Any thought on my new interest???

[Oli]

Never driven the S5, but I have the A5 3.0TDi, and it was very fast and very easy to go fast.  Its almost as quick as an S5, and a re-map would sort that out.

I love the look of the S5 though, a stunning car.

If the fuel economy of my old RS4 is anything to go by, then it will be poor on fuel!, but if you are only using it as a second car then not an issue.  

[v1kkm]

S5 over S3 anyday

[rdfcpete]

These are fantastic value, £20k?! Jees.... 

A Haldex controller should see to the understeer? 
If you can manage the running costs, go for it Darren 

[rich83]

These are fantastic value, £20k?! Jees....  

A Haldex controller should see to the understeer?  
If you can manage the running costs, go for it Darren  

Ermmmm... they don't have haldex. 

[Beddie]

A Haldex controller should see to the understeer? 

No Haldex on these Pete, proper Torsion 4 wheel drive so active 100% of the time for extra fuel drinking  

[vRStu]

No Haldex on these Pete, proper Torsion 4 wheel drive so active 100% of the time for extra fuel drinking 

Yeah but at least your tyres wear evenly 

Buying 4 at a time as gonna hurt 

[DaveB@Vagbremtechnic]

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?'

And exactly how long do you think it would be before it had Navi and every other retrofitable mod once Daz got his sticky mitts on it, probably got it under his stairs already just in case!

[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?'

And exactly how long do you think it would be before it had Navi and every other retrofitable mod once Daz got his sticky mitts on it, probably got it under his stairs already just in case!

Very expensive Dave, very expensive.

No price here but just look at what you need -

http://www.kufatec.de/shop/product_info.php/info/p971_c274_MMI-High---Retrofit---Audi-A5-8T.html

£3k here to go from MMI2 to MMI3

http://www.vwcruise.com/Audi-MMi-3G-Upgrade-from-Basic.html

Audi are tw@ts mate, they use SVM and Component Protection to make these things more difficult.  If I change anything on my car with VCDS when it goes for service it comes back as it left the factory.

[mortygttdi]

Just had Rich round with is new car and he said not to go with the S5 or at least test drive one first so you know what my Monday morning consists of now

Cheers Dave I did have every thing planned which is why I didn't have much interest in a fully spec'd one but if they use the same MMI system has the newer A4 I may have to find one with Nav??

Darren

[vRStu]

It's £400 just for a map upgrade Darren.   

and there isn't a way around it like you'll be used to.

[rdfcpete]

These are fantastic value, £20k?! Jees....  

A Haldex controller should see to the understeer?  
If you can manage the running costs, go for it Darren  

Ermmmm... they don't have haldex. 

A Haldex controller should see to the understeer? 

No Haldex on these Pete, proper Torsion 4 wheel drive so active 100% of the time for extra fuel drinking  

Oops.

Can you not control the distribution to each axle on these with aftermarket controllers?

[vRStu]

There is an option of an upgraded sports differential from the factory Pete.

[rich83]

AFAIK the quattro system is mechanical and not 'controller' operated. Correct me if I'm wrong.

[mortygttdi]

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  

Just looked at one of them but a couple of G more and a lot less mileage

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-M3-4-0-V8-2008-MANUAL-SALOON-HIGH-SPEC-LOW-MILES-/280820653643?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item4162371e4b#ht_1267wt_984

[Nodz]

Prefer the S5 to the S3 but both brilliant cars. I like the M3 but I just don't like BMW interiors for some reason