Maintenance on a Audi TT

What's the maintenance cost for one of these and are they cheap to run ?
Are they easy to do your own Oil and Filter changes ?

Which year, engine, gearbox?

Like man said, which one?
Most of them are simple VW golf running gear so no problem at all. As long as it's a simple fwd 2 litre don't let folk scare you with Audi costs bullshit, it's just a golf in fancy frock. If you're used to doing oil and filters then yes you can do it all.
If it's something flashier.

I was looking at a 4 cylinder 1838cc .
Are they any good ?

if you have to ask you cant afford. doesn't that apply to most euros

Parts are readily available and very reasonably priced in the context of a reasonably specc'd sports car.

That's a very popular and straight forward engine that is found in many VW/Audi products.

From memory the 1.8 has a spin on filter so fairly straight forward with the oil change. You might have to move the coolant bottle or some such to access the oil filter. Have a look online and you will no doubt find a how to guide on a forum.

Just make sure you use a quality full synthetic oil with that engine and do your oil changes regularly, it is known to sludge up if neglected.

One other key thing to be aware of is that VW's do need to run the correct VW G13 coolant. This is pink in colour, if a car has green stuff in it, either don't buy it or if you already own it come here for advice on flushing and checking. Because of how the transmissions are cooled, the green stuff can cause transmission failure.

Speaking of which, make sure you service the trans properly on those too. The 1.8 is a belt driven engine so factor that in to your service regime. I can't remember what access is like for the belt change on the TT but the same engine in other applications is very straight forward for a twin cam type design.

Hope that helps, best of luck with it, and just remember to shop around for parts. Because of the badge some places will over charge you for parts and labour. I do import a lot of my service parts ahead of time, but the likes of BNT, Qualitat etc do supply reasonably priced parts ex NZ.

Check the service history! If not up to date and lack or maintenance walk away. We had a customer come in with low oil pressure. Rung the Audi dealers and it's a common problem for them to block up the oil pick-up with lack of servicing. Luckily we caught it early enough to and cleaned sump and pick up etc.

The 1.8 is a simple motor used in millions of VW, Audi, Skoda models with good reputation.
No more scary than any used car, service history is fundamental, even if it's Japanese you need to see service stamps etc.
If not been thoroughly serviced here, of late, get full fluid and filter changes on any used car.
Key to this car would be finding a good honest reasonably priced workshop. There is no excuse for high hourly rates just cause it's Audi.
Don't expect sports car performance though, it is just a golf in drag!

I would be wanting to know why the owner is selling it and where it has come from. If its a UK import rust underneath is a known issue.
I would also budget for a VW /audi specialist garage to do a full PP inspection on the car.
With our low speed limits they are fun to drive.Day to day maintainence costs about the same as a Jappa. Its only when parts fail that the cost goes up.