How many RS2 owners do we have here ?

Post by **Pete_RS2** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 8:33 pm

Hi everyone,
I'm new here although I've been posting on S2Forum for over a year whilst I owned an S2. I've just picked up my RS2 today. I got it for £11,600 on eBay.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... RK:MEWA:IT

There's a few things need fixing but nothing too serious I don't think:

Something is rubbing on the rear brakes & the handbrake doesn't work. It's been standing for a few months & has done hardly any miles since the rear discs, pads & handbrake shoes were replaced. RS2 handbrake failure is quite common isn't it ? It sounds like part of the mechanism may have corroded while it wasn't being driven ?

Aircon doesn't work (no a/c belt fitted).

Factory alarm & immobiliser not working (no 'honk' from alarm & no dash light for immo). There's an aftermarket immo fitted which doesn't appear to work.

Apart from that everything else appears in order. Bodywork looks untouched & there's no signs of the engine being chipped. I haven't really hammered it yet as I don't like the sound of those brakes rubbing. Any suggestions ?

Incidentally I got a Parkers valuation from hpi - over £17k for 74k miles in excellent condition.

Post by **robo** » Sat Aug 21, 2004 9:43 pm

Hello and welcome.

Post by **Cobstar** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 9:22 am

Hi Peter

Congratulations on your new purchase. Welcome to the gang

One of the delights of the RS2 is the appalling handbrake - not one of the best things Porsche brought to the mix. The motoring press commented on how poor the handbrake was on one of the original press cars. Mine's been stripped and has new shoes but still works when it wants too on a hill.

Probably well worth taking your new car to someone who is familiar with RS2s to get a check up. Try QST in Haywards Heath or the Auto Pool in Iver.

Post by **Fen** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 9:47 pm

My genuine Porsche handbrakes are just as bad. I have had 7 Porkers in all and they were all pants in that department.

Post by **niko** » Thu Aug 26, 2004 1:00 pm

Here's mine

or

http://www.locomail.com/niko/mycorradow ... myaudirs2/

Niko
from Funland

Post by **rs2kaiser** » Thu Aug 26, 2004 3:26 pm

markcanderson wrote:I suppose we have a few out of the 2200 produced?

hi
recently registered in this forum site. I am from Portugal / Lisbon. Hi have one of those nice RS2 to... Jan 1995, 96000km blue rs2... totaly original. love it.

looking for someone from portgual to, I need to copy the engine undertray, mine is missing and audi portugal cant get one, they only get one wird that cant fit... think is from s2.

regards

Post by **AAH!** » Thu Aug 26, 2004 7:20 pm

There is a guy called Victor Costa on the Yahoo RS2 list who I think is Portugese and is based in Lisbon. But this may be you.

http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/RS2list/

I'm also trying to replace my undertray at the moment and Audi UK seems to be finding it difficult to find the right one.

Post by **Cobstar** » Tue Aug 31, 2004 12:24 pm

AAH! wrote:
I'm also trying to replace my undertray at the moment and Audi UK seems to be finding it difficult to find the right one.

Interested to hear how you get on. Managed to unclip the driver's side of the tray on mine a couple of times on some less than level tracks to stable yards. After an adventure with the outer edge ending up dragging along the road, and trying to rectify it on a narrow country lane in the gloom, him indoors had to resort to Dremmelling off part of the tray as the edges rubbed away and it couldn't be clipped back. Not very pretty but solved the problem and the rest of the tray is in tact.

Post by **alastairg** » Mon Sep 06, 2004 4:36 pm

So to bring this thread back to the original question. How many RS2 owners do we have ?

Post by **chrisloh** » Tue Sep 07, 2004 3:57 pm

Here's one out of six, I think, from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. RHD, stock standard Polar Silver repainted to the newer RS4's Avus silver
Had it for two years and spent close to US$8,000, and still counting.

and its still at the

workshop.

Post by **Fridtjov** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 4:18 am

I am new her

I have one black that have 78000 km with 19" bbs le mans and 330 mm gt3 brake I have own it for five years,
and I have one dark blue taht a bay in bad shape

Best regards
Fridtjov
Norway

Post by **DAVIDP20V** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 6:11 pm

welcome fridjov.. any Pictures of the cars ?

Post by **GlynRS2** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 6:12 pm

Sounds very nice.
Do you have any pictures that you could upload?
Would be interested to see the brake upgrade.

Post by **Fridtjov** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 6:42 pm

only one picture now, I have more pictures home

http://evo.no/index.php?module=photosha ... ges&fid=34

Happy new year

Best regards
Fridtjov
Norway

Post by **GlynRS2** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 7:48 pm

Looks very nice.
Is it lowerewd also, or is it just the effect of those 19" rims?

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