About to order an A6 BiTDI 3.0 Quattro S Line (313ps)

[hshah]

Following my other thread about the S6 and the comments in there, I have decided to stick with the A6 and upgrade my current 2013 A6 S Line 2.0 TDI (177ps).

I am going for:

A6 3.0 BiTDI [320] Quattro S Line 4dr Tip Auto
Tornado Grey
Electric adjustable/heated/folding door mirrors with memory (when chosen with Technology pack advanced) - £0.0
Technology pack advanced - A6/S6 - £3500.0
3 spoke heated sports leather multifunction steering wheel with paddle shift - £200.0
LED headlights with adaptive light and high beam assist
Valcona leather - Black + sport seats - £0.0
Matt brushed aluminium inlay
Remote electric tailgate opening/closing - £430.0
18" 5 twin spoke alloy wheels
BOSE surround sound - £1000.0
Lighting pack - A6 - £250.0
Black cloth headlining
Adaptive air suspension - £2000.0
Front and outer rear heated seats - £440.0
Electric front seats + driver memory - £950.0
Parking pack - A6/RS6 - £810.0
Cruise control


Anyone have any comments/feedback?

[Chesterfield313]

A mighty spec, your options cost more than my first 5 cars combined. Is it a saloon or an avant?

Options are all personal, but for me, I wouldn't have a 60k list car with 18 inch wheels. I think people worry unnecessarily about the ride, I can't tell the difference between the 20's on mine now and the 18's I had on a previous C7.

If I was then to order 20's instead of 18's I'd upgrade to Black Edition as both the wheels and Bose are standard anyway. Plus, this is complete personal preference, but I think piano black inlays give the cabin a much more luxurious look than the brushed aluminium. Love tornado grey, will have it on my next car. Someone posted a pic of a saloon on here with the darker wheels and it looked great.

[hshah]

A mighty spec, your options cost more than my first 5 cars combined. Is it a saloon or an avant?

Options are all personal, but for me, I wouldn't have a 60k list car with 18 inch wheels. I think people worry unnecessarily about the ride, I can't tell the difference between the 20's on mine now and the 18's I had on a previous C7.

If I was then to order 20's instead of 18's I'd upgrade to Black Edition as both the wheels and Bose are standard anyway. Plus, this is complete personal preference, but I think piano black inlays give the cabin a much more luxurious look than the brushed aluminium. Love tornado grey, will have it on my next car. Someone posted a pic of a saloon on here with the darker wheels and it looked great.

Thanks for your post. Funnily enough this is my second ever car (I have previous been named drivers on a Toyota Corolla and a Mercedes E Class).

I actually like the brushed aluminium in my current A6... have always been a fan of the black/grey and silver finishes (my PC set up at home is all black and silver). If I was to go down the Black Edition route, would I still be able to get the brushed aluminium?

I was staying away from the 20" wheels purely for the ride comfort but after what you have said, I am having second thoughts. I do like the sporty look/feel but sometimes have the need for comfort which is why I went down the Adaptive Air Suspension route, to be able to raise the car up when I want a softer ride (generally when I have other people in the car). I could go for the 19" for an additional £630 or 20" for £1550.

[Chesterfield313]

If you're having the adaptive air suspension I'd definitely go for the 20's. You should really try them, to me the ride is still great. I've had other people comment that it's nothing like the harder A4 s line ride.

Doesn't look like you can get the BE with aluminium in the configurator, although I'd ask. If you went for the wheels, you'd actually pay more for your s-line than the BE. 2.2k uplift in price, but you're paying 2.5k for Bose and wheels. Plus, you get privacy glass in the BE which I think suits the car. Have you sat in an A6 or A7 BE with piano black, you might be surprised and like it.

If I had your money I like most of the options. But, I get mine on a pcp and pay it with my car allowance. I can't help doing the maths, so every extra £1k is approx £25 a month on the payment. Your spec would add £225 to my monthly charge!

If I was to go through your spec with my own eyes, I'd get rid of the £2k air suspension, as stated the ride is great even in s-line trim. I have 4 in my car regularly. £50 a month for air suspension the way I pay though.........

Plus, if it's a saloon I'd definitely cancel the electric tailgate. The standard one opens remotely anyway, you've only got to close it.

[hshah]

If you're having the adaptive air suspension I'd definitely go for the 20's. You should really try them, to me the ride is still great. I've had other people comment that it's nothing like the harder A4 s line ride.

