No other KZfaqr would do all this in one episode. They would break em up for more views.Great content from start to finish. I'm hooked. Keep em coming 😊😊

I started watching this on Monday and today I've bought a MK1 Audi TT (225). Almost everything you did needs to be done on my new car. Looking forward to getting stuck in. Expect about a dozen views from me trying to copy what you did! 😀

I bought for my wife a 52 plate, 2002 Audi TT 225 in this colour, Silbersee metallic, obviously with twin exhausts, black leather, Bose & a 6 CD changer and low mileage (6k) in 2004. It was the first “sort of premium” car we’d ever had. She kept it until 2006, when she totally changed preferences and got a Rangerover Evoque. The TT sold for £1500 in 2016, only two owners and around 100k miles. It looked almost as good as it drove away as it had the day we picked it up from an Audi dealer twelve years earlier. The paint was bulletproof. Nothing major had been replaced, still on the original clutch, though all brakes had been replaced. Coil packs also towards the end as idle had become erratic and it wasn’t TB related. It ate tyres though and was vulnerable to punctures from rubbish country roads. Other than that, it was totally reliable, never failing to proceed. Oh, it used to eat front sidelight bulbs, which I put down to slight corrosion in the lamp holders and dodgy earths. And door micro switches that drop the windows a few mm when opened, and rolled them up upon closing the doors. Instead of replacing the entire door locking mechanism, the Audi recommended fix, I created & installed positive return springs under the micro switches. A square of the plastic from dart flights was bent to form a Z-fold & superglued into place. As it proved, this was a permanent solution & I never even needed to replace the homemade return springs. Genuinely cannot think of anything else going wrong in well over a decade & nominally entire life of the car.

Loving this episode. And the Hoover song ?! Genius. We were both singing it by about two-thirds of the way through 🎶 🎤😁

Ben, mate...what an absolute stunner of a car! Massively enjoyed this episode. I gotta admit, I prefer your long videos as they are more immersive and totally feel like we take the journey with you. Simply put, you're a genius with motors. Your humour and ease before the lens, plus your resourcefulness make wonderful viewing. Thanks for all the time you invest so we can enjoy these awesome 2nd chance jam jars.

SHOUT OUT TO THE DUDE WHO WROTE THE HOOVER SONG!! Nice lil tune that fella oddly soothing!!😊😊

Its Still A Hoover was perfect. Never a truer word spoken. What a wonderful thing. This channel just is genius. The T-shirt looks great. Oh and I love the Audi.

What a bargain you got Ben! A lot of car for very little money. When I blend paint on a panel I never spray right up to the tape - try not to get any base or clear up to the tape, for the base colour coat and clear i just lift the gun or the can away from the surface gradually towards the edges of the main repair. That way i find i get a much more gradual change from the old to new. I do that for both the clear and the colour, though obviously i take the clear out a bit further. Where i lift the gun or can away towards the edges of the clear coat it can look a bit dry, but that is where that can of blending thinners does it's magic, the slightest whiff of that stuff will blend the new clear to the old giving it a lovely shine. Looking forward to seeing you taking it around the ring - hope it's a dry day for you - though with the four wheel drive you will have fun either way!

When these came out, they were so different, and stunning to look at. Couple of years later we bought one, for 16 grand. We had the 225 version with twin exhausts. Hands down the best car I ever owned. The quality of the car was outstanding, and it was quick. Owned BMW’s, rx8, and now I have an Audi a3 saloon S line, but the TT was special. Such a fantastic thing.

There isn't a video of yours that I don't watch where I'm not chuckling along - Your sense of humor and the delivery is so dry and fast - Love it - Lovely car too!

Your content has gone through the roof recently Ben - thanks so much for the effort! Such great viewing! Greetings from 🇮🇪

Two and a half hours! Man that is value Ben. Here we go

When a song sticks in your head it's a hit! And the video is also stuck in my head!! A couple of bullseyes..... Not too shabby! cheers!!

