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I've spent years driving 'run of the mill' company cars - Ford F*uckeye, Ford Mundane, Vauxhall Vasectomy etc etc.
Imagine the joy when the company gave the chance to opt of their car scheme and take a cash alternative.
At last the choice to have a decent car.
Better still they even negotiated a group deal thro' a vehicle management company to enable those opting out to get their car at a discount price with very low finance.
Win - Win.
The real bonus though is the car.
After driving the afore mentioned sh-ite for years the Audi is simply superb! I've only had it 5 weeks and I've cleaned it more times than I did my old Vectra in 3 years. I must be happy with it!
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You're hardly comparing like with like though,pricewise.
My lack of enthusiasm about my car (verging on contempt) is the fact that it cost £24400 and ownership has shown me it simply isn't worth it.
I could put up with rattles in a 'rep box' that cost up to £10000 less (or even £7000 less if you go for a good spec one).
If Audi want to charge a premium price,they should give a premium product,but there's little in the build quality of my A3 to suggest it's any better than anything else and,arguably,it's worse than some.
My A4 was a different story.It didn't have any rattles and was very refined.It felt like a premium motor and I never felt like I had been 'ripped off'.It barely saw the dealer either,apart from servicing.
This thing's been in for rattles at least 3 times.
Seriously,people often gasp when I tell them the price of the car and I have to agree with them.
If it was more refined and better built,I'd probably stick up for it more.
Okay,I couldn't get a test drive of my car prior to ordering,but was it so naive of me to expect at least the same levels of refinement and build quality as my A4 ?
I don't think so,but evidently I was.