Hi fellow B7ers! I thought I'd regale you with some history since I recently acquired the contemporary catalogue to my car; most likely the very catalogue that the original owner would have looked at and priced up in May 2006, from Wakefield Audi, Yorkshire. The catalogue is dated 6/6/2006 but the prices were still then current, changing in July. My car is a more or less standard 140PS 2.0TDI S-line Avant 6 speed manual, with the only extras being GSM phone prep in the armrest, Black pearlescent paint and Symphony II 6 CD/FM/AM/Cassette; standard black Stratos cloth interior. Until August of 2006 Audi threw in the 8J x 18 5 spoke alloy wheels, we now know as 'Ronal' free; otherwise they were £1550 extra (7J x17 ' 5 parallel twin spoke standard outside of this offer); presumably in lieu of discount, though I can't be sure since I reckon my car was undoubtedly a 'company' vehicle and the long life service for the first 90K of it's life + cloth seats (I think a private buyer would have still plumped for Volterra leather even at £1250 extra - Valcona at £1650 might have been pushing it) would support that. So I've arrived at (all prices inclusive of VAT) :
Base price 2.0TDI 140 Avant OTR (number plates, delivery charge and half a tank of gas included) : £23, 205
S-Line option: £750 (the S-Line SE was quoted as a complete price but the standard S-Line had an option price, from the base model)
GSM mobile phone prep in the armrest: £540
Universal cradle: £100
Symphony II radio: £265
Black pearlescent paint: £550
Total: £25,410.
According to the Bank Of England inflation calculator that would now be around £41,798, which is not bad considering the quality of new cars these days, I reckon.
There are some anomalies in the catalogue, for instance, in order to have the GSM armrest prep, both multi-function steering wheel (standard on the S-Line) and DIS (not standard) was necessary. My car like all standard S-lines has no trip computer nor button on the end of the stalk but it does have Autocheck, service interval and door checks, including bonnet/hatch, which were apparently classed as part of 'DIS'. I wonder if all S-lines without GSM have that too, I imagine so. Neither am I sure if you had also to pay for the armrest extra (£140).
Anyway I hope some of you may find this boring nerdy stuff, born out of an idle moment, of interest. Missed the Symphony radio and BOE inflation error so edited.
Base price 2.0TDI 140 Avant OTR (number plates, delivery charge and half a tank of gas included) : £23, 205
S-Line option: £750 (the S-Line SE was quoted as a complete price but the standard S-Line had an option price, from the base model)
GSM mobile phone prep in the armrest: £540
Universal cradle: £100
Symphony II radio: £265
Black pearlescent paint: £550
Total: £25,410.
According to the Bank Of England inflation calculator that would now be around £41,798, which is not bad considering the quality of new cars these days, I reckon.
There are some anomalies in the catalogue, for instance, in order to have the GSM armrest prep, both multi-function steering wheel (standard on the S-Line) and DIS (not standard) was necessary. My car like all standard S-lines has no trip computer nor button on the end of the stalk but it does have Autocheck, service interval and door checks, including bonnet/hatch, which were apparently classed as part of 'DIS'. I wonder if all S-lines without GSM have that too, I imagine so. Neither am I sure if you had also to pay for the armrest extra (£140).
Anyway I hope some of you may find this boring nerdy stuff, born out of an idle moment, of interest. Missed the Symphony radio and BOE inflation error so edited.
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I really hanker for the trip computer (mainly for the bulb out + actual bulb warning - always catches me and I'll drive around with one out -like an embarrassing number plate light - until I run OBDEleven) , I'll get around to retrofitting it one day.
