Interesting view
@elan2s - and agree many of these options come down to the cost and need to be considered carefully. I did spec the Tech Pack and it is really a "nice to have" - it's not crucial, but it is great having Google Earth imagery both in the enlarged central display _and_ in the central of the driver's binnacle - I am not going to use the Hard Drive at all - only for the sat nav. That said, I personally think all of that will be changing in the next year and going the way of the new Audi TT, where the traditional Speedo and Rev counter etc are replaced with one huge display in the driver's binnacle that adapts to the particular situation... so landscape Sat Nav with reduced sized Speedo/Rev etc... so with this not sure how valuable my Tech Pack will be come 3 or 4 years time at re-sale....
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@ryanb741 's original question, I took delivery of my new A6 Black Edition in May... it comes well specced as standard, but here's what I ordered on top:
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LED Matrix Headlights - "only" (ha ha if only my wife could hear me say this!) about £960 extra on the Black Edition but forgetting the re-sale value, these things are TRULY AMAZING. I know I should have been out in the middle of the night before now trying them out (I had demoed them on a TT at the dealership), but I really only got to test them the other week driving through the New Forest and surrounding areas at night... it was like daylight! My wife was absolutely convinced that the occasional oncoming driver would flash us "because we were on full beam", but _none_ did... she was also convinced that ALL of the cat's eyes in the road from Southampton to Wimborne had been replaced because "they were so bright"!!!
- thoroughly recommend this option, get it for YOU and not re-sale.
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Panoramic sun roof - this seemed to take my final PCP payment DOWN!! and it really lightens up the A6 interior. Very glad to have it.
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Parking system - have used the auto-parking a few times to demo to people and it's quite freaky... but works very well! Still not used to the camera and am wary of trusting _myself_ (not the tech) to depend on the camera when parking.
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Ambient Lighting - there is hardly anything written about this online and the Audi description / pictures are woeful in brochures. Will it add resale value? Probably not... though it might make the car more desirable. It is _very subtle_ but if you regularly park in dark/unlit areas in the winter, you'll be grateful. Oh lastly, for the record, it doesn't light in different colours... just a variable white colour which you dim using the MMI.
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Heated steering wheel - aww schucks... at £180 why not!? (Don't tell my wife!) - for such a low amount compared to the car value, this might be useful on super cold days and will add desirability when reselling - possibly! You've got to really dive into the config system to find this one to put on the order!
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Heated front and rear seats - with leather, I think you have to get at least heated front seats and it works out at only an incremental amount more to get rear too - the kids will be grateful - one day.
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Folding mirrors - I need these to get my car in the garage - yes I am one of those strange traditionalists that puts their car in a garage overnight!
Hope this all helps/adds to the discussion
(p.s. Final tip for anyone with an upgraded stereo... do not really on bog-standard MP3s... I have re-ripped ALL of my music collection to FLAC or Windows Lossless format and now I've stopped whinging that the stereo wasn't up to scratch!!!)