I’m still messing about with my S3 Saloon Black Edition order and can’t decide on options. My ideal spec is a few £’s over the 40k tax threshold (ROTR less £55 reg fee, less £185 tax, all based on current values) so those few options will cost me an extra £310 / year which I begrudge. I don't want to spoil the car for that but my ideal spec is painfully close to the threshold so it makes it even worse, if it was way over I wouldn't be bothers. Of course if the list price goes up between now and delivery day I’ll pay the extra tax anyway!
My options are as below
As order is now, S3 Saloon Black Edition, Ibis White, Grey Supersport seats, Parking Sensors, Extended Leather, Auto Dim Mirror – Tax Value £39,740 My reservations are the white paint, a pano roof would look good but ends up an expensive roof with the tax increase
So I could go metallic…. S3 Black Edition, Metalic (another question on which colour), supersport seats, parking sensors. Tax value £39,890. With this configuration I will miss the extended leather which I really want
So I keep the extended leather
S3 Black Edition, grey supersport seats, extended leather, metalic, (fold mirrors or auto dim mirror & hold assist) and ditch the parking sensors. I end up loosing over my original configuration the parking sensors. I don’t think I need the auto dim mirror as it has privacy glass and in my current A6 with privacy glass the auto dim mirror makes little to no difference. Main reservation is parking sensors….
If I just spec it as I want, S3 Black edition, metallic, grey supersport seats, extended leather, parking sensors, auto dim mirror, folding mirror, hill hold assist it ends up with a tax value of £40790 so those £790 worth of extras end up costing me an additional £620 if I keep it 3 years and it will just annoy me….
So I suppose the first question is does Ibis white with black pack look good without the pano roof? I also need to choose wheels......
My options are as below
As order is now, S3 Saloon Black Edition, Ibis White, Grey Supersport seats, Parking Sensors, Extended Leather, Auto Dim Mirror – Tax Value £39,740 My reservations are the white paint, a pano roof would look good but ends up an expensive roof with the tax increase
So I could go metallic…. S3 Black Edition, Metalic (another question on which colour), supersport seats, parking sensors. Tax value £39,890. With this configuration I will miss the extended leather which I really want
So I keep the extended leather
S3 Black Edition, grey supersport seats, extended leather, metalic, (fold mirrors or auto dim mirror & hold assist) and ditch the parking sensors. I end up loosing over my original configuration the parking sensors. I don’t think I need the auto dim mirror as it has privacy glass and in my current A6 with privacy glass the auto dim mirror makes little to no difference. Main reservation is parking sensors….
If I just spec it as I want, S3 Black edition, metallic, grey supersport seats, extended leather, parking sensors, auto dim mirror, folding mirror, hill hold assist it ends up with a tax value of £40790 so those £790 worth of extras end up costing me an additional £620 if I keep it 3 years and it will just annoy me….
So I suppose the first question is does Ibis white with black pack look good without the pano roof? I also need to choose wheels......