Doesn't look like you can get the BE with aluminium in the configurator, although I'd ask. If you went for the wheels, you'd actually pay more for your s-line than the BE. 2.2k uplift in price, but you're paying 2.5k for Bose and wheels. Plus, you get privacy glass in the BE which I think suits the car. Have you sat in and A6 or A7 BE with piano black, you might be surprised and like it.

If I had your money I like most of the options. But, I get mine on a pcp and pay it with my car allowance. I can't help doing the maths, so every extra £1k is approx £25 a month on the payment. Your spec would add £225 to my monthly charge!

If I was to go through your spec with my own eyes, I'd get rid of the £2k air suspension, as stated the ride is great even in s-line trim. I have 4 in my car regularly. £50 a month for air suspension the way I pay though.........

Plus, if it's a saloon I'd definitely cancel the electric tailgate. The standard one opens remotely anyway, you've only got to close it.

It is a saloon, so will have a chat to the dealer tomorrow as I'm going in tomorrow to see and test drive cars. I had an All Road as a hire car a few months ago and really liked the electric tailgate which is why I went for that option.

I am going down the PCP route by selling my current A6 as a part exchange and then putting £15k down as the deposit, with monthly payments for 3 years. After that I will probably just upgrade the car rather than retaining it.

It is hard to portray with words, but your comments have been taken on board and I will check out the piano inlays tomorrow to see if I like them. It does sound like the BE is the way forward for me and the dealer did say that they had a BE A7 handy which I could have a look at and test drive.

Do you (or anyone else) know if Audi would remove the limiter, as after it has been broken in I would like to put it through its paces :D

[hshah]

Taken Chesterfield313's advice and gone down the BE route and scrapped the electric tailgate. I didn't like the rotors, so selected the PQL (part number) alloys.

The one I drove today was an A7 BiTDI BE because they didn't have an A6 around. I did find that the BiTDI had a little bit of turbo lag, not nowhere near as much as my A6 2.0 TDI. The acceleration and grip was amazing. I could smell a burning kind of smell from the engine and the guy that came out with me said that this was as a result of Audi putting the turbos inside the V and therefore making them hotter. Is this true? The car I drove had only done 16 miles so I'm hoping it is a new car thing and that it will go away, because that sort of smell will give my Mum a panic attack.

Now moving to discussing finance options, deposit, duration etc and seeing if I can get them to bring the price down any further (gone from £59555 to £50398) :)

[Chesterfield313]

Just been on DTD and the price they can do for your same spec and original price of £59,555 is £48,500, so that should be your target price. If your dealer won't match you could order through DTD, plenty do and never heard of any problems. Although I've only ever used them to negotiate price down elsewhere.

Never smelt any kind of burning on mine, so I wouldn't worry about that. The lag can be overcome when driving hard by using the paddles and having it in the right gear.

[GEEnviro]

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A mighty spec, your options cost more than my first 5 cars combined. Is it a saloon or an avant?

Options are all personal, but for me, I wouldn't have a 60k list car with 18 inch wheels. I think people worry unnecessarily about the ride, I can't tell the difference between the 20's on mine now and the 18's I had on a previous C7.

If I was then to order 20's instead of 18's I'd upgrade to Black Edition as both the wheels and Bose are standard anyway. Plus, this is complete personal preference, but I think piano black inlays give the cabin a much more luxurious look than the brushed aluminium. Love tornado grey, will have it on my next car. Someone posted a pic of a saloon on here with the darker wheels and it looked great.

[M1tchy]

Mine is nowhere near as quick using "launch control" compared to just flooring it in dynamic mode with sport gearbox engaged. (And TCS left on)


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[ukgroucho]

Mine is nowhere near as quick using "launch control" compared to just flooring it in dynamic mode with sport gearbox engaged. (And TCS left on)Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Odd.. tested this on my allroad BiTdi with my brother in car operating dynolicious (sp?) app on iPhone.
Sport mode / dynamic and flooring throttle gives pretty much what audi advertise for the allroad - 5.5 seconds or so to 60 MPH. There is a very noticeable delay of approaching 0.5 seconds 'of the line' as the turbos wake up - you can feel it and it is evident in the acceleration graph from the app too.
Sport mode / dynamic / ESP off, left foot on brake, hold 2800RPM (so big turbo is awake too) and dump brake whilst flooring throttle and you're just away instantly. That resulted in a 4.9 second to 60 MPH run.

Now we can argue whether the app is entirely accurate but the fact is there was a marked improvement using the pseudo launch control approach.

