Do you need to spend £8000+ on options on 2019 AUDI Q3?! 

Thanks again Malcolm!

I think that's why you see so few Mk3 TTs. Until the Mk3 TT, climate was standard but Audi must have copied Porsche because on Boxster/Cayman climate has always been an option. Unfortunately the draw of a Porsche is hard for an Audi to compete with and buyers looked elsewhere

It's important to get the car how you want it and if you keep it for long enough and enjoy the options during that time and get some money back for them when you sell it then that's all you can expect. It's just a case of choosing options that increase the desirability and avoiding those that devalue the car like those orange bits on the Q3.

Hi Cris, yes the sunroof was one touch. I got used to the Jaffa but was always wondering what one of the less in-yer-face colours would have looked like

Good choice Jonny👍

volkswizard thanks mate great reviews

They love extras as they make a lot of money from them. To a degree it's OK because it's customisation/personalisation - if every car had every option every car would be the same which wouldn't be as appealing to owner in this premium segment. I think Seat are making models with a high basic spec under the 'Lux' designation.

3DFX he has a Audi R8 and a Audi a2 now he sold the up gti

I haven't 'left' VW fully, there will be many videos to come on their cars. My Clubsport S ownership came to a dead end, too capable for the road, too precious to track it so I sold it to get some money together to move house and fulfil the R8 dream before I complete. I can't afford to lose much money on cars and the Up! GTI was looking a bit shaky pricewise so this coupled with me having to do more miles commuting meant it had to go and A2 TDI which is better for motorways and less sensitive to miles affecting value took its place & has proven excellent. However I've had a few run-ins with VW recently, the last of which cost me £5000 to replace a DSG box on a Mk7R that was under their warranty and which they caused the failure of, before that was the rusty wing on my Mk5 GTI which they decided had a 10 year body warranty not the 12 it was sold with. Since dieselgate, VW's accountants have been doing everything to cut costs such as rejecting warranty claims, cutting quality and content on cars where you may not notice, putting the cost of parts up, reducing the trade discount on parts (I get a miserable 2% off which is an insult) - basically the customer (many of whom are loyal VW buyers and owners) are bearing the brunt of their criminality and frankly I think that's a wrong. It's made me question why the hell am I making videos promoting the products of a brand that behaves in this questionable way, especially when they are my own cars not press cars (I've asked and they've said no) and are therefore costing me to do so. And this was before the £5k DSG bill came along which was the final nail in the coffin (a video made on this will be made in due course rest assured). I was going to buy a GTI TCR for a bit of fun and to make some videos but even if I could afford to after the £5k bill (I can't), how could I invest £30k + into a brand that has treated me so unfairly mainly to make videos promoting them?

@@volkswizard Okay mate i understand you. Im really sorry you had to deal with all this. When a company is as big as VW, it seems a customer dosent have a lot to say. In general sometimes i prefer smaller companies, because they know they cant afford to mess up their services! And therefore often small companies keeps a good/better service! 👍 But when it comes to car brands, all of them surviving is so big so we may have less options. Anyways, hope your happy with your R8 & that Audi wont let you down. You mentioned ride comfort. Are the dampers on R8 good? Did you ever thought of getting a set of coil overs to improve comfort?

@@tredfxman R8 is mega comfortable on its magnetic ride dampers as long as you don't put it into sport mode. It was a pleasant surprise. In the video when I collected it from Scotland it said was plush "like a limo" which was a bit excessive but it's no worse than say a Golf R on 19" wheels and passive dampers. Mag ride can be problematic and expensive to replace but touch would mine's fine which is probably due to it being a later car. I'd be reluctant to fit coilovers as the aluminium space frame may not be strong enough to deal with the harder shocks they can exert upon it from our awful UK roads.

I've checked the configurator and with S line selected it makes a point of saying that the flat bottom £250 wheel includes paddles when it doesn't for the standard wheel. I doubt this link will work but here you go www.uk.audi.com/uk/web/en/models/q3/q3/equipment.html#

@@volkswizard only if its non manual

I've got for sale a whole 2018 Up! Beats TSI 90 for only a bit more!

It was a while ago but don't think so on the S line.On newer Audis if you spec lane assist, this means you have to have a round steering wheel