2008 Audi A5 and S5

It comes as no surprise, then, that Audi chose the S5 as the launch
model for its new A5 coupe range. The S5 goes on sale here in November
and will be joined...

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It comes as no surprise, then, that this idiot keeps spamming the
newsgroups with this crap.

It also comes as no surprise that Audi is foisting yet another piece of
shit onto the automotive world. Oh, it drives like nobody's
business-when it's working.

Audi--what Daimler was trying to get for themselves when they bought
Chrysler.

 

When did Audi get bought by Toyota?

 

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saying :

Woo. Yet another Golf.

 

Erm, no.

It's the first car on the new B7 platform - which will give us the next
gen. A4. (Very different to a Golf - the B7 platform is a proper Audi
with longitudinal engine and proper 4wd.)

 

I thought the current gen A4s were B7? B5 was the old platform of the
old RS4 Avants, then there was the B6 which had no RS4, but introduced
the V8 N/A S4. Then there was the B7 which introduced the new round
grill (amongst other things of course) and the current RS4.

 

Except for the fact that they've never done this before, and
traditionally Audi launch the S ranges at least a year after the 'A'
variants have been on the market.

 

You're right.

I hadn't realised that the B6 facelift had been designated B7.

 

Funnily enough, I'd have thought that the Audi reputation to exactly
the opposite of what you're saying. They're ultra reliable but a
relatively staid driving experience compared to say a Porsche, TVR or
even a BMW. So the reviews usually say anyway.

 

SteveH () gurgled happily, sounding much like they
were saying :

<yawn>
Pardon? Did somebody say something? I must have dropped off for a moment.

 

Research "coil pack recall". <G>

 

Research 'Bosch coil pack failures' and find out that it affected a
large number of manufacturers and wasn't a VAG specific issue.

 

And the number of manufactures that had the problem, it wasn't just the VAG
group cars, BMW, MB, AR, Ford too name but a few. The thing is people expect
ARs and Fords to stop working randomly so that was no disapontment.

 

My buddy was really underwhelmed with the way Audi treated him. He
ended up paying to replace all the parts before the recall came out.
The car was sold by the time the recall was released.

VAG seemed to wait an awful long time before they owned up to the
issue.

 

It wasn't there issue, no other manufacture acted any quicker and most
couldn't do anything as the supplier of the duff units didn't have enough
stock to forfill the extra demand. As most of the vehicles had been designed
specifically for that unit another supply couldn't just be magiced up. It
wasn't an uncommon view in dealers of any brand to see the coil packs being
taken from the cars in the show room, the demonstrators or even new cars that
had a week or so before they were picked up to fix customer cars. This did
have a problem as some of the packs coming out of these cars were still from
the problem batch so the cars would then exhibit the same problem later down
the line. It's just like the Fabia/Ibiza/Polo thing the Fabia always come out
higher on customer satisfaction with relation to reliability despite the fact
that for the past few years it's had exactly the same underpinnings as the
other two, Skoda still don't have the reputation of VW so people expect less
and when a problem crops up they are more prepared for it. The same is true
for consumer goods last time I was looking for a new washing machine there
were a couple of ones that I was looking at one from a more budget end of the
market one from higher up, after some investigation the budget branded model
had a higher customer satisfaction on "quality of wash" and "service life"
despite both units being identical bar the control panel. I don't for a
second believe the budget one was better but it didn't have the major
"premium" brand image or £250 price excess so perceptions as to what you will
receive were a factor.

 

Huh? "Ultra" reliable? Audi?

Put down the crack pipe.