A4 B5 NZ Le Mans or Quattro Sport or same same?? SOLVED

Started by RayRay, October 06, 2020, 06:36:29 PM

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RayRay

Quote from: bye-turbo on October 20, 2020, 09:31:08 AM
Hi RayRay!

Is your car the black sedan with a euro plate on it? Z____2? I think I saw it driving around Mt Roskill last week?

That's me 8)
2000 A4 B5 1.8TQ Sport AJL man sedan NZ - driving
2006 BMW E91 325i M-Sport tip touring JPN - neglected
1991 BMW E30 325i M-Tech1 man sedan NZ - sold and cried

RayRay

further support evidence 8)



My mechanic will install clutch flywheel and salve for $1100 - 15 hours work.

Sounds ok, Is this reasonable?
2000 A4 B5 1.8TQ Sport AJL man sedan NZ - driving
2006 BMW E91 325i M-Sport tip touring JPN - neglected
1991 BMW E30 325i M-Tech1 man sedan NZ - sold and cried

RayRay

I can only find the underlined A4 badge on the UK TQS, I wonder if the Le Mans is simply the NZ release of the UK TQS  but given a cooler name, well, because NZ rulz  8)



le mans, is your Le Mans A4 badge underlined?
2000 A4 B5 1.8TQ Sport AJL man sedan NZ - driving
2006 BMW E91 325i M-Sport tip touring JPN - neglected
1991 BMW E30 325i M-Tech1 man sedan NZ - sold and cried

le mans

Yes it does and I believe you are right, except the Le Mans cars had an MTM stage 1 tune  from new as well. So the tune is likely the only difference.

le mans

'Le Mans' was essentially an EMD marketing name, not an official moniker. Does your 1.8T badge look like this?:


RayRay

2000 A4 B5 1.8TQ Sport AJL man sedan NZ - driving
2006 BMW E91 325i M-Sport tip touring JPN - neglected
1991 BMW E30 325i M-Tech1 man sedan NZ - sold and cried

wilco

Just to revive this a little - have picked up a sister car to Ray's, license plate just 6 digits away. Another black Le Mans.  8)

slowburn

99 B5 S4 Avant
85 coupe quattro
72 fiat 124 coupe
97 corolla wagon