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So I might have tried to order one today :rock:

Slight issue is they want a £5K holding deposit! Anyone else had anything similar? I have literally never paid more than £500 to hold any car ever.

They are saying it is because I've selected ceramics and buckets.

TX.
 
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Terminator x said:
So I might have tried to order one today :rock:

Slight issue is they want a £5K holding deposit! Anyone else had anything similar? I have literally never paid more than £500 to hold any car ever.

They are saying it is because I've selected ceramics and buckets.

TX.
At the very most I have paid a deposit of £1k but normally £500. Shouldn’t make any difference whether it has ceramics or not, next they will be asking for kidneys.
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Never had this but can understand their position. They wont want to be left with a high spec car if you pull out.

Never been more than £500 for me either.
 
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kayemill said:
Never had this but can understand their position. They wont want to be left with a high spec car if you pull out.
Never been more than £500 for me either.
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I think other makes are doing it too, especially on high spec cars. Seems to be a consequence of the dreamers ticking every box and then going home and changing their mind when reality hits and they realise they can't get stuff for peanuts per month like they used to do. Then they are left with a car no-one will buy.

Terminator x said:
They are saying it is because I've selected ceramics and buckets.
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TBH this is why they would be stuck with it, I have ceramics on another machine and they have been nothing but a PITA. Had one perfect disc knackered by a stone getting wedged. Same with buckets, I have them in other cars and you need to be the right shape. Too much or too little 'padding' (the latter is actually worse as I found out.) it gets uncomfortable really quick. I know a couple of people taken buckets out of R8s for that reason. For what I use the RS3 for, and I suspect many others, it would not be something I would pay extra for.
 
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Terminator x said:
So I might have tried to order one today :rock:

Slight issue is they want a £5K holding deposit! Anyone else had anything similar? I have literally never paid more than £500 to hold any car ever.

They are saying it is because I've selected ceramics and buckets.

TX.
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So what is happening with your "other" car then ? :whistle2:
 
Nice to know the dealer trusts you. I have a good relationship with my dealer and once I am committed to a car we do the deal, deposit and then wait for it to land. Aware that a lot of dealers ask for more but again the most I have deposited is £1k and that’s with the caveat I get what was ordered. I know that sounds a bit duh, but I have had it before that a change in the spec has put me off a car and I feel short changed.
I get there will be experiences of individuals ordering and backing out, but there is always someone somewhere that will buy a stock car.
Just my ten pence worth TX.
 
Terminator x said:
So I might have tried to order one today :rock:

Slight issue is they want a £5K holding deposit! Anyone else had anything similar? I have literally never paid more than £500 to hold any car ever.

They are saying it is because I've selected ceramics and buckets.

TX.
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**** me you took your time
5K……..not a chance.
 
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flybynite said:
I think other makes are doing it too, especially on high spec cars. Seems to be a consequence of the dreamers ticking every box and then going home and changing their mind when reality hits and they realise they can't get stuff for peanuts per month like they used to do. Then they are left with a car no-one will buy.



TBH this is why they would be stuck with it, I have ceramics on another machine and they have been nothing but a PITA. Had one perfect disc knackered by a stone getting wedged. Same with buckets, I have them in other cars and you need to be the right shape. Too much or too little 'padding' (the latter is actually worse as I found out.) it gets uncomfortable really quick. I know a couple of people taken buckets out of R8s for that reason. For what I use the RS3 for, and I suspect many others, it would not be something I would pay extra for.
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I like the bucket seats, but, I have also grown like the std electric memory seats as my wife also uses the car and it saves all that messing about trying to get the seat to my liking, when I ordered the car the thought of 'memory' seats never really appealed, funny how things change, they would now be a 'must have' on a future buy
 
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Mike.46 said:
I like the bucket seats, but, I have also grown like the std electric memory seats as my wife also uses the car and it saves all that messing about trying to get the seat to my liking, when I ordered the car the thought of 'memory' seats never really appealed, funny how things change, they would now be a 'must have' on a future buy
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Even though I'm mostly the only driver of the RS3 and they never came with memory, I like the ability to nudge it to change position slightly on long trips. I never liked the quilting on the 8V supersports and the loss of the movable headrest made the standard seats a no brainer for me. We do have memory on the two cars we swap about, especially as one even does the column too :grinning:

I have varying aggressive buckets in two others and after a few hours I do get pressure points in both of them. Good while on a run or track but drive home can be painful. I like the thought of buckets in the RS but I'd lose too much and practically it is a non starter. I spent a long time sat in a mates R8 buckets before deciding against when he got rid of them.
 
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Even though I'm mostly the only driver of the RS3 and they never came with memory, I like the ability to nudge it to change position slightly on long trips. I never liked the quilting on the 8V supersports and the loss of the movable headrest made the standard seats a no brainer for me. We do have memory on the two cars we swap about, especially as one even does the column too :grinning:

I have varying aggressive buckets in two others and after a few hours I do get pressure points in both of them. Good while on a run or track but drive home can be painful. I like the thought of buckets in the RS but I'd lose too much and practically it is a non starter. I spent a long time sat in a mates R8 buckets before deciding against when he got rid of them.
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I have 2 R8's, a V8 and a V10, both manual transmission, should have probably kept the 13 plate 'facelift' V10 as I think they only sold about 6 manual cars.

Ceramics...............at the time we used to take the ceramics off Porsche GT3's that were used for track days, far too many had ended up in, or going through a gravel trap and picking a stone up which destroyed the disc and at around £8k a corner (IIRC) made it an expensive day out.

I still have my 22 RS3 Vorsprung hatch, ive got itchy feet again now for a change but every time I look around i'm ending up back with another RS3 for varying reasons on other cars :)
 
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Terminator x said:
So I might have tried to order one today :rock:

Slight issue is they want a £5K holding deposit! Anyone else had anything similar? I have literally never paid more than £500 to hold any car ever.

They are saying it is because I've selected ceramics and buckets.

TX.
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I had to leave 1k for my order, same ceramics and bucket seats. Although i ended up canceling and getting a refund and got a similar spec car from Audi Wheatstone in London.
 
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