RS5 on Fifth Gear...soon

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RS5 on Fifth Gear...soon

Post by neckarsulm » Fri Sep 24, 2010 8:34 pm

Just heard today that Fifth Gear will be driving an RS5 to Norway in a couple of weeks where Johnny Smith will be driving it along the Atlantic Highway and concentrating on all the technology within.
Not sure when it will be broadcast but the competition car that week will be an RS2!
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Post by lynchy » Fri Sep 24, 2010 8:37 pm

im sure the RS2 will be a minter too
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Post by neckarsulm » Tue Sep 28, 2010 7:15 am

having worked on one of their other competition cars before it went to the winner I wouldn't be too sure about that lynchy :P
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Post by neckarsulm » Tue Oct 19, 2010 3:42 pm

OK, as posted in other thread RS5 on Atlantic Highway is on Fifth Gear this Friday (22/10)
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Post by neckarsulm » Thu Oct 21, 2010 11:28 am

Turns out it's not the Atlantic Highway any more but the Alps.
They go over the highest Alpine pass, it's not a really famous one.
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Post by P_G » Fri Oct 22, 2010 10:23 pm

A pretty shallow in detail and poor test drive of the RS5 IMO. My RS4 could do as well as that on that road and is about a 1/3 of the price!

Still nowhere near convinced enough to trade in what I have now.
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Post by rtd » Sun Oct 24, 2010 9:29 am

P_G wrote:A pretty shallow in detail and poor test drive of the RS5 IMO. My RS4 could do as well as that on that road and is about a 1/3 of the price!

Still nowhere near convinced enough to trade in what I have now.
car magazine in its latest edition slated the RS5......
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Post by Brooner » Sun Oct 24, 2010 11:58 am

would have been better if Plato or Tiff tested the car rather than that bearded freak
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Post by giles » Sun Oct 24, 2010 5:01 pm

That CAR mag review was weird. They either couldn't work out the RS5's settings or were on the worst potholed roads in the world. There are loads of opposite reviews out there.

Take a look at this

http://audisrs.com/archive/rs5-test-dri ... 17417.html

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Post by SR71 » Mon Oct 25, 2010 9:46 am

Agree with P_G.

Not worth the cash at >£60K! The black coupe at ADI was £67K.

Have a go in a GTR back to back and see what you should spend your money on.
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Post by GTBoy » Mon Oct 25, 2010 2:04 pm

SR71 wrote:Agree with P_G.

Not worth the cash at >£60K! The black coupe at ADI was £67K.

Have a go in a GTR back to back and see what you should spend your money on.
GTR faster but too tacky for me. Have you driven both?
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Post by giles » Mon Oct 25, 2010 6:11 pm

RS5 for me. No way would I go for the GTR. I am sure it is great but not my style. I live in West Sussex not Essex........
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Post by blueaudi » Tue Oct 26, 2010 11:33 am

giles wrote:RS5 for me. No way would I go for the GTR. I am sure it is great but not my style. I live in West Sussex not Essex........
How to lose friends and alienate people......image is important when it comes to choosing a car, but is it the overriding consideration and if it is, what does it say about us? :shock:
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Post by doodlebug » Tue Oct 26, 2010 7:02 pm

giles wrote:RS5 for me. No way would I go for the GTR. I am sure it is great but not my style. I live in West Sussex not Essex........
Steady on old boy, Sussex has Creepy Crawley which will out do anything Essex has to offer!

I too am an Essex resident and for a while was keen to step into an RS5...but the fannying around led me to the RS6 which, as it turns out has been the better bet. Family barge.

Oddly though I've had two offers of RS5s in the last week.....

For what it's worth GTR not for me either.
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Post by HYFR » Tue Oct 26, 2010 9:32 pm

giles wrote:RS5 for me. No way would I go for the GTR. I am sure it is great but not my style. I live in West Sussex not Essex........
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