Difference between Prestige & Premium Plus w/extra options
10-07-2009, 06:25 PM
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I have a fully loaded premium plus and my DVD player works fine
The audio system in the Prestige trim has a DVD player which is not available on Premium Plus. I would say that if you are planning to lease, definitely go with a loaded P+ since it has 3 points higher residual. If you are purchasing, your decision is a little tougher and you have to decide if the DVD capability, memory seats, advanced key, auto dimming mirrors and compass are worth about 2 grand.
10-07-2009, 06:42 PM
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The audio system in the Prestige trim has a DVD player which is not available on Premium Plus. I would say that if you are planning to lease, definitely go with a loaded P+ since it has 3 points higher residual. If you are purchasing, your decision is a little tougher and you have to decide if the DVD capability, memory seats, advanced key, auto dimming mirrors and compass are worth about 2 grand.
10-07-2009, 07:08 PM
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Prem + w/ Nav *may* be able to do it, which would make sense since the Prestige Nav+ is DVD based.
10-07-2009, 09:48 PM
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Breaking it down, Prestige adds $6,100 to the Prem+ price.
So looking at the invidual pieces of the 'Prestige' package:
$2500 Nav+/3G MMI/Color Info System/Voice Control
$900 19" Wheels/Tires
$850 B&O Sound System
$4250 - Total
So the remaining $1850 gets you:
- Advanced Key, Keyless Start/Stop
- Auto Dimming Mirrors/Compass
- Auto Memory Seats
It'll be worth not having to manually move the seats/mirrors after my fiancée drives
So looking at the invidual pieces of the 'Prestige' package:
$2500 Nav+/3G MMI/Color Info System/Voice Control
$900 19" Wheels/Tires
$850 B&O Sound System
$4250 - Total
So the remaining $1850 gets you:
- Advanced Key, Keyless Start/Stop
- Auto Dimming Mirrors/Compass
- Auto Memory Seats
It'll be worth not having to manually move the seats/mirrors after my fiancée drives
10-08-2009, 02:33 AM
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The audio system in the Prestige trim has a DVD player which is not available on Premium Plus. I would say that if you are planning to lease, definitely go with a loaded P+ since it has 3 points higher residual. If you are purchasing, your decision is a little tougher and you have to decide if the DVD capability, memory seats, advanced key, auto dimming mirrors and compass are worth about 2 grand.
10-08-2009, 05:47 AM
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The difference is $1850, not $1100, plus you don't get the rear view camera/rear parking sensors with Prestige unless you pay $900 for the Driver Assist package, which would bring the difference to $2750 but give you Lane Assist as well.
It depends on what options are important to you, of course. If you don't care about, e.g., the 19" wheels, then the Prestige looks comparatively worse.
The Premium Plus to Prestige delta on the A4 is $900 smaller for no good reason that I can see, so there Prestige seems like a much more obvious option if you want most of the individual options.
It depends on what options are important to you, of course. If you don't care about, e.g., the 19" wheels, then the Prestige looks comparatively worse.
The Premium Plus to Prestige delta on the A4 is $900 smaller for no good reason that I can see, so there Prestige seems like a much more obvious option if you want most of the individual options.
10-08-2009, 07:36 AM
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Does having that hack done do anything to the car's warranty? I think that sounds pretty cool -- albeit distracting whilst driving. lol
10-09-2009, 06:56 AM
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I went thru this same decision when ordering mine. I went with the Prem Plus - only option I really missed was the keyless feature. I ordered the backup camera option separately. Didn't really want the 19's anyway, preferred the cushier ride of the 18's. however I could've easily been swayed to go with the Premium as well. can't go wrong in either case.
10-09-2009, 09:42 AM
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Most dealerships are about in and out fast service, and are not going to pour over your ECU unless there is a specific request and reason to (and many don't have anyone with the expertise to know what to look for specifically anyway). However...
If there is a new ECU firmware version out, they will likely flash it to the upgraded version, which will wipe out any changes you made to yours, so you would have to redo everything. Likewise if for some reason they DO find out you did this, it might warrent them looking deeper to see if you did something more invasive which might harm something, and more to the point, they might assume you have and if there is any warranty claim, they could potentially say something like "Well we know there were unauthorized changes to the ECU, and we don't know everything that was changed, so we are going to assume it was a change which caused part "X" to break or malfunction."