[Chesterfield313]

Odd.. tested this on my allroad BiTdi with my brother in car operating dynolicious (sp?) app on iPhone.
Sport mode / dynamic and flooring throttle gives pretty much what audi advertise for the allroad - 5.5 seconds or so to 60 MPH. There is a very noticeable delay of approaching 0.5 seconds 'of the line' as the turbos wake up - you can feel it and it is evident in the acceleration graph from the app too.
Sport mode / dynamic / ESP off, left foot on brake, hold 2800RPM (so big turbo is awake too) and dump brake whilst flooring throttle and you're just away instantly. That resulted in a 4.9 second to 60 MPH run.

Now we can argue whether the app is entirely accurate but the fact is there was a marked improvement using the pseudo launch control approach.

I agree, you feel the instant sling shot, feels much quicker off the line. I don't really understand how it could be slower. The car is still in dynamic, the gearbox is still in sport, the only thing that is different is the revs are already up and the turbos are engaged, so no lag and delay.

[M1tchy]

Maybe I've done something wrong. Only done it once and wasn't impressed. Guess I'll have another go and see what happens.


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[ukgroucho]

If you're gonna do it then don't be shy about revs... you need that big (second) turbo to be spooled up, which is at 2800 RPM.

[hshah]

Stop it guys, you are making me jealous. I'm going to be ordering in the next couple of weeks and don't expect it to be delivered until June at the earliest :(

chesterfield313, I forgot to mention earlier... I actually prefer the brushed aluminium inlays. They add a complimentary contrast to the all black interior, whereas the piano black just looks cheap to me. That is my opinion anyway, and I know it is meant to be a premium but I just don't see it that way. Beckenham Audi mentioned that they wouldn't "downgrade" a part but surely this is no extra effort on their end as the fittings etc are the same?

[Chesterfield313]

Stop it guys, you are making me jealous. I'm going to be ordering in the next couple of weeks and don't expect it to be delivered until June at the earliest :(

chesterfield313, I forgot to mention earlier... I actually prefer the brushed aluminium inlays. They add a complimentary contrast to the all black interior, whereas the piano black just looks cheap to me. That is my opinion anyway, and I know it is meant to be a premium but I just don't see it that way. Beckenham Audi mentioned that they wouldn't "downgrade" a part but surely this is no extra effort on their end as the fittings etc are the same?

From experience it will be really difficult to get them to do something that's not an option on the configurator or in the brochure. You might get lucky.

Eveyone likes something different, each to their own. My counter opinion is that the lighter aluminium looks too much like the light coloured cheap plastic Ford use in their vans and cars to provide contrast.

If you don't want to wait until June, ask them to check full uk Audi stock, not just their dealership. I got one close to the spec I wanted and was driving it in 7 days. Or, phone Audi Sheffield and make them a stupid offer for chesterfield's old RS6 order. It's pre facelift and will be losing hundreds, if not thousands in value every week. It's currently sat in a glass display box outside the dealership in a desperate attempt to shift it.

[ukgroucho]

Personally I like the brushed alu... The majority of the wood finishes just look 'wrong' IMO. The piano black is probably the exception BUT I believe it is prone to scratching.

[hshah]

If Audi can't build it with brushed aluminium inlays, does anyone know how I can get it changed afterwards?

[Chesterfield313]

Personally I like the brushed alu... The majority of the wood finishes just look 'wrong' IMO. The piano black is probably the exception BUT I believe it is prone to scratching.

It definitely can be, you do have to be careful. I made the mistake of keeping a microfibre towelling type cloth in my old car for dusting etc. it left tiny scratches on the piano black. You had to look hard, but they were there. I now use a sunglasses cleaning cloth to be safe.

My favourite finish is the pinstripe aluminium Beaufort Black you can get for £1,550. If I were spending the money hshah is on extras, I'd have that. It looks amazing. I'd also have the super sport seats for £1,550. I'd lose the air suspension and a couple of other things to pay for it and have the best looking interior there is

[hshah]

I saw a car in the showroom with the Beaufort Black and the Super Sports Seats... really didn't like them at all. I guess with these things there is no right or wrong choice as it is all personal preference :)

[Chesterfield313]

Can't find an image of them together, but.....

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[hshah]

Can't find an image of them together, but.....

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Still preferring the brushed aluminium :p

[Chesterfield313]

I saw a car in the showroom with the Beaufort Black and the Super Sports Seats... really didn't like them at all. I guess with these things there is no right or wrong choice as it is all personal preference :)

True, everyone likes something different, be boring if we all bought the same. I've not seen them in the real world, just on video by thesmokingtyre and thought they looked good.

