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Highest factory spec car
Prize value £20 A8parts discount voucher to be redeemed before 30th June 2010. We will decide the winner between 26th and 31st December so happy new year to the winner...
We need photo evidence of all factory options fitted to your car. The car with the highest number of ticks in boxes wins. Remember, this is one of those weird compos where a 2.8 has a good chance as something like an S8 has loads of kit as standard... :D Enjoy +++ |
My S8
No entries in here yet...? :Confused:
As Ian says, it's quite possible that a 2.8 A8 will easily 'outspec' mine in terms of factory options, but I'm gonna have a go anyway - full details to follow this evening... ;) |
Mine's pretty standard spec. final edition s8, but here goes, to get things going
(description as per the ad from Ian when he sold it, nothing added by me, other than Ian's Euro SatNav, which I borrowed in October, and keep meaning to mail back....) • Sports leather recaro interior. • Full Bose, Blinds, GSM Phone Prep, Xenon plus & 20" 9 spoke alloys • 4.2 V8 360Bhp, • 5 speed tiptronic gearbox with steering wheel controls, • Full Colour SatNav plus with 5" screen, TV (defunct) and teletext, • Double glazed electric windows all round with anti trap feature, • Twin front armrests with illumination and storage, • Heated electric folding chrome door mirrors, • Dual climate control with auto recirc and resting heater function, • Full colour driver information system, • Parking sensors front and rear, • 6 Cd Changer, Electric pre select sunroof, • Front fog lights, • Quattro permanent 4 wheel drive, Cruise Control, • Headlamp wash, front and rear reading lamps, • Full size spare wheel, airbags front rear roof and side, • Electric steering wheel adjustment, • 4 memories for drivers seat steering wheel seatbelt mirrors • Climate configurable to adjust when car opened with different keys, • 'Sports' gearbox function. |
erm, ok then. Mines a 2.8 with the following options fitted. Ahem.
17" competition wheels Bose Blinds Solar roof Double glazing A sport steering wheel (i think, looks like an s8 one but doesn't say S8?) Heated Leather all round Memory seat for driver folding mirrors (including a pass mirror that lowers when reversing is that standard? ) debadged Since i'm not sure what else is standardy standard for a 2.8 so i'll stop there......... |
go on then as its xmas i will have a go.
all factory fit items as follows. special order blue metalic paint (only one of a kind s8 in this country) removable factory towbar with fold down electrics auto ranging bi-xenon head lights( low and high beam xenon) with high pressure washers. electricaly heated windscreen with automatic tempreture control( ideal for those cold frosty mornings) through load ski bag acoustic parking aid front and rear heat and uv insulating double glazing all round electricaly heated and folding exterior mirrors with auto dimming and reverse kerb parking feature heated door locks audi navagation plus with TMC, 6 disc auto-changer, tv with teletext and 2no audio/ video inputs in armrest removable nokia mobile phone with factory hands free feature electronicaly controled 5 speed automatic gearbox with dynamic shift program(DSP) and tiptronic including sports feature 4.2 40valve v8 engine with 360bhp permanent quattro all wheel drive with electronic differential lock (EDL) ESP with ABS and ASR sports leather steering wheel with tiptronic controls polished aluminium s8 door kick plates full cream leather recaro sports seats with memory and heating. matching cream interior with contrasting vavona hardwood inlays and facia plus many standard fit items including dis, cruise control, sun roof, fog lights, full size spare wheel etc +++ |
OK, here's mine
In the spirit of my understanding of this competition, I will list only those items which are factory options (and not all the standard features).
For those of you who don't know the car, it is a 2002 FL in Dolphin Grey with leather/alcantara combination interior. The factory/dealer options are :- * Bose sound system * TV tuner with teletext for Sat Nav Plus * Electric rear blind and manual side blinds * Heated rear seats * Solar panel tilt/slide sunroof * Autodipping interior and exterior mirrors * Multifunction tiptronic steering wheel * GSM Phone preparation in passenger arm rest * Xenon plus headlights * Servotronic speed sensitive power steering * Enhanced Leather pack III including leather to lower half of dashboard, sides of transmission tunnel and alcantara covering to roof, parcelshelf and upper A/B/C pillars * Rear seat entertainment including drop down Sony 7" screen, 10 disc Sony DVD changer and Sony playstation with 2 infra red headphones all colour co-ordinated and integrated seamlessly into the rear. Supplied with all instructions. * 5 x 20" 9 spoke 'RS4 style' Final Edition wheels. The only modifications which have been made to the car are an R8 oil filler cap and 'S' style valve caps ;) |
Eh? I thought the 4.2 quattra didn't come with ESP or any form of stability/traction control?
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Special paint towbar Bixenon Auto dimming Heated front screen with heat & UV reflective glass (came as one item) Tv tuner (Sat nav was standard on S8) Handsfree GSM phone prep Score of 7 for Darren.... not bad.. +++ |
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Extras (assuming its a sport) Bose Binds Solar Twin Pane Heated rear seats Score of 5 (pending photo review)... :D |
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So, extra factory options are: Bose TV Tuner Solar Roof Auto Dip mirrors Multifunction tip steering wheel GSM phone prep Xenon plus Servotronic Enhanced leather pack 3 (includes blinds & Heated rear seats) The RS Entertainment was technically a dealer fit option, and I'm not sure as to whether the 20" wheels were definitely available to order at the time that car was built, so they might be more of an aftermarket enhancement, but at 9 points its a clear leader, and if anyone gets too close to that, I'm feeling fairly confident that Dolphin Grey may well have been special order paint, which would get another point in there.... I'd have to double check though +++ |
Were Clive's factory fitted options of A8Parts fitted options?
