Really good to read your initial thoughts fredgroves, I’d been looking forward to this thread.
As SR says, it’s far more informative than the so called influencers to the layman who might actually be in the process of buying or considering doing so.
You forgot to mention how nice the steering wheel is to hold!
A strange thing but it’s actually one of the things I like most about the car.
Although I only see the car in the dark most days I still find the plastic on parts of the door cards (such as the door grab handles) plus the centre console pretty low rent.
The windscreen reflections are less than those in the 1 Series.
What I do have though are annoying reflections in the driver’s side window. When looking dead ahead I keep seeing the white lines on the road reflected in the corner of my right eye which is distracting. Almost like a pulsating white light descending in line with the door mirror.
I’ve recently noticed the temporary disabled front system warning seems to come up at almost the same time each journey (circa four minutes) and there’s still no clue as to when the car has decided it’s all operating fine again.
The wheel arch areas have almost zero sound insulation you’ll notice the first time you drive over some loose chippings at low speed. No wonder Golfs suffer a lot of tyre roar.
The AID displays GPS provided warning triangles even when approaching unsigned sharp bends in the road.
The speed limit and warning sign icons are tiny which means someone becoming a bit long sighted such as me can’t see the icon at all well.
HUD probably displays it much clearer(?). I don’t miss the HUD after having it in the BMW as the AID is really nice to look at, but if I was driving on unfamiliar roads quite often I think the HUD would be a massive boon.
Just like the M135i, depending on which AID dial selection you select there is no current gear selected number when in normal D mode which niggles me. In S or manual the number appears.
Incidentally, despite having no DCC I’m increasingly impressed with the ride quality of the Clubsport considering the car came on 18’s and is now running hefty 19’s.
Like yourself Fred, Audi Nardo really appealed to me and Moonstone is a very attractive and easy to maintain shade of grey. It would definitely be my pick of the palette for a daily driver.