Two and a half hours of pure magic 👌

SUPERB WORK! I bought a Mk2 Silver TT convertible a couple of years ago that was in a similar mess! I had seen a Mk1 restoration like this and how things just worked after a bit of cleaning and servicing. And how refined it was, and how clean underneath etc...and I decided I wanted one and a Mk2 with all the bells and whistles. Which I got, heated leather seats, AC, Full electric roof, 2L turbo etc. But it was an utter mess, dirt, grime, moss green hood, every panel was scratched, the interior had broken bits of trim or missing trim and looked like skip, full of rubbish. I spent about 3 months restoring and cleaning. I got all the panels pristine via electric polish, fully serviced it, restored the roof, fixed or replaced the broken trim, and had the wheels done professionally as they were worse than yours sadly. It now looks brand new. Like you I ended up going above and beyond as once you start, you cant stop and the Audi TT is so classy and executive its worth it. The heated seats are a joy in winter and the engine is great, its quiet and quick. I have upgraded parts like adding more leather to the inside and put in a whole new double din stereo for the TT so it all blends and looks stock. All I can say is, just repaint the entire wing now you have done the light. Sand the rest slightly and mask off the wing and blow it all over with paint and it will save the effort of trying to blend it in and masking lines. It will fix all the scratches and bring it up to the quality of the rest of the car. When you sell it on you will make a lot of profit. If I were you I would keep it......

She came up beautifully! What a result on the MOT too!

One of the first things i do with old old cars is to wash them inside and out and under the hood and body. Makes them so much nicer to work on.

The film reference was Ali G indahouse😂 nice car mate, love your videos…..And that Hoover song😂

Ben, regarding the BT/CD situation: combine the two plugs, join AUX signals from the China BT adapter in place where the original CD changer cables go. Put any cd in one charger slot so it starts playing and you will get BT sound instead. Been there, done that. Let me help you remotely with that in case you need.

You may need to pair the key with the car again. This happened with my A4 B5 estate I used to have many moons ago. You change the battery and then put the key in the door whilst pressing and holding the top button- you then turn it anti clockwise and hold in that position (for about 10 seconds) whilst still holding the button down and then turn clockwise and hold in the clockwise position for about 10 seconds (also whilst keeping the button pressed down). Then take key out and it should have paired itself once more

"🎼.. it's still a hoover..." Fun bit of a music. Catchy, too! Fabulous video as usual.

Tasty tennis…Tasty football….Tasty Classics! What a brilliant Friday! Thanks Ben 👍

Excellent fella only been following you for a few months but love that you're posts are a couple of hours and just love your down to earth chat and no bollocks 😂basically, and what a car for 250 quid have a great weekend fella

Didn't think I would like this but your presentation has become so good it kept me glued for the whole episode. I bet you could sell fridges to Eskimos !

We love Mum, she's a star ❤

Brilliant little tidy up. I've really started to appreciate these cars in the last 18 months or so, it's a lot of car for the money.

I loved my TT. Can't believe how good this car still looks. Thanks!

The headlights are usually designed to be vented. When the vent is clogged, moisture can't escape. So clean the vent. Look for Water Condensation In Headlight? Eliminate It Easily Without Removing Headlight! 👍

Catchy little song now every time I vacuum with the Dyson that song will be in my head 😂 great video content 👍

Always makes me laugh when your lift is dropping in the time lapses 😂 what a car!! I'm super impressed

That's a lot of car for £250, and nice to see one that only needed simple tools as well. It's great how you show almost anything can be rescued if you have access to a welder and a lift but that looked like a car that anyone with a few simple tools and a driveway could bring around given time.

Nice one Ben. I'm biased being a 91 Audi 100 a6 quattro owner. The build quality of these early cars was just amazing.. a tt for under a grand is awsome..I knew from 1 second it was a ring contender 🤙🤙🤙

The clean up and jetwash is my favourite part of your videos, it's one of the things I enjoy doing, the transformation after a good detail is astonishing sometimes

Great video Ben. Love watching you restore to former glory these old beauty's. Have a good week. Marc from Australia 🇦🇺

Didn't think I'd have the patience to get through 2.5hrs... But such an interesting video and really makes me want to get a TT to fix up now. Great job lad.

