Kaenon

Bought my 2015 with my fiancé at the dealer with me and settled on an S3 that was very nice, but not exactly what I wanted.
Had a great opportunity to move into a black optics 2016 S3 on the last day of July and the car is amazing!!!

Paddle shifters are different, no storage under passenger seat in the 2016 are among small changes I've noticed this far. Also different wheels on the black optics package but that's pretty obvious.

Oddly, from a performance standpoint, the car has a better throttle response and has been even more fun to drive than the previous!

CHIO

I do miss the storage under the seat! did you get sport seats?

Kaenon

No I did not.
Features this one has that I didn't have previously are...
All black interior
Led lighting package (interior)
B&O sound system
Homelink
Alternate wheels
Auto dimming mirrors
Black Optics!!

Packages that both had included
Nav
Audi side assist
Backup camera
LED headlights


Also a big thank you to Joseph Jay at Audi Tysons Corner for a great deal and great experience on this 2016 purchase.

gamegenie

Sports seats are standard on S3s, you must mean the Super Sport seats.

Kaenon

Yeah, sorry. That's what I meant.

More pics attached..




quattro logo on rear doors, port install.. Thoughts?

mroberte

Are those rims 18's? I've been looking at getting the 20 inch versions of them.

Kaenon

19"

Alloy07

Black optics look great with Monsoon Grey, so do the wheels. Decal looks fine, it's subdued in black against the grey.

Tsyndr

Very nice! Congrats! The black optics must add +15hp so that's why it's more fun to drive.

I ordered my 2016 but skipped the black optics package. I have to say I'm not a fan of the rims they come with which is the main reason I skipped black optics. I actually quite like the regular performance 19" rims. The black optic rims look like flower petals to me. And they're standard on a Toyota Camry...

Just curious, what sort of costs/loss/financial hit do you take for just swapping cars in 1 year? I'm kinda new to the whole leasing/trading in/upgrading thing. How does that work? Did you basically just sell and then buy new? Would it not have been cheaper to just blackout everything at a body shop?

Kaenon

The full black optics kit is very expensive, not including install. Plus all the other features I added.

It was the last day of the month, I had bought my 2015 just 3 months earlier, and the deal was what I had needed to get.

The 2016 MSRP was $2,640 over the 2015 that I had and the deal that we were able to agree upon was too good to pass up on everything I wanted in the car.

I traded in the 2015 and bought the 2016 new, as I did when I traded in a 2012 GTI for the 2015 S3.



I also think I prefer the 2015 19" wheels but I don't dislike these V-spoke wheels enough to switch.