Hello all, hoping you can answer some questions I have.
I owned a MK1 Cupra R (210) from 2003 to 2006, great little car that was and my first 'fast' car.
At the moment I drive a 2013 BMW 5 Series MSport Touring (530D). Fantastic car but it's done 80,000 miles and I wanted something newer.
Enter the
Cupra 300 ST 4Drive.
I've got some questions that I hope people can
help with.
1) It's a contract hire deal for 2 years, I've got the option with or without maintenance.
I
think it'll be worth my while to go with the maintenance option as it covers servicing and tyres, but I wanted to ask people how much SEAT charge to service the
Cupra 300 ST in years 1 and 2, and how quickly owners have been getting through tyres (and how much they are paying for new ones)?
2) It was a 'stock' vehicle and it's actual listing was: Seat Leon Sport Tourer 2.0 TSI
Cupra 300 EZ DSG 4Drive
As I understand it that just doesn't include Keyless entry (Not fussed), Adaptive Cruise (would have been nice) and manual seats instead of electric. Anything else I am missing?
A question about the key (this might sound silly) - If you don't have KESSY do you actually have to put the key in the ignition? My 530D doesn't have keyless
entry but as long as the key is inside the car you can start the engine with the ignition button. Is the
Cupra 300 the same?
Also - I looked at the specifications on the SEAT website and none of the 300 Cupra ST's appear to have a reversing camera. I've gotten so used to it on my 5 series that it will be a bit of a pain not to have it. It looks like it's already on the standard ST models though (
https://www.seat.co.uk/new-cars/leon-st/technology.html) so what's going on?
3) How are the LED lights at night? I have Bi-xenons at the moment which are pretty much essential compared to the old halogens. Can I expect the LED system to be comparible? Better even?
4) Does it need Super unleaded petrol? I had an Evo X which needed that (or Tesco 99 Ron) and it got pretty expensive, though that did about 20mpg and had a tiny tank.
5) When did the 7 speed DSG gearbox get added? Might I get one with that? It would be better for motorway cruising.