Proper Break-In?

[TW]Fox;25325970 said:
So it isnt the performance you get for £47k extra, as the standard model has the same performance?

Is this a real thread or a trollthread, why would anyone pay twice as much for a car thats already a particularly uncompetitive offering just for a bit of styling tweaks?!
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Who cares?

OP wanted it, OP bought it. Enough said.
 
[TW]Fox;25325970 said:
So it isnt the performance you get for £47k extra, as the standard model has the same performance?

Is this a real thread or a trollthread, why would anyone pay twice as much for a car thats already a particularly uncompetitive offering just for a bit of styling tweaks?!
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It's not the same as the standard model, But whats added surely isn't worhtht another £47k

A new exhaust system has endowed the Vettel Edition with a further 29bhp and 15lb ft, and the resulting figures of 414bhp and 384lb ft certainly translate to impressive performance in reality. Ask it for everything and it will shift down the road at a pace that's verging on alarming in a two-tonne car, accompanied by an appropriately resonant exhaust note.

It handles appropriately, too. Ride height has been reduced by 20mm and firmer damping reduces the pitch and wallow that you¹d experience in the standard FX50, although at no point can you forget the size, height and general GT nature of this luxury SUV.

But all the extra sportiness does pose a problem. Losing some of the compliance from the already firmly sprung FX has resulted in a very harsh ride. The FX50 has adaptive dampers as standard, but in this guise it just means you go from hard and jittery in Auto mode to outright uncomfortable in Sport.

Does it ruin the experience? Well, no. Many will consider a crashy ride an acceptable compromise for a car with this sort of image and performance, plus every buyer gets a 'money can't buy' experience, which could be anything from a passenger ride with Sebastian Vettel himself to VIP treatment at an F1 race.
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[TW]Fox;25326340 said:
It's fairly interesting, so I'd imagine a lot of people care.
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Ahh, so it's a "That's interesting tell me more" standpoint you post from and not one of "Burn the heathen, what a stupid decision!"

Does not sound like it :p

As for perceived worth, £47k for the OP might be the equivalent of £100 to us. /shrug
 
Hello

Sorry been a bit busy, forgot to check on this.

I'm not sure where you're getting 100k from but I certainly didn't pay that and I wouldn't pay that. Mind you I'm not buying it in the UK so it may be different pricing but surely not 62% more? :confused:

Mine came out to 61,802 GBP equivalent (still not really worth it but honestly I love the look and if I bought a QX70S and added the body kit and wheels it would cost almost the same) with 5 year unlimited warranty and 30,000 mile service contract.

Anyway, back to the original point, there doesn't seem to be empirical data to suggest one way over another...genuinely curious, is it just notoriously difficult to determine? I would've thought someone would've done it by now. Taken 2 identical cars, one run in hard, the other run in as per manufacturers recommendation and then tested electronically to see quantitative differences in performance? Don't know, not really clued up on this.
 
I think the 100k thing was because the car you posted a picture of was the Vettel edition which is 100k.

The normal one sounds far more reasonable :p
 
[TW]Fox;25327847 said:
I think the 100k thing was because the car you posted a picture of was the Vettel edition which is 100k.

The normal one sounds far more reasonable :p
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lol fox, it is the vettel edition :)

That's what I'm trying to say, it didn't cost me 100k. It came out to 61.8k which is normal as far as I know. Not sure why it would be priced at 100k in the UK.

My point was that at 61.8k I still think it's expensive but I love the look of the vettel edition (pictures don't do it justice, it really is lovely in person) so if I wanted just the look I could've gone for the QX70S and added the bodykit (everything without the vettel badges) (5k :eek:) and wheels (4k :eek:) which would've cost almost as much as the real thing. That's all I was saying. Still not sure why it costs 100k in the UK though as there shouldn't be that much of a price difference. :confused:
 
Why does everyone have to buy the same car? So what if it's Cayenne/RRS money, it would be a terrible world if everyone had the same logic and did exactly the same thing.

Well done on being different.
 
rossk26 said:
Why does everyone have to buy the same car? So what if it's Cayenne/RRS money, it would be a terrible world if everyone had the same logic and did exactly the same thing.

Well done on being different.
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Because most people want the best product that money will buy.
 
People are individuals, so the best choice will vary massively.

On topic, i'd just follow the manufacturers instructions, you probably won't find better advice on a forum. :)
 
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