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1 hour ago, Epistone13 said:

Update on the Audi Connect licences.

Visited the dealer as per the advice from the Audi Digital Services team, dealer not sure what to do but messaged the Audi Sales office in the first instance who pointed her back to the Audi Digital Services team full circle and the following morning I got a pushed update to update the licenses.

Attached are before and after shots. 

Thanks for the update mate

20 minutes ago, Epistone13 said:

Finally got it delivered on Tuesday of this week, what a fiasco. 

Car has been in UK since 15th July.  Finance team screwed up paperwork and took them a week to sort it meaning there was no time to arrange delivery before I went on holiday on 23rd. Came back on 3rd August with an arranged delivery date of 4th. Got a call on 4th to say it had a warning light whilst loading for delivery and it was being sent to inspection centre. Part needed ordering came last Thursday 11th and Delivery arranged for Tuesday 16th.

It was !Removed! filthy when it came off the transporter,  and had 138 miles on the clock, cheeky buggers must have driven it to the inspection centre and never bothered to clean it afterwards. I've had second hand cars delivered in better condition.  No covers on the seats or steering wheel, Still had the drivers mobile devices listed in the MMI too.

Anyway it's all cleaned up now and only issue I have is the Audi Connect doesn't seem to have activated correctly,  licence is showing as Demo till December 2023, but I should have a 36 month subscription.  I've raised a ticket with the digital support team.

That must have been frustrating and annoying but glad you've finally got it now. Cheeky of them to deliver it with 138 miles though!  
I have the exact same issue with the Audi connect but haven't done anything about it yet. 

7 minutes ago, longy_uk said:

Nardo Grey Carbon Black with C&S, Red Callipers and Sport Exhaust. Managed to get a great deal and my current A6 just gets handed back. Been watching fuel prices rising with nothing but regret lol! 

My review on the C8 A6 40tfsi coming from the C7 2.0tdi is that its brilliant - the technology is out of this world, love the dash, love big screens and the B&O is outstanding! Only thing I'm still disappointed about is the part pleather; a car of this calibre (£50k+) should have full leather as my C7 did. Other than that I simply cant fault it! Economy (for me) is 35.6mpg average over 4600 miles. so basically 10mpg less than the diesel equivalent. 

 

Looks like petrol prices at least are gradually dropping though. 
 

On the A6, yeah I agree that it would be nice to have full leather but the interior is so well built I can't really complain. One thing that I found pleasantly surprising was the amount of space on offer inside the car. I'm well over 6ft and am able to get a comfortable seating position without making the seat behind me useless which was all but impossible in my old car (Jaguar XF)

The active lane keeping assist can be annoying and intrusive at times though. No complaints on the motorway but on some narrow roads......

24 minutes ago, longy_uk said:

Hi mate - just got an email notification as I've posted in this thread before. 

I ordered a 40TFSI Black Edition with C&S in tango red on 13th November 21 and picked it up on the 9th April 22 (4 months ago!). Seems like you guys got the slow boat?

Funnily enough the day I picked it up I ordered an RS6. Currently build week 48 this year. Absolutely love the A6 - its great - but given the shift to electric etc I though its now or never to get my dream car!

Yeah we def got the slow boat.
Good call on the RS6!!! What colour did you go for? 

13 minutes ago, Epistone13 said:

Arrived at the dealer over a fortnight ago,  but finance team made a mistake on the docs that took a week to fix, and then I was on holiday for a week, so it's getting delivered tomorrow 🙂

Yeah I experienced delays all kinds of delays too. Car got to the dealership 27/06 but it only got to me on 22/07. All I can say is.....it was worth the wait! Let us know how you get on! 

On 7/4/2022 at 4:21 PM, Epistone13 said:

Update - Dealer contacted me today to say it's built and being loaded at Port of exit.  Should have it in 2-3 weeks time.  Have you heard anything yet?

Had mine for 2 weeks now and absolutely loving it. Any update on yours? 

48 minutes ago, Epistone13 said:

Update - Dealer contacted me today to say it's built and being loaded at Port of exit.  Should have it in 2-3 weeks time.  Have you heard anything yet?

I’m in a very weird situation. Been really struggling to get anything out of my dealer so contacted Audi and they said the car is at status 70 which means it’s ast the Audi dealership and has been since 27/06! I’ve now chased my dealer armed with this info so fingers crossed

On 12/27/2021 at 2:20 PM, Epistone13 said:

No news yet, I'll give them time and message when we go back in the new year.

Any news yet? After chasing Audi they’ve now said my car is confirmed for production for week 23 which is w/c 6th June

On 11/9/2021 at 7:03 PM, jammy said:

Had it a few months now and have to say I really like it. I’ve had quite a few high powered cars, Golf R, Audi S4 etc, and whilst this obviously isn’t as quick it is still isn’t a slouch. The mild hybrid adds a little torque boost early on in the rev range, which can be felt better when at lower speeds.

Gear changes are silky smooth (unlike the diesel version apparently), road noise and refinement is top class. It’s a very smooth and quiet place to be. Speed perception is very hard to judge as the cabin certainly cocoons you.

Don’t expect it to be like a hot hatch, but for a big barge it handles itself very well. It feels like a much smaller car on the road. Steering is much sharper than previous Audis I’ve owned. You can still feel it’s front heavy when pushed, but under normal driving it handles quite sharply.

The interior is superb. The dashboard and driver instruments are in a class of their own, the tech pack adds so many nice touches. The seats are the comfiest I’ve sat in. All in all a great place to be.

Any niggles, of course. Audi Pre-sense (Adaptive braking) is a pain and is over sensitive. Lane departure can’t be permanently turned off, another pain. There is an occasional rattle from the dash when travelling over slower rough ground, especially annoying as it’s pronounced in the quietness of the otherwise serene cabin.

All in all a great car, If be surprised if you don’t like it unless your expecting similar performance to an RS6.

 

 

 

 

Thanks massively for this write up. Really looking forward to getting the car now. I think I’m still on track for delivery in July. Confirmed build week is w/c 6th June

On 5/19/2021 at 12:49 PM, jammy said:

I got a great deal on a 3 year lease on the 40TFSi.

Probably will be my last petrol engined car, as I reckon electric cars will start to outsell ICE by then as the tech improves.

I ordered the same last month and was given an estimated delivery month of July 22. What's been your experience with the 40TFSI? Enjoying it? I'm worried it may be underpowered