Back in an Audi!

[azndrunk74]

My wife and I just picked up our 2016 ibis white/black Q5 3.0T with tech, black optics, and sports package over the weekend. We made the 400 mile trek down to Socal to pick it up (Stevens Creek Audi tried to screw me - ugh) from Norcal. Audi Pacific made the process super easy - no games, and treated us extremely well when we arrived. The Q5 will serve as a baby and dog hauler..so mods will be light.

We LOVE the car..and dare I say that I enjoy driving it just as much if not more than my e92 M3. Glad to have an Audi in the stable again. My previous Audi was a 98.5 A4 1.8TQMS which I sold 10 years ago. Anyways, pics below!

Wife's Q5 (crappy iphone shots):




And my e92 M3 (shot by my friend Daniel "guywithacamera415" on Instagram):

[Jimminez@Nemesis]

Congrats on the new purchase and welcome back.

[riceboy22]

Congrats! That's a great combination of cars you have in your garage. I didn't have quite as long between Audis as you, but my last was a 2001 S4. We use our Q as a baby and dog hauler as well, but that doesn't mean you can't throw some fun mods at it. I can't imagine it being close to as fun as the E92, but throw in a tune and you'll definitely enjoy surprising people on the road!

[R y an]

congrats on the Q5. Its a great platform. I like the wheels you have.

M3 Stance is dope too

good taste sir

[MilesM]

Nice, congrats!

[Black3.2]

M3 looks perfect. Nice pickup on the Q5

[azndrunk74]

Congrats on the new purchase and welcome back.

thanks!! glad we didn't go with the lexus RX..

Congrats! That's a great combination of cars you have in your garage. I didn't have quite as long between Audis as you, but my last was a 2001 S4. We use our Q as a baby and dog hauler as well, but that doesn't mean you can't throw some fun mods at it. I can't imagine it being close to as fun as the E92, but throw in a tune and you'll definitely enjoy surprising people on the road!

I loved the B5 S4 - still one of my favorite cars to this date. I've never been a truck/SUV person but I was really surprised at how well the Q5 drove compared to the Lexus and Mercedes SUVs we test drove. We did like the X5 but the ride was too harsh for family use. I really enjoy being able to canyon carve and not having to slow down to 1mph to go over speed bumpgs. The Q5 is a great all around car.

congrats on the Q5. Its a great platform. I like the wheels you have.

M3 Stance is dope too

good taste sir

thanks! the big selling point of the black optics package was the split V spoke wheels.

Nice, congrats!

thank you sir. i think i follow your car on instagram! the satin wrap is sick.

M3 looks perfect. Nice pickup on the Q5

thanks! i think i'm done with aesthetics on the M3 - time to move on to the Q5.

[Ninja]

Sweet looking Q5 with the black trims!!

what kinda deal did you get from socal dealers? I am kinda considering moving onto a Q5 but would like to know what i would be expecting from bay area dealers.

THanks!

[azndrunk74]

Congrats on the new purchase and welcome back.

Congrats! That's a great combination of cars you have in your garage. I didn't have quite as long between Audis as you, but my last was a 2001 S4. We use our Q as a baby and dog hauler as well, but that doesn't mean you can't throw some fun mods at it. I can't imagine it being close to as fun as the E92, but throw in a tune and you'll definitely enjoy surprising people on the road!

congrats on the Q5. Its a great platform. I like the wheels you have.

M3 Stance is dope too

good taste sir

Nice, congrats!

Sweet looking Q5 with the black trims!!

what kinda deal did you get from socal dealers? I am kinda considering moving onto a Q5 but would like to know what i would be expecting from bay area dealers.

THanks!

shot you a PM with details.

[jomama229]

thanks! the big selling point of the black optics package was the split V spoke wheels.

best looking stock wheels for the Q5, imho. i was lucky to have purchased a brand new take-off set from SQive. i replaced the goodyear excellence with conti dws06 tires. heading to tahoe this weekend so we'll see if the dws06 handles snow as well as everyone claims they do!

nice pickup by the way! white Q5, ftw!

[azndrunk74]

best looking stock wheels for the Q5, imho. i was lucky to have purchased a brand new take-off set from SQive. i replaced the goodyear excellence with conti dws06 tires. heading to tahoe this weekend so we'll see if the dws06 handles snow as well as everyone claims they do!

nice pickup by the way! white Q5, ftw!

i absolutely love these wheels - i actually prefer these over the 21" option and having these will prevent me from buying aftermarket. i actually skipped over a few cars actually came with the 21" wheels. i want to keep the car as OEM as possible so i'm just going to throw some spacers on.

would love to hear your impressions of the DWS tires. i wish the car came with all seasons versus the summer tires! white ftw!!

[jomama229]

would love to hear your impressions of the DWS tires. i wish the car came with all seasons versus the summer tires! white ftw!!

i drove to tahoe once with them already, but there wasn't enough snow on the ground to get an impression. that being said, i drove thru a torrential downpour on the way home and the tires handled amazingly well! i've driven in a bunch of crap weather, having grown up on the east coast, and this was the first time i felt this confident with that much rain coming down. i never experienced any hydroplaning, nor did the steering wheel ever feel loose as if the front tires was giving up some traction.

we'll see what happens this weekend...i'll let you know how these tires work out if i do encounter the snow they're predicting. that being said, i shopped around quite a bit and the dws06 were the best available a/s tires out there that come in the stock size for the 20" v-spokes.

btw, love those vff-103 wheels as well!

[jomama229]

would love to hear your impressions of the DWS tires. i wish the car came with all seasons versus the summer tires! white ftw!!

so i made it out to tahoe and back this past weekend. just a little background info - i grew up in the northeast and have had my share of winter driving, but this is my first time in the white stuff in an awd SUV.

i headed out late evening on friday and cut south on hwy 50 towards south tahoe. it was mostly rain until we got up past 5k ft on the mountains. then it became a wintry mix with some slush on the ground. the roads get a bit windy once you start climbing some hills. the car with the dws06 on them felt great in these conditions and more! i didn't go at it that hard b/c it was getting late and temps were dropping, but at no time did i ever feel out of control. fwiw, i had 3 passengers with me, a trunk full of stuff, and gear in my roof-mounted thule box.

sat afternoon, the snow started coming down at a decent clip. i went out to fill the tank sat night, and to romp around in the snow a bit. in sports mode, stomping on the gas, accelerating out of turns, etc., i could hardly break the car loose. the snow wasn't quite accumulating, but it was definitely slushy out. sunday morning, there was some accumulation on the ground where they hadn't shoveled yet. moving the car around on the driveway with 6" of wet sloppy snow was not an issue. i FINALLY got the car to fishtail a little bit coming around one turn where they hadn't shoveled, but even then, it was a very controlled mini-drift of the rear wheels.

all in all, i'm really happy with the dws06. the snow and wet traction definitely gives me a lot of confidence in inclement weather. i don't have much to compare them to, but i certainly wouldn't hesitate to buy them again based on my experience with them thus far. i actually really liked how the goodyear excellences (that came stock with the v-spokes) felt, but i had no interest in seeing how they perform in snow, so i got rid of them.