My current Mondeo (which was the inspiration for this blog site to commence) is overdue for replacement. It was supposed to be replaced at 70,000 miles or 3 years, well it is way past on both counts there!
My speedo, thanks to the wondrous reliability of the Convers+ system is currently on 34,000 miles. Ok, it’s not 70,000 miles you say! But then it doesn’t take into consideration the 60,000 or so I had on the clock before the Ford dealer changed the bloody central console. So the total, which to be fair is possibly 1000 out either way, is about 96,000 now.
Anyway the car I am interested in replacing it with is the Audi A3 S-Line Cabriolet.
I had a test drive for a week in the Sport model of the Cabriolet, it was awesome!
You can check out some footage on YouTube if you feel so inclined…
So the issue I have is that the car is quite expensive and a bit of a tax burden.
It’s £28,000 base price, which on my car allowance will cost me £27 a month out of my salary. This is fine as my Mondeo is much worse for Co2 emissions and therefore costs more on the old tax. So the A3 is well offset by the money saved by the Co2 being so low on the Audi (119 for the record).
But I want to add some options (as you do), which pushes the price up somewhat!
That said, it’s not the end of the world…. but… thanks to income tax changes, NI increases and my company final salary pension changing to a new scheme I am now £100 a month worse off in my take home pay!
So I need to choose wisely…. as I am stuck with it for 2 years minimum.
So these are the options that I wanted originally, the ones in BLUE are the ones I am proposing to get.
- Sound Pack (Symphony CD/Radio, iPod dock, BOSE Premium Sound System)
- Storage Pack
- Comfort Pack (Lights/Dimming Mirror/Cruise Control/Rear Parking Sensor/Auto Wipers)
- Tyre Pressure
- Folding Door Mirrors
- Hi-Beam Assist
- Xenon Headlight
- Bluetooth
- Reversible Boot Mat
- Front Parking Sensor
Well there you have it… I need to study costs and think ahead. This is the car I want, I haven’t got a second choice car (well apart from the Audi A3 Sportback Black Edition).
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