after a 6-month wait, my Amethyst Gray A5 S-Line arrived [lots of photos]
10-27-2011, 01:01 AM
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Yes, there was some additional cost to get this color. The color was on Audi's color palette, and is a standard/brochure color for certain other Audi vehicles in other parts of the world (the Q5 in regions outside the USA, and the A5 Sportback which is a vehicle that is not sold in the USA). But considering that most colors in the USA brochure cost a little extra as well, it wasn't a big deal.
The window sticker came through showing "Audi Exclusive Color", but its not one of the specific Exclusive colors that costs a bundle.
Initially, after I placed my order for the car, my dealer was given incorrect pricing (too high) by the Audi distribution center, so I sought the assistance of AoA, and came across a rep named "Ben", who was very helpful in getting the proper special order color info to the dealer etc, so that the special order process would go through properly. "Ben" told me that he himself was ordering a bright orange (I forget the color name) S4, so he had already researched the issues and was familiar with the process. He had commented something about Amethyst Gray not being Audi Exclusive, but what he meant was that it was not one of those specific Exclusive colors, and was not a paint-to-match-sample color either. Its a color in Audi's current color palette, so it gets the lower pricing, and should not be a problem in ordering. But evidently some magic words or letters need to be on the order form in order for the distribution center to understand it properly.
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10-27-2011, 01:08 AM
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Thank you to everybody for the compliments.
So far its been a joy to own and drive. I haven't been an Audi owner since getting rid of my B5 S4, but I've been a fan of Audi's since the UrQuattro in the 1980's.
10-29-2011, 07:28 AM
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The car looks amazing in that color! There can't be many Amethyst Grey S-Line's in the US. Congrats!
When you get a chance, can you take a few pics from the rear of the car, and of the backseat area?
When you get a chance, can you take a few pics from the rear of the car, and of the backseat area?
10-29-2011, 07:57 AM
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As soon as its sunny on a weekend, I'll take more photos and post them.
Thank you to everybody for the compliments.
So far its been a joy to own and drive. I haven't been an Audi owner since getting rid of my B5 S4, but I've been a fan of Audi's since the UrQuattro in the 1980's.
Thank you to everybody for the compliments.
So far its been a joy to own and drive. I haven't been an Audi owner since getting rid of my B5 S4, but I've been a fan of Audi's since the UrQuattro in the 1980's.
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I'll take more photos, and post them soon.
Thanks again to everybody, for all the nice compliments.
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The B7 A4 was given to me by my dealer for the last two months as a free loaner car. It was written into the sales agreement when I ordered the new car. The deal was that if my special order new car didn't arrive by a certain date (4-months after the order date), the dealer would provide me with a free loaner car to drive. Their loaner cars are Audi vehicles. When the 4-month time approached, I half-jokingly said I'll take the used S5 that they had on the used car lot, but of course the answer was no. But they happily gave me a 2008 B7 A4 from their loaner fleet to drive until the new car arrived.
I had placed the new car order immediately after the 2012 order guides became available (before 2012 pricing was available), and I had hoped that the car would arrive in 4-months since I needed to take a road trip during a certain week. But, its always good to anticipate potential problems, so I wrote in a number of specific requirements and "outs" into the sales agreement. Although I have other vehicles that I could have driven, I wanted there to be an incentive in the contract for the dealer to push for arrival of the new car. And me having one of their cars was certainly a good balance for both myself and the dealer. I had this in mind when I went to the dealer to order the car, but as I recall, the dealer salesman brought it up before I mentioned it.
While on this subject, its important to note that the sales agreement is a written contract, and written contracts should be written in anticipation of something or everything going wrong with the deal. So you want everything that you consider a significant or important aspect of your verbal agreement/understanding with the dealer put into the written agreement.
I had placed the new car order immediately after the 2012 order guides became available (before 2012 pricing was available), and I had hoped that the car would arrive in 4-months since I needed to take a road trip during a certain week. But, its always good to anticipate potential problems, so I wrote in a number of specific requirements and "outs" into the sales agreement. Although I have other vehicles that I could have driven, I wanted there to be an incentive in the contract for the dealer to push for arrival of the new car. And me having one of their cars was certainly a good balance for both myself and the dealer. I had this in mind when I went to the dealer to order the car, but as I recall, the dealer salesman brought it up before I mentioned it.
While on this subject, its important to note that the sales agreement is a written contract, and written contracts should be written in anticipation of something or everything going wrong with the deal. So you want everything that you consider a significant or important aspect of your verbal agreement/understanding with the dealer put into the written agreement.
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