Normally I would be pretty excited about getting a new car, however I am a bit ambivalent to this one. Yes it's a nice car, but is it really going to be something I will admire and enjoy to own. Not sure. To be fair I didn't even test drive it. Interesting point, nobody from Audi have ever called me back on this topic. I called Audi (Derby) for a test drive, thought I had arranged something - only to find when arriving at the dealership a sort of apathy and dis-interest in selling cars and offering test drives. I asked for a price, they just offered the catalogue price and even though I was in a position to place an order if I wanted to.. they were not prepared to give their lowest price unless I committed to place an order. This isn't the way I work. I didn't call them back and obviously they are far too busy to call me back. It's not the first time Audi dealerships have left me a bit cold. I was looking for an A3 last year for my wife, and almost the same story. They felt they had enough business to not particularly chase the sale.
The dealerships don't even have the cars in the showroom you are looking to buy. Audi Derby had 2 R8's, an RS6, A3 Cab, , A4 quattro etc. What happened to a simple A3 or A4 or A6?
So the car was finally sourced via a friend from Audi (Leeds). With a very significant discount that was supported by the dealer. The only point was that the car was already built and I couldn't choose any further options. There was a choice of colour and I went for the Meteor Pearl.
The dealer called today and talked me through the delivery process since it is coming to my house. It should have a half tank of diesel, so let's see.
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