There is one very good reason for some to choose the 3.2 over the 2.0T, and that's if you want quattro and DSG together in a petrol powered car.
Apart from that, I'd go for the 2.0T every time.
Anyone got a A3 3.2 V6?
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There is one very good reason for some to choose the 3.2 over the 2.0T, and that's if you want quattro and DSG together in a petrol powered car.
Apart from that, I'd go for the 2.0T every time.
We bought a brand new A3 Sportback 2.0TFSI S-Line Quattro Special Edition and it wasnt cheap at £27k and thats was with 8% off. See here for one of the problems I had. We had an official letter back from Audi, it had no official comnpany address at the top and didnt even have a title of the person who signed it. Normal Audi letters are covered in the logo this one looked like its was knocked up in a bedroom. My Volvos seats were way better at 80k miles than the A3s were when we got rid of it.
The car also had a problem with the aft console rattling which isnt covered after 6 months even if its reported before and the inside rear window seal had taken to growing mould on itself, which was cleaned off by the dealer once and started to grow back within a week. The car was looked after by myself and was my pride and joy as we had paid for it and I really looked after it with no expense spared on cleaning products, waxes and leather conditioners(all swissol).
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Odd, my 330i sport has electronic lumbar support (in addition to the electric memory seat). Not sure what the best settings should be though for my back.
@OP I would keep the BMW, perhaps find yourself a BMW indy who is better than your local franchised dealer.
out of interest dandle, did you try any other audi dealers?
As a lot of the guys on r32oc find that some dealers are pita to work with yet others are very good and willing to help out.
probably a silly question
No I didnt I went straight to the main Audi customer services in the UK. Thats who my letter was addressed to and where the reply came from. I did speak to lawyers and trading standards about what had happened and both told me I have a very good case under the sales of goods act. Both said its a premium brand and sold as such and expected wear and tear on a leather seat cover isnt 13k miles and 18 months. What it would mean though is I would now have to get the leather tested for durability, which would mean distroying the seat cover. The leather was deffinately faulty though as the replaced drivers seat cover showed no signs of wear after a further 10k miles from when that was changed at 3.5k. I don't mind things going wrong with a car although it is annoying what I do expect though is for it to be repaired or replaced under warranty. I thought Audi was a premium brand but they have proved to me they aren't and wont get my money again.
My brother in law went from an e46 to an Audi A6 and found the Audi to be almost but not quite as good as the BMW.
Dealer service was no better or worse with Audi than BMW in his experience.
He now has a Mercedes C class diesel which he likes a lot and has found Mercedes dealers to be superb, very much better than both BMW and Audi.
Dealer service was no better or worse with Audi than BMW in his experience.
He now has a Mercedes C class diesel which he likes a lot and has found Mercedes dealers to be superb, very much better than both BMW and Audi.
My experience of Audi dealers in general has not been very positive. Nice coffee, don't seem to undertstand much about their cars, customer satisfaction, consistency in service pricing, consistency in service or a combination of all of these if you're really lucky!
You're meant to take it to the dealer under warranty, then if they said it will not be covered from there you send a letter to the manager there plus a cc to Audi UK. Going direct to Audi you probably would not get a response, it also depends how you address the situation.
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Arghgh engage brain before posting. Of course he took it to the dealer under warranty, he's not daft. It was when the dealer was unsatisfactory that he took it to Audi UK.
The question dandle answered was "Did you try another dealer", the clue is in the word 'another'.
Can comment on the 3.2 V6, but I have an S3, prtty old now, but still awesome. Its only a 1.8 turbo but its 245bhp and stupidly quick. But I have to comment the most on the build quality. It feels like its made of concrete, I cant imagine it breaking, really is built to last
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The question dandle answered was "Did you try another dealer", the clue is in the word 'another'.
Oops ^^ Something still valid in the post though is the approach in the letter and sending it to the manager of the dealer and NOT the team leader, supervisor, etc
Myself for example I was basically ignored by a couple of staff because of wheel damage. Once I got them to admit the legal parts where they failed I had enough to make a letter where they couldn't say no otherwise it would cost money and embarassment.
