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I bought my A3 in September 2015, with options it came in at around £24,500. I added S-Tronic, high beam assist, comfort pack and lumbar support. However, speccing an identical car on the Audi Configurator now shows that like for like (despite some of my options now being standard) the car would be around £2000 more expensive. I know Audi have put prices up recently plus there's the devaluation of the Pound v the Euro but I'm thinking if I buy another in a couple of years, which options I'd consider dropping to get it for around the same price.

I'd also consider a fully loaded A1 instead (assuming the new model will be out by the time I next change).

As much as I love it, I think I could live without S-Tronic to immediately recoup the best part of £2k.

What would others do (assuming you didn't want to pay the increased prices)?




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The new A1 could be a good choice, the latest Seat Ibiza is the first of the VAG cars to use the new smaller MQB version platform. The motoring journals all rate the Ibiza. The Polo launches back of this year so you have to think the A1 should be out mid 2018. Depending on how much space you need the new A1 will be bigger than the current so this may suit your needs.

There's much discussion about which options to pick, its down to which you would use and therefore can justify the extra cost.

Manual v S tronic ? There's pro's and cons for each. I'm firmly on the fench on that discussion
 
This time next year and onwards will be the best time to buy the current car, just like it was to buy the PFL... ie.... Because of the face lift, same will apply to the face lift car... With the all new A3 looming...... So a 68/19 plate will see good deals to be had.

S-tronic very Manual... for all its glitches yeah it's more expensive but it's also far more desirable and they hold there value far better than a manual gearbox
 
Hmm having already owned an 8V, I don't think I'd want another 8V, I'd be ready for something a bit different. And I never buy a car that is end of line - I know they give discount and load it with kit but it's ****** annoying for it to be classed as 'the old model ' a couple of months later. Plus the pace technology changes these days, I wouldn't want another 2012 vintage come 2019 when I change.


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Muttley75 said:
Hmm having already owned an 8V, I don't think I'd want another 8V, I'd be ready for something a bit different. And I never buy a car that is end of line - I know they give discount and load it with kit but it's ****** annoying for it to be classed as 'the old model ' a couple of months later. Plus the pace technology changes these days, I wouldn't want another 2012 vintage come 2019 when I change.


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Yer Too Fussy.....
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Ha ha yep, fussy ******, me.


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Couldn't do without S-Tronic now given the state of our roads and how much traffic I find myself stuck in.
 
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I was dead against automatic transmission until I went to the States last year where, of course, everything is automatic. Over the course of a couple of weeks, riding round in a number of cars, I came to realise the attraction of automatics and I decided to try it in the A4 I bought last September. My wife likes it so much she went s-tronic on the A3 cabrio she's just got. I'm a definite convert; it's so smooth and I love watching how it snicks through the gears almost imperceptibly. I'd struggle to go back to a manual now.
 
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I read an interesting article yesterday - The New A1 is going to built by Seat in the Seat factory in Spain. It's part of cost cutting measures being introduced by the company.

I bet they won't pass some of that saving on to the customer
 
Jimbbobw1977 said:
I read an interesting article yesterday - The New A1 is going to built by Seat in the Seat factory in Spain. It's part of cost cutting measures being introduced by the company.

I bet they won't pass some of that saving on to the customer
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Of course not, There are Audi assembley plants all over the western hemisphere and a few are in poor countries Mexico, Hungary..... Etc etc
 
jassyo06 said:
S-tronic very Manual... for all its glitches yeah it's more expensive but it's also far more desirable and they hold there value far better than a manual gearbox
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Not entirely true, yes more people may want s-tronic, but as far as holding value manuals hold their own on the deprecation front!

On a basic S3 saloon over 36 months @10k per year:

Manual box: Retail price £36,120 with a GFV of £18,727 so it's lost £17,393 or 48.15% of it's original price.

S-Tronic: Retail price £37,670 with a GFV of £19,681 so it's lost £17,989 or 47.75% of it's original price.

Negligible difference in % loss overall.
 
Manual tends to hold its value better in less developed countries (South Eastern Europe) as people are afraid of S-Tronic servicing costs if something goes wrong.
 
S32B said:
Not entirely true, yes more people may want s-tronic, but as far as holding value manuals hold their own on the deprecation front!

On a basic S3 saloon over 36 months @10k per year:

Manual box: Retail price £36,120 with a GFV of £18,727 so it's lost £17,393 or 48.15% of it's original price.

S-Tronic: Retail price £37,670 with a GFV of £19,681 so it's lost £17,989 or 47.75% of it's original price.

Negligible difference in % loss overall.
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Same old same old lol going by similar spec cars on auto trader there's a good bit of difference in prices also you'll shift a stronic on faster
 
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jassyo06 said:
Same old same old lol going by similar spec cars on auto trader there's a good bit of difference in prices also you'll shift a stronic on faster
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But on a pcp if you were to hand it back/trade it in/buy it, that's not a problem. The depreciation is virtually the same, so no better off going with one or the other financially, it's just down to personal choice :)
 
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S32B said:
But on a pcp if you were to hand it back/trade it in/buy it, that's not a problem. The depreciation is virtually the same, so no better off going with one or the other financially, it's just down to personal choice :)
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Yeah l agree handing it back would make not much of a difference mate
 
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