Any thought on my new interest???

[mortygttdi]

Has anyone owned one or know much about them, its either this or and S3

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2008-AUDI-A5-AUDI-A5-S5-Quattro-2dr-Petrol-/190650488861?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item2c63a7981d#ht_1656wt_937

Darren

[E30Dom]

expect to double your fuel bill to double and more understeer, great looking car though...

[mortygttdi]

I used to have an scooby so know about understeer and it will not be getting used has regular has my current car so fuel bills will not be a problem

Darren

[Deako]

S5 over an S3 any day. Just look at it. Phwoar!!!!

[Andy]

love the s5---its the car i would go for next(or a r32 twin turbo)

[rich83]

Lovely engine, but if its anything like the 3.0TDI to drive, it won't be an exciting car to drive.

[Andy]

Lovely engine, but if its anything like the 3.0TDI to drive, it won't be an exciting car to drive.

might after a remap thou

[Beddie]

Lovely engine, but if its anything like the 3.0TDI to drive, it won't be an exciting car to drive.

might after a remap thou

It's not the power though Andy, the setup makes them really numb to drive, almost too safe and sensible imo

[Andy]

Lovely engine, but if its anything like the 3.0TDI to drive, it won't be an exciting car to drive.

might after a remap thou

or right i see 

It's not the power though Andy, the setup makes them really numb to drive, almost too safe and sensible imo

[PDT]

I have driven one, great noise and felt very stable, but also felt fat and boring. Fuel economy was as bad as you would expect.

My choice at that budget and vehicle type would be a 335i Msport coupe.

[rich83]

Lovely engine, but if its anything like the 3.0TDI to drive, it won't be an exciting car to drive.

might after a remap thou

It's not the power though Andy, the setup makes them really numb to drive, almost too safe and sensible imo

^^ What he said.

Bare in mind the 3.0TDI quattro does 0-60 in 5.9 seconds... and it doesn't feel anywhere near as quick as that

[vRStu]

A5OC will have some good info Darren.

Fuel bills will be nasty though 

[vRStu]

And I wouldn't buy that one without Nav.  As much as the Nav is poor by RNS510 standards it leaves a great expanse of plastic where the Nav controls should be and come resale time the first question any dealer will ask is '.......... has it got Nav?'

[R32UK]

Darren,

I friend of mine tried the merc e class, audi a5, and bmw 5 series. He said the audi (3.0tdi) was the quickest of the bunch, but felt very numb as said above. He went for the 5 series in the end  

Although for that kind of money.. might be worth looking at

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3684935.htm

I do enjoy this game  

[vRStu]

It think it's quite well accepted that the 3.0TDi is a very good match for the S4/S5 but I guess there are pro's and cons for both.  Fuel economy for the 3.0 isn't special by TDI 140/170 standards - I get around 36-37 overall but a recent 1.5 hour slog through London saw it at <25.  

3.0TDi with a drop of software is a different prospect though