Okay so I called Cambridge, Huntingdon & Bedford Audi this morning to see if any of them had the estoril blue and panther black cars available for me to take a look at. Huntingdon said they had an RS5 and SQ5 in. The lady also teased me and mentioned that they might have something special for me to see!
I told them up front that I'd already bought an S3 elsewhere and just wanted to see which paint I like most, and despite knowing this they were more than helpful!
Upon arriving at the garage I got a glimpse of an Estoril Blue S3 sitting in the sunshine! I couldn't believe my luck!
Eagerly I parked up and bolted for the S3, barely containing my excitement! LOVELY MOTOR!
I had a good look around it etc.. and got a few snaps.
It turns out the car was bought yesterday and the owner is picking it up tomorrow (no having to wait 'til December for that lucky chap/chapess).
The car was pretty well specced.
I had a good listen to the B&O. I could only turn the volume up to 28/40 before I worried about my health. Absolutely stunning system. I was with my dad who drives a £120,000 Mercedes CL which has Merc's top end Harman Kardon system in it and I'm not joking... The Audi's sound system was streaks ahead (we both agreed and he seemed pretty disappointed!)
The seats were incredibly comfortable, this car had the black leather standard seats.
I thought the Estroil blue was a beautiful colour, but I ended up opting for the Panther black after seeing them both in the flesh. The amount of flecks in both paints was astonishing, but I felt that the anthracite alloys I'd gone for would match the black paint better! I'm also opting for the black styling pack now.
I had a look at the lunar silver seats in the panther black RS5 and they worked really well with the paint also. The bloke showing us the cars advised against Alcantara due to the difficulty of keeping it clean but he said over a short period he prefers the alcantara. I guess I'll just have to keep on top of it because I still want it!
I'll post up a few pics and one video of the exhaust note in a bit.
If anyone wants to know anything more just ask!