[Chesterfield313]

Still preferring the brushed aluminium :p

Back to the s line and order the Bose and wheels. Only other difference I believe is the privacy glass and the black pack on the exterior. But, sounds like you'd quite like the chrome contrast round the windows. I liked it on my old xf before this car and that still had dark wheels etc.

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[hshah]

Part of me feels bad for messing the dealers around, but then the other part of me thinks that it is their job to deal with indecisive customers :D

[AudiNow]

Part of me feels bad for messing the dealers around, but then the other part of me thinks that it is their job to deal with indecisive customers :D

Out of interest what sort of % discount are you looking at currently? I know you mentioned figures previously but just wondered if you hard worked on any more?

is June the likely delivery as I have been told it could be as late as August/September

[hshah]

Out of interest what sort of % discount are you looking at currently? I know you mentioned figures previously but just wondered if you hard worked on any more?

is June the likely delivery as I have been told it could be as late as August/September

Chances are that I am going to go down Drive the Deal route as it is unlikely that the dealers I have contacted on CarWow will match that price. The RRP of the specification I have configured on there comes to £58,714 and a discount of £10,853.53, which brings the final total to £47,860.48. That is a discount of 18.49%.

Beckenham Audi had told me May/June but I am not holding my breath on that because with most things there are bound to be delays.

[M1tchy]

Both mine and the wife's arrived early. Mine by 3 months! Just lucky I was back and saved the deposit!


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[hshah]

Both mine and the wife's arrived early. Mine by 3 months! Just lucky I was back and saved the deposit!

Mine is a strange specification with options that most people wouldn't put on their A6, and the dealer didn't look too confident when he told me May/June.

[AudiNow]

Chances are that I am going to go down Drive the Deal route as it is unlikely that the dealers I have contacted on CarWow will match that price. The RRP of the specification I have configured on there comes to £58,714 and a discount of £10,853.53, which brings the final total to £47,860.48. That is a discount of 18.49%.

Beckenham Audi had told me May/June but I am not holding my breath on that because with most things there are bound to be delays.

Thats a fantastic discount!! Well done. I hope you don't have to travel too far to collect. I am surprised Carwow were not close to that. The thing that's good about Carwow above the others is you know who you are dealing with straight away.

[M1tchy]

Mine is a strange specification with options that most people wouldn't put on their A6, and the dealer didn't look too confident when he told me May/June.

We have similar specs. Use their quote as the worst case and it can only get better! [emoji4]


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[hshah]

Thats a fantastic discount!! Well done. I hope you don't have to travel too far to collect. I am surprised Carwow were not close to that. The thing that's good about Carwow above the others is you know who you are dealing with straight away.

The cheapest CarWow one was Coventry Audi and that was still ~£1800 more than what came up on Drive the Deal.

DtD state that it will be delivered to me, so fingers crossed. Depending on where the dealer is, I may go and collect it.

[AudiNow]

The cheapest CarWow one was Coventry Audi and that was still ~£1800 more than what came up on Drive the Deal.

DtD state that it will be delivered to me, so fingers crossed. Depending on where the dealer is, I may go and collect it.

These broker websites really have changed the landscape for negotiations when looking at new cars

[Chesterfield313]

I've always phoned the carwow dealer direct and even though they were some distance off, they always matched the DTD price. I always phone them on a weekend and tell them they have one chance, if not I'll be on the phone to DTD Monday morning. Never had to, always matched it. In the last 6 months I've bought my car, an Alfa, a Seat, a Nissan and a Volvo for family members the same way.

Like AudiNow, I prefer dealing direct with the dealer. That said, never heard anything bad said about DTD either.

[hshah]

I've always phoned the carwow dealer direct and even though they were some distance off, they always matched the DTD price. I always phone them on a weekend and tell them they had one chance, if not I'd be on the phone to DTD Monday morning. Never had to, always matched it. In the last 6 months I've bought my car, an Alfa, a Seat, a Nissan and a Volvo for family members the same way.

Like AudiNow, I prefer dealing direct with the dealer. That said, never heard anything bad said about DTD either.

Apparently with DtD, the payments etc are made to the dealer and no money passes through DtD. I guess once I agree to purchase, I will find out who the dealer is and can talk to them.

[Chesterfield313]

Apparently with DtD, the payments etc are made to the dealer and no money passes through DtD. I guess once I agree to purchase, I will find out who the dealer is and can talk to them.

I know, I've always wanted to buy cars in stock though, so want to sit down in front of them and go through what's available. No patience to wait for a factory order. If you don't sit in front of them they usually only look at their own dealership group stock. I get them to check all UK stock.

If I knew I was ordering a car so specific it had to be a factory order, I'd have no concerns going through DtD.

