Should you buy a 2018 Audi S5 Sportback? | Extended Test Drive and Review | Reviewing my Own Car
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- Опубликовано: 16 янв 2022
- The Audi S5 Sportback will always remain a special car to me; the beautiful V6 engine, the space, the ease of use, the speed, it all comes together into one brilliant car that I have absolutely loved owning.
At long last I've got round to reviewing and editing a review of my own car. The B Roll is a culmination of 3 years of road trips hence why road some shots are in France, some in Switzerland, some in Germany, some on a beach in Wales and some in rainy England. One thing is for sure, the Quattro S5 can cope with everything.
I've got a load more S5 videos to get through so keep locked in if you enjoyed!
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S5 2018 owner here. I’ve probably watched every review on the internet and yours was one of the best. Probably the best because you’re a funny bastard as well.
Thanks James, appreciate that mate. Very jealous that you still have yours. Are you still enjoying it?
@@macswhips you’re welcome bro. Yes I love every second of it. Although, my mid teens MPG mixed in with these fuel prices and my love for driving is becoming a dangerous mixture 😂
Glad to hear it mate! I miss mine massively. Unfortunately, I have to tell you the mid twenties MPG isn't much different to the mid teens when you are a car person 😂
Does the 2018 have apple car play ?
This is really useful to hear from someone that had owned one of these models
Thank you! Its nice to do an extended real life review. I took it down to France one time, really amazing trip 😘
Best review💪🏾✅
Thank you very much for that. Really appreciate the comment and glad you enjoyed!
That was a really good review mate, nice one!
Ah thanks mate. Really really appreciate that. Glad you found it useful!
@@macswhips I am going to put the new face lift REAR taillights onto the old 2019 rear .Stay tuned for its turn out!
Just reserved one of these cars. Came on here to watch your video, notice you drive past the tesco petrol station not far from my house. It's a sign!
Ah great to hear mate. You will absolutely love it. Without doubt the best all round car I've ever driven and quick. Somebody actually pointed out my exact car is available at Marshall Nottingham if you wanted that one instead of the one you reserved. Thought I'd mentioned as you must be fairly local to me having driven past the Tesco. When are you collecting yours?
I test drove one today, same year and it really shocked me, having just finished driving a 2017 Porsche Macan S. The Audi S5 was MUCH more fun and engaging to drive. 355hp and up to 30 mpg sounds good to me.
That’s really interesting to hear because I love the Macans. Really solid and comfortable car. Have you pulled the trigger on the S5 or are you still looking?
cant believe it, i have the same situation, picking between macan s and S5. Still not sure which one. any recommendation? (previously i drove c300 amg, F30 328 and lexus nx 2t)
Ever thought about making the calipers red and doing carbon mirror caps? Love the car, great video!
Sorry for the slow reply Joseph. Considered callipers, I think it would have finished it off really nicely. Unfortunately, the car has long gone. Sad times! But thanks for the kind comment!
Great review. Only thing I wanted to say is the s5 competes with the m440 and c43 not the m4 and c63, and tbh I think it looks much better than the m440i and I can't decide between c43 and the s5. Either way, great review mate.
Thanks JJ, really appreciate the comment. And you’re absolutely right on the comparisons.
I do prefer the S5 over the C43. I first fell for the old C63 so I prefer the more square looking C63’s. I think the new ones are too rounded.
At 5.38 did he really accelerate hard pass a copper?! 😂😂😂👍
I'm glad that somebody noticed. Thought it would be a funny bit of footage!
Hahahaa I seen that!
lmao what, that 'crease' you mentioned is literally one of the best looking design features on the car..?
It is…but also means the windows don’t work 😂
Look what it does to the back windows though, they could’ve figured out a way to avoid this
S5 coupe is a sport car with long heavy doors, sportback is a family car. 👍
This is true. I am an old man at heart!
Ha like the fact u overtook a police car in your review. What’s your next car ? Good review
Yes! I'm glad somebody has finally noticed that shot😂 Thank you for the comment. I'm currently rolling around in my Peugeot 106 which was also my first car. I want to make some content based around a restoration so slowly working on that
The key to much better handling in ANY Audi is getting a stiffer rear sway bar. Only the rear, a stiffer front just equalizes it again. A stiffer rear bar helps rotate the rear in corners and under hard trail breaking, which is also a must. Not having enough fun and scaring others seems like a driver issue and not the car. Just need learn how to drive different handling cars and adapt your driving style to that car. For an Audi, late brake hard into a corner and trail brake aggressively. This helps lighten the rear end and rotate it. Believe me, you brake late and hard enough into a corner and rotate the rear end you’ll scare anyone.