Just been listening to the tasty classics playlist on Spotify. I thought my phone was broken when it played the Poddington peas theme tune.

Hi Ben. FAB EPISODE. I had a 2004 fwd red TT for 10 years. Bought for 5 grand with 83000 miles. Had done over 150000 miles when i gave it to my son. Engine never missed a beat. I had the same intermittent ESP light that you are getting and it was caused by an itermittent fault with one of the 2 Brake Pressure transducers that are fitted on the side of tge brake master cylinder. Absolute pig to get to so I lived with this intermittent fault for the last 3 years of owning the Car. What i really loved about the car was that you could feel the speed in it which made it great fun. All the best. Cameron

My father always says that most cars don't die, they just hibernate and this is a classic example of that. Such a cool little car! :D

I can no longer hoover without the hoover song playing on my cans 👌🏽

Dancing around in the wheel mask “skirt” has proven my comment/theory from the Austin video last week. You are a loveable loony with the most underrated channel on YT. I’m giggling my bits off here. Also, using your knee to support the stereo, to me, means you are no amateur Sir! Super superb 👌

Bloody love your videos,I feel like I’m in the workshop with you (not in a weird way),just great fun to watch,love the mk1 TT and I’m not even a hair dresser 😂

What a transformation, especially the wheels. I had the same alloys on a Passat years ago. They look great on any VW or Audi from the period. Looking forward to seeing it get thrashed round the ring.

To not break this up in 5 episodes is great. Subscribed 🤘🤘🤘

You just got my subscription for being such a genouine, honest, down to the ground human. Very interesting episode and nicely made video! All the best from Germany. Really appreciate the content

really nice work well done,i had one of these and though it was a money pit i loved it,you have got a bargain,looking forward to the next one,cheers

Excellent job! Makes me wanna get a mk1 TT as I've always liked them since they were launched. Definitely going to be a car that will become more desired as time goes by!

I had same year in blue but the 225. Absolutely loved it, brilliant build quality, expensive to service though.. one off the most satisfying cars to wash with its shapes. Petrol cap didn't like the frost.

I'm learning. I like this fella and his channel. Really good, fun thing to watch. Gives me plenty of knowledge to use on my own cars.❤ P.S. Polish the back lights.😂

Come on!! What a catch phrase, the feeling of joy when something broken is fixed. Just did the ac recharge thing, old 57 crv. Didnt blow cold when i bought it, thought the compressor was bust. No, just came back to life with this COME ON YOU BEAUTY🎉🎉🎉🎉 Off to spain on sat.

This video is so awesome, I've got an mk1 too, they're so rewarding (when they're not broken!) to drive. Such a great video!

If you’re willing to cut the factory wiring behind the stereo a standard ISO plug can be fitted quite easily, I recently did this on a 2004 Audi A3 with full Bose. One of the stickers on the factory head unit will have a wiring diagram on it to give you pointers. The basics of it are there is 4 positive connections for each of the speakers (2 front and 2 rear) and 1 shared ground. The sub doesn’t have its own feed direct from the stereo. You will then find that there is 1 cable which requires an ignition live so that the amp powers up when the ignition/stereo turns on. P.s love the content!

Ben, happened upon you while looking at other channels, but you have become a go to! Love the content, often laugh out loud and even learn occasionally 🤷🏼‍♂️ well done butt, keep it up! Da iawn

I’ve still got that Hoover song stuck in my head :)

Brilliant episode as usual. I have a mk1 TT and a MK1 MX5 so your content has recently got better and better for me! That TT was a bargain, wheels are worth more than 250!

