{"id":1327,"date":"2016-08-30T15:12:33","date_gmt":"2016-08-30T14:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fastgerman.com\/forum\/?p=1327"},"modified":"2019-03-27T10:30:02","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T09:30:02","slug":"audi-s5-v8-daily-driver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fastgerman.com\/forum\/audi-s5-v8-daily-driver\/","title":{"rendered":"Audi S5 V8 Daily Driver"},"content":{"rendered":"

Looking for something a bit more exciting than my previous daily, the MK5 GTI<\/a>, my criteria included the following:<\/p>\n

– 0-60 in around 5 seconds
\n– sub \u00a315k
\n– comfortable for 3 people including a decent boot
\n– manual gearbox
\n– V8 – never had one!
\n– nice to have – 4wd, Bose (or similar), heated seats, modern interior including navigation<\/p>\n

With the above filtered on in the likes of Pistonheads, Autotrader and ebay, it was really just the Audi S5 that met my criteria. <\/p>\n

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Interestingly, the S5 with black exterior and black leather interior reminded me very much of my first performance car – the Volkswagen Corrado VR6<\/a>. There is a similar lazy, muscle car feel to it, however still quite refined and chuckable on the country roads.<\/p>\n

I’m not sure if my S5 is putting out the quoted 350 bhp and from having read numerous reviews of Audi FSI V8 engines suffering with coking\/carbon build up, this needs a trip to the intake cleaners.<\/p>\n

It’s interesting just how different this S5 is to the Audi S4<\/a> even though the dash, driving position and view from the seat are so similar including the aluminium wing mirrors.<\/p>\n

The S4 is so much more eager in any situation, sharper even with the electric steering and somehow feels lighter on its feet. The S5 is worth a 1\/3 of what the S4 is now, so its not a completely fair comparison with its 8 year different on performance and technology. What I prefer in the S5 is the sound of the V8, the manual gearbox for my back road Surrey\/Hampshire commute and the looks. Walter de Silva is the Italian lead designer for the Audi A5 and has declared it his most beautiful creation.<\/p>\n

There you have it, an Italian designed, 4.2 V8, manual coupe for under \u00a315k, what’s not to like.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Looking for something a bit more exciting than my previous daily, the MK5 GTI, my criteria included the following: – 0-60 in around 5 seconds – sub \u00a315k – comfortable for 3 people including a decent boot – manual gearbox – V8 – never had one! – nice to have – 4wd, Bose (or similar), … Continue reading Audi S5 V8 Daily Driver<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1375,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[242,233,219,241,243,97],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fastgerman.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1327"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fastgerman.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fastgerman.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fastgerman.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fastgerman.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1327"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/fastgerman.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1416,"href":"http:\/\/fastgerman.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1327\/revisions\/1416"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fastgerman.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fastgerman.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fastgerman.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fastgerman.com\/forum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}