[AudiNow]

Apparently with DtD, the payments etc are made to the dealer and no money passes through DtD. I guess once I agree to purchase, I will find out who the dealer is and can talk to them.

Sounds good. No commission or introduction fee has to be paid to DtD?

Its interesting that DtD offer such better discounts than Carwow dealers as I presumed they would probably be the same dealers.

look forward to hearing more from you on the confirmation etc

[Chesterfield313]

Sounds good. No commission or introduction fee has to be paid to DtD?

Its interesting that DtD offer such better discounts than Carwow dealers as I presumed they would probably be the same dealers.

look forward to hearing more from you on the confirmation etc

I'll be interested to hear who he DTD dealer is. I had to go through carwow with my own car as DTD lost their only Audi dealer last July just after I got my DtD quote, but before the dealer had been contacted. Luckily the carwow dealers didn't know that and matched it. DTD went a few weeks without a dealer at all. Same with BMW, they keep losing their dealers. Not been able to get a quote on one for nearly a year now, except for a couple of weeks at the beginning of the year. They temporarily had one and I was amazed at the discounts. A 535d was over 12k discount.

[CharlesElliott]

I bought an A5 through DtD last year. It was a dealer in the Midlands.

[Daglass]

My A6 has been ordered through DtD and its been a very smooth process to date.
I specced the car via the DtD website, someone from there rang me back to confirm the details and took credit card details for the deposit.
Audi Salesman rang me the next day to confirm the details and a few days later I got an email from DtD to confirm the car was ordered and deposit taken - dealership sent similar a day or so later.
Since then i've had regular calls and emails from the dealer with updates.
All in all a much better service than i received from my local dealer years ago when i bought a TT

[CharlesElliott]

I've bought three cars through DtD, all very positive.

Spec car on DtD website and submit. DtD ring you the next day to confirm spec etc.; you can also talk about delivery times, roughly where the dealer is (sometimes there are options). Once you pay deposit, DtD then put you in touch with supplying dealer. From that point forwards you are a dealer client and DtD step out. The one time where the dealer paperwork then showed a slight difference in price (about £250 more), DtD sorted it out in 30 minutes as a genuine error.

The only difference is that you will be dealing with the fleet sales/business sales manager at the dealer, rather than the 'normal' sales force.

[Daglass]

Funny enough I'm dealing directly with a regular sales executive.
I did receive a call from the sales manager but that was just to see how everything was going.

I should add that the whole experience has been very straight forward and positive.

[sportq]

I went into the local Audi dealership armed with the DtD and best Carwow quotes I could find, to be honest I didn't expect them to get close but they beat it without seeing any proof. I do regret not throwing a few more options on before I told them the internet price :D

Walked out with a smidge over 26% off list the price of an A7 Ultra S-line

Pete

[hshah]

All the dealers I have spoken to so far (about 6 of them) have all said that they can't do me any better deals :(

[sportq]

I got the deal a few days from the end of January. Maybe wait to the end of the month when they're a few cars short of the bonus target for the C segment (A6/A7). I wouldn't be surprised if one dealership is just short and will be willing to deal.

Pete

[AudiNow]

I got the deal a few days from the end of January. Maybe wait to the end of the month when they're a few cars short of the bonus target for the C segment (A6/A7). I wouldn't be surprised if one dealership is just short and will be willing to deal.

Pete

DtD dealers dont offer part exchange do they?

[Daglass]

Nope

[hshah]

I may be going crazy, but the DTD is now coming to £48929. Maybe I was half asleep yesterday and forgot to tick one of the options but I am pretty sure it was 47 something.

Anyways, they mentioned it would take about 14 weeks and that the dealer is Scotland based.

[Whippy53]

Have you tried orange wheels?

[hshah]

Have you tried orange wheels?

I hadn't but have just got a quoteand its £48895, so not worth changing from DTD.

[Chesterfield313]

I hadn't but have just got a quoteand its £48895, so not worth changing from DTD.

Have you tried ringing any of the carwow dealers? You might get one closer to home where you can get the collection experience too? My local dealer wouldn't match DtD either, but others not too far away did. A dealer already operating in the online market place is much more likely to move on price.

[hshah]

Have you tried ringing any of the carwow dealers? You might get one closer to home where you can get the collection experience too? My local dealer wouldn't match DtD either, but others not too far away did. A dealer already operating in the online market place is much more likely to move on price.

Contacted all of the ones who got back to me on CarWow and they all refused to go any lower. If the difference was a few hundred £ then I would have gone for them but it was coming to around £1800 which just isn't worth it.

