they don't come with brembo standard someone's put them on.

Would be nice to see how you checked the mileage with the obd, Thanks.

Dude…. You launch it like caveman! Lolol. Damn son! You broke it lol

Vxr Nurburgring edition also your 🤫 I’ll be watching that as fancy one!

Lovely video, your audio just sounds rather strange.

Crazy to think that's enough to write it off.

Got my ticket as I know you'll sort it pal would love a little pocket rocket for the ring

Absolutely love my S1! So happy it's finally getting some recognition and love - the gearbox hates launches tho - so don't beat yourself up for it 😂 can't wait for the next vid!

Awesome car

What’s inside all the containers?

No wonder my car insurance has gone nearly £150 if they're scrapping cars with so little damage. Hope you sort it out Dean, looks a bit too much power for a car so light though.

Won’t this make it difficult to insure for most people having so many mods?

Whys there no question on the competition page ?

I wish some one would just sit in my car and tell me if it's mapped 🤣