A5/S5 Owner Demographics
10-12-2009, 04:30 PM
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53 (last chance to say that...I turn 54 tomorrow), single, lobbyist.
I've had several Audis in the past, including two terrific A8s. Took leave of my senses three years ago and went with someone else's rear-wheel drive sports coupe. It's nice and all that, and helped with my mid-life crisis (to a point), and the convertible feature was great...but overall the car was terrible to live with. So, in about 5 weeks I'm off to Ingolstadt to pick up an S5 coupe. Why not another A8? Simple. It won't fit in my office's parking garage. Really. Besides, it has the A8's engine, has a terrific body, and is a blast to drive. Can't wait to get my hands on it!
I've had several Audis in the past, including two terrific A8s. Took leave of my senses three years ago and went with someone else's rear-wheel drive sports coupe. It's nice and all that, and helped with my mid-life crisis (to a point), and the convertible feature was great...but overall the car was terrible to live with. So, in about 5 weeks I'm off to Ingolstadt to pick up an S5 coupe. Why not another A8? Simple. It won't fit in my office's parking garage. Really. Besides, it has the A8's engine, has a terrific body, and is a blast to drive. Can't wait to get my hands on it!
10-12-2009, 05:12 PM
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53 (last chance to say that...I turn 54 tomorrow), single, lobbyist.
I've had several Audis in the past, including two terrific A8s. Took leave of my senses three years ago and went with someone else's rear-wheel drive sports coupe. It's nice and all that, and helped with my mid-life crisis (to a point), and the convertible feature was great...but overall the car was terrible to live with. So, in about 5 weeks I'm off to Ingolstadt to pick up an S5 coupe. Why not another A8? Simple. It won't fit in my office's parking garage. Really. Besides, it has the A8's engine, has a terrific body, and is a blast to drive. Can't wait to get my hands on it!
I've had several Audis in the past, including two terrific A8s. Took leave of my senses three years ago and went with someone else's rear-wheel drive sports coupe. It's nice and all that, and helped with my mid-life crisis (to a point), and the convertible feature was great...but overall the car was terrible to live with. So, in about 5 weeks I'm off to Ingolstadt to pick up an S5 coupe. Why not another A8? Simple. It won't fit in my office's parking garage. Really. Besides, it has the A8's engine, has a terrific body, and is a blast to drive. Can't wait to get my hands on it!
You're doing European Delivery in 5 weeks? I'll be there taking delivery on November 19th (see my signature below). Maybe we'll cross paths.
Do you have any driving routes planned out yet?
10-14-2009, 08:41 AM
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I'm a 59 year old married architect in Atlanta. I've had my S5 for about 2 months - Deep Sea Blue/Tuscan, 6-speed and love it! It is my 10th Audi, including 2 TTs. My wife drives a Q5.
10-19-2009, 04:22 PM
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Don't feel sorry for me. I had the privilege to drive my S5 4500+K in Europe this summer, little more than half of that in Germany post break in. Sailing along at 120 to 150 mph for an hour or more on a couple of occasions will keep my cooking jar full for a while. The car arrives in Houston in three weeks, then its a fall/winter trip to LA for some modification, then up to AK along windy west coast roads and ultimately the Al-Can Highway. Good road trip, good first year experience.
10-19-2009, 04:25 PM
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BTW Audi X-2 and shado 1019, Ive just come back from my Ingolstadt experience. Make sure you get the English museum tour, as well as the factory tour. I'd recommend staying in Ingolstadt vs the Kempinski hotel at Munich Airport as Ingolstadt is much quainter, has a cool old town, gives you a better feel about the people who are building your cars.
10-23-2009, 06:29 PM
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Perhaps we'll cross paths somewhere in the Ingolstadt/Munich area. What is your itinerary?
10-23-2009, 06:33 PM
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BTW Audi X-2 and shado 1019, Ive just come back from my Ingolstadt experience. Make sure you get the English museum tour, as well as the factory tour. I'd recommend staying in Ingolstadt vs the Kempinski hotel at Munich Airport as Ingolstadt is much quainter, has a cool old town, gives you a better feel about the people who are building your cars.
10-24-2009, 01:58 PM
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New to the group. Very excited to take delivery of my A5 2.0T in December.
38, married, 2 children 6 & 8. CEO of architectural drafting company.
Didn't think my wife would go for it, but she said she crammed into the back of her dad's 911 until she was 13. My old man used to have a Lexus coupe when I was young.
We'll manage.
38, married, 2 children 6 & 8. CEO of architectural drafting company.
Didn't think my wife would go for it, but she said she crammed into the back of her dad's 911 until she was 13. My old man used to have a Lexus coupe when I was young.
We'll manage.