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You need to try the A5 becuase several testers have been unable to acheive Audi's figures.
Becuase lets face it, irrespective of the high torque 0-60 in 5.9 seconds for a heavy 230bhp Coupe is interesting..
Which would you have?
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You need to try the A5 becuase several testers have been unable to acheive Audi's figures.
Becuase lets face it, irrespective of the high torque 0-60 in 5.9 seconds for a heavy 230bhp Coupe is interesting..
And it only revs to 5000rpm.
True, however my car would be hard pressed to do a 0-60 in 5.9secs,
even with 4wd and 60 in 2nd. So I find it hard to believe.
Power at Flywheel (BHP) : 294
Weight without Driver (KG) : 1410
Power to Weight Ratio (BHP Per Ton) : 211.86
lol - if you dont agree with Fox he bitches that you can't have an opinion because you dont drive a BMW or an Enzo etc. Kinda tiring.
Out of that list I would go with the A5 as a guy at work has a new one and it looks / sounds amazing. Although its usually parked next to a Lambo and a GT3, so people often overlook it
Out of that list I would go with the A5 as a guy at work has a new one and it looks / sounds amazing. Although its usually parked next to a Lambo and a GT3, so people often overlook it
It's not that all, it's just odd when people make statements which are directly contradictory to general concencous. BMW, say what you will about them, are pretty much accepted to make the 'drivers cars' of the market they target. Disputing that becuase you dont like them would be like me saying that Saxo's don't handle - I hate Saxo's, but I'd not make a comment so plainly wrong out of prejudice thats all
I also dislike Toyotas, but you'll never see me say, for example, that they are unreliable, becuase it just isnt true.
As for the car the person drives - I just find it really interesting that the level of scorn poured on expensive metal appears inversely proportional to the car driven. You just don't see people in properly nice cars making uninformed comments about things they happen to dislike. And before you play the snob card, I'm not including myself in the 'properly nice cars' bracket as I drive a car that cost less than a new Corsa.
It's like the whole Boxster thing - post 'What do you think of Boxsters' on any forum on the net and 10 people who drive Fiestas will tell you they are crap and poor mans 911's, whereas 911 drivers, people with SL's, etc etc will tell you they are decent enough roadsters but not to their taste... you have to wonder why?
There are some properly rich people on this forum with car collections I envy and order forms I doubt the rest of us will ever see the like of. Oddly they are never the ones making the bizarre comments. This can't be a co-incidence.. can it?
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I think I will give the diesels a miss, I only considered them because I thought some of them were quicker than the petrol eqalivents and have never really liked them. I only go to work four days a week and that only one mile down the road so fuel economy is not a problem only put eight thousand miles on my current car in three years.
I think maybe a diesel will be worth a bit more than a petrol in three years time when I come to sell but I am not going to let that sway my decision.
I think maybe a diesel will be worth a bit more than a petrol in three years time when I come to sell but I am not going to let that sway my decision.
They just don't really do anything that interests me - mostly the whole quality thing. I admire the Supra for example but would never buy one.
But despite this I'm able to recognise that there isn't actually anything fundamentally wrong with a Toyota, which is why you wont find me in 'spec me a Yaris' threads shouting 'LOL TOYOTA SUCKS'.
Opinions are great, but opinions formed based on prejudice are worthless and annoying. And I am well aware I'm often guilty of this - doesn't make it right, though
With BMW for example you might think the styling is dull, you might think everyone who drives one is a tool and you might think the clinical quality of the interior sends you to sleep. Which is entirely fine. But to say they don't really strike you as drivers cars.. huh? Thats the USP BMW have used for decades, its why on many models the entire centre console is angled towards the driver, etc etc.
It just smacks of a 'I hate those, so there' opinion rather than one based on anything more substantial.
Like I said, I'm sometimes guilty of the same thing. And when I am, I'd hope somebody picks me up on it, becuase challenging opinions makes for interesting threads.
With nigh on 300bhp and 4WD you think you would be hard pressed to do a 0-60 in the 5 sec range ??
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350z for me. Far more interesting and unique, pluse with the change you could make it even more fun 
Whilst the BMW is pretty cool it just doesn't do enough for me. The Evo would be a bit too lary and a bit too much of a focus of attention.
Whilst the BMW is pretty cool it just doesn't do enough for me. The Evo would be a bit too lary and a bit too much of a focus of attention.
With nigh on 300bhp and 4WD you think you would be hard pressed to do a 0-60 in the 5 sec range ??
It would be very high 5's I imagine, therefore my doubt on the A5's time.
