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GraemeS · Oct 9th, 2008, 23:52

Another forum, another username

Finally received my V50 R-Design from the company leasing peeps after a 5-month wait. Mind you I ordered it whilst laid up with a broken leg so I wasn't going far for a little while.

Arrived last Thursday and got 900+ miles on it already. Info centre appears useless extra - economy nothing like what pen and paper work it out at. Managed 41mpg on first half-ish tank mostly round town and 53mpg on 600 miles round trip mostly on M-ways and duals, so quite pleased with that. Active HIDs expensive but fabulous.

sxman · Oct 10th, 2008, 09:34

Love the colour there.

HeliFella · Oct 10th, 2008, 12:43

Hopefully less than a month before mine finally get delivered - ordered it in April. Can't remember if the roof rails were an option to be silver or black? Did you state it on your order? did you opt for the high performance stereo?

PS Do you mirrors fold automatically?

PPS Which engine did you plump for?

GraemeS · Oct 10th, 2008, 13:18

sxman - I love the colour too, though it was only chosen from the catalogue; I couldn't find a demonstrator or other car in the dealers nearby with that colour. I wanted the Chameleon Blue but that's not available on the R-Design.

HelFella - I ordered mine at the back end of April, was originally given a date of September which slipped to mid-Oct - today in fact. My local dealer had suggested 6 weeks for a normal spec and 8 weeks for an R-Design! Unfortunately the lease company uses an 'exclusive' dealer - Sytners in Warwick as I understand. After a bit of pushing I took delivery on the 2nd Oct.

I only remember an option to delete the roof rails, not for colour. I know you can with Audi. The mirrors don't appear to fold automatically. I thought this would be the 09 model and it's supposedly standard on the 09 build now, so don't know, maybe it's a late 08. I went with the normal stereo which is a lot clearer than the one in the demo car I had. I thought £500 extra for the multi-CD ('cos you need the higher spec stereo) was too much, especially as you can just as easily plug in an MP3.

Gel · Oct 11th, 2008, 20:11

I've just done over 5k miles, and average is around 45mpg (2.0D); mixture of M Way & rural.
Well pleased: R (Sport)2009 MY

My roof bars came as colour matching.
477 Inscription Electric Silver Coarse Flake

GraemeS · Oct 12th, 2008, 22:58

Nice. Forgot to mention mine was Orinoco Blue, so a bit darker than yours.

MavUK · Oct 14th, 2008, 19:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gel

I've just done over 5k miles, and average is around 45mpg (2.0D); mixture of M Way & rural.
Well pleased: R (Sport)2009 MY
My roof bars came as colour matching.
477 Inscription Electric Silver Coarse Flake

Very nice

I think your number plates damaged though :P

Oct 9th, 2008, 23:52	#1
GraemeS Sk8Dad Last Online: May 20th, 2009 22:21 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Stockton View Photos By: GraemeS	Northern Noob Another forum, another username Finally received my V50 R-Design from the company leasing peeps after a 5-month wait. Mind you I ordered it whilst laid up with a broken leg so I wasn't going far for a little while. Arrived last Thursday and got 900+ miles on it already. Info centre appears useless extra - economy nothing like what pen and paper work it out at. Managed 41mpg on first half-ish tank mostly round town and 53mpg on 600 miles round trip mostly on M-ways and duals, so quite pleased with that. Active HIDs expensive but fabulous.

Oct 10th, 2008, 12:43	#3
HeliFella Member Last Online: Dec 7th, 2011 17:49 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Knaresborough	Hopefully less than a month before mine finally get delivered - ordered it in April. Can't remember if the roof rails were an option to be silver or black? Did you state it on your order? did you opt for the high performance stereo? PS Do you mirrors fold automatically? PPS Which engine did you plump for? __________________ Regards HeliFella (Member of I.A.M.) 2009 V50 D5 R-Design Sport ...At Last... Definately worth the wait!

Oct 11th, 2008, 20:11	#5
Gel Member Last Online: Mar 21st, 2015 17:47 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Thames Valley	average is around 45mpg I've just done over 5k miles, and average is around 45mpg (2.0D); mixture of M Way & rural. Well pleased: R (Sport)2009 MY My roof bars came as colour matching. 477 Inscription Electric Silver Coarse Flake Last edited by Gel; Oct 11th, 2008 at 20:35.

Oct 10th, 2008, 09:34	#2
sxman New Member Last Online: Nov 24th, 2008 10:27 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Essex	Love the colour there.

Oct 10th, 2008, 13:18	#4
GraemeS Sk8Dad Last Online: May 20th, 2009 22:21 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Stockton View Photos By: GraemeS	sxman - I love the colour too, though it was only chosen from the catalogue; I couldn't find a demonstrator or other car in the dealers nearby with that colour. I wanted the Chameleon Blue but that's not available on the R-Design. HelFella - I ordered mine at the back end of April, was originally given a date of September which slipped to mid-Oct - today in fact. My local dealer had suggested 6 weeks for a normal spec and 8 weeks for an R-Design! Unfortunately the lease company uses an 'exclusive' dealer - Sytners in Warwick as I understand. After a bit of pushing I took delivery on the 2nd Oct. I only remember an option to delete the roof rails, not for colour. I know you can with Audi. The mirrors don't appear to fold automatically. I thought this would be the 09 model and it's supposedly standard on the 09 build now, so don't know, maybe it's a late 08. I went with the normal stereo which is a lot clearer than the one in the demo car I had. I thought £500 extra for the multi-CD ('cos you need the higher spec stereo) was too much, especially as you can just as easily plug in an MP3.

Oct 12th, 2008, 22:58	#6
GraemeS Sk8Dad Last Online: May 20th, 2009 22:21 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Stockton View Photos By: GraemeS	Nice. Forgot to mention mine was Orinoco Blue, so a bit darker than yours.

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