Driver issue...excuse me! I'll have you know I'm very proficient! 😂 Jokes aside, noted...thats good information.
@@macswhips 😂👍
Absolutely love the S5 sportback. However, sorry I disagree it rivals a cls? Cls rivals an A7 not A5. The main rival for the S5 sportback is the 4 series GC, with Merc not having a direct rival in this segment.
Yeah you're absolutely right, my mistake!
I've had this same s5 sb prestige in white for 3+ years now. Agree with all your comments. Such an all-rounder.
Thanks David. It really is an all rounder isn't it. One of the few cars I also like in white too. Is it your daily driver?
@@macswhips yes it is. I have an 05 Infiniti fx35 that's supposed to be my daily but I keep ignoring it. 😂 I'm at 54k miles on the S5 right now.
haha hard not to go for the S5 on a day to day basis! We really don't see many Infiniti's over here
I iust got this car 😊 have you had any issue since this video bro ? I have 7 days before i can return and 100 days warranty do you think i should keep it and buy extended warranty or return it and get something newer my plan was to go for the 2021 and above but this was a really good deal that would have me financed 14k compared to 35k on the 21 model. Help me out lol i had a lexus 3iS before zero headaches 😅
I’ll be completely honest mate, my engine did sort of kind of explode 😂 conrod failure in piston three and six.
Literally blew a hole in the engine. But I do honestly think that was something to do with it, getting a bit wet a month or two before. Having said that, when I worked at a garage, I did see an SQ5 that had the same engine and that had blown as well.
I don’t want to scare you off because it might just be bad luck on my part!
"Should you buy a 2018 Audi S5 Sportback?" Well, I already did.
Fantastic. How are you finding it?
@@macswhips Excellent to be honest. I've wanted an Audi since high school, so when I found myself in a position to actually get one years later I did quite a bit of research and test driving. I wasn't even looking at S5s because I thought they would be out of my price range but I ran across one that was just right and snapped it up.
I only have 2 gripes.
1: I am a pretty tall guy, and entering/exiting the car is a bit awkward. I probably shoulda gone for a coupe or cabriolet for the larger door size.
2: The throttle lag at low rpm/stop. For a luxury sport sedan, you would expect the car to be a bit peppier. My son drives a crappy Cruze and when I have to drive it the low end responsiveness is really wonderful and I miss it when I go back to the Audi. I do plan to get a pedal commander or something similar to hopefully combat that.
All that being said, its the best car I've ever owned and I really enjoy driving it. The design is polished, and being a popular mod car there's tons of products available to customize it in a bunch of ways.
Just got mine a couple days ago from an A5 feels like a race car 🤣
Ahh great to hear. How are you finding it! I can imagine how quick it feels to the A5!
5:36 Nice ;)
haha love how you noticed that. I thought it might go under the radar!
Really love the edit! Keep it up. I bought an S5 a month ago. Any cool tips, gimmicks or secrets I should know? For example how to engage launch control ;)
Thank you, really appreciate that! I'm dropping a how to launch control video this week so keep an eye out for that!
Summer is over lol the leaves are barely changing sir lol
😂 It's a fair observation. I'm nesh these days clearly!
the perfect daily but nothing more? i disagree with that. its an incredible car compared to the vast majority that test driven. Grateful to have my S5 and i get it performance isn't track level but a few little tweaks can make that possible.
Yeah no doubt it is a brilliant car! I wish I still had mine!
Clive needs to extend his steering wheel so he can reach it without getting up from his seat.
What do you mean sorry? Is my driving position a strange one?😂
This car can be so much more with stage 2 mods and tune
In manual mode, it will still auto-shift at redline.
Yeah you are right, eventually! It takes some time on redline though from memory!
Your totally right about the darn sensors... mine beep all the time
Glad to hear I'm not the only one who noticed it, I wish there was a permanent off button!
Yes 32 mpg on the highway in comfort mode @ 78 m.p.h
Not bad is it! I was pleasantly surprised
@@macswhips no doubt. Audi found some issues and fixed all of them under warranty. Out of pocket cost $150. 12k without Carmax Warranty
How many miles is on the car and what was the maintenance like as in did you find any major problems with the car? I heard the b9 was pretty reliable.
