Audi owners in here!

Housey · 28 Oct 2016 at 20:16

This A3 model looks so much better in booted form. Good looking little car that.

Jonnycoupe · 28 Oct 2016 at 20:24

That S3 is really nice.

Stormster · 29 Oct 2016 at 00:50

Really like that interior, lovely. Definitely a good choice all round

r2d2 · 29 Oct 2016 at 10:46

love the interior of the s3.

stunning car

mdixson · 29 Oct 2016 at 11:31

Love the S3 - no super sports seats though - what put you off them?

Housey · 29 Oct 2016 at 12:18

Seems Audi is beginning to regain it's leadership in car interiors. They went pants for some years, A4 and A6 became horrible with small screens in flat faced dashes with seemingly much cheaper materials, but they seem to be getting back on track again.

Housey · 29 Oct 2016 at 12:29

I just configured one of these S3's online as I am looking at options for my wife's next car and was surprised how expensive they come in. I am probably out of touch with such things but this does seem toppy at £44,370 based on a good spec. Are there big discounts on these as I would probably buy outright not finance?

NooBish AbbZ · 29 Oct 2016 at 12:36

Housey said:
I just configured one of these S3's online as I am looking at options for my wife's next car and was surprised how expensive they come in. I am probably out of touch with such things but this does seem toppy at £44,370 based on a good spec. Are there big discounts on these as I would probably buy outright not finance?

Tried Carwow?

Audi's very rarely do anything for me, but that S3 is nice, the interior and display especially. I'm also about to go and spec something up, however in hatchback form

or maybe even an S5... Will report back what i configure

Bloody hell, the S5 STARTS at £47,000! To be fair, theres a lot of it included in that £47k, as specced I reached £53k... Fifty-three Thousand pounds, on an Audi S5...absolutely crazy! :eek:

Housey · 29 Oct 2016 at 12:59

NooBish AbbZ said:
Tried Carwow?

Audi's very rarely do anything for me, but that S3 is nice, the interior and display especially. I'm also about to go and spec something up, however in hatchback form or maybe even an S5... Will report back what i configure

Bloody hell, the S5 STARTS at £47,000! To be fair, theres a lot of it included in that £47k, as specced I reached £53k... Fifty-three Thousand pounds, on an Audi S5...absolutely crazy!

I'm not a huge Audi fan either, even though I have one already, but this is for my wife and she looks/wants different things to me so compromise is important. She really wants 4 wheel drive, but doesn't want to be classed a school run mum in some large German 4x4 or RR so those sort of things are out, she hates that whole big sunglasses, always manicured, desperate to fit in mother thing, why I married her I guess

She is very un bling but she does like fast cars and fun cars, it's why she has not wanted to change her MX5 (slow but much fun) since I bought it years back (to replace her A4) but I am keep to get something else even if we keep the MX5. If I am going to get something like an A3 then I would probably get a good one and I think these look good but suspect it will still be a numb experience, like most of these German 2L turbo 300bhp cars. Golf R is nice but just a powerful Golf (no problem) and never really excites and I fear this will be much the same, even worse for lots more.

Housey · 29 Oct 2016 at 13:02

Also 44K buys you one hell of a nice nearly new Boxster and we don't need 4 seats but it doesn't really tick the 4WD thing.

Participant · 29 Oct 2016 at 17:03

Any Q7 owners? Good, or is the X5 better? Can't afford a Range Rover and the Touareg only has 5 seats. XC90 is a no because I don't like the feel of the interior.

Edit: I mean the latest model of the Q7.

Vertigo · 29 Oct 2016 at 18:22

paradigm said:
Cheers, I make a point of always avoiding black on black with extra black and black highlights, it's just so... dull. I would have liked a tan or a red, but alas no.

How much is the S3 setting you back, out of interest?

RSR · 29 Oct 2016 at 19:00

Very nice Paradigm. I like the choice of the interior leather, as it goes well with the exterior colour.

paradigm · 29 Oct 2016 at 19:09

Vertigo1 said:
How much is the S3 setting you back, out of interest?

The cash price of my spec after negotiating a fair amount of discount was around £34,500. List would be a hair under £40k

Vertigo · 29 Oct 2016 at 19:11

paradigm said:
The cash price of my spec after negotiating a fair amount of discount was around £34,500. List would be a hair under £40k

How are you paying/financing it, if that's not too personal a question.

My reason for asking is my current company car goes back next year and, with P11D tax going through the roof, it may be time to opt out and sort my own wheels out so I'm interested in all the various purchase/financing/leasing/etc options.

paradigm · 29 Oct 2016 at 19:16

I've put the "equity" in my A4 into it (about £2.5k), a sizable deposit, and the rest on HP.

Hopeful plan is to pay it off in ~2 years time when I should be in a position to just drop the rest of the cash on it, but there's currently no certainty on that, it depends on business to a certain extent.

Vertigo · 29 Oct 2016 at 19:54

Cheers. If I do opt out it's a minefield of various options these days and it's been 20 years since I bought a car!

chaparral · 29 Oct 2016 at 21:12

paradigm said:
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Why does it have 2 time clocks on the dash display ? :confused:

And what the small 0.0 under the dash for ?

DeanT77 · 29 Oct 2016 at 21:15

Nice S3.

I really didn't like them when they were first released but they have grown on me.

paradigm · 29 Oct 2016 at 21:32

chaparral said:
Why does it have 2 time clocks on the dash display ?

And what the small 0.0 under the dash for ?

The display is customisable, I just haven't got around to playing with it yet. The clock at the bottom of the display is always there, the large "date & time" panel on the right can be swapped out with something else from the "Car" section of the OBC.

The 0.0 is the reset button (reset to 0.0).