I bumped into one of the salesman from my dealership in the local pizza store last night. After catching up and asking me how I was enjoying the car (how indeed!) he told me that right now the demand for the S5s is so out of control that people placing orders today will be lucky to get there cars in 9 months.
Out of control compared to the trickle of supply, yes.
By the way, I saw the sprint blue S5 that my dealer was sitting on for a bit (canceled order) and photos just don't do that color justice, Jeff. It looked hot in person!
Thanks. Yeah. It's really grown on me and I really love it, especially when it still looks clean and shiny even though it is really dirty because it got caught in the rain or hasn't been washed for a week. Great at hiding dirt.
Here's a link to a good representative pic of the sprint blue. I suggest going to any audi dealer around you and finding another model with sprint blue. It's a great color, but I personally didnt want to stand out like that, so I went with deep sea blue.
I have called around, none of my local dealers have any in stock, or incoming that are sold. It really sucks because there are like 10-15 pics of a SB S5s on the web, and most of them are pretty bad to be honest. I guess most people with an SB S5 don't like to post pics of it. I just LOVE SB on the RS4 and S3, but from the pics, SB looks totally different on the S5, which is why I didn't chose it. But it may look different in better pics or IRL, so I am torn as to what I should do. Should I cancel/postpone my order until I can finally see an SB S5, or should I just get the PB S5 that I ordered.
Is there a labor strike at an Audi plant or something? Technically, the car isn't deemed available for sale if the wait list is that long. More like a pre-order.
The car is a limited production model with a two continent release coming from one factory. The S5 was probably used to iron out the kinks in the production line so it could be ramped up to mass produce the A5 and because the enthusiasts were going to be the first to buy a car like this anyway. For every one S5 they sell they are going to sell at least 5 A5s. So even though we are paying a premium we get shafted because the money of the few does not add up to beat the money of the many.
I was told mine may be in 2 weeks early as well. Too bad the wife won't let me pick it up until my current lease expires. that is going to be a painful 2-4 weeks depending on when it actually arrives. (Current lease expires 4/30/08).
I wonder if my dealer will grant me visitation rights
My dealer wasn't in today, so I couldn't ask what my allocation week is (I will call tomorrow and see). My dad also has an R8 on order from the same salesman, so I hope that may help with him getting the S5 here faster, I dunno. He offered me a Meteor Grey on Red car that was coming in soon and was passed on by the person who originally ordered it, but I passed after I saw a few more Phantom Black pics online... I'd rather wait and get the car I want. And yes, my dealership is in CT.
Doc, it seems you and I are the only members here in Pittsburgh (well, I rotate between Pittsburgh and NY). Are there any other members here that you may know of ordering an S5 in Pittsburgh?
No others that I know of, but glad to know you are here (I saw your NY label and didn't realize you were a neighbor). Where do you live. I am in Harrison City (beside Murrysville if you didn't know that). When I get mine, we will have to check each others rides out.
i go back and forth on whether i want to jump on one that frees up somewhere or to just suck it up and wait.. i convince myself i'll be better prepared for the car change later in the year than i am now or some such other justification..
If the car was black, I'd take it, even though it doesn't have side assist, which I ordered. But, I think you should get the color that you want, and it is def worth the wait IMO, unless u plan to sell it in a few months.
This also gives me more time to find an SB S5 to look at in person to see if I like it, and also enough time to think if I should special order my S5 in Glut or Solar Orange.
assuming the new country one is loaded, that's the one i ordered.. i've seen a bunch of those meteor/magma/carbon ones go by and that's precisely what i want..
though now that i've seen so many i'm rethinking my decision.. this is the problem with having more time to think..
So I called my dealer... there are 3 cars infront of me, all of which have a VIN and were released for produtuion the second week of Jan, so they will be arriving end of the month. So, I am the next person on the list without a release for production date on it, which means I should get it soon. I am hopefully still on track to get the car in April.
I ordered my Tipo S5 back in October last year. I'd initially been advised to expect delivery in April, but now they're telling me August. That's a 10 month wait for a production car... odd.
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Meteor Grey, Black Leather - all the trimmings
r32toS5 - please update your profile with where you are, since it is much more helpful to us "waiters" to know who is waiting for what in what regions. Thanks for specifying that yours is a Tip.
Strange… it seems that for many on this forum that their A5s have arrived early.. But the same thing cannot be said about the S5s and there's little known about when they are expected to come....
R32 - You said you ordered in October. However, from what I understand, Audi's ordering system did not contain an option for a tiptronic until December. Maybe your dealer took the order, and put it in as soon as it was available as an option to order, but that wasn't October. Then there's the question of how many vehicles your dealer is going to have allocated to sell versus everyone else.
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