Hi everyone,
I signed up to ASN late last year when I began looking for my own 8P S3, hoping here would be a good source of knowledge and advice on the cars themselves, tuning options and the like. As it turns out, after looking at a few cars from a mint, 18,000-mile Sprint Blue pre-facelift car, to a facelifted Ibis white beauty with high mileage, to a Cat D Dolphin Grey car which was a bit of a mess, I got such a good deal on a new one from my local Audi dealer that I took the plunge and got one new, plumping for a 3-dr Black Edition, manual. My partner and I wanted either Brilliant Black or Ibis White with black Alcantara but unfortunately money talks for us and the deal we were offered was for available cars only, so after a bit of searching we have ended up with a Brilliant Black car with black leather and Comfort Pack which I pick up next week. I can't wait! However after seeing Warren's, and just missing out on a Panther Black car, I hope mine stays looking tidy! I must admit I really never wanted a black one, as all the ones I see seem to be black or silver, but when visiting the dealer they had a Brilliant Black model in the showroom, and the match to the grille trim and interior trim inserts really worked for me over the other black ones I had seen. I turned to the other half and said "That car just changed my mind about black S3s"!
The one thing issue is that I really wanted the interior lighting pack, and the salesman told me that Audi don't offer this as a dealer fit option - it's done ONLY when the car is built. Is this true? And if so, is there now any other way to get it fitted? I'm sure I have heard on here and elsewhere of people getting the packs retro-fitted?
Any advice would be great - and thanks for having me here!
Rich
I signed up to ASN late last year when I began looking for my own 8P S3, hoping here would be a good source of knowledge and advice on the cars themselves, tuning options and the like. As it turns out, after looking at a few cars from a mint, 18,000-mile Sprint Blue pre-facelift car, to a facelifted Ibis white beauty with high mileage, to a Cat D Dolphin Grey car which was a bit of a mess, I got such a good deal on a new one from my local Audi dealer that I took the plunge and got one new, plumping for a 3-dr Black Edition, manual. My partner and I wanted either Brilliant Black or Ibis White with black Alcantara but unfortunately money talks for us and the deal we were offered was for available cars only, so after a bit of searching we have ended up with a Brilliant Black car with black leather and Comfort Pack which I pick up next week. I can't wait! However after seeing Warren's, and just missing out on a Panther Black car, I hope mine stays looking tidy! I must admit I really never wanted a black one, as all the ones I see seem to be black or silver, but when visiting the dealer they had a Brilliant Black model in the showroom, and the match to the grille trim and interior trim inserts really worked for me over the other black ones I had seen. I turned to the other half and said "That car just changed my mind about black S3s"!
The one thing issue is that I really wanted the interior lighting pack, and the salesman told me that Audi don't offer this as a dealer fit option - it's done ONLY when the car is built. Is this true? And if so, is there now any other way to get it fitted? I'm sure I have heard on here and elsewhere of people getting the packs retro-fitted?
Any advice would be great - and thanks for having me here!
Rich
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... Just got back from the dealership as we had to pop down to sign off on the paperwork, and whilst we were waiting my salesman chucked me the keys for an R8 and took me out for a blat! Thank you! Haha, still buzzing...
