Ordered a new car for the first time - A3 e-tron

On paper the E-Tron is the perfect car for me as the vast majority of my journeys are of a few miles commuting to and from work or the shops etc so I'd spend all of that on electric but basically still have a petrol for when I need it.

If it had been available to order when I had to order my current car then I'd have given it a serious look but alas it was just a bit too late. Be interesting to see where the tech is at when I'm due for a replacement.

Abraham said:
I'm going to check out the B&O vs the Audi System, I have a lot of issues with road noise drowning out the stereo in my current a4, but the a3 (at least the e-tron) is significantly quieter inside
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Haha, you won't have that problem with the B&O :)
 
Losing faith in my order in a big way, I chased it up today, after 2 weeks of unreturned calls from Preston Audi. Got told that they've been told they should have a build week to give me next week. I'm quite sure they didn't actually submit my order until mid Jan when I paid the deposit right at the beginning of Dec, which is infuriating, as I think the small delay in ordering is going to cause months of delay in delivery, they mentioned May-June on the phone today having originally said I'd have it in March. It's a good thing I can keep my current one for a while longer!
 
Abraham said:
Losing faith in my order in a big way, I chased it up today, after 2 weeks of unreturned calls from Preston Audi. Got told that they've been told they should have a build week to give me next week. I'm quite sure they didn't actually submit my order until mid Jan when I paid the deposit right at the beginning of Dec, which is infuriating, as I think the small delay in ordering is going to cause months of delay in delivery, they mentioned May-June on the phone today having originally said I'd have it in March. It's a good thing I can keep my current one for a while longer!
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It's happening with a lot of new orders my a3 took 4 months to be built to delivery which I'm thinking about changing around the start of my 2nd year. Looked into a new golf r sales person said there is a 26+ month wait on them and while looking at new range rover evoque they said 6 months lol.
 
leon4112 said:
It's happening with a lot of new orders my a3 took 4 months to be built to delivery which I'm thinking about changing around the start of my 2nd year. Looked into a new golf r sales person said there is a 26+ month wait on them and while looking at new range rover evoque they said 6 months lol.
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Yeah, they said for people coming in to the showroom now it would be October November. Mostly annoyed that part of the delay is them not having ordered it when I paid my deposit. I expected some hold ups
 
Housey said:
I still remain to be convinced about the whole hybrid/electric vision based on the current tech, current infrastructure and current costs associated with purchase, maintenance and ongoing running costs. Greater adoption will of course support cost reductions and growth in infrastructure to support them, but frankly I see lots of companies jumping on the band wagon but not really fixing any problems that have dogged electric cars since inception. Weight, range and cost still seem wrong to me and simply because modern manufacturers can make them look like normal cars does not make them better than the test models we have seen over the last 20 years.

Making a nice body, nice interior and some nice tech on the dashboard distracts people I feel. Around town I get it, short journeys I get it but it needs to be cheaper to buy, consistent in performance and reliable and I am not sure any of those aspects have been proven yet.
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I agree the numbers do not make sense just like solar PV they only work for business users due to tax benefits and still only just.
 
Pics and that

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Not the best pictures as it's got a bit grey here, but the first chance I've had to take any since picking it up
 
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