A1s look cool, especially with the contrast arches.
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An idea stolen from MB. Many MBs have come with different coloured arches since the late 1990's.
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But they were only available in ferrite orange....An idea stolen from MB. Many MBs have come with different coloured arches since the late 1990's.
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Yep! Audi A1 1.4 Sport DSG. A bit like this...
I won't be it's main driver, but they do drive very well
I was going to start a thread re DSG since I have had the use and pleasure of a MK V Golf 2.0TDi DSG for the weekend and having driven it for a fair bit previously.
You've spec'd the one best option.
Its utterly brilliant. I know they need 2x clutches and regular fluid changes (every 20k IIRC) but the driving experience offered by this excellent gearbox makes it worth it, smooth, brilliantly quick I am completely in awe of it. It makes every drive a pleasure and makes every gearbox I've experienced seem second rate and backwards.
I agree that the DSG box is the way forward. Great to drive as a manual or just to leave it and allow it to run in full auto mode.
In addition to the technical spec of the A1, the reason for buying it is commercially driven. There are virtually no new autos in the system without multiple options adding between £3k and £8k(!) to the price. I've managed to just put a comfort pack and centre armrest on this one and pay well below list for it. I already have a customer for it willing to pay over list if I decide to out it after it arrives in June
We'll see!
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I quite agree. Have you tried it in the GTi? - works brilliantly with the engine. No wonder Porsche have finally moved away from their uninspiring Tiptronic. The absurd pursuit of more auto gears merely adds weight, complexity and uncertainty, the DSG on the other hand gives you the best of both worlds. I would be tempted by a GTi, but I don't have the space (for a third car....)
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My other friend has a GTi Mk5 DSG. Its a brilliant piece of kit actually the GTi Golf, but I'd have the diesel GT sport as it comes with the sporty seats, firm suspension but more frugal running costs (I rack up 30k miles/yr). If I were you, and did a tad less miles, I'd probably get one.
I'm off to the lake district from Thursday-Sunday and the GTi will be used on the Wyrose, Hardknott, Honister etc as it was last year. The box is splendid.
A DSG is a little heavier IIRC than a normal manual but lighter than a TC auto, which for a sports car like a 911 is an oddity, DSG gives as you say, the best of both, plus more.
However, the Golf has the plus change on a forward push, and the down change a pull back, its counter intuative. A paddleshift is an option, and a much needed one as in manual mode I always went the wrong way.
And really, the only way to tell was either more/less engine braking, and a change in engine note
Well, I picked up my new Audi A1 last week in South London and drove (well queued actually
) my way around the M25 to deliver it straight to a customer. I'm not a car dealer, but a friend of a friend wanted excatly what I ordered back in Feb and was prepared to pay for it. Who was I to refuse
Lovely little car! You could really be in the cockpit of almost any Audi, mostly has the refinement of a larger car although not as quiet at motorway speed as the CLS and dives into corners like a playful kitten
Never owned a car for just a couple of hours before, but if the sums add up I'd do it again!
) my way around the M25 to deliver it straight to a customer. I'm not a car dealer, but a friend of a friend wanted excatly what I ordered back in Feb and was prepared to pay for it. Who was I to refuseLovely little car! You could really be in the cockpit of almost any Audi, mostly has the refinement of a larger car although not as quiet at motorway speed as the CLS and dives into corners like a playful kitten
Never owned a car for just a couple of hours before, but if the sums add up I'd do it again!
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