Cupra 300 spec

[stugee106]

I've recently bought a 2018 cupra 300 hatch.

Quite surprised to find it doesn't have keyless entry / start or heated seats. A lot of the others I looked at had these. Were these options that just haven't been spec'd when new?

Coming from a focus st I was quite surprised they weren't fitted as standard.

 

[SRGTD]

In the April 2017 brochure at the link below, Keyless Entry & Go was an extra cost option on the Cupra 300 hatch and so was the winter pack which needed to specified to get heated seats. I don’t think heated seats were available as a stand alone option.

https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/attachments/technical-stuff/1625484d1491139741-vw-2-0-tdi-different-power-torque-outputs-how-why-2017-seat-leon-brochure.pdf

I found a December 2018 brochure on the internet (the Cupra 300 hatch had been replaced by the Cupra 290 by then). I think by that time Seat had stopped building cars to the customer’s bespoke spec requirements - from memory, colour choice may have been the only option. In that brochure, the Leon Cupra 290 hatch didn’t get Keyless Entry & Go or the Winter Pack including heated seats as part of its spec, but the higher spec Cupra 290 Lux model got both of these items of equipment.

 

[Cestria]

I've recently bought a 2018 cupra 300 hatch.

Quite surprised to find it doesn't have keyless entry / start or heated seats. A lot of the others I looked at had these. Were these options that just haven't been spec'd when new?

Coming from a focus st I was quite surprised they weren't fitted as standard.

I came from an ST too and was surprised at the lack of toys and basic functionality sometimes and I even considered that to be pretty poor compared to my old Mondeo. The lack of keyless start/entry is probably a blessing though, because they are the cars most vulnerable to theft. I’m still not used to messing about with a key fob and it niggles, but then I remember…


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[stugee106]

I came from an ST too and was surprised at the lack of toys and basic functionality sometimes and I even considered that to be pretty poor compared to my old Mondeo. The lack of keyless start/entry is probably a blessing though, because they are the cars most vulnerable to theft. I’m still not used to messing about with a key fob and it niggles, but then I remember…


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True mate, when you see the number of fords being lifted due to the keyless entry it is probably a good thing. But I did like the convenience!

 

[SRGTD]

I’ve got keyless on my VW - not by choice as it was part of the car’s standard spec. I’d not have paid extra to have it if it wasn’t standard, and I always temporarily disable the keyless entry function each time I lock the car to (hopefully) eliminate the risk of keyless theft by opportunists with signal amplification relay equipment looking for easy pickings.

I personally don’t find pressing a button on the key fob to unlock and lock the car an inconvenience. I‘ve owned many cars in the past before the days of remote key fobs and central locking where it was necessary to actually insert the key into the driver’s door lock to unlock the car, and then physically unlock the other doors for passengers to gain entry! ?.

Surprisingly, judging by experiences of forum members on some of the VW forums, thefts of desirable performance VW’s seem to be predominantly cars without keyless entry. Victims have had their homes broken into and the car keys stolen to take the car. So it might be worth owners of any desirable performance car considering whether or not upgrading their home security would be worthwhile.

 

[seatgraham]

I’ve got keyless on my VW - not by choice as it was part of the car’s standard spec. I’d not have paid extra to have it if it wasn’t standard, and I always temporarily disable the keyless entry function each time I lock the car to (hopefully) eliminate the risk of keyless theft by opportunists with signal amplification relay equipment looking for easy pickings.

I personally don’t find pressing a button on the key fob to unlock and lock the car an inconvenience. I‘ve owned many cars in the past before the days of remote key fobs and central locking where it was necessary to actually insert the key into the driver’s door lock to unlock the car, and then physically unlock the other doors for passengers to gain entry! ?.

Surprisingly, judging by experiences of forum members on some of the VW forums, thefts of desirable performance VW’s seem to be predominantly cars without keyless entry. Victims have had their homes broken into and the car keys stolen to take the car. So it might be worth owners of any desirable performance car considering whether or not upgrading their home security would be worthwhile.

I also temporarily disable keyless entry each time, which does probably remove most of the benefits. However, it's still nice to have keyless start

Modern VW/SEAT keyless systems disable the connection after a while if the key is stationary. So, this does reduce the opportunity for thieves to grab the signal. I think that's been the case for several years now.

 

[SuperV8]

I’ve got keyless on my VW - not by choice as it was part of the car’s standard spec. I’d not have paid extra to have it if it wasn’t standard, and I always temporarily disable the keyless entry function each time I lock the car to (hopefully) eliminate the risk of keyless theft by opportunists with signal amplification relay equipment looking for easy pickings.

I personally don’t find pressing a button on the key fob to unlock and lock the car an inconvenience. I‘ve owned many cars in the past before the days of remote key fobs and central locking where it was necessary to actually insert the key into the driver’s door lock to unlock the car, and then physically unlock the other doors for passengers to gain entry! ?.

Surprisingly, judging by experiences of forum members on some of the VW forums, thefts of desirable performance VW’s seem to be predominantly cars without keyless entry. Victims have had their homes broken into and the car keys stolen to take the car. So it might be worth owners of any desirable performance car considering whether or not upgrading their home security would be worthwhile.

Agreed,
Google - Euro cylinder lock snapping!
I was shocked how easy it is to brake into a house with a UPVC/composite door with euro cylinders.
Mate at work had it happen to them - snapped the Euro cylinder lock and the get in within 10 sec's and virtually silent. They pinched both sets of keys for their 2x new cars and went through a couple of draws and pinched his wallet for good measure... all while they were sleeping upstairs - scum.

Make sure you have decent 3 star euro locks which are 'anti-snap'