Looking for an exeo saloon

Sausageinabun

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The USB port charges my Android phone no problems, and as long as you've divided your music into 6 folders, it will play mp3's from your USB stick also. It sees it as a virtual 6 CD changer.

Music through Bluetooth however is a no no sadly :-(

The car doesn't have the A2DP extensions required for audio streaming. This is one of the very first things I tried to do. So I have to use my old FM blaster to do it.
 
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The USB port charges my Android phone no problems, and as long as you've divided your music into 6 folders, it will play mp3's from your USB stick also. It sees it as a virtual 6 CD changer.

That's....... 'odd' :lol: thanks for the tip. I'll just use it as a charger and have my phone plugged into the aux input. All my music is in Spotify offline playlists.

Music through Bluetooth however is a no no sadly :-(

The car doesn't have the A2DP extensions required for audio streaming. This is one of the very first things I tried to do. So I have to use my old FM blaster to do it.

What do you mean by the last bit mate? Bluetooth music is a barry bonus really, not needed if there's an aux input. How well does the bluetooth phone work?
 

Sausageinabun

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In order to stream music or Podcasts from a bluetooth phone, the playing device, whatever that may be require the Bluetooth A2DP extensions.

The version in the Exeo doesn't have those extensions. However normal phone operations work just fine.

I connect the works phone up to the car, and use my FM blaster which does have the A2DP extensions for Podcasts.

The FM blaster is a little gizmo that puts out an FM signal, ( I use 107.9) which you then tune your car radio to. This then allows me to stream over Bluetooth which it has, from my personal phone to the blaster, and this is transmitted to the radio on FM.
 
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In order to stream music or Podcasts from a bluetooth phone, the playing device, whatever that may be require the Bluetooth A2DP extensions.

The version in the Exeo doesn't have those extensions. However normal phone operations work just fine.

I connect the works phone up to the car, and use my FM blaster which does have the A2DP extensions for Podcasts.

The FM blaster is a little gizmo that puts out an FM signal, ( I use 107.9) which you then tune your car radio to. This then allows me to stream over Bluetooth which it has, from my personal phone to the blaster, and this is transmitted to the radio on FM.

Ah one of those things! I must have a few of those kicking around at home, never found them very reliable. I think I'll stick to aux :)
 
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Really!

I've been using one for over 2 years now and (touch wood) never had a problem.

Yeah funnily enough the cheapest one was the best. I spent £20 on one when I bought the Saab and the signal was always crap unless you held it next to the radio. Waste of money :(

However a couple of years before I spent £5 on one and it worked brilliantly in my 1986 toyota hiace camper van. Strange.
 
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cliveseat

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Urano grey '09 143 Sport saloon. Goes in for 70k service next week but has been absolutely faultless up to now once the tyre/ride issue was addressed. Apart from a kerbed alloy, it still looks terrific, but planning to get a proper polish done soon and it'll be good as new. That's quality. Was thinking of changing it, but there aren't many cars that tick the boxes like an Exeo.
Have just bought a lovely Mk1 TT V6 but the Exeo remains the daily driver and the Audi as the MCWT (Midlife Crisis Weekend Toy). Believe me, the SEAT's far from embarrassed in such company and has a relaxed air after the TT's rev frenzy.
 

Sausageinabun

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I've got the exact same car, March 09, and I've just topped 30k in it. You don't see many on the roads, and certainly not in our colour.

It is awsome, a real head turner, and as you say there isn't much to touch it.

I intend to keep this one for a few years yet, then maybe swap it for a younger model.

I'm gutted they stopped making them.
 

cliveseat

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SEAT should be ashamed of the lamentable lack of promotion they gave to the Exeo. Prompted by some of the comments on here (haven't posted for a while - too busy with the new toy) I decided to give it a bit of long overdue TLC, took it to a car wash and then did it again by hand at home using all Meguiar stuff, including quick detailer, and the car came up a treat, although it's a bit swirl city in places. Also decided on a full refurb on all four alloys because they're a bit dull, with minor scuffing and bubbling.
Of course it's throwing it down outside now - but on today's evidence at least I can be sure that a machine polish won't be waste of cash and should restore the full depth of this stunning colour.
Had it done on the TT (which is finished in a wonderful shade of blue called Moro) and these were the results, if anyone's interested.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.715133615176550.1073741919.337093999647182&type=1

Sorry for hijacking the post, but I just think the Exeo has been ignored for too long.
 

Sausageinabun

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Yes it is a shame that Seat didn't push the Exeo as much as they could have done, but was this down to internal VAG politics. We'll never know.

It sounds to me as though yours is getting the treatment it deserves, enjoy!

Lovely TT btw!!
 
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Yes it is a shame that Seat didn't push the Exeo as much as they could have done, but was this down to internal VAG politics. We'll never know.

It sounds to me as though yours is getting the treatment it deserves, enjoy!

Lovely TT btw!!
Probably didn't want people to realise how much better value than audis and passats they are :)
 

cliveseat

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True - although I can see myself in a Passat CC next. For me, it's the only car in the same class as the Exeo that comes close - slightly slower, slightly thirstier, slightly prettier, but hugely more expensive if specified to the same level. All because of a badge.
On a separate note, it seems awfully quiet on here. Nobody got a story to tell, or does the Exeo not inspire that kind of devotion?
 
