That's only with the Audi connect version though.
Oops! That's another £300 extra again.... my bad
That's only with the Audi connect version though.
Only standard sat nav with the small screen, seems out of place with a high specced car!
Don't forget that it also adds functionality to the LED Headlights too that Rocks has ordered.
Without the tech pack you loose some of the additional LED Headlight functionality where they 'know' what road type you're on and adjust the beam pattern appropriately.
Doesn't the tech pack also add DVD playback capability too.
good point - emailed dealer for the upgrade to be added, thanks !
Boss.
no idea if it's worth it, bit the cost is negligible in the total scheme of the purchase.
Well hopefully it won't take too long then!
I've gone pretty much same as you except 3 door!
Glacier white, black styling pack and titanium 10 spoke alloys, just hope they're dark as I'm not sure I should've specced them now I've seen the standard wheels are dark! I'm a big fan of dark wheels tho
Its worth it if you like it.
I'll stick to my reliable old tomtom and I spent the money on other things.
1/40th of the cost, negligible really and keeps it all integrated as such......
That is true, but you'll really miss the fun of your stuck on tomtom falling of the screen just before you get to a roundabout and it slides across the dashboard.
Where I have the pleasure of two buttons on the car (when it arrives) that wont work, and will just be there to remind me what I didnt buy.
I sort of wish I needed to use it more so I could justify the cost, but most places I know where I am going.
i don't need it neither, bou as the car is going to last us 10 years or so, seems daft to not bother really...
good point - emailed dealer for the upgrade to be added, thanks !
I think I'd just get annoyed looking at the smaller screen with a big bezel thinking the whole time I should have opted for an option with the large screen, especially as it's not just for the sat nav but radio, drive select etc..
I think I'd just get annoyed looking at the smaller screen with a big bezel thinking the whole time I should have opted for an option with the large screen, especially as it's not just for the sat nav but radio, drive select etc..
I'm all about the big screens! My office has 2 27 apple cinema displays hooked up to my laptop. Genuinely the best money I've ever spent... Makes me so efficient!!
I think more to the point is resalability. I think a lot of S3s will be highly spec'd and whilst they say that extras don't add value, having something that may be desirable that most others have got may make it more difficult to shift for a premium.
Perhaps I should reconsider on my A3 184 quattro sline....
PS. 2 screens - pah I have 3: 1 x Dell U2711 and 2 U2410s fully profiled and calibrated (no room on the desk for another 27 otherwise I'd have that instead)
You say that now (mine is my partners car and we should keep it for 10 years or so, but you never know....)not interested in resale really as this is our mule car
I'm all about the big screens! My office has 2 27 apple cinema displays hooked up to my laptop. Genuinely the best money I've ever spent... Makes me so efficient!!
im with you on the dark wheels, especially on a white car, ive also spoken to a company today to arrange gloss black vinyl wrap on the roof (£150), if you look at the S3 with pan roof you will see the effect. I was going to spec pan roof but the half glass (basically sun roof) of the current model does not compare to the full twin roof on previous, therefore not worth a grand in my opinion.
hope you are happy with the wheels, if not you could always powder coat black or gunmetal.
vinyl roof wrap, I can just picture it now, will it be like this?
http://www.adrianflux.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Austinallegro.jpg
lol
Hi, Newbie lurker, with first post so be gentle pls.
Currently driving a DSG 2010 Golf R. First non-manual ever owned. Previous had a Gen 5 GTI. I generally like the DSG, especially when driving hard when it really performs. Good on city crawls, but in Slo-mo changes too early and in Sport a bit too late for city use.
Has anyone driven one of these and a new S3? I would love to know what they see as the differences. Very tempted to upgrade for the better motor, earlier torque, slightly more sophisticated vehicle (I am most defintely the wrong side of 40 for boy racer).
Colour choice is all a bit hard, Monsoon looks good. I have a white R and am a bit tired of it
Down here in Australia we have limited options choice and they have packaged B&O, Mag suspension, sports seats, red brake calipers and the 10 spoke wheels as a sports pack.
Any thoughts about the noticeable differences between old R and new S3 would be welcome
10 years makes most of the cost negligable. The tech pack might be better just for the larger screen and the touch pad. Love to know if it works for music selection. Quickly jump to ACDC or ZZ Top with a few letters entered on the pad, now that could be nice.
I got the distinct feeling that xenon plus + adaptive + variable range + high beam assist pretty much = LED + high beam assist.
We have a mk5 gti dsg and I've test driven (and ordered) an s-tronic (dsg) s3 sportback.
I think ink there is quite a noticeable difference between the two gearboxes even though they are basically the same underneath. They must have refined the gearbox software as in the s3 there were no perceptible changes when just taking it easy and the take off from standstill is a lot more refined. Obviously it's very similar at full whack apart from you get more 'whoompf' noise when it changes gear.
I find the same as you that the golf tends to always want to be a gear higher than I think it should but then never seems to labour. I didn't get that feeling in the s3 but I tend to use the paddles to override the D mode when I want some more engine braking etc (roundabouts etc).
I just found this new 300hp engine an absolute belter. Very smooth and liniar with a lovely top end rev range pull. You probably won't notice a massive difference coming from your existing 270hp.
One major positive for me in sticking with s-tronic is the adaptive cruise control will brake all the way down to 0mph and then pull away again on its own when the traffic moves - great for nose to tail traffic jams that I sit in daily.
That and the fact that I can drink from a bottle or can without worrying about changing gear!
Thanks for the opinion. The R power curve comes on a bit late, at about 2300rpm, and it looks like this engine has a more GTI curve for torque, coming in under 2000rpm. I often feel I am just sitting and waiting for the kick and then you are off.
I had never thought of cruise control in those low speed circumstances. Could be nice. Damn- more money.
Sigh choices are so hard.
I am hoping someone will put up some photos of a White SB with black grill and window surrounds. , or a red one or a silver one.
Look back through this thread and you'll find hundreds of photos.
A great source of images is the mobile.de website (the german version of autotrader)
Am I right in thinking that you can shift up and down the gears using the actual gear stick on the S Tronic just by pushing it forwards and backwards?
Just a note, you can't spec variable range and high beam assist, as they basically do the same thing - only one allows variation in beam height and the other is simple on/off for high beam. You can only have one of these!
Oh, and Xenons have a static cornering light as well as the adaptive function., and I honestly think they look better anyway!
Thanks, I am such a sad person, that I had trawled through every one of the 60 pages on this thread. Couldn't find, or missed photos, of white/red or silver with black packs. I will have another run at it, although I will have to supply some sort of excuse at to why I am still on the computer. Perhaps I will have to tell her I am looking for p*rn. Couldn't admit to the truth.
Thanks, I am such a sad person, that I had trawled through every one of the 60 pages on this thread. Couldn't find, or missed photos, of white/red or silver with black packs. I will have another run at it, although I will have to supply some sort of excuse at to why I am still on the computer. Perhaps I will have to tell her I am looking for p*rn. Couldn't admit to the truth.
Thanks for the clarification - yes, I noticed when I used the configurator that I actually had to add lane assist to be able to get variable beam control (I think). They all use the camera built in to the rear view mirror don't they?
Yeh, though I would have thought the high beam assist would need the camera as well - not sure how it would work otherwise! It also gets you the speed limit display with the tech pack as well, so you get 2 bonus things almost, and it increases the speed range over with ACC can be used.