One thing I need to find out is if the dealer has any of the same company branches further down south, which they could trailer it down to for delivery as I prefer to pick it up from a dealership. Also, when I return the car, do I need to drive it up to Scotland, because that would ruin the 10,000 miles I have specified on the finance.

[Chesterfield313]

I suspect you probably would. But, as they're delivering you could also ask them to collect at the end of the term.

If it's a pcp I wouldn't worry too much about a few miles over. The car will nearly always be worth more at the end than the final payment you owe, so you could buy (and then sell for a profit if you didn't want to keep it) or just trade in for something new. Either way a few miles over will more than likely make little difference to its value.

[hshah]

I suspect you probably would. But, as they're delivering you could also ask them to collect at the end of the term.

If it's a pcp I wouldn't worry too much about a few miles over. The car will nearly always be worth more at the end than the final payment you owe, so you could buy (and then sell for a profit if you didn't want to keep it) or just trade in for something new. Either way a few miles over will more than likely make little difference to its value.

So just spoke to DtD again and they mentioned that the car will be trailered down to Birmingham. If I wanted it brought down to London it would cost me £150. Birmingham is not too bad for me so happy to collect from there.

Once I have the car, everything going forward can be done at my local dealer. This includes returning the car because the finance is with Audi and not the Scotland dealer.

Beckenham Audi are revisiting their price because I told them that if they could come close to DtD then they had a deal today. Let's see what they say :)

[hshah]

Ahh, I misunderstood... I can't pick it up from Birmingham. They will drive it down to Birmingham for free and after that I need to pick it up. They said £150 to Uxbridge so I said I will just pick it up from near Edinburgh (its less than 50 miles from there so I've been told).

Anyways, it's been ordered via DtD and I am now waiting on the dealer to contact me :D

[Whippy53]

Good to hear, lovely run back from Edinburgh, just the job.

[hshah]

Good to hear, lovely run back from Edinburgh, just the job.

Do I need to "drive like a girl" since I need to break the engine in?

[M1tchy]

Nope. Just don't go fully mental!


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[hshah]

Nope. Just don't go fully mental!


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Define fully mental lol.

[Whippy53]

Nope, just don't rev the nuts off. With all that torque you shouldn't need to anyway. Enjoy.

[Chesterfield313]

When you drive back, make sure you take the A68 to the A1 from Edinburgh all the way down to Darlington (don't follow signs to Newcastle). Amazing road, loads of places to test the low down torque without revving too hard. Just as fast as taking the motorway back as well. I had an interesting drive back from Edinburgh a while ago where I surprised a C63 AMG who just couldn't pull away from me up some of the sweeping hill roads.

[hshah]

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[AudiNow]

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thats interesting, so you have received a 12.5% discount. Is that correct?

when is your build date?

[Scott K]

Aren't you cheaper going for BE and getting the Bose and alloys included!

[hshah]

thats interesting, so you have received a 12.5% discount. Is that correct?

when is your build date?

About 12.7% based on those figures. It looked like more from the prices I got on DTD and CarWow. I'm just comparing the price I would have paid if I had just used the Audi Config without any discounts to what I am paying for this. Haven't got a build date yet but have been told 14 weeks.



Aren't you cheaper going for BE and getting the Bose and alloys included!

It worked out to be a little more, but I really didn't like the Piano Black Inlays which Audi couldn't swap out with the Aluminium ones. I also quite like the chrome/black/silver combination which I couldn't achieve by going down the BE route.

[AudiNow]

14 weeks does seem to be the standard time that's being quoted at the moment. So you should get the car by mid June hopefully

[Whippy53]

Personally, can't stand the piano black. Much prefer the brushed ally.

[hshah]

14 weeks does seem to be the standard time that's being quoted at the moment. So you should get the car by mid June hopefully

Fingers crossed it is sooner but I am not holding my breath as the specification is quite different to the norm.

I just priced my order up again on the Audi Configurator and the ROTR price is £59,105.00. With the finance contributions I am paying £48,926.10, which is about 17.2% discount. I am not factoring in the APR due to the finance.

[rickerby]

Following my other thread about the S6 and the comments in there, I have decided to stick with the A6 and upgrade my current 2013 A6 S Line 2.0 TDI (177ps).

