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Re: Thinking if i can, of adding the following options, your views?
« Reply #10 on: 30 November 2009, 13:23 »
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Re: Thinking if i can, of adding the following options, your views?
« Reply #11 on: 30 November 2009, 13:26 »
To ease the extra 3 months it looks like i will probably have to wait im thinking if i can of adding a few more options. Im going to email my choice in the morning so your views on them quickly would be apreciated?

I blaim it all on this forum :grin:

1) ACC Adaptive chassis control
2) 18" monza shadows
3) Cruise control
4) Luxury pack
5) Sunroof
6) Tire presure monitor

I haven't actually driven a car with ACC so can't comment.

I would personally order it on 17s and put the money towards 19s.

Cruise control is great and well worth the money.

Lux pack is not important.

Sunroof is a nice option but the money could be better spent on RCD510 and Dynaudio.

Don't get the TPM. You should know yourself when you have a soft tyre! Spend the £35 on a nice set of mats.

As said before though you do risk putting your build week back even more by changing the spec.
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Re: Thinking if i can, of adding the following options, your views?
« Reply #12 on: 30 November 2009, 14:53 »
Snoopy, your surname isn't Gould by any chance?
Maybe you should think about whether to change from blue to Steel Grey? Or White? Or Black? Red's nice too.... :grin:
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Re: Thinking if i can, of adding the following options, your views?
« Reply #13 on: 30 November 2009, 15:01 »
To ease the extra 3 months it looks like i will probably have to wait im thinking if i can of adding a few more options. Im going to email my choice in the morning so your views on them quickly would be apreciated?

I blaim it all on this forum :grin:

1) ACC Adaptive chassis control
2) 18" monza shadows
3) Cruise control
4) Luxury pack
5) Sunroof
6) Tire presure monitor

I think you should go for whatever you want and not take any notice of anyone else........
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Re: Thinking if i can, of adding the following options, your views?
« Reply #14 on: 30 November 2009, 15:39 »
1) ACC Adaptive chassis control
2) 18" monza shadows
3) Cruise control
4) Luxury pack
5) Sunroof
6) Tire presure monitor

1) ACC Adaptive chassis control - Yes
2) 18" monza shadows - Yes
3) Cruise control - Yes
4) Luxury pack - Yes
5) Sunroof - No
6) Tire presure monitor - No

Cruise control is like a dishwasher, if you've never had one it will seem pointless. But for those who've had a dishwasher wouldn't ever go without one again... :wink:

Personally, I wouldn't ever buy a car that DOESN'T have cruise. The usual 'motorway miles' excuse is rubbish, I use it everywhere.
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Re: Thinking if i can, of adding the following options, your views?
« Reply #15 on: 30 November 2009, 15:51 »
Personally, I wouldn't ever buy a car that DOESN'T have cruise. The usual 'motorway miles' excuse is rubbish, I use it everywhere.

I find it useful when out in Europe or here in an average speed limit area or when driving at night. Everywhere else there's too much traffic for me to be bothered to keep switching it on and off all the time. Plus on a long run I get better mpg without using it.
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Re: Thinking if i can, of adding the following options, your views?
« Reply #16 on: 30 November 2009, 16:05 »
Plus on a long run I get better mpg without using it.

 :shocked:       I'm the opposite!

Where the law doesn't allow, or there's no point in hard acceleration (i.e. just about all motorways around me at peak times  :rolleyes:), I whack on the cruise and relax.

There's not much extra return in MPG terms, but I think the difference in comfort makes it worth it.

Each to their own, I guess :afro:
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Re: Thinking if i can, of adding the following options, your views?
« Reply #17 on: 30 November 2009, 17:46 »
Thanks for all the replys

are you not in danger of putting your build date back even further by adding these on at such a late date?
Its one of the things i have asked.
At this present time for my car, I now don't even have a provisional build week anymore!!! This is something you normally get within 3 weeks of ordering not over 3 months. :grin:
At the end of the day if it delays it a bit longer i can put up with it as it may get winter over with at this rate :grin: As it is looking like March anyway :shocked:

Snoopy, your surname isn't Gould by any chance?
Maybe you should think about whether to change from blue to Steel Grey? Or White? Or Black? Red's nice too.... :grin:
Nope  :grin: Colour is set, i have asked about colour in the past though :grin:
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Re: Thinking if i can, of adding the following options, your views?
« Reply #18 on: 30 November 2009, 19:16 »

Personally i find cruise control can be borderline dangerous when on the motorways. Since there is no radar distance control (for uk spec cars) you can find yourself approaching the backs of other vehicles all too quickly.

Relaxing too much at speed is a bad thing!!


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Re: Thinking if i can, of adding the following options, your views?
« Reply #19 on: 01 December 2009, 18:29 »

Thanks for all the help i emailed but still waiting for a reply. :undecided:
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