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A bit of both I think Richard, so we'll have to let Ian adjudicate on that, as he knows exactly what the answer is... ;)
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Oli might be in with a chance on this, I was just looking through old threads on the photo gallery section of the forum.
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OK, I'll give it a go, forgive some of my descriptions but I have the following fitted to my 2002 S8, in Avus Silver.
The factory options I have are :- Bose sound system TV tuner with teletext for Sat Nav Plus Electric rear blind and manual side blinds Heated rear seats Metal Sunroof - dunno if this was optional GSM Phone preparation in passenger arm rest Xenon plus headlights Servotronic speed sensitive power steering Enhanced Leather pack III including leather to lower half of dashboard, sides of transmission tunnel and alcantara covering to roof, parcelshelf and upper A/B/C pillars Rear seat entertainment including drop down Sony 7" screen, 10 disc Sony DVD changer and Sony playstation with 2 infra red headphones all colour co-ordinated and integrated seamlessly into the rear. This was factory fitted in my car. 5 x 20" 9 spoke 'RS4 style' Final Edition wheels. Leather/Alcantara Recaro front seats with the rear seats trimmed in full leather. Plus my car went through the Individual by quattro program. Some interesting trim and colour options, including the Avus Silver paint, tan/cream interior colour and black painted brake callipers. To be honest I can't say what of this was optional or not. |
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I'll try and compete in the other categories though! +++ |
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Solar roof, Sat Nav, TV, Bose, Blinds, Servotronic, Xenons makes 7.... GSM phone and autodip mirrors were standard early facelift. It did have electric heated rears, skit hatch & multifunction steering wheel also before we 'sported' it, which would have seen you pretty much on top...<doh> +++ |
I think the low spec factory cars deserve more pampering from
A8 Parts, mine came with nothing, not even auto dimming mirrors. Mind you Audi reckon I have a special order paint! |
so, how would i tell if its a sport? Anything i should take a picture of to see its spec. The seats are not sporty figure hugging types, just big old armchairs in black leather, it don't got quattro, and being debadged it doesn't say what it is.....the documents just call it a 2.8 auto :/
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just like to update my details. had a look in my service book to see the optional equipment. as well as the items listed above i also have bose sound and servotronic steering.dont know if any of the other items were optional.
also include a list of my codes also found a code decoder http://igorweb.org/equidec/Default.aspx |
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So, that puts Darren on 9, and Clive on 9. I've also double-checked the S8 brochure, and Dolphin grey was a standard colour, so no extra points there for Clive..... Its neck and neck.... +++ |
Right, so this is looking like a draw right now, so I have a proposition:
Under the normal rules, the prize would be split 50 / 50, however in the spitit of making it a little more interesting, I propose that we offer a 'double or nothing' option for the two competitors where we could decide the winner based on the highest value of factory options fitted..... The winner of this decider would thus get the whole prize, and the loser would get nothing, but would get an itemised list of options fitted to their car.... Let me know your thoughts guys, if you both agreee i'll dig out the price guide as i've genuinely no idea right now whos would win.... +++ |
I'm happy with that Ian +++ (and havent, honestly, compared the 2 lists to see which might be ahead...)
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you the "boss" ian. i go with that. pistols at dawn then clive +++
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Ok, so here are the results....:
On the road price of the basic car, inc VAT etc = £54760 Option prices: Special order paint £940 Towbar £850 Bixenons £185 Auto Dip mirrors £490 Heated Front screen £350 TV Tuner £705 GSM Phone Prep £400 Bose £500 Servotronic £265 Solar Roof £510 Multifunction S/wheel £135 Enhanced Leather pack III £3995 (yes, nearly 4 grand... ) So, Darren comes in at £4685 worth of factory options, where Clive comes in with a staggering £7185 making Clive the winner of this compo.... |
Yippee!
Thanks Ian +++
Well, it all adds up and amazing how much the Leather Pack III was! When you then add in the FE wheels and rear entertainment system, the total cost of the car would have been pushing towards £70k... |
congrats.....now can someone tell me what makes a sport a sport so i can figure out if mines a jumped up sport or a rare rogue standard '8.....please :)
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3 Spoke steering wheel although some standard A8s can also come with these as standard. But you will also have lower suspension (30mm?) Recaro seats, they say recaro on the side towards the carpet. It will also have 245/45/18 sport alloys.
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Not reccaro seats and its got 17" competition 'loys so its a rare rogue '8, Joy, from the previous post i reckon i must get 8 points then :D i'll take a proud second!
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You can check your options at the web site below
http://igorweb.org/equidec/ The sticker in the spare wheel well in the boot has the codes and also in the service book IIRC. Just type them in and you get a list of your factory fitted options. Mine had sod all. If this has been posted before in the same thread I apologise but I'm finishing off the wine from last night and can't be arsed reading the thread again. :D |
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