I am going for:

A6 3.0 BiTDI [320] Quattro S Line 4dr Tip Auto
Tornado Grey
Electric adjustable/heated/folding door mirrors with memory (when chosen with Technology pack advanced) - £0.0
Technology pack advanced - A6/S6 - £3500.0
3 spoke heated sports leather multifunction steering wheel with paddle shift - £200.0
LED headlights with adaptive light and high beam assist
Valcona leather - Black + sport seats - £0.0
Matt brushed aluminium inlay
Remote electric tailgate opening/closing - £430.0
18" 5 twin spoke alloy wheels
BOSE surround sound - £1000.0
Lighting pack - A6 - £250.0
Black cloth headlining
Adaptive air suspension - £2000.0
Front and outer rear heated seats - £440.0
Electric front seats + driver memory - £950.0
Parking pack - A6/RS6 - £810.0
Cruise control


Anyone have any comments/feedback?

£60K is a hell of a lot of money for what at the end of the day is still an Audi A6. Have you given any thought to putting the £9.5K cost of options toward a better car? - I think your in danger of "over developing" here.

[Whippy53]

Purely out of interest, what would be your suggestion?

[Chesterfield313]

£60K is a hell of a lot of money for what at the end of the day is still an Audi A6. Have you given any thought to putting the £9.5K cost of options toward a better car? - I think your in danger of "over developing" here.

I have to admit, if I was spending that kind if money I'd be in an Audi A8 Sport Executive. Got most of that as standard (plus much much more) and last time I looked you could get £20k plus off one through DtD. Not sure about the looks of the standard A8 in SE spec, but looks great in Sport Executive.

I very nearly bought one from Audi Sheffield before the biturbo, I would have bought it if they hadn't gone back on their offer 24 hours later. A long story, but I basically went home to get the wife's permission, went back in next day to buy the one in the showroom and they brought the manager out to tell me their offer had gone up by £7k and my payments by £200!

[Chesterfield313]

Just looked and you can get a Sport Executive with £21,600 discount. The spec is fabulous and all for less than £45k.

[Whippy53]

Where I live an 8 is just too big. I sometimes have to dive into the hedgerow as it is. Lovely car though.

[belly buster]

£60K is a hell of a lot of money for what at the end of the day is still an Audi A6. Have you given any thought to putting the £9.5K cost of options toward a better car? - I think your in danger of "over developing" here.

Personally I couldn't think of a better car for that money.

[Chesterfield313]

Where I live an 8 is just too big. I sometimes have to dive into the hedgerow as it is. Lovely car though.

In that case an A8 might help you too, it's narrower in width than the A6, just checked. I loved the interior and was gutted when I couldn't have it. The level of luxury was just a massive step above the A6 or anything else I've sat in.

[Whippy53]

Who would've thought that?

[hshah]

The A6 is already an old man's car and people at work would laugh even more if I bought the A8 (I am 29 years old). Peer pressure aside, I agree that the A8 is far more superior compared to the A6 but I just don't like the interior. In my opinion the A6 is a lot more pleasing to look at, which is why I have gone for that with the options I would want.

A lot of people say other cars are better, but surely it all depends on what you look for in a car? Some look for a sporty drive, others think about looks etc, so I don't think there is a "better" car out there for me. I love my current 2013 A6 (C7) and the only reason I am upgrading is because I want more power and a quattro :)

[Whippy53]

A6 = 2086mm
A8 = 2111mm

Perhaps more is less.

[Chesterfield313]

A6 = 2086mm
A8 = 2111mm

Perhaps more is less.

I stand corrected, late night googling meant the drawing I was looking at was for the old shape. Sure the 2.5 cm difference wouldn't make much difference.

If I was 29 I wouldn't even look at an A8 either. I'm not though, I'm 42 and the luxury (minus the wood finish, not old enough for that) of the A8 appealed, especially as I do 30,000 miles a year, mostly on the motorway.

[hshah]

Anyone know if it is possible to add speed camera POIs to the SatNav I am getting?

[Whippy53]

Not possible.

[morski]

Possibly it is if you already have the side assist system. There is a retrofit kit on kufatec site iirc

[M1tchy]

Possibly it is if you already have the side assist system. There is a retrofit kit on kufatec site iirc

Not for a speed camera retrofit?


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[hshah]

Build week 27... end of June / early July.

Dealer said it is not cast in stone but I should not count on it being earlier :(

[AudiNow]

Build week 27... end of June / early July.

Dealer said it is not cast in stone but I should not count on it being earlier :(

To be fair thats pretty good, we are currently in week 11 so not a horrific wait!

Realistically you will get it week 30 or 31 by what they are saying

[Sagefly]

Anyone know if it is possible to add speed camera POIs to the SatNav I am getting?
I think you can download POI files and there are sites providing such files. Although they show on the display they won't give any audio feedback

[hshah]

I think you can download POI files and there are sites providing such files. Although they show on the display they won't give any audio feedback

Thanks, still better than buying a Road Angel or something.


