RE: Mercedes-AMG A35 unveiled with 306hp
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k me that interior is absolutely vile.
Deep Thought said:
Hes not getting a new RS3 for just £5K more either....
carwow have one for £41,800 - so £6,292 more expensive to be precise and I did say £5-6kthere's no options I'd want, the standard paint is fine, has xenons as standard, standard alloys are fine, standard heated seats, standard sat nav, standard iphone integration, standard dual zone a/c. things like the RS design pack are gimmicky imo and the only things i'd be tempted by are the sport exhaust and sportier seats, both are too bad value for money.
I don't know what deals can be had on the a35 yet, just doing some man maths and the rs3 is much more car for not that much more money in the above example.
and yes it's not actually 550bhp but 500 with a remap and airfilter with an intercooler for £2k (£500 for a remap that takes it to 480bhp if you don't want to spend the extra for 20 more hp)
Edited by WCZ on Wednesday 31st October 16:09
WCZ said:
Deep Thought said:
Hes not getting a new RS3 for just £5K more either....
carwow have one for £41,800 - so £6,292 more expensive to be precise and I did say £5-6kthere's no options I'd want, the standard paint is fine, has xenons as standard, standard alloys are fine, standard heated seats, standard sat nav, standard iphone integration, standard dual zone a/c. things like the RS design pack are gimmicky imo and the only things i'd be tempted by are the sport exhaust and sportier seats, both are too bad value for money.
I don't know what deals can be had on the a35 yet, just doing some man maths and the rs3 is much more car for not that much more money in the above example.
and yes it's not actually 550bhp but 500 with a remap and airfilter with an intercooler for £2k (£500 for a remap that takes it to 480bhp if you don't want to spend the extra for 20 more hp)
Whilst you might be happy to "save up" the difference (and if you save and extra £500 a month thats still going to take you 2+ years), the reality is most people have a budget for a car and finding an extra £10,000 isnt palatable.
And then on top of all that you're proposing invalidating your warranty on your brand new car by remapping it?
You're really not being realistic or comparing apples with apples.
Edited by Deep Thought on Wednesday 31st October 16:57
Edited by Deep Thought on Wednesday 31st October 16:59
I like it and I'd happily drive it, engine size and number of cylinders wouldn,t bother me at all. For all I care it could be goat under the bonnet and as long as it got me from A to B, and put a smile on my face when I wanted. Interior is nice apart from the display screens, that is the only thing I dislike.
rb_89 said:
German cars and their frigging options. Having to pay extra for electric mirrors and keyless entry..
They do have electric mirrors as standard. I think its electric folding mirrors that are an option. Likewise not everyone wants or needs keyless entry so why pay for it in the standard spec? We have keyless on our A45 and rarely use it. It came with one of the packs we opted for but we wouldnt have spec'd it or paid for it on its own..
Deep Thought said:
rb_89 said:
German cars and their frigging options. Having to pay extra for electric mirrors and keyless entry..
They do have electric mirrors as standard. I think its electric folding mirrors that are an option. Likewise not everyone wants or needs keyless entry so why pay for it in the standard spec? We have keyless on our A45 and rarely use it. It came with one of the packs we opted for but we wouldnt have spec'd it or paid for it on its own..
rb_89 said:
Deep Thought said:
rb_89 said:
German cars and their frigging options. Having to pay extra for electric mirrors and keyless entry..
They do have electric mirrors as standard. I think its electric folding mirrors that are an option. Likewise not everyone wants or needs keyless entry so why pay for it in the standard spec? We have keyless on our A45 and rarely use it. It came with one of the packs we opted for but we wouldnt have spec'd it or paid for it on its own..
Not sure if a Megane RS has those features as standard - i suspect it has - and it would be a worthy alternative.
You pays your money.....
Edited by Deep Thought on Thursday 1st November 09:45
Deep Thought said:
But your example isnt at all realistic - the A35 will have an easy 10-12% discount when it arrives, so still £10K+ more for an RS3....
Whilst you might be happy to "save up" the difference (and if you save and extra £500 a month thats still going to take you 2+ years), the reality is most people have a budget for a car and finding an extra £10,000 isnt palatable.
And then on top of all that you're proposing invalidating your warranty on your brand new car by remapping it?
You're really not being realistic or comparing apples with apples.
true but there's also like for like options, the rs3 has parking sensors, nav and heated seats and to get those and the rear wing (as the car was designed to have imo) on the amg it's £4,000 Whilst you might be happy to "save up" the difference (and if you save and extra £500 a month thats still going to take you 2+ years), the reality is most people have a budget for a car and finding an extra £10,000 isnt palatable.
And then on top of all that you're proposing invalidating your warranty on your brand new car by remapping it?
You're really not being realistic or comparing apples with apples.
Edited by Deep Thought on Wednesday 31st October 16:57
Edited by Deep Thought on Wednesday 31st October 16:59
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