What a great outcome, Ben. Brilliant work. I owned one of these for about eight years up until a few months ago and I did so much to it over that time - It was a massively satisfying exercise and I loved the car - especially as I'd put so much into it but, alas, it was having to compete with other shiny things and so it had to go.

Thanks for this video and all your hard work enjoy nuromberg? I'm an old man who was into this sort of thing years ago in Australia WELL DONE KEEP THEM COMING .

Love a Tasty Classics video every week. Great job on the Audi Ben. What a bargin ! 👍

Awesome video and what a fantastic bargain of a car. Good on you from saving it from the scrap yard and restoring it to its former glory!

What a startling contrast to the Austin last week! I’m really looking forward to seeing this go round the Nurburgring.

Another great video Ben, it’s amazing how a bit of Dysoning can transform a car’s interior.

Absolutely loved this!!! And for me, the longer the better!! Well done!!! Looking forward to more Capri as well!!👍☺️

Love your uncut raw transparent video buddy! Love how you do it all yourself and never miss the full details whereas some others will not include those bits. Love the longer video too. You have a new subscriber in me. Love the original, honest content. ❤

Liked the hoover song👋👋👋

Got me, when your intrusive thoughts took over and you put on the wheel thingy as a skirt 😂🎉👌🏻

Only 12 mins in and I'm thinking what a sweet find, just started her up ... Nice, good wash and would look like a completely different car 👍

As soon as you showed us the wheel Mask, I knew you would put it on 😂😂. Absolutely amazing video, you’ve changed my mind about mk1 TTs, after watching this, I’ve grown to like the look of them… a bit ☺️👍🏻

Hi Ben, just watched this Audi video. You done well. The foam edge tape you should use to mask around to top swage line and forward on the wing away from where you are painting. Don't worry it's always difficult to to know where to place tapes. Also the rattle can- there is only 10% paint in the can and the rest is 90% thinners. One way to do it is to place the can in a pot of boiling water 10 mins before you want to use it. It will be hot to hold but put a glove on. Shake the can for a little while that will atomise the paint and it will spray out better for you. Keep it up well done on these jobs. Regards Dave.

Ben what a transformation. The TT looks so good now. I love your videos because you cram so much into one video. Great channel . Keep up the great content. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Had one of these for 4 years and just sold it. There absolute tanks! Never failed a MOT.

I don't drive, but I thought I'd say that you've done a great job. It's a very smart car. Thank you.

I absolutely love the song and band promotion thing, touring and gigging is so expensive these days therefore exposure is impossible for some young acts. Absolutely love it, well done Ben!!

I have always liked the shape of those cars it looks really nice car great job you've done on it and the wheels look good too can't wait for you to take on the racetrack to see how it does.

Loved them from the day thet were conceived . Top top job fella 👍👏 , just don't go wrecking it when you are away !! Cheers 👊

Another triumph of restoration Ben, one of your best yet. Take care on your trip to the Ring.

I love this channel. it's given me the confidence to work on my mx5 and not to stress about it being perfect. With every video I'm learning, if there was an example of the perfect KZfaq video, well edited, ect, this would be it

What very enjoyable and interesting video's to watch. They covered many things that car owners pay other people to do. Your video's inspire confidence for others. To have a go. Cheers and see you in the next one. 👍👍

Another great video Ben, really enjoy your channel. Another great way to mask wheels without breaking the beads is buy a load of metal spray out cards and overlap around the rim, was the most effective and effective way of doing it I found and can reuse them forever.. those bags look good too though. Also to get those dents out of the leather seats just use a heat gun gently over the areas and they'll shrink and disappear. With condensation in the headlamp lenses, worth trying covering the lense with dark card and leave the lights on for half an hour or so (just tape it around), the heat from the bulbs evaporates the mist.. may come back if they're fucked though. The blending stuff is great too, but is essentially slow thinners... Works better without masking close to the area you're painting, that foam edge stuff is more for running down the door and panel lines when painting to give softer edges and less risk of dust blowing out from the interior. Keep up the great work anyways. All the best, John.

