Today we're driving the Audi S5 V8 to see if it could potentially be my next car! #POV #TestDrive #Audi Cars, Road Trip, Travel, Adventure, Vlogs, Life Of Fabian, Life Of, Supercars, Hypercars, Sportscars, Lifestyle, automotive
Bought a 2012 last year with 45k miles. Absolute joy to drive. I installed an oil catch can and swapped the rear mufflers for Vibrant resonators. Love this car.
Do you have any video inside and outside of your exhaust setup? I was thinking this exact same solution. I love the backbox delete sound but seems just a bit too loud for daily. Thx
@@stephaner3508 I tried to make a video before and the sound didn't do it justice. I will see what I can come up with. I felt the back box delete was too loud. These vibrants, in place of the back box, have no rasp at all and the tone is on point through all rpm's. There is no drone while cruising. You really hear them on cold start and when accelerating.
@@ljubomircukrov6818 it's pretty amazing the amount of oil vapor that it catches. It keeps it from recirculating into the intake manifold and then ultimately depositing on the back of the intake valves. So I would say absolutely worth it.
Owned a V8 auto since early 2016. Other than a dead spark plug popping the car into limp mode (quickly diagnosed with VCD and fixed at home) the car has been very reliable. Annual road tax here in the UK is insane for this car and fuel oonsumption is not fantastic if driven around town centres, but surprisingly reasonable on faster roads and motorways. Regular oil and filter changes should keep the engine running smoothly as the basic design is pretty robust. I believe the S5 V8 benefited from revised timing chain guides that proved such a problem on the previous generation RS4 V8s, so horror stories of loose timing chains are not specific to this model engine. It can happen, but these are often abused or poorly maintained examples.
@@Xayanix I've owned one for a year did 60 miles every day and it averaged 22 mpg. Unless you drive it like a complete bellend especially with the auto you should see even better consumption. As for it being slow, it's a naturally aspirated v8 with 350bhp which can still do 0-60 run in mid 5 seconds. What exactly did you expect? That it's going to be a super car killer?
Looking at an 09' auto here in the U.S, at 134,000 miles and have had a numerous amount of services done in the past 25k miles. Going for 10k dollars. I am tempted!
Go for it. Just got my 2010 in Canada with 220k kms, also lots of maintenance done. I do work myself. Not really crazy to work on. Time to enjoy this sweet looking coupe.
I just got 11 s5 with all carbon fiber red interior non-res down pipes delete straight wth tips … i never knew a car can run and sound so good Fun shit
@@99Chosen I was in fact driving it when you wrote this lol. So I put so far 8k miles on it. Lots of preventive maintenance including 8 new injectors (mine sits at 144k miles). Stuff it really needed, oil cooler orings, front suspension bushings, lower and upper control arms, new set of tires. Really common stuff. I did muffler delete and where the fronts resonators were installed a resonated Xpipe form Magnaflow. sounds amazing, no drone and matching the car style IMO. If you are not a wrench kind of guy just have some spare cash for common issues.
I own a 2009 A5 S-Line. In that year, they put the 3.2 V6 in them, not a 2.0 turbo four. Mine has the manual transmission, and the S-Line package gives it a suspension upgrade over the base model. It's a great car! Not as fast as the S5, naturally, but it's really not slow. Also, the gas mileage is a bit better, and my round-trip work commute is 150 miles, so I appreciate that! I mention all this so if anybody out there likes this car, but feels like the price, or the gas mileage, is unappealing, there is an alternative! I wouldn't recommend the early 2.0 A5 models. Those engines have some issues. Either go newer, so those problems are worked out, or stick with the older 3.2, which is a very reliable engine.
Be careful buying one with any more than 80k miles. I bought one at 50k miles and put roughly 35k on it before it started having nasty issues. Mainly timing chain/valve related issues. Not sure how the valve issues started but probably needed a carbon clean.
Yhh me to. Just bought mine 3 weeks ago and 2nd day of ownership the engine light came on… It’s been at the shop for over 11 days now. I’ve driven the car 5-6 times after purchasing it. Bought it for 16,500$ around there. Probably going to have to put around 3000-4000$ in it now… Let’s hope it’s a fun car I’ve bought…
@@reallifeoffabian ill have to make the responsible decision and pass. however, the car only has 85k miles and a full service history. theyre asking $20k which isnt bad considering inflation right now. but the car has never had bushings replaced since new. so i know thats a costly repair i would have to do if i buy it.
on the other hand, this car with the v8 and 6speed doesnt come up for sale often in my area. its mostly v6 and v8 autos so im feeling like if i dont buy it, i probably wont have the chance for another blue moon. oh well...
Well, it's a very luxurious and fast car. It's bad on fuel, but other than that I say it's worth it! I don't own the car though, so I can't give much advice.
I'd say, hell nah. These are maintenance heavy and complicated to work on. Just look up audi 4.2 engine problems. All VW group cars have a large number of issues, check out this overview on the A5. And this youtube has a video on the 4.2, lots of expensive problems. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RZU6O88zPqs.html
From my point of view, either or you have lots of money to throw when needed or you do your own maintenance and hours of research yourself. That’s what lots of people do including myself. Is a fantastic car really.
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