Who knows if it is just the dealer who is lookin', but I am having trouble finding the A3 I am looking for in No.Cal

Options

A3, Lava Grey or Black with Grey int.
Sports Pkg
Sound Pkg
Open Sky

Don't want

Nav
Sirius or X/M (because I can't hook up an ipod, right?)
Beige Interior

Is what I am looking for unrealistic? It seems like stock is a bit low in CA this time of the season, but I want an '06 for the maintenance....

Eh? [&:]

-moo

 

Dealers in So. Cal. are almost out of A3's, hard to find one with the options you want. Willing to wait 3 to 4 months to order your 2007?

 

I went to Reactor to get the A3. Told them what I wanted and they went out and got it for me. You can try them out. I don't know where you are located but Reactor is in Burlingame near SFO. Feel free to check mine out at www.969motorsports.com

I hope you get what you are looking for.

Oz

 

Good luck finding an '06 like that. Oh yeah, you can't have mine either. That's a great set-up for the car if you can find one. Exactly how mine is built and I wouldn't have it any other way.

Good luck!

Chef

 

I just went through the same thing (in the opposite end of the state though). The only Red 3.2 w/ the options I wanted (nav, open sky, cold weather, 18", xenon) was in San Fran and they wouldn't deal at all on it. One dealer tried to get me to pay $1500 to get the car shipped down here! When I tried to order an '07, they wouldn't budge from MSRP. I got a tip from a moderator over on audiworld and ended up ordering an '07 w/ exactly what I wanted through a broker for well below MSRP including the maintenance package.

If you want, you could try giving them a call and see what they could do for you. It might be worth a quick south west flight ($120) down here and driving the car back up if you don't mind waiting on an '07. Check out http://www.buyfleetdirect.com/ and talk to Drew.

 

Weak Sauce.

I kind of don't want to wait for '07

a) It is summer, and I want to drive it
b) '07's will be apparently more money
c) '06's have maint. for free. Not '07s

He found the one I want, but without the sound upgrade (single disc, no pimpin' bose speakers). Is there a big difference in quality? I am tryin to figure out what to do here... heheh.

j

 

If your only holdout is the Bose system, forget about it and buy the car. The Bose is okay, but not worth the difference in the car.

Just BUY IT!

 

I thought audi was having trouble selling these dang things in the US!

I was coming to the same conclusion that you just articulated. Lets hope it still exists. I figure once I throw my ipod in there I am not gonna care anyways.

moo.

 

Just picked mine up from Oakland (I live in SF) yesterday...took me about 2 months to find the one I wanted (Moro Blue 3.2 with opensky/bluetooth/nav/18's. I used either yahoo autos or cars.com to send emails to local dealers (after test driving) and negotiated the best deal, got it for $100 under invoice and couldnt be happier...let me know if you want the contact info for the dealer I used, he was really honest and responsive.

 

Got all hooked up on friday. Due to a wierd dealer f'up I ended up with a decent deal. 2.0T, Nav, Sport, Black.

I have to say, thanks for the help guys. I wasn't sure if the dealer was playing with me or telling me the truth about how tough certain configs are to find. I think I lucked out -> thought it sounds like there are a lot of nav's still around since most people would rather spend the money elsewhere.

Expect a bunch of posts from Mookid!