2015 Audi S5 Sportback 3.0 V6 TFSI
Discussion
Hello folks! New to the forums, and fairly new to this particular car too, so figured I'd kick off my membership of these esteemed pages by making a post about my new-to-me 2015 Audi S5 Sportback 3.0 V6 TFSI. Having never owned an Audi before, so far ownership of this particular vehicle has been a real treat.
I managed to pick it up for a decent price earlier this year, especially so given that it had only covered 25,000 miles or so of very light commuting use from London outskirts to mainline stations. Quite nicely specced with all the usual Audi audio gizmos (which is to say, not that great comparatively with other brands but about as much as Audi did in 2015), and the leather sports seats are very comfortable. The interior is a nice place to be, generally.
Previous owner had curbed the 20" wheels a few times as you can see on the photo. I do think it's slightly over-wheeled, 19" maybe a better fit, and the rubber is very expensive. I'll likely get them refurbished before I do decide what to do though. Can't deny they're imposing, though. And it handles well. I know there's stories of understeer ahoy with the bigger quattros, but I find it sticks to the road like glue, and have never really experienced it yet. Maybe I'm not driving it hard enough?!
Bodywork is most mint, few stone chips here and there, and it was specced with the black edition extras. The metallic black paint attracts dust, sap, crap and mud like a magnet though! However I love the shape of the Sportback and this iteration of the model in particular. It just looks... focussed.
So, the engine, then. Have to say, I absolutely LOVE it. Supercharged V6 noise is just fantastic. Pulls really linearly throughout the rev range, and in sport mode makes an even better sound when gunning it for overtaking and the like. In fact, sport mode is where I generally leave it, but the less said about the fuel economy the better...
Plans for it? Well, it needs a full detail and some attention on those stone chips. Brake pads could do with a refresh. There's the wheels, which I may yet swap out, and I've been considering looking into what a remap might give me. Brand new, apparently it returned 333ps and 325lbft. A cursory glance at Revo says a stage one could return between 415ps to 448ps and between 405lbft to 450lbft. This might of course necessitate gearbox fettling.
Anyone else owned one of these in their time before? Or still do?
I managed to pick it up for a decent price earlier this year, especially so given that it had only covered 25,000 miles or so of very light commuting use from London outskirts to mainline stations. Quite nicely specced with all the usual Audi audio gizmos (which is to say, not that great comparatively with other brands but about as much as Audi did in 2015), and the leather sports seats are very comfortable. The interior is a nice place to be, generally.
Previous owner had curbed the 20" wheels a few times as you can see on the photo. I do think it's slightly over-wheeled, 19" maybe a better fit, and the rubber is very expensive. I'll likely get them refurbished before I do decide what to do though. Can't deny they're imposing, though. And it handles well. I know there's stories of understeer ahoy with the bigger quattros, but I find it sticks to the road like glue, and have never really experienced it yet. Maybe I'm not driving it hard enough?!
Bodywork is most mint, few stone chips here and there, and it was specced with the black edition extras. The metallic black paint attracts dust, sap, crap and mud like a magnet though! However I love the shape of the Sportback and this iteration of the model in particular. It just looks... focussed.
So, the engine, then. Have to say, I absolutely LOVE it. Supercharged V6 noise is just fantastic. Pulls really linearly throughout the rev range, and in sport mode makes an even better sound when gunning it for overtaking and the like. In fact, sport mode is where I generally leave it, but the less said about the fuel economy the better...
Plans for it? Well, it needs a full detail and some attention on those stone chips. Brake pads could do with a refresh. There's the wheels, which I may yet swap out, and I've been considering looking into what a remap might give me. Brand new, apparently it returned 333ps and 325lbft. A cursory glance at Revo says a stage one could return between 415ps to 448ps and between 405lbft to 450lbft. This might of course necessitate gearbox fettling.
Anyone else owned one of these in their time before? Or still do?
Welcome onboard.....
Nice S5.... good base for cleaning, improving and maintaining....
If there are options you want, but it doesn't have you can always go down the retrofit route...
Getting a decent code reader is worth it's weight in gold, if you don't have anything already?
i'd suggest VCDS... not cheap but it is so capable
i don't see anything wrong with the 20's for the size of vehicle... but yes they do need refurbishing
Nice S5.... good base for cleaning, improving and maintaining....
If there are options you want, but it doesn't have you can always go down the retrofit route...
Getting a decent code reader is worth it's weight in gold, if you don't have anything already?
i'd suggest VCDS... not cheap but it is so capable
i don't see anything wrong with the 20's for the size of vehicle... but yes they do need refurbishing
Thanks, 89forever! No, no code reader yet. I have a Carista but that’s just for the odd tweak here or there. Not actually had it out on the S5 yet though.
Looking at VCDS, is it just the specialist cable you need? And then software to analyse the codes/output on your laptop? I confess I don’t know much about them.
Looking at VCDS, is it just the specialist cable you need? And then software to analyse the codes/output on your laptop? I confess I don’t know much about them.
correct, the software is a free download, which means you can get a knock off cable but you don't get full functionality as if you had a genuine cable...
I've had VCDS (genuine unlimited) for years and would be lost without it.....
As i have VCDS i have no experience of Carista.... it may be suitable for tweaking, certainly worth a go
I've had VCDS (genuine unlimited) for years and would be lost without it.....
As i have VCDS i have no experience of Carista.... it may be suitable for tweaking, certainly worth a go
Edited by 89forever on Sunday 7th June 19:07
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