I'm so sick of seeing reviews that are "S5 Review after 6 months!" "S5 Review after 1 year!" Like I don't give a d*mn about your 6 months of ownership, I want to know how well it lasted for 3+ years so thank you for this as I appreciate it a lot!
I'm looking at one here soon, but waiting for the car bubble to burst as cars are way overpriced now. A used S5 with 8/10k miles are going for 75 thousand dollars! That is literally more than a new S5, if you wait 6 months for it to get delivered to the dealership you can get a prestige for 69k. So I'm waiting for things to fall a bit before I get one.
Hi Brandon. good idea waiting for the bubble to burst. I work in sales these days and the whole 2nd hand market is ridiculous at the moment. But I'd definitely recommend an S5 Sportback, I absolutely loved mine and had no issues apart from one major thing. Maintenance wise, I didn't need to do much at all but I had mine from new and did 30,000 miles in it. It was reliable throughout the whole 3 years, no issues at all...apart the major problem.
I had con-rod failure in piston 3 and 6 and it blew a hole in the engine. This resulted in a brand new engine from Audi under manufacturers warranty. I can't be 100% sure but I think this may have had something to do with me having a fight with a flooded road a few months before.
As I say, I can't be sure if that would have happened if not for the flooding. Sorry I can't be more helpful in that sense. But generally speaking, super reliable and had no issues other than that over the whole 3 years.
@@macswhips Thanks for the thought out response dude! I appreciate it a lot. I'm definitely gonna wait this out and get one then after hearing back from you a others on audio forms.
No problem at all. Yeah probably for the best waiting a bit but definitely a fantastic car!
Got a 2018 s5 prestige with 21k Miles on it from Carmax for 37k
I think you give it way too little credit for what it really is! I owned one just like that and found it way more exciting than you did!
Maybe I didn't get across what I was trying to then! I absolutely loved owning it! Do you still have yours?
@@macswhips Hello Mac, I actually traded it in for a Q5 last summer, regretted it the very next day. I have Ordered a 2022 S5 and expect to get the new ride this summer. Black w/ red Magma Leather seats, Sport Diff & Premium + Package, Adaptive Suspension. Enjoy your Audi. Audi ROCKS!
@@VisionStance ahh no. I do like the Q5's but I imagine there is no comparison between an S5 and a Q5! Your new one sounds lovely, black and red is there perfect spec on cars in my opinion. Yes, I'm an Audi man I think although I'm warming to the Mercs and Beemers now I'm driving them more
@@macswhips Well Enjoy your adventure! I looked hard at the 340i and just couldn't get over the Short Wheelbase and Rear End Looks, although the 382 HP was tantalizing. the Rear Wheel Drive just didn't do it for me even the X Drive 4 wheel was substandard to Audi. Besides, everybody's got a BMW in my town. Audi Style was the DOPE! My first Car was a New 1967 GTO. Rear Wheel Drive w/ 335 HP. Now I could swing that rear end out anytime and straighten it out in short order. I think the HP was actually greater than 335, at least it felt like it. But the new transmissions in the cars these days are much better at handling torque
I know what you mean, I had a 440i Gran Coupe try and spit me out at about 50 MPH last week. Mental things! Ooo I would love to have a go in a GTO. I've got very little experience with American cars but heard they are a lot of fun!
Isn't the 3.0 TSI a 6-inline... I thought the 2.9 was the V6.
Twin turbo V-6 354 hp 369 tq. 0-60 can be achieved just below 4 sec but conditions need to be perfect. Top speed 167 m.p.h without electronic limiter
Not sure on the TSI but I know mine was a 3.0 petrol V6!
Thats the one!
Maintenance
What about it? haha
Thats not diesel engine?
No its a 3.0 litre V6 petrol! Did I slip up and say diesel at one point?
You should have left the chrome alone. Looks like a blob now and you lose all of the lines.
Funnily enough I took the wrap off just before I have it back and really liked what I saw underneath. Especially the chrome grill. That being said, I'm a sucker for a blacked out car, even if that means losing the lines!
Sport or Spork? , Back or Bak? , But or Buk? , Get or Gek?
Yes
Coupe is faster
It is, but I'm an old soul! I favoured the practicality!