The Motor Forum talking cars since 2006    FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Join! (free) >   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  How much?          The Motor Forum Forum Index -> In the Mags View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message DaveGibson Supercharged My Car: Lexus IS250 SE-I Auto. Triumph TR7V8 Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5457 Location: Worcestershire Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 12:19 am    Post subject: How much? Autocar P.65 They have an Audi TT RS on order at £50,115. £50K+ for a frigging blinged up 'Golf'. Back to top Twelfth Monkey Supercharged My Car: Sprint Blue RS4 Saloon, Black A2 1.6 Joined: 23 Dec 2006 Posts: 6246 Location: The Fortress of Ultimate Darkness; that or the pub. Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 9:44 am    Post subject: I've thought from day one that it's perilously close to RS4/5 money. _________________ "Accident Blackspot"? These aren't accidents. They're throwing themselves into the road gladly. Throwing themselves into the road to escape all this hideousness.' Back to top Boxer6 Turbocharged My Car: Subaru Legacy 3.0R Spec B Sports Tourer (Auto) Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 3282 Location: What's it called? Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 9:47 am    Post subject: Re: How much? DaveGibson wrote: Autocar P.65 They have an Audi TT RS on order at £50,115. £50K+ for a frigging blinged up 'Golf'. It does appear more than a little bit ridiculous. How much of that £50K has been spent on the (extensive) Audi options list? _________________ Just keepin' on keeping on. Back to top TimR Supercharged My Car: Fiat Coupe Turbo, BMW E39 M5 Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5096 Location: On the hard shoulder Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 11:57 am    Post subject: Re: How much? Boxer6 wrote: How much of that £50K has been spent on the (extensive) Audi options list? List is about £43k so not much compared with normal. Have you seen the latest EVO magazine? They've added a Porsche Cayenne turbo - obviously a Porsche UK car. Some of the options added are ludicrous. Coloured Porsche badge on upgrade alloys - £105. £482 for a padded steering wheel rim (looks like a normal wheel from the photos) plus £341 for a multifunction steering wheel. So that's over £800 to upgrade the steering wheel on a £76k list price car. Back to top Matt Nuclear My Car: Astra Coupe 1.8 SE2 Joined: 18 Jan 2007 Posts: 12018 Location: Plymouth, UK Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:57 pm    Post subject: My Astra has an extra padded wheel and multi-function controls. I think they might have spent £8 on them, though. _________________ Small car, big heart. Back to top TimR Supercharged My Car: Fiat Coupe Turbo, BMW E39 M5 Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5096 Location: On the hard shoulder Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 3:32 pm    Post subject: I could've had steering wheel controls on my Stilo for an extra £35. The Alfa and BMW have them as standard and I don't think they'd been invented when the Coupe was built. Back to top DaveGibson Supercharged My Car: Lexus IS250 SE-I Auto. Triumph TR7V8 Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5457 Location: Worcestershire Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 9:23 pm    Post subject: TimR wrote: I could've had steering wheel controls on my Stilo for an extra £35. The Alfa and BMW have them as standard and I don't think they'd been invented when the Coupe was built. They weren't for the radio but my dad's 1938 Talbot had the horn, indicator and dip switches on the wheel's central boss. Back to top Boxer6 Turbocharged My Car: Subaru Legacy 3.0R Spec B Sports Tourer (Auto) Joined: 03 Jan 2007 Posts: 3282 Location: What's it called? Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 9:46 pm    Post subject: Re: How much? TimR wrote: Boxer6 wrote: How much of that £50K has been spent on the (extensive) Audi options list? List is about £43k so not much compared with normal....... Not so much, perhaps, but still (very roughly) about 16% of the list price! _________________ Just keepin' on keeping on. Back to top Apex clipper Turbocharged My Car: Is now fixededed... Joined: 11 Oct 2007 Posts: 3495 Location: Worcester..sauce..shire. Posted: Sun Sep 27, 2009 11:18 pm    Post subject: The latest must have object? 