Ordering new S3!
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Of course vital detail my bad.. It's £338 a month on a 4 year plan
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And the mileage per annum?
8000 I only live 2 miles from my work so gives me plenty of miles to play with to myself
Manual or S Tronic?Just ordered today!
3door ibis white s3, facelift has the sat nav, bluetooth, and heated seats as standard not sure if the pre facelift does? only extras i added on was the parking sensors and reverse camera, and B+O sound system pack... just have to wait until mid September for it to be here now
was messing around in the demo on the drive select, maybe a stupid question but I'm guessing the dynamite drive select is the best mode for a bit of fun driving?
Is it September yet?
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Manual, personally myself not a fan of autos. I know the s tronic is slightly quicker but I can sacrifice 0.3 of a second to 60 to have the satisfaction of changing gears myself
Seems like a reasonable deal, perhaps a tad better than mine. Making the conversion of £1000 in price making the monthly cost roughly £25 different, you are paying £20 per month less than me, but I am down for 10k miles instead of 8k. I dont think that would make that much difference though
If that is the case then I will change my order but it looks like the black edition has been removed from the whole range of A3s
Ok cool
So if I understand correctly your car must be £33,900.00 ROTR minus £4,725 discount (13.9%) from Audi (£3,000 + £1,725) and they threw in the paint protection for free! Correct?
And you took an Audi GAP insurance? How much they charged you for that?
If I'm correct it should be 6.8% on new A3/S3 (a rip off) and 10.9% on used cars (a bigger rip off). But not so long ago I was enquiring for a used S3 and the dealer started with 10.9% and then went to 8.7% so it doesn't seem to be set in stone.
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Thanks this was for a new S3 SB... It does seem insanely high. Also what are peoples view on "Audi duty of care pack", it includes: smartguard, wheel, and alloy insurance, 3yr asset protection (is this GAP?).. All amounts to £2142
I'm guess its just all dealer profit/margin items than can be removed? Sorry for the thread hi-jacking
It's not a bad deal at all to be honest. Does mileage matter on a PCP if you're going to trade in? My current deal is based on 12k miles, and I'm roughly using that. But I've seen some people say they always take 5000 miles pa.
Think it's now more like 0.6-0.7 seconds with the new S-tronic 7 speed box with revised ratios. Starting to be a fairly significant gap as you'd have to add 50bhp ish from somewhere to a manual to win that back.
Yeah I'm a manual guy at heart but you can't say no to 0.7s faster. Also having test driven the TT-S with the S-Tronic box, the downshifts sound soooooo good!
It would be good to know if it does. I said I do between 10-12k miles and they said not to pay for miles I 'might not use' so was quoted for 10k. If it doesn't matter overall then I will say I'll do 5k as well to get a better price ;-)
The mileage doesn't matter a toss as long as you don't hand the car back to the finance company at the end of the term.
At the end of the contract you can;
1/ Hand it back - paying a penalty for any excess mileage. They'll then sell the car and any excess over the GFV they'll hand back to you. I don't know anyone who's ever done this, but I don't imagine for one moment they'll sell it for the best price, and there will undoubtedly be a handling fee of some sort.
2/ Or, Pay the GVF and keep it. The finance company will send you a letter relinquishing title of the vehicle to you. Its finally yours, just at the point you're bored of it...
Prior to the end of the contract, before the final payment is due you can;
3/ Part exchange it - get what you can for it from a dealer of your choosing. They'll pay off the remaining finance and hand you any left over cash. Mileage is only a factor in the valuation they offer, just likel it is with all used cars.
4/ Sell it privately. Can be tricky since the buyer really needs to pay the finance company directly to ensure they're not just buying your debt, but I've bought cars this way, so it's not the end of the world.
The excess mileage penalty's only apply in scenario #1.
At the end of the contract you can;
1/ Hand it back - paying a penalty for any excess mileage. They'll then sell the car and any excess over the GFV they'll hand back to you. I don't know anyone who's ever done this, but I don't imagine for one moment they'll sell it for the best price, and there will undoubtedly be a handling fee of some sort.
2/ Or, Pay the GVF and keep it. The finance company will send you a letter relinquishing title of the vehicle to you. Its finally yours, just at the point you're bored of it...
Prior to the end of the contract, before the final payment is due you can;
3/ Part exchange it - get what you can for it from a dealer of your choosing. They'll pay off the remaining finance and hand you any left over cash. Mileage is only a factor in the valuation they offer, just likel it is with all used cars.
4/ Sell it privately. Can be tricky since the buyer really needs to pay the finance company directly to ensure they're not just buying your debt, but I've bought cars this way, so it's not the end of the world.
The excess mileage penalty's only apply in scenario #1.
The only downside to option 3 though based on 5k miles when you really do 12k is that you're more likely to be in negative equity come trade in.
I've actually done less than what i said I'd do and I'm still being offered trade in prices of between £1300-£2100 in negative equity. That's 27 months into a 48 month deal though. Obviously the depreciation isn't linear so won't even out until nearer month 48.
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I've actually done less than what i said I'd do and I'm still being offered trade in prices of between £1300-£2100 in negative equity. That's 27 months into a 48 month deal though. Obviously the depreciation isn't linear so won't even out until nearer month 48.
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Worth calculating how close you are to being able to VT it.
Yeah, already looking at that. I think it's around January. That's assuming that half of the total amount to be includes your deposit?
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That's how I understand it. The 50% is of 'Total Amount Payable' which includes the deposit.
ha just seen that this ****** mac predictive spelling changed it to dynamite, we all know i meant dynamic, idiot of the day award with that one
Golden ...PMSL...at that yin..lol....dont worry we all do it
Sell your car privately,dont trade it into Audi mate...
