Good luck with the A1 pick up. Mind every new Audi should come with half a tank of fuel as per the brochure details.
All the best in your new job / quest / venture
p3asa: Almost 2/3 of a tank and a big bunch of flowers for the missus. Brought it home, gave it a proper G-Techniq W1 wash and then a coat of C2V3 all round - feels Teflon coated now.
So It's a Floret Silver metallic 1.6TDI Sport with Comfort pack (high beam assist, auto wipers/lights, cruise, autodimming rear view mirror, rear parking sensors) + front parking sensors + Hill Hold.
Only tiny gripe is that they left some clear plastic film panels on the car, in front of where the rear wheel arch flares out - the edge of that film will be a grit trap and it'll yellow over time - I need to get them to remove it next week from both sides.
Have a few pics with the Missus behind the wheel with a big grin on her face. That grin will soon be wiped off as I just drove her into Newcastle and dropped her off at the match (not expecting much from a game against Chelsea).
The 16 mile round trip was a little slow and congested and the car managed 56mpg on its first proper journey. First impressions are it is the most comfortable car of its size I have driven. The manual 5 speed box is very smooth, the tyre roar and wind noise is a lot higher than that of my R, but that's not unexpected on a car of this size.
Was surprised to see a lack of spare tyre - a bottle of gunk, a compressor and the battery where I was expecting the spare wheel to be. Need to ensure I always yank the handbrake on when I park up. The radio presets were a little fiddly to set up, but the MMI is easier to navigate once they're in there than VW's touch screen.
A nice touch was plastic covers to the cut out parts of the carpet floor near the seat runners - as someone who has their seat back one notch from the furthest point back, I always find the visible cut-outs on the VW to look a little cheap.
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