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View Poll Results: So what to do ?
Keep the A7. Its epic, new and has all the toys. 10 40.00%
Let the A7 go. An RS6 is too much to resist. 15 60.00%
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Old 4th December 2014, 11:16 PM
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WTF! Tesla?
Good guess….

PS - I love the way this poll result keeps shifting, though I suspect Ian only really wanted it to ratify the decision he'd already made (even if only subconsciously… )
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WTF! Tesla?
The guy who I mentioned was selling his RS 6 earlier in this thread has a Tesla on order, and has just bought a demo as a stop gap. Tried ordering a brand new RS 6, but it didn't work out as factory ordering was closed so had his deposit back.

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Must go try one at some point - there's a dealer opened in Crawley where Merc used to be. Quite a few people at work have tried them....
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Old 6th December 2014, 09:15 PM
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Tesla. The only other cars to grab my attention is the past few years. Nice choice
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Well, the poll confirmed my subconscious thoughts...... 13 to 7 at the mo so its a clear majority.

I took a look at this last week:









Ticks a lorra lorra boxes I can tell you. Its a plus, so its a 2010 with 3G MMi, leather dash, exclusive interior and carbon engine covers. Black optics, TV, sunroof, ACC, Soft close and advance key to name a few.

But its got the optional bloody bucket seats which (a) are actually frickin uncomfortable for a man of my size and (b) in light colours really show up its 73000 miles by means of wear on the bolsters. Such a shame as otherwise its a nice piece of kit, albeit a bit overpriced @ £35K imo.

The odd thing is that you might look at these photos and think wow that's cool, where I looked in the cabin and thought 'wow, that's dated' - Funny how quickly you adjust to the new stuff...... I need a late model RS6 Plus with a high spec just to feel like I'm not sliding too far backwards....

Still there aint no replacement for displacement, so lets press on for now...

I've sent my cherished plate off to be removed from the A7, and I've dropped the price on the ad so we'll see if we can find it a new home first and then I'll see about looking a bit more seriously at this RS6 lark.....
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Old 9th December 2014, 09:10 AM
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Very nice - I agree about the seats though (not sure you'd let your kids in there very often..), though I think I'd call the interior classic rather than dated. Good luck with the hunt for the "right" one..
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Where is it dated looks amazing to me. But I do drive a D2.
I usually prefer black seats but these light ones with the black interior look really good, nice contrast.
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I like the external colour a lot, but not sure I could live with the interior colour scheme!
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you would see the skid marks on the seats :P
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you would see the skid marks on the seats :P
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