I thought I'd start a thread documenting my S5 journey.
I'm a total mechanical n00b, no car maintenance experience and over time wanting to learn a bit whilst making a few minor changes to my 3 month old S5 B8 Sportback.
The backstory
I've wanted an Audi S4 for as long as I can remember. My first car was a D reg Audi 80 which I got from my mum as my first car. Over the years I've had a couple of Leon Cupra's the old 180 bhp versions (both written off, neither my fault - rear ended and one crashed into when I was parked at work). My latest car was a SAAB 93 (vauxhall version
) which I'd had for near on 7 years, and despite being cheap to maintain, I hated it and fell out of love with cars and driving.
My wife's passat recently passed away and the SAAB was looking long in the tooth and we decided to get rid of them both and get a "sensible family car". The S4, perhaps estate was well on the radar.
I'm...the wrong side of 35 now and with the whole, electric movement seeming like the future option, this purchase seemed like the last chance to run something on fossil fuels and get something at least mildly sporty before my tupee is flapping in the wind out of the back of a soft top 911.
The purchase
After spending a while looking at S4s and the odd S5 coupe, I'd fallen a bit for the S5 looks. Within my budget < £15k and in my area (SW UK) there didn't seem to be much of a difference in price in the S4 or S5. Despite trying to convince the wife a coupe could work with a 2yr old, I came to the conclusion it wouldn't, and going down to one car, and it needing to be a daily driver.
I viewed a couple of Jag XF-S's but they were all in crappy condition.
We didn't need anything brand new, but wanted something more modern than the 54 plates we'd both been driving, we needed something which was vaguely practical, but also (for me) and S series, and purely by luck, in my area a beautiful S5 Sportback went on sale the day after a borrowed some money for the purchase.
A couple of viewings and a deposit later and I'm the proud owner of a 2011 b8 S5 Sportback in sprint blue, which given the choice would have been my preference!
The 3.0 Sportback combo is such a brilliant combo of practical with a bit of "poke" I'm really enjoying the car and being able to take the family out comfortably as well.
Initial pics
Some from first day home and some from our first trip out
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What I wished I known before buying!
I'm a total mechanical n00b, no car maintenance experience and over time wanting to learn a bit whilst making a few minor changes to my 3 month old S5 B8 Sportback.
The backstory
I've wanted an Audi S4 for as long as I can remember. My first car was a D reg Audi 80 which I got from my mum as my first car. Over the years I've had a couple of Leon Cupra's the old 180 bhp versions (both written off, neither my fault - rear ended and one crashed into when I was parked at work). My latest car was a SAAB 93 (vauxhall version
) which I'd had for near on 7 years, and despite being cheap to maintain, I hated it and fell out of love with cars and driving.My wife's passat recently passed away and the SAAB was looking long in the tooth and we decided to get rid of them both and get a "sensible family car". The S4, perhaps estate was well on the radar.
I'm...the wrong side of 35 now and with the whole, electric movement seeming like the future option, this purchase seemed like the last chance to run something on fossil fuels and get something at least mildly sporty before my tupee is flapping in the wind out of the back of a soft top 911.
The purchase
After spending a while looking at S4s and the odd S5 coupe, I'd fallen a bit for the S5 looks. Within my budget < £15k and in my area (SW UK) there didn't seem to be much of a difference in price in the S4 or S5. Despite trying to convince the wife a coupe could work with a 2yr old, I came to the conclusion it wouldn't, and going down to one car, and it needing to be a daily driver.
I viewed a couple of Jag XF-S's but they were all in crappy condition.
We didn't need anything brand new, but wanted something more modern than the 54 plates we'd both been driving, we needed something which was vaguely practical, but also (for me) and S series, and purely by luck, in my area a beautiful S5 Sportback went on sale the day after a borrowed some money for the purchase.
A couple of viewings and a deposit later and I'm the proud owner of a 2011 b8 S5 Sportback in sprint blue, which given the choice would have been my preference!
The 3.0 Sportback combo is such a brilliant combo of practical with a bit of "poke" I'm really enjoying the car and being able to take the family out comfortably as well.
Initial pics
Some from first day home and some from our first trip out
Next up
What I wished I known before buying!
