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Offline monkeyhanger

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Re: What have you done to your mk8 today?
« Reply #1060 on: 19 June 2025, 20:44 »
S3, but my recent selling experience has been as follows:

Chasing a new RS3 with decent discount, offered £27.5k in PX for my May 2023 S3 with about £3k options. Thought it was worth £31-32k through Carwow or Motorway - I have used Motorway twice before with success. This time around, advised reserve price was £29k on motorway and £30.4k with Carwow. Set both up and waited for the bids. Motorway best bid was £30880, Carwow was £31050. Went with Carwow - the buyer was a local prestige used car company. Turned up, he had a very quick look around and settled up. My car was pristine apart from a single stone chip on the leading edge of the bumper that was disclosed prior to the auction, and I had the 5 year factory warranty, which was apparently a deciding factor. It's up for sale for 10% more than they paid - not a greedy markup.
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Re: What have you done to your mk8 today?
« Reply #1061 on: 22 June 2025, 21:09 »
Before and after shot of paddle replacement.

Before. Paddles? What paddles?



After. How it should be from factory.


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Offline JoeGTI

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Re: What have you done to your mk8 today?
« Reply #1062 on: 22 June 2025, 21:52 »
Massive improvement!  :laugh:
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Offline Exonian

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Re: What have you done to your mk8 today?
« Reply #1063 on: 22 June 2025, 22:06 »
It beggars belief that the ED50 doesn’t come with those paddles.
Neat little mod  :cool:
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Re: What have you done to your mk8 today?
« Reply #1064 on: 23 September 2025, 16:02 »
Collected it! Nearly new 8.5 Clubsport in Oryx white, Black Edition, Performance Pack with HUD and area view. Feeling a bit overloaded by tech and options at the moment but settling in gradually. Had to google how to put a postcode into the satnav...



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Offline Dav3smith

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Re: What have you done to your mk8 today?
« Reply #1065 on: 23 September 2025, 17:22 »
Cracker that @watts. No expense spared, enjoy that.
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Re: What have you done to your mk8 today?
« Reply #1066 on: 23 September 2025, 17:58 »
Ahh, there it is Watts, been looking forward to seeing this one.
As Hertsman says, once you’ve set up most of the stuff (which isn’t as daunting as it seems) you don’t really ever touch most of it again.
Two presses at the start of each journey kills the lane assist.
Hit a mist patch and the headlight don’t come on? Just a press of the touchpad.
Windows steam up - one press and that’s sorted.
Get in on a cold day, steering wheel heats up on its own - bliss!
After a very short time the minimalist interior is actually a positive.

Lovely spec car though, would’ve cost an absolute bomb to buy new, and an even bigger bomb to buy new on PCP. Comparative bargain as a lightly used purchase  :cool:

One thing I really wanted was area view as it’s so useful but alas mine doesn’t have it.

The darkened headlamps with the black pack look badass and a great contrast with the white.

Does it have DCC?

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Re: What have you done to your mk8 today?
« Reply #1067 on: 23 September 2025, 18:13 »
Quote from: Dav3smith on 23 September 2025, 17:22
Cracker that @watts. No expense spared, enjoy that.

Cheers!

Quote from: Exonian on 23 September 2025, 17:58
Ahh, there it is Watts, been looking forward to seeing this one.
As Hertsman says, once you’ve set up most of the stuff (which isn’t as daunting as it seems) you don’t really ever touch most of it again.
Two presses at the start of each journey kills the lane assist.
Hit a mist patch and the headlight don’t come on? Just a press of the touchpad.
Windows steam up - one press and that’s sorted.
Get in on a cold day, steering wheel heats up on its own - bliss!
After a very short time the minimalist interior is actually a positive.

Lovely spec car though, would’ve cost an absolute bomb to buy new, and an even bigger bomb to buy new on PCP. Comparative bargain as a lightly used purchase  :cool:

One thing I really wanted was area view as it’s so useful but alas mine doesn’t have it.

The darkened headlamps with the black pack look badass and a great contrast with the white.

Does it have DCC?

I am quite liking the minimalist look (barring the screen). Yet to figure out how to do radio presets, at the moment it just lists every DAB station on the planet.. Been through menu after menu trying to get things set but quite a bit isn't obvious what they're on about. Or I'm just getting too old :laugh:

Yes, it has DCC which went straight on to comfort. So far seems less crashy than those in the TCR. The original owner ticked most options, of the biggies only a sunroof and HK were missed off. I think it came in at around £51k! But where do I load my CDs???
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Re: What have you done to your mk8 today?
« Reply #1068 on: 23 September 2025, 18:19 »
You load your CD’s into a box and put them into the attic! 😁
CarPlay is where it’s at.

The radio has a favourites setting, go in there, hit the + ‘button’ and add your choices from the list.
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Re: What have you done to your mk8 today?
« Reply #1069 on: 23 September 2025, 18:22 »
Quote from: Exonian on 23 September 2025, 18:19
You load your CD’s into a box and put them into the attic! 😁
CarPlay is where it’s at.

The radio has a favourites setting, go in there, hit the + ‘button’ and add your choices from the list.

Thanks! Will get that sorted tomorrow. As for carplay, I have a 15yo Nokia :whistle:
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