jimgreen83
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My first post in this forum, as I said in my new member post, I am a long time lurker and this forum has been my main point of call. I am hoping to keep my GT86 as my daily and buy ideally an S3 as a family car. I test drove one last January and it is a very different beast to my GT86 but one that fits a very different need.
Time wise, we will probably need this car around April/May time. Having been on drivethedeal/orange wheels/carwow, I am getting offered standard specd for £4.5k off or £5.3k for my spec (which is fairly loaded and seems to be a common trap). Options I would like:
- mono pur (most important option first)
- magnetic ride
- titanium 10 spokes
- comfort pckg with front&rear parking plus
- folding/adjustable/heated door mirrors
- rear side airbags
- tech pack (I want the larger screen)
- B&O
- LED lights
- advanced key
- reversing camera
- through load
- interior light package
- hill hold
The last new car I ordered was the GT86 (62 plate) and the two choices were leather/alcantara or cloth seats and did I want nav! Slightly larger options list!
So my dilemma is whether to order now or not? Reasons for are:
- I hate the new screen in the A4 and worry that this may be my last chance to get one with a retracting screen (carplay doesn't outweigh it given I use tom tom on my phone for sat nav)
- significant discount at the moment (albeit not miles higher than last year) which may disappear on facelift
- order times don't seem to be crazy and may jump up with the facelift
- facelift may only really be visual changes
Reasons not to:
- facelift will wipe some residual away
- facelift may have LED's already
- model could be out of date a month or two after I have bought it
What are peoples thoughts about buying now? (if you made it this far, sorry for the huge first post!)
Time wise, we will probably need this car around April/May time. Having been on drivethedeal/orange wheels/carwow, I am getting offered standard specd for £4.5k off or £5.3k for my spec (which is fairly loaded and seems to be a common trap). Options I would like:
- mono pur (most important option first)
- magnetic ride
- titanium 10 spokes
- comfort pckg with front&rear parking plus
- folding/adjustable/heated door mirrors
- rear side airbags
- tech pack (I want the larger screen)
- B&O
- LED lights
- advanced key
- reversing camera
- through load
- interior light package
- hill hold
The last new car I ordered was the GT86 (62 plate) and the two choices were leather/alcantara or cloth seats and did I want nav! Slightly larger options list!
So my dilemma is whether to order now or not? Reasons for are:
- I hate the new screen in the A4 and worry that this may be my last chance to get one with a retracting screen (carplay doesn't outweigh it given I use tom tom on my phone for sat nav)
- significant discount at the moment (albeit not miles higher than last year) which may disappear on facelift
- order times don't seem to be crazy and may jump up with the facelift
- facelift may only really be visual changes
Reasons not to:
- facelift will wipe some residual away
- facelift may have LED's already
- model could be out of date a month or two after I have bought it
What are peoples thoughts about buying now? (if you made it this far, sorry for the huge first post!)