The S5 lease thread

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PorkInsider

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5,877 posts

140 months

Thursday 23rd February 2017
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bchavda16 said:
who gave you the update? the leasing company or audi fleet department?
Leasing co' called the dealer and got the info for me.

Mo-mo

134 posts

85 months

Thursday 23rd February 2017
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baggiez said:
Are these prices including or excluding VAT?

I'm looking at placing an order for an S5 lease and I've been quoted £338/month (9+23) excluding VAT - works out to around £405 inc. VAT. That's for base without any extras. How is that looking compared to the deals done here?
Mine were including VAT

Mo-mo

134 posts

85 months

Thursday 23rd February 2017
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JetskiJezz said:
Just spotted another couple of YouTube videos that I don't think of being listed here previously - both are of white cars sat in showrooms. I never quite seen the appeal of the sort of YouTube videos, but having had quite a bit of talk about white recently I thought it was worth posting them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEj3RKChSAs&fe...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMqHMK8Pw8M

I also spotted this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJOSltzSEl8
It does give you some idea of the exhaust note.
Thanks. I had spotted these videos before. I was one of the people who ordered the car in white, but am considering changing it to brilliant black. IMO the white looks very nice in these videos. I have seen a black (admittedly metallic paint) S4/A5 sportback in the showroom, and they look great. I have also seen a S5 sportback in white and I felt it did not have the same wow factor - however this was a demo car and thus had been driven about and was parked outside, and therefore will invariably look worse than a showroom car.

I'm still trying to decide. I have always vowed to never buy a black car again due to the difficulty in maintaining it. I have had white before too, and I feel it requires less maintenance. I am similar to others in that I will take the car to the local car wash, maybe 3-4 times/year.

I think I will ultimately have to flick a coin and decide!

XMT

3,779 posts

146 months

Thursday 23rd February 2017
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who has the current best deals - looking for an S5 sportback.

PorkInsider

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5,877 posts

140 months

Thursday 23rd February 2017
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NickA555 said:
PorkInsider said:
I do Nick, but no movement yet. Must be the nightshift starting on mine?

What about yours? Still showing 20th Feb?
Yeah mine's still showing as the 20th too. At least ours aren't Monday morning builds!!! lol
Any more news on yours yet, Nick?

As I posted above, I've been told mine should be 2nd or 3rd week of March to arrive at the dealer.

IJB1959

2,139 posts

85 months

Thursday 23rd February 2017
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audia530tdi said:
That looks pretty damn amazing. Happy with nav blue now.
Yes Nav Blue is VERY nice, but I still prefer Mythos Black with red leather. I bet you are well chuffed with it....enjoy!

Mrjww88

60 posts

86 months

Thursday 23rd February 2017
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piperdelux said:
Do you mind me asking what your build date was? Mine is 6th March, so trying to get an idea of how long after that it might arrive in Uk... Cheers!
Not sure what the build date was all I know is I ordered it mid November.

I think I will definitely be getting the car dechromed from all the videos I have seen of the Ibis White. Think it will look far better. A side question i was told by the broker that the finance company were paying for the road tax. Is that the case with everyone elses??

NickA555

194 posts

89 months

Thursday 23rd February 2017
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PorkInsider said:
Any more news on yours yet, Nick?

As I posted above, I've been told mine should be 2nd or 3rd week of March to arrive at the dealer.
Good news for you then mate. Hopefully mine is a similar timescale. I just want it before the end of March to avoid the increase in VED.

As to the tracker, mine is still showing as 'order received' but I do remember with my Golf R that the tracker missed the first few stages at this point in the build week and jumped forwards a couple of stages. I'm therefore wondering if it's the same with the Audi...

18ME

139 posts

245 months

Thursday 23rd February 2017
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TomScrut said:
JetskiJezz said:
simonwhite2000 said:
JetskiJezz said:
Darren-b said:
Re: exhausts this used to happen on my 335i. Once it warms a tad a gate opened and both sides were pukka. Could be the same on the s5?
I think this is quite common, I can't remember if it was to do with emissions or noise control, but I certainly experienced it on a handful of cars.
My last M3 (E92 v8) did exactly the same thing, you can even see one side of the exhaust picked up more sort/carbon than the other side, but there was a mod that you could do to leave the valves open all the time and generally give a better noise to the car. I have exactly the same on my 360, the workaround was really easy, just a matter of playing a couple of cables running into the top of the exhaust and then it sounded so much better.
Would love to know if this is the case and can be done. Thanks for the insight!
Yes, I would love to know as well. Last year I had an Aston Martin V8 Vantage, I bought a little remote control switch for that which basically plugged into the fuse board and allow me to switch the exhaust valves from open to close whenever unwanted, if anyone can find out if the values do exist and are connected to a single fuse then the same system would work for this one, I still have the details of the guy I bought the switch system from which memory was about £70 and took five minutes to install.
First thing o thought of was the famous "pull the fuse" trick on the V8 Vantage!