50 big ones is a bit steep though. _________________ Minky Moo & Millie Maloo. Back to top TimR Supercharged My Car: Fiat Coupe Turbo, BMW E39 M5 Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 5096 Location: On the hard shoulder Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 6:50 pm    Post subject: Re: How much? Boxer6 wrote: TimR wrote: Boxer6 wrote: How much of that £50K has been spent on the (extensive) Audi options list? List is about £43k so not much compared with normal....... Not so much, perhaps, but still (very roughly) about 16% of the list price! It's certainly excessive but I'm sure that some of the cars in magazines long term fleets have had a lot more spent on options. I know for example that Georg Kacher's Audi A5 TDi had fancy paint and interior (plus no doubt loads of other toys) from the Audi exclusive range - the paint alone was something like £3.5k. I think there was also an A6 that had well over £10k spent on extras. Back to top Pkh72 Petrolhead My Car: Ford Focus ST-2 & Fabia vRS Joined: 21 Jun 2007 Posts: 1498 Location: Derbyshire Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 7:54 pm    Post subject: Re: How much? TimR wrote: Boxer6 wrote: TimR wrote: Boxer6 wrote: How much of that £50K has been spent on the (extensive) Audi options list? List is about £43k so not much compared with normal....... Not so much, perhaps, but still (very roughly) about 16% of the list price! It's certainly excessive but I'm sure that some of the cars in magazines long term fleets have had a lot more spent on options. I know for example that Georg Kacher's Audi A5 TDi had fancy paint and interior (plus no doubt loads of other toys) from the Audi exclusive range - the paint alone was something like £3.5k. I think there was also an A6 that had well over £10k spent on extras. It did look nice that A5 though. But 3.5k.................... Back to top DarthBalls Supercharged My Car: MX5 2.0 Sport, Skoda Fabia 1.4 Comfort Joined: 21 Feb 2008 Posts: 5393 Location: At home....drawing pictures....of mountaintops Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 1:27 pm    Post subject: This just reminded me - Big TC and I spotted a TT-RS broken down on the A725 on Saturday. The stupid twat (the TT-RS driver not Trev) was parked completely on the carriageway when there's a perfectly good verge. _________________ It's so cold right now that I'm thinking of catching gonorrhoea just for the burning sensation. Back to top PG Turbocharged My Car: Jaguar X type 3.0 Sport; Shogun "truck"; Iveco horse lorry Joined: 23 Dec 2006 Posts: 3453 Location: Shropshire Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 2:32 pm    Post subject: We did play a challenge once on the old Autocar site to see who could spec the most expensive and pointless options list onto a standard car - going for full scamperspec and then some. And Audi A4 something or other won and it seems that Audi are the wallet-emptying-meisters at ripping people off for options. Back to top Eff One Petrolhead My Car: Sweet FA Joined: 04 Jan 2007 Posts: 2420 Location: Southampton Posted: Tue Sep 29, 2009 2:41 pm    Post subject: The TT-RS is a nice looking car, spoiler excepted - I've seen a couple now - but seems to add little to the range besides performance. £10k extra over the good-value TT-S is far too much. _________________ "Racing is life. Everything before and after is just waiting." Steve McQueen Back to top Turbonutter Petrolhead My Car: Ford Sierra/BMW 328i/Mini Cooper S Joined: 14 Aug 2007 Posts: 1360 Location: Shropshire Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 9:15 am    Post subject: Eff One wrote: The TT-RS is a nice looking car, spoiler excepted - I've seen a couple now - but seems to add little to the range besides performance. £10k extra over the good-value TT-S is far too much. I quite like the TT-RS in the mags/5th Gear test but haven't seen one in the flesh close up. See an S occasionally but I couldn't envisage paying £50k for one....even if I was able to. Probably look at a 4-door M3 or Bathurst for that cash Back to top Turbonutter Petrolhead My Car: Ford Sierra/BMW 328i/Mini Cooper S Joined: 14 Aug 2007 Posts: 1360 Location: Shropshire Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:12 am    Post subject: Re: How much? DaveGibson wrote: Autocar P.65 They have an Audi TT RS on order at £50,115. £50K+ for a frigging blinged up 'Golf'. 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