AUDI A1 - 1 Month Old!!

thescouselander

motorguy wrote: »

I notice you changed what i said to Skoda and SEAT, rather than Skoda and VW?

I would have a Passat all day long over an A4 - and have done in the past.

Similarly the latest Golf is easily on a par with the current A3 in terms of quality of plastics, ambience etc.

Yeah, I'd probably agree with that. VW probably aren't quite as polished compared with the Audi equivalent but you do see a lot of people driving poverty spec Audi's and it could be said they'd be better going for a properly specced VW.

WellKnownSid

motorguy wrote: »

I'm probably with you RE: Skodas - to me they're priced too closely to VWs these days. Of interest though, i think that has been acknowledged within the VAG group, hence their latest lower end cars have more of a "back to basics" feel. The Skoda Rapid for example is designed to compete with stuff like Dacia moreso than Ford.

Since cars like the Yeti, Skoda have become a bit of an embarrassment to VAG for the wrong reasons.

Still, I understand that adding about £30 of sound-deadening material to the right places under the bonnet, to the bulkhead and under the rear seats can literally add about £10k onto the 'feeling' of an Octavia...

WellKnownSid

jaydeeuk1 wrote: »

All these replies from users who have never owned, and have no realistic hope of ever being able to afford any new car, let alone an Audi are hilarious. Also love the assumption that anyone who has Bought a new car has 'spent all their disposable income' on it.

Close to 55% of Audis are registered fleet. Of the retail, if we ignore Motab, etc - 80% are on PCP or finance, usually through VWFS. Even ignoring the ones that have taken out a personal loan - that still leaves less that 10% that can afford them...

AdrianC

thescouselander wrote: »

There's some delusional posters on here. Even though they share a lot of the same parts something like a Skoda or Seat is not the same as an Audi. For example Audi tend to use a lot more sound deadening and better materials inside making the experience more refined than their VAG cousins. I had the misfortune of driving a Skoda the other day and I thought I'd been transported back to the 90s with all the dodgy plastics.

Oh, I'm sorry. I must have misread the OP. I thought she said it was the turbo on her 1.6TDi that had failed, not the interior plastics and sound-deadening.

thescouselander

Strider590 wrote: »

Yes and no, maybe? Dunno

My GF worked at an Audi dealership and said she couldn't stay there because of the arrogant attitude of the other staff toward customers and eachother. It was bit like "I work for Audi, I am considerably better than you", very similar to the "I drive an Audi, I am considerably better than you" people who drive their cars.

There is probably an expectation in many Audi owners that everyone should "kowtow" to them (especially at a car dealership) and when that level of arrogance meets the same, the results won't be pretty.

You should try going into a BMW dealers. I went to our local dealer when I was changing to my most recent car and I found the whole experience very odd indeed. I swear there was a Nazi-esque quality to the staff uniforms and they were an extremely abrasive bunch. I couldn't face the thought of having to return there so BMW was removed from my list pretty quickly.

I like our local Audi dealer though - the quality of the Coffee and Cake they give you every visit is great and I've found the staff to be fine. It's a pitty I don't own an Audi any more.

Iceweasel

thescouselander wrote: »

there was a Nazi-esque quality to the staff uniforms

Designed by Hugo Boss by any chance?

thescouselander

WellKnownSid wrote: »

Close to 55% of Audis are registered fleet. Of the retail, if we ignore Motab, etc - 80% are on PCP or finance, usually through VWFS. Even ignoring the ones that have taken out a personal loan - that still leaves less that 10% that can afford them...

There's nowt wrong with PCP - finance brings with it a lot of advantages vs buying cash. Also as long as the person taking the finance can make the payments then surely they can afford the car. To say only those who can pay cash up front can afford the car is frankly ridiculous.

Iceweasel

thescouselander wrote: »

There's nowt wrong with PCP - finance brings with it a lot of advantages vs buying cash. Also as long as the person taking the finance can make the payments then surely they can afford the car. To say only those who can pay cash up front can afford the car is frankly ridiculous.

I would agree - if you were to apply the no finance concept to houses - we'd mostly all be living in rented flats.

AdrianC

Iceweasel wrote: »

I would agree - if you were to apply the no finance concept to houses - we'd mostly all be living in rented flats.

There is a big difference between a house and a new car, though. A house doesn't lose around 50% of the value within the life of the typical finance on it.

motorguy

jaydeeuk1 wrote: »

All these replies from users who have never owned, and have no realistic hope of ever being able to afford any new car, let alone an Audi are hilarious.

Yeah, thats what it is. :rolleyes:

Dont judge others by your own life pal.