Simon did you not notice the Golf R prioritises the middle two? The S5 does have 4 genuine exhausts though!
I had one of the first Golf R32's back in 2003 and remember putting a simple screw in a vacuum hose on the exhaust to keep the valve open....times have changed quite a bit since then smile we've got one of the latest Mini JCW's with a pro tuning exhaust and all I have to do with that to open the valve on the second pipe is press a switch on a remote Bluetooth device. It's very neat and very loudhehe

TomScrut

2,546 posts

87 months

Friday 24th February 2017
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IJB1959 said:
Sounds like you must be a politician.
Not sure what gives you that impression, I aren't!

IJB1959

2,139 posts

85 months

Friday 24th February 2017
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TomScrut said:
Not sure what gives you that impression, I aren't!
Lol.....a silly joke. With politicians, things need to get really bad before anything is done!

IJB1959

2,139 posts

85 months

Friday 24th February 2017
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Mo-mo said:
Thanks. I had spotted these videos before. I was one of the people who ordered the car in white, but am considering changing it to brilliant black. IMO the white looks very nice in these videos. I have seen a black (admittedly metallic paint) S4/A5 sportback in the showroom, and they look great. I have also seen a S5 sportback in white and I felt it did not have the same wow factor - however this was a demo car and thus had been driven about and was parked outside, and therefore will invariably look worse than a showroom car.

I'm still trying to decide. I have always vowed to never buy a black car again due to the difficulty in maintaining it. I have had white before too, and I feel it requires less maintenance. I am similar to others in that I will take the car to the local car wash, maybe 3-4 times/year.

I think I will ultimately have to flick a coin and decide!
Not sure if I like it in white, but I do like the Quattro Rotor wheels (shown in the second video) over the Cavo wheels though.

TomScrut

2,546 posts

87 months

Friday 24th February 2017
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IJB1959 said:
Lol.....a silly joke. With politicians, things need to get really bad before anything is done!
Ah ok! Got you. Yes it is a bit like that.

Akeap

3 posts

85 months

Friday 24th February 2017
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On my 2014 S3 I used VCDS to open the flaps all the time. Made Dynamic mode much better!

So hoping that I can do the same on S5 next weekend.

JetskiJezz

662 posts

135 months

Friday 24th February 2017
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Akeap said:
On my 2014 S3 I used VCDS to open the flaps all the time. Made Dynamic mode much better!

So hoping that I can do the same on S5 next weekend.
I think I might sound a little bit stupid here, but what is VCDS?

NickA555

194 posts

89 months

Friday 24th February 2017
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JetskiJezz said:
I think I might sound a little bit stupid here, but what is VCDS?
VCDS is the diagnostic software for VW's that allows you to change certain parameters within the car/ECU. It basically connects via the OBDII port on the car...

JetskiJezz

662 posts

135 months

Friday 24th February 2017
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NickA555 said:
JetskiJezz said:
I think I might sound a little bit stupid here, but what is VCDS?
VCDS is the diagnostic software for VW's that allows you to change certain parameters within the car/ECU. It basically connects via the OBDII port on the car...
Right, thanks for the explanation. I've heard the same thing with BMW, as I remember there are a handful of guys around the country with the right software that can do Mods to change various settings.
Does anyone know if the exhaust our can be programme this way? - And then the next question is who could do it and what sort of costs would be involved?

I guess my only concern would be what this does to a warranty - I'm assuming it might well invalidate it, if so probably not wise to do.

Cerberaherts

1,651 posts

140 months

Friday 24th February 2017
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JetskiJezz said:
Yes, I would love to know as well. Last year I had an Aston Martin V8 Vantage, I bought a little remote control switch for that which basically plugged into the fuse board and allow me to switch the exhaust valves from open to close whenever unwanted, if anyone can find out if the values do exist and are connected to a single fuse then the same system would work for this one, I still have the details of the guy I bought the switch system from which memory was about £70 and took five minutes to install.
Those remote "kits" are a simple remote controlled relay. £7 of ebay....

Akeap

3 posts

85 months

Friday 24th February 2017
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Alot of people have VCDS or as it was known VAGCOM around the country and alot of forums have threads dedicated to people stating where they live and if they would be willing to carry out changes for people. (usually for a few beers).

It does not invalidate warranty, but changes have been reset on occasion when a car goes back into dealer for service and they carry out an update on the ecu to fix problems etc so might need someone to redo the changes you have.

My S3 took about 2 mins to change the exhaust. One thing I will be carrying out is to enable the lane detection when I pick mine up as UK cars have pre-sense city camera built in and this can be carried out.

jacobyoung74

171 posts

89 months

Friday 24th February 2017
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Akeap said:
Alot of people have VCDS or as it was known VAGCOM around the country and alot of forums have threads dedicated to people stating where they live and if they would be willing to carry out changes for people. (usually for a few beers).

It does not invalidate warranty, but changes have been reset on occasion when a car goes back into dealer for service and they carry out an update on the ecu to fix problems etc so might need someone to redo the changes you have.

My S3 took about 2 mins to change the exhaust. One thing I will be carrying out is to enable the lane detection when I pick mine up as UK cars have pre-sense city camera built in and this can be carried out.
Please keep me posted if this works.. sounds like a great mod if it does!. Also please let us know.about progress on exhaust. Where are you based?