What a Tasty Classic!!! I'm glad i found this channel, and look forward to seeing the trip to the Ring!

Haha that song 👌👍 it’s still a hoover 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Man by far my favourite video of yours so far. Such a great idea showing all the costs on how to totally transform a modern classic. Looks stunning and incredible value for money for such a cool car. Also found the aircon regas part very interesting and a tasty classics playlist on Spotify!? You are spoiling us mate. Keep up the fantastic content you’re a gem 🤙

Stayed awake till midnight to watch this. Bloody masterpiece and didn't skip a single bit - it must improve the watch time 🤣

Absolutely love this. These cars get better looking with time!

well tinkering with the old stuff is good fun also the modern stuff is good too after all cars have got four wheels unless you are weird and like free wheelers lol , another tasty Friday evening enjoyable

Just found your channel and watched the whole of this video. Absolutely fantastic to watch. I’ve just bought a neglected Astra h vxr (not as bad as your TT) But does need some TLC. Love stuff like this

1:34:30 Hahahahaha you turned into one of the *ALPHABET PEOPLE!* 😂🤣💀

Thats that tune in my head for the next few years!

I'm fairly confident these will become appreciating modern classics pretty soon. A design classic. Mechanically pretty strong. Tunable. If anyone has a decent low milage example put it away safely for a few years.

Greetings 👋 thank you for taking ur time speaking and having easygoing chat with all of us , 11 out of 10 in my personal opinion 🍻 Subscribed and shared already :) Have a good one

You deserve credit for all your work on the TT. The only thing I would have done differently would have been to mask the area to be sprayed all around the crease in the wing but you were dealing with a most difficult colour. It will be interesting to see how long your Aircon stays cold as on my Audi it was only a couple of months after a garage lube and recharge.

Love your vids, one of the highlights of my weekend. Would love to see you do a bike, A CBR or an old Bandit, that would be cool. Thanks for your efforts, makes a great start to the weekend.

I've got a nice tt 225 bam engine. I was happy to see you save this tt. I show mine at classic car shows up in the Midlands area and it aways gets interest in it. Mine in the Avus colour which personally I thinks the best colour. I need my wheels refurbished now and a little bit of body work doing. Unfortunately I can't do these jobs myself anymore and have to get the jobs done for me.

Cracking work as per. I'd definitely be dropping the sump and checking/cleaning the pick up pipe before you go. Renowned for clogging up on the 1.8t. 👍

That little bluetooth upgrade is great. You can just mount your phone on the dash and use voice activated google assistant or siri to search/find songs etc so its handsfree. Nice way to modernise older cars without buying a full android unit

The wheels are worth more than that. The engine is legendary. I had a Seat Ibiza 1.8T 20V with the same engine and it was a rocket. These engines are highly desirable, expensive and sought after.

Top tip for the head light, take the bumper off and drill some drain holes in the bottom of the unit. Really don't know why manufacturers don't do it.

I enjoyed this video in its long length.. I was very impressed at the finished result of the car and the attention of doing it for a incredible price…I would like one of those goofy looking air fresheners for my van😂❤

Great video! Owning a Volkswagen from the same period (Bora 2.0 from 2004) Had similar issues with the remote locks. Turned out to be a transmitter problem.

I'm a big fan of Bryan from Oak Swamp and watch all his videos. He's a musician and always has plays the music of local bands - sometimes live on set. You also own a record shop and probably have some knowledge of the local music scene. So it would be nice to see and hear live music - particularly at one of those "ball ache" moments!

Sorry Ben only just got round to watching this early evening but like your videos going a posh on this one so have I watching instead of hot cross buns had a scone and cream tea !! Love the content and your great humour and knowledge and the hoover song like everybody else made me laugh - plz keep up the good informative and interesting work mate Chrs Malc uk 🇬🇧 😊🎉😊

Just found this channel and proper enjoying this video. Going off your accent your Chester/ north wales. Nice to find decent content and long videos.