Anyone know what the best way to shift my current A6 is?

[M1tchy]

How would you import the POIs onto the car?


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[Whippy53]

See post #82:biglaugh:

[hshah]

See post #82:biglaugh:

Haha!
Official statment - I never speed
Unofficial statement - I only speed in areas I know ;)

[ukgroucho]

Anyone know what the best way to shift my current A6 is?

Have you asked the dealer that you are getting the new car from for a trade in value... I know when I traded my C6 there was a £1000 sweetener if you traded a 'prestige' car (Audi, BMW, Merc, Range Rover etc.) which meant that the trade in value was pretty decent.

[hshah]

Have you asked the dealer that you are getting the new car from for a trade in value... I know when I traded my C6 there was a £1000 sweetener if you traded a 'prestige' car (Audi, BMW, Merc, Range Rover etc.) which meant that the trade in value was pretty decent.

I did ask the DtD dealer but they said that since they won't be easily able to see the car they cannot do a trade in :(

[Chesterfield313]

The real reason is that through DtD you are getting rock bottom price for your buy. No margin left to offer you a reasonable price for yours. The "sweetener" for a prestige car, in my opinion, is just smoke and mirrors. They are just giving you a thousand pounds of the discount they might have given you if pushed to the maximum, just to make it look like your car is special. Can't do that with a DtD price, no wooden dollars left to move around.

I have always sold mine through autotrader privately, i don't like losing a couple of thousand pounds and don't like dealers profiting twice from a new car sale.

[hshah]

The real reason is that through DtD you are getting rock bottom price for your buy. No margin left to offer you a reasonable price for yours. The "sweetener" for a prestige car, in my opinion, is just smoke and mirrors. They are just giving you a thousand pounds of the discount they might have given you if pushed to the maximum, just to make it look like your car is special. Can't do that with a DtD price, no wooden dollars left to move around.

I have always sold mine through autotrader privately, i don't like losing a couple of thousand pounds and don't like dealers profiting twice from a new car sale.

How difficult is it to do a private sale? I am just a little wary of trying to sell privately and having to exchange almost £20k :(

[Sagefly]

At the swedish site www.posit.se (http://www.posit.se) they provide POI files in formats for different navigators including Audi MMI. I haven't done it yet since I am awaiting a new car but apparently you download the POI file in a proper format eg .csv as the only file on an SDHC card and then import it to the car

[Chesterfield313]

How difficult is it to do a private sale? I am just a little wary of trying to sell privately and having to exchange almost £20k :(

I always insist the cash is in the bank before they take the car away. A couple of years ago I sold my last A6 for £18k and I made the buyer come to the bank with me on a Saturday afternoon to pay it in in cash. I'm not switched on to know what a real or fake bankers draft looks like and cheques are no good until cleared for obvious reasons. If someone really wants it, they will make the effort.

As a middle ground, if you google you will find a few dealers who will sell your car for you and charge you about a thousand pounds for it. Better than the £2-3k that you will lose selling to a dealer.

I've never done it, but webuyanycar get the occasional good review from people on here? Could try them, but expect to get a similar price to trade in for obvious reasons.

[Whippy53]

Don't take cash, always ensure all payment has cleared, preferable to meet at neutral location, always accompany on test drives, dont trust anybody. If unsure ask supplying dealer if part ex poss or use WBAC.

[hshah]

I was looking at WeBuyAnyCar even though I may lose out on £1k or so because of the conveniece and peace of mind. I know they aren't going to try and scam me (other than on the price lol) :)

[ukgroucho]

Taking cash for large transactions (e.g. over £10k) is something to be avoided as you start to raise your profile with the taxman and also (potentially) the Police as possibly being involved in money laundering. Almost certainly a one off transaction would be under the radar but you never know and you just don't want that kind of attention.

Ohh and don't go near "wewantanycar.com"... I tried them when I traded my C6 A6 and they were a bunch of sharks.

[Whippy53]

Also there's the slight problem of counterfeit notes.

[hshah]

Car has been built now and is waiting at a port to get the next ship over here :D

[Pikey Narna]

What a load of rubbish about taking cash for cars.

I sold my Golf R £23,000

I sold Focus RS 350 BHP £25,000

both times arranged with the bank to confirm transaction and authenticate bank notes. Bank was very helpful.

Printed of car sale form from the Autocar website.

In my opinion this is the safest way to sell a car, no cash no car end of.

Andy