Notes from the road - Audi A5
Discussion
CraigV6 said:
Not on here often, but it sounds like you possibly review many cars?
If so, what were you really expecting here?
We actually have one of these which my wife uses every day to run into work on A roads and in town. It's also used for ferrying our daughter back and forth to nursery.
We've also used it to take a trip with our daughter around Scotland.
For family runs it does a good job. Comfortable to drive, very well kitted out (despite the tablet on the dash being a bit last minute thought looking, the interior in the new Audi's is very good, moving things on I feel, and is well laid out and ideal for a lazy drive). Options are subjective though, what's important to some isn't for others. The one thing that the dual screen gives you is the ability to use Apple Car Play and still have the Nav screen on the virtual cockpit.
Looks pretty good too I think, not spellboundingly gorgeous, but more modern than the outgoing version.
If you drive one of these expecting it to be a dynamic, driving machine then you'll be very much let down.
However, load your family up into it for a day out, long weekend away or a week of travelling, then it's ideal.
Again, I ask, if you are as knowledgable as you seem, what you were expecting?
Some of Audi's S and RS cars give a feeling of numbness after not a huge amount of miles, so expecting a 190 tdi S-line to excite seems like a far fetched nonsense.
I respect your opinion but stand by mine. The A5 is a very poor car, in isolation and in relation to the competition. If so, what were you really expecting here?
We actually have one of these which my wife uses every day to run into work on A roads and in town. It's also used for ferrying our daughter back and forth to nursery.
We've also used it to take a trip with our daughter around Scotland.
For family runs it does a good job. Comfortable to drive, very well kitted out (despite the tablet on the dash being a bit last minute thought looking, the interior in the new Audi's is very good, moving things on I feel, and is well laid out and ideal for a lazy drive). Options are subjective though, what's important to some isn't for others. The one thing that the dual screen gives you is the ability to use Apple Car Play and still have the Nav screen on the virtual cockpit.
Looks pretty good too I think, not spellboundingly gorgeous, but more modern than the outgoing version.
If you drive one of these expecting it to be a dynamic, driving machine then you'll be very much let down.
However, load your family up into it for a day out, long weekend away or a week of travelling, then it's ideal.
Again, I ask, if you are as knowledgable as you seem, what you were expecting?
Some of Audi's S and RS cars give a feeling of numbness after not a huge amount of miles, so expecting a 190 tdi S-line to excite seems like a far fetched nonsense.
Edited by CraigV6 on Sunday 16th July 17:10
Edited by CraigV6 on Sunday 16th July 17:11
I wasn't expecting much. And I got less. I'm not anti Audi - the S3 is a great car, the TT in some specs is very good. The MLB cars I've driven are pretty poor.
As to car play - To me, yes, fine but surely how the the thing drives. How it moves - much more important no? The A5 is very cheap to lease because of the insanity of motor industry finance. That's it's Trump card.
Viewed as a product, it is dire. Let me put it to you like this. If I had a choice and could drive to Aberdeen in that exact A5 or my battered old Lexus, a car worth not far off 1% of the Audi's list price - I'd take the Lexus. Honestly.
Fox- said:
W124 said:
Could you not lease a current shape XF for roughly the same money? As you say - excellent cars. The ingenium diesel is a bit rough, granted.
For me the diesel engine was the only good point about the current gen XF. I recently rented one and put several thousand miles on it - the engine was excellent and incredibly fuel efficient, the rest of the car fell somewhat short - from the suspect quality plastics seemingly everywhere right through to the awful touchscreen system that appeared to be running IGo Primo?!
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