fdot

Just wondering where all my euro c7 owners are

Richard_B

Give me a few days - UK based C7 coming up in a week, from stock, in Phantom Black

fdot

sweet good luck... any access to a vagcom cable?

Richard_B

Not yet, I have read the thread with all the mods and there are certainly a few I will try and get done - I love the dial sweep (and had it in my Lexus 5 yrs ago!), possibly Video in Motion and then will look at the others.

It reminds me of another car I had a fair few years ago (new generation Saab 9-3 in 2003) - when you picked the car up the dealer gave you a huge booklet of options to choose from and they would set on the car ECU for you pretty much the same as the VAG.COM stuff - you could either have it as 'standard' or make changes to pretty much everything.

fvike

Got a Phantom Black 2011 C7. I picked it up in Paderborn, Germany a month ago. I then drove it home to Norway. The car is a 3.0 TDI Quattro, but it is the detuned 204 hp version. I got great milage on my way north, had it at 59 MPG at its best. When I was home, it was 54 MPG due to the more mountainous terrain and curvier roads. On the Autobahn @ 80-85 mph I got around 50 MPG, which is fantastic for a car this size with four wheel drive and an automatic (S-Tronic). The tradeoff was obviously top speed, it ran out of steam around 135 mph. It's listed at 150 mph, but it's a slow push to get up there from 135. But that's ok with me, it's quick up to speed, and pulls like a frighttrain (331 lb.ft. of torque).


Me at the drivers door. This is an stopover in Hamburg.

It has a lot of options; Comfort seats with memory, milano black leather, Walnut extended dark brown panels, MMI Touch, digital TV and radio reception, DVD changer, Audi Music Interface, ambientlightning, sunroof, High Beam assist, 3-spoke heated multifunction steeringwheel, Audi Pre Sense Plus (Side assist, Active lane assist, adaptive cruise control, PDC system), 4 zone AC, 4 seatheaters, storage package, through-load facility with removable ski/snowboard bag, programmable car heater, heat and sound insulating glass, bi-xenon, electric sun blind for rear window and manual sun blinds for rear side windows. And the dealership had VIM'ed it

The only things I miss about this car is BOSE and rear backup camera. Perhaps the advanced key, since there already is a start button, but It's no biggie with me.

Richard_B

Nice car, even a passer by is giving it a second look! It looks like you had fun on the options list as well, there doesn't appear to be much missing!

fvike

Thanks, I actually baught this car used; it's been used by an Audi employee for 5 months. It had 11000 km/6835 mi on the clock, and was advertised for 40% under new price. So I just had to pull the trigger on that one. Unbelivable deal, because I also get the german VAT (19%) refunded, because I exported the car.

lostnspace

Nice deal! I got a similiar deal (lol, well mine was around 15%...but still good nonetheless) my car came with 3400 miles on it, the sales manager was driving it around. I was amazed how much they dropped the price and still gave me an additional $2K off because I was Lexus owner.

Richard_B

That is amazing value - the used ones in the UK are hardly any cheaper!

fdot

I'm curious to know how the euro spec taillights are different from ours. And also If you can see videos and cover art using your iPod