Hi All,
Thought I would start a bit of a thread to keep track of my new cars up's and (hopefully very few in between) downs.
My previous car which I sold this weekend was a 2008 Mazda 6 2.5 Sport with all the bells and whistles which was a brilliant car and will be sorely missed but unfortunately it couldn't be justified on fuel economy with my new job being an 80 mile round commute everyday.
So diesel was on cards which I was reluctant to do as I do love a good petrol but not when I can get 2 miles out of a diesel for everyone 1 mile in a petrol on the motorway plus save a bit extra in the way of tax and insurance.
So wanting a new car the initial search was a simply looking on Autotrader for a diesel when I eventually stumbled across the Exeo; lovely car, Audi in Seat sheepskin without the price tag, good MPG and no longer produced so not very likely to be replaced with a new model (hate it when that happens). On to a winner here.
Looked into them a bit more and decided a Sport model was the way to go, unfortunately I couldn't stretch the budget to a Sport Tech but the amount of kit with the Sport is enough to keep me happy.
So I was lucky enough to find one up for sale by Leicester Seat, initially up for £8,495 which I couldn't justify, then it was reduced and up for £7,995 in which over the phone I couldn't get the deal right and then finally it was reduced to £7,495 a week later in which the deal was done. So a 2 and half hour trip on the train with my girlfriend on her 21st birthday and it was brought back to Manchester with me, lucky girl.
So first thing was to replace the grille as it was an indicator that I had the earlier model (not sure of any obvious others);
Along with that came a wash (not my best work as time is short at the mo) and a debadge of the EXEO on the boot;
A few things have been bought in the meantime to style it and also a few practical things as well;
-Decorative chrome trim to the front lower grille.
-Matt chrome trim to the bootlid (to minimise fingerprints)
-Chrome exhaust trim
-Tailored Rubber Mats
-Black Richbrook Exeo Tax Disc Holder
-Piano Black Seat Gear Knob
-Piano Black Seat Heandbrake Lever
-Heavy Duty Boot Liner (£85 from Seat, bought off ebay ex-demo for £25)
-Genuine Mudflaps
-Scuttle and Battery Covers as fitted to the B7 A4 after reading a horror story on here.
-Front bumper splitter (need to suss how it's fitted though as I'm stumped by that one)
Only thing on the wishlist so far is a set of RS4 Aluminium Pedals incl dead pedal but at £99 delivered it's a bit steep at the moment. Also looking into remaps but could only be justified if it improved the economy so there is still research in progress into that one.
And I think that's me about done for now. Comments/feedback always welcome and I'll update with any news accordingly
Thanks for reading,
CPS
Thought I would start a bit of a thread to keep track of my new cars up's and (hopefully very few in between) downs.
My previous car which I sold this weekend was a 2008 Mazda 6 2.5 Sport with all the bells and whistles which was a brilliant car and will be sorely missed but unfortunately it couldn't be justified on fuel economy with my new job being an 80 mile round commute everyday.
So diesel was on cards which I was reluctant to do as I do love a good petrol but not when I can get 2 miles out of a diesel for everyone 1 mile in a petrol on the motorway plus save a bit extra in the way of tax and insurance.
So wanting a new car the initial search was a simply looking on Autotrader for a diesel when I eventually stumbled across the Exeo; lovely car, Audi in Seat sheepskin without the price tag, good MPG and no longer produced so not very likely to be replaced with a new model (hate it when that happens). On to a winner here.
Looked into them a bit more and decided a Sport model was the way to go, unfortunately I couldn't stretch the budget to a Sport Tech but the amount of kit with the Sport is enough to keep me happy.
So I was lucky enough to find one up for sale by Leicester Seat, initially up for £8,495 which I couldn't justify, then it was reduced and up for £7,995 in which over the phone I couldn't get the deal right and then finally it was reduced to £7,495 a week later in which the deal was done. So a 2 and half hour trip on the train with my girlfriend on her 21st birthday and it was brought back to Manchester with me, lucky girl.
So first thing was to replace the grille as it was an indicator that I had the earlier model (not sure of any obvious others);
Along with that came a wash (not my best work as time is short at the mo) and a debadge of the EXEO on the boot;
A few things have been bought in the meantime to style it and also a few practical things as well;
-Decorative chrome trim to the front lower grille.
-Matt chrome trim to the bootlid (to minimise fingerprints)
-Chrome exhaust trim
-Tailored Rubber Mats
-Black Richbrook Exeo Tax Disc Holder
-Piano Black Seat Gear Knob
-Piano Black Seat Heandbrake Lever
-Heavy Duty Boot Liner (£85 from Seat, bought off ebay ex-demo for £25)
-Genuine Mudflaps
-Scuttle and Battery Covers as fitted to the B7 A4 after reading a horror story on here.
-Front bumper splitter (need to suss how it's fitted though as I'm stumped by that one)
Only thing on the wishlist so far is a set of RS4 Aluminium Pedals incl dead pedal but at £99 delivered it's a bit steep at the moment. Also looking into remaps but could only be justified if it improved the economy so there is still research in progress into that one.
And I think that's me about done for now. Comments/feedback always welcome and I'll update with any news accordingly
Thanks for reading,
CPS
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