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Thinking of buying a Scirocco!
Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 9:53 pm
by papa_face
Hi
I'm contemplating buying one of these later this week. I've put my spec together and I've got a decent quote from a dealer in Wales. Do you guys recommend anything in addition to the below or anything substituted for what I've listed?
Any feedback would be appreciated
NEW SCIROCCO 2.0 TDI BLUEMOTION TECH GT 3DR [NAV/LEATHER]
PREMIUM PAINT - ORYX WHITE
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Electric folding door mirrors
Height adjustable front seats
Exterior badge deletion
Bi-Xenon headlights / auto height adjust/ headlight washers
Brushed aluminium decorative inserts
Storage compartment in roof console
Heat insulated tinted glass 65% light absorbing from B pillar back
DAB Digital radio
Matt Chrome decorative inserts in centre console
Dynaudio sound pack - Scirocco
Vienna leather - Black (with heated front seats + elec drivers/front passangers lumbar adjust)
MDI with USB/iPod connection cables
SD card slot
RNS 315 navigation system with Radio/MP3 CD + Aux in
18" Interlagos alloy wheels with self sealing tyres + anti-theft wheel bolts
Re: Thinking of buying a Scirocco!
Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 10:11 pm
by Brocky
I'd recommend getting the smoking pack - £20
Whether you smoke or not, it looks nicer than having a big hole in the top of your centre console.
This is completely subject to personal taste, of course.
Re: Thinking of buying a Scirocco!
Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 10:14 pm
by wigit
Oryx white looks stunning in the flesh but cannot see much in the way of residual value over candy white
Re: Thinking of buying a Scirocco!
Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 10:28 pm
by roccopanda
Cruise Control might be a good one if you do a lot of A/M road driving.
Re: Thinking of buying a Scirocco!
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 12:43 am
by Mark V
I would suggest first off removing the standard features from your list and concentrate on the actual optional extras that will incur a charge - much easier to see what you are thinking about and offer opinions then....
Update - OK here it is:
Special paint
Electric folding door mirrors
Exterior badge deletion (free)
Bi-Xenon headlights / auto height adjust/ headlight washers
Dynaudio sound pack
I agree you should seriously consider cruise control and either the reversing camera or the sensors (camera is better value in my opinion).
I agree with the other poster regarding the Oryx White paint - a huge cost compared with Candy for very little extra real gain.
Re: Thinking of buying a Scirocco!
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 9:05 am
by papa_face
Brocky wrote:I'd recommend getting the smoking pack - £20
Whether you smoke or not, it looks nicer than having a big hole in the top of your centre console.
This is completely subject to personal taste, of course.
Thanks, I'll think about putting that in.
roccopanda wrote:Cruise Control might be a good one if you do a lot of A/M road driving.
Thanks. I've got CC on my current car and I've never used it even when I've done a lot of long distance driving. There's just something unnatural about it which weirds me out lol.
Mark V wrote:I would suggest first off removing the standard features from your list and concentrate on the actual optional extras that will incur a charge - much easier to see what you are thinking about and offer opinions then....
Update - OK here it is:
Special paint
Electric folding door mirrors
Exterior badge deletion (free)
Bi-Xenon headlights / auto height adjust/ headlight washers
Dynaudio sound pack
I agree you should seriously consider cruise control and either the reversing camera or the sensors (camera is better value in my opinion).
I agree with the other poster regarding the Oryx White paint - a huge cost compared with Candy for very little extra real gain.
Yeah I just copy/pasted the list from the dealers site, I know most of them are standard.
I think I may consider the camera because I've been told visibility out the back is a little difficult when reversing?
Does anyone actually have a comparison between candy white/oryx white on a Scirocco? I can't seem to find any.
Re: Thinking of buying a Scirocco!
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 9:52 am
by salsajoe
If satnav is standard then get one that incorporates DAB. There are an additional 180 masts being put up nationally so coverage will be much improved before long.
Re: Thinking of buying a Scirocco!
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 10:38 am
by Mark V
papa_face wrote:Does anyone actually have a comparison between candy white/oryx white on a Scirocco? I can't seem to find any.
Yes - about £700 lol!!
Re: Thinking of buying a Scirocco!
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 10:41 am
by Mark V
Seriously - I gather its pretty much impossible to see the difference in photos - you would need to see the two in the flesh so to speak. This thread sort of bears that out - the Oryx White one is the car with the Spitfire in the background :-)
http://www.sciroccocentral.co.uk/forum/ ... yx#p121818" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Re: Thinking of buying a Scirocco!
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 6:03 pm
by bitmadmax
Got to agree with the reverse sensors and/or camera! I regret not getting one or the other every time I reverse in/out/around a corner.
Cruise control - I never use it (pretty defunct in the UK tbh - roads are that clogged up)
Does the RNS315 come with DAB?
Re: Thinking of buying a Scirocco!
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 6:20 pm
by Mark V
Pretty sure it does... have a look at
http://www.oemretrofits.co.uk/rns315.shtm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
You can download the manual from there too.
Re: Thinking of buying a Scirocco!
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 9:31 pm
by papa_face
Mark V wrote:Seriously - I gather its pretty much impossible to see the difference in photos - you would need to see the two in the flesh so to speak. This thread sort of bears that out - the Oryx White one is the car with the Spitfire in the background :-)
http://www.sciroccocentral.co.uk/forum/ ... yx#p121818" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Thanks. I think I prefer Candy White anyway looking at those photos. I've asked them to re-quote me for the rear camera and the change in paint.
Any other "must have" extras?
Re: Thinking of buying a Scirocco!
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 9:57 pm
by Mark V
I think you have it pretty much nailed! Better with CW paint too - its just not worth the extra £700 for Oryx....
If it was my car I would go for the RNS510 sat-nav as it has a bigger screen and looks better but we are splitting hairs now!
Re: Thinking of buying a Scirocco!
Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2013 9:27 am
by papa_face
I've just realised that the electric folding door mirrors don't fold when you lock the car. This is such a disappointment
Re: Thinking of buying a Scirocco!
Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2013 3:19 pm
by Mark V
Sadly not - but they do (or rather can if selected to do so) on the Golf mk.7!
Re: Thinking of buying a Scirocco!
Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2013 6:03 pm
by laroscaron
Looking at buying a 3/4 year old Scirocco 1.4 but not sure if should buy the 122 or 160 have heard there have been problems with 160 any advice would be much appreciated have owned VWs for the past 10 years and have been very pleased with reliability is it worth paying the extra for the 2.0 litre scirocco or is the 160 OK