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For anyone in the market

Good post, great colour - nice price.

That does look tidy for the money !

It sure does!

buying this type of car new why would you not spec nav?

Fcuktards

Easy excuse to fit 2010+ rnse

D_K wrote:Fcuktards

Easy excuse to fit 2010+ rnse

true, i need to do this too

Rick_RS4 wrote:buying this type of car new why would you not spec nav?

Because the price Audi charged for the OE nav is greater than the cost of retrofitting it.

Was that really the case back then Dave?


I thought it was generally down to two reasons:

• 1) Audiophiles wanted an in-dash 6 CD changer with the Symphony option, as the RNS-E maximum SD card size was laughable for high bit rate music
  2) Money savers would buy a TomTom which was cheaper and far better than the OEM system at the time

Surrey Sam wrote:Was that really the case back then Dave?

Yes it was, I did the sums and opted to order my RS4 with a Symphony II radio plus a glovebox CD changer, within a week of taking delivery I had fitted an RNS-E plus BT module - all for less than the cost of factory ordering an RNS-E.

Then when I sold the Symphony II I was quids in

Now the RNS-E & CD changer have been sold on and paid for a 2010+ RNS-E plus AMI.

It's nice when a plan like that all works out Dave, I think my example will be following your lead.


I see the original car has now sold. Good spot there DK.

PetrolDave wrote:

Rick_RS4 wrote:buying this type of car new why would you not spec nav?

Because the price Audi charged for the OE nav is greater than the cost of retrofitting it.

spending 50 + grand on a brand new car that does 20 mpg i doubt they would be thinking about fitting it afterwards to save 500 quid

How much did it sell for?

Looks good.

What was the advertised price?

Rick_RS4 wrote:

PetrolDave wrote:

Rick_RS4 wrote:buying this type of car new why would you not spec nav?

Because the price Audi charged for the OE nav is greater than the cost of retrofitting it.

spending 50 + grand on a brand new car that does 20 mpg i doubt they would be thinking about fitting it afterwards to save 500 quid

I did - I bought my RS4 from new (ordered in February and had to wait until July for delivery), but I'm an electronics engineer so I knew what the real cost was so I didn't have to pay dealer prices for sat nav (plus it meant I got BT phone without either the ugly dash cradle or an MFSW).