Sad that you have to go through such things though as not everyone writes to identify legal liabilities, mistakes they can't avoid and must sort, etc and expect a premium brand at a premium price. Usually I find it's entirely the person you deal with.
Oh and Fox your trolling like words towards me are becoming tiresome, change the tune.
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The problem with warranty repairs zain is that they have to be approved (and paid for) by Audi UK. You can go to all the dealers you want but at the end of the day they aren't going to fix your car for free, especially if you didn't buy the car from them. Maybe if you did buy a brand new car from them they would do it under goodwill, but dandle took his car back to the original dealer and had no joy. 
The letter went straight to Audi Uk recorded delivery. Who spoke to the dealership warranty manager, who at first said he hadnt seen the car then when I pointed out the date and time he recalled seeing the car and said it was wear and tear(It took over two weeks to get to this stage with the poor CS). He also blamed the seat belt for wearing the seat which to everyone I spoke to said that constitues poor design and not fit for purpose also. Audi UK backed the warranty manager and didnt even want to see pics of the damage. I had a very strong case an have no doubt I would have won but where their response left me was that I now had to prove that the leather/vehicle was sub standard. Both the lawyers i talked to and trading standards were backing me but I would have to front the money. which would have cost a lot and taken many months(it took 2.5months to get this far). Plus I would have had to replace the seat cover that was destroyed during testing. In the end I decided to out the car before the leather got worse and the car lost more money.
I still have the letter sitting here stating that although unfortunate 13k miles or 18 months it is acceptable wear and tear for an Audi leather seat to wear out. You cant tell me that is a proud brand who values there customers. Please dont forget without the discount this was a 30k car not a 14k focus(no offence to focus owners).
I still have the letter sitting here stating that although unfortunate 13k miles or 18 months it is acceptable wear and tear for an Audi leather seat to wear out. You cant tell me that is a proud brand who values there customers. Please dont forget without the discount this was a 30k car not a 14k focus(no offence to focus owners).
Audi UK backed the manager? Shocking.
I had a run in with the service manager as well, absolutely thick he was. My issue was clear damage though and not wear/tear issue. I find that even more disappointing and can see why you're bitter about them.
lol where did THAT come from? You constantly post stuff that shows you've put little effort or thought into what you are posting. It's as if you just dump the contents of your brain onto a forum post.
This results in things like reminding Dandle he should take his car to the dealer for warranty fixes. Really, you dont say
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Doesn't matter what brand of car you get poor dealers and good dealers. Although I have never heard anyone say anything bad against Skoda dealers.
I also had a similair problem with the split rim BBS alloys on my old Polo it was well known problem that they corrode easily my local dealer refused to replace them under warranty stating wear and tear. I went to another one 20 miles down the road and got all four replaced no problem.
I also had a similair problem with the split rim BBS alloys on my old Polo it was well known problem that they corrode easily my local dealer refused to replace them under warranty stating wear and tear. I went to another one 20 miles down the road and got all four replaced no problem.
At the end of the day though VW themselves would have had to approve the warranty repair to the second dealer you went to and reimburse them for doing the work as well as paying for the wheels. Dandle went to his local dealer and then to Audi UK who reiterated that they wouldn't pay for the seat to be re-covered so it wouldn't have mattered if he'd driven 10 miles to the next nearest dealer - the answer would have been the same from Audi UK.
A VW or Audi dealer has no logical reason to refuse warranty repairs as it's basically extra work for them and the warranty is covered by VW/Audi not the local dealer.
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However if he had went to another dealer before contacting Audi UK, the second dealer may have accepted the warranty claim. It sounded like Audi UK were simply standing by the descision of the orignial dealer without looking at any photos etc which is clearly wrong as you shouldn't expect a leather seat to only last 13k of usage in a car under 3 years old.
What would the original dealer gain by telling him 'no' though? Dealers surely make a lot of money from Audi UK by undertaking warranty jobs. They lost a customer and the money Audi would have paid them to do the warranty repair.