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True - although I can see myself in a Passat CC next. For me, it's the only car in the same class as the Exeo that comes close - slightly slower, slightly thirstier, slightly prettier, but hugely more expensive if specified to the same level. All because of a badge.
On a separate note, it seems awfully quiet on here. Nobody got a story to tell, or does the Exeo not inspire that kind of devotion?

Well there are hardly any out there :( Passat cc is a nice car, I looked for some but as you say you get nothing for your money in terms of spec.
 

Sausageinabun

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Well here's my tale!

I had been looking for an Exeo for some months, and a few had slipped through my fingers at the last second, damned annoying btw, when I spotted her.

Urano Grey 143 Sport Saloon, dark blue 18" alloys, only 27.7 on the clock, full service history. I fell in love with it, this one HAD to be mine.

So I immediately called the dealer, and put down a £200 deposit in order to prevent my being gazumped again.Then realization hit, the car was in Chichester, and I live in Manchester, so some planning was called for.

Now a friend of mine lives in Southsea, not far from Chichester, so I thought I'd visit him whilst picking up the motor. Plans made I organised the trip down.

I bought a first class ticket on the Virgin Pendalino from Manchester to Chichester. This meant catching the underground from Euston to Victoria, then catching another train to Chichester.

So I arrived in Euston 20 minutes late, due to some problem or other on the Southern line, and had to get over to Victoria in order to catch my train, suffice to say that I missed it even after running right across the station, it pulled away just as I hit the ticket barrier. I was sweating like a galley slave, and panting like a dog by this point, and I'm fairly fit!

So I had a 30 minute wait for the next one. If I'd known they were every thirty minutes I could have avoided the half mile full pelt sprint!!

Anyhoo, I arrive in Chichester, after some confusion with the train splitting in half!! My mate was there to meet me, and we ambled over to the dealership which was only 5 minutes walk away from the station.

There she sat, newly polished in the early afternoon sunshine, even better in reality than in the pictures I'd seen. So a swift chat with the dealer chappy, and a nice long test drive later, plus the paperwork of course, I laid down the cash and drove off. Straight to the petrol station, they'd kindly left me enough fuel in it to get that far. I did swallow a bit when I brimmed the tank though, hoping the fuel consumption figures weren't exagerated.

I drove my mate back to his place, where we picked up his lass, and we all went for a nice Italien dinner. He paid RESULT! :p

I was going to stay over, but I wanted to get home, so I bid them goodbye and started the long journey home, arriving very tired at 01:20 in the morning.

But what a drive it was. I enjoyed every second of it, we truly bonded :)

So how's that for a tale?
 

Sausageinabun

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As for the CC, no I can't see myself in one. Granted they do look damned good, but I just can't get past the total lack of VFM.

To get one half as good as the Exeo with the same goodies, would cost a small fortune and it would have at least four times the mileage for the same money.

This is my first oil burner, and am now a total torque junkie, so if in four years time I can't find a 13'er Exeo, I have no idea what i'll get.
 

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On a separate note, it seems awfully quiet on here. Nobody got a story to tell, or does the Exeo not inspire that kind of devotion?

I've 'wasted' more than my fair share of times on various forums over the years based on what I was driving at the time - the one major point that's holding back the debate via Exeo is that pretty much nothing goes wrong with them, really it's a 3rd or maybe 4th evolution of a car that's been about for a decade and 90% or more of them use a diesel engine that's had all the faults of it's forbearer ironed out.

Honestly, try an Accord Forum and 80% of the posts are down to cracked exhaust manifolds, water clogged headlamps and non-opening boots.

They don't have a cult following like an old Golf GTi or Escort RS does and nor are they every likely to - if they ever made an Exeo Cupra halo model then they might have made more waves, but it's a small family / exec saloon / estate, it's not a hot hatch, or sports car and that's not really "rock and roll" enough for a big following.

My story:

Ultimately I adore my Car, it's a bit leftfield which really appeals to me, it cost less than half of a similar spec, similar age B8 A4 would have, which is a newer design and frankly a better car in a lot of ways - but equally it cost less than an similar spec B7 with twice the mileage and was twice as old - I hate equating it to the A4 all the time, because I remember how sad the boys who used to say "well, you know it's an Audi / VW really underneath" when they were driving Skoda's ten years ago, before Skoda got it's own identity - but it's hard to escape it - it's not a shared platform - it's the same bloody car with a different grill.

I have mine for another 2.5 years and I suspect I like it more and more - I kept my last Car (a Passat V6 Tdi) for 6 years and didn't like it as much as this one, but I need to keep my car reasonably new for the sake of work - seems Seat aren't going to make another - would I take a B8 based Exeo for half what Audi want for it? Dam straight, but it's not going to happen.

At the moment my next car will be either:

If things go very well in work - Audi A4 3.0 Tdi Quattro.

If things go okay - Skoda Octavia VRS diesel.

I like the CC' but I really need an Estate and all the ones owned locally by me are the Bluemotion ones, driven by hooligans / reps.
 

PeeJay

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Seat did say they were going to do another Exeo and it would be "a completely Seat product" meaning, not an Audi hand-me-down, but if you ask them now it's the Leon ST, it's a good looking car and MQB based so it should drive well - same CR engines (for diesel people like me) which is good, but really it's a size down from the Exeo - and mine could do with being a bit bigger.

The 3rd gen Skoda Octavia is MQB based too (like all VAG cars from now on) but it's bigger and the VRS is just as good looking as FR spec - in fact they look very similar to me.
 
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