I can't believe nobody has posted in this section yet!

[Adrian E]

Haven't updated this thread in ages!

Finally got the summer wheels back on the car, after collecting a set of winters from Mike on the forums late last year. It's been rolling on 8.5x18s since November and I couldn't get the summers back on due to a lack of availability of the tyres I wanted.

On the winters:



Newly refurbished summers



Lots of coatings later





My favourite tyres



Looking much better!



The car had its first service with us recently - annual service with gearbox oil and filter change as well (done a bit early). Went for a 2 year service plan at £399 and they will do the plugs and air filter next year, which will be about a year early. Mileage has just ticked past 35k and it flew through the MOT yesterday with no issues

[David's8]

Those wheels are the mutt's wotsits.
Its interesting that they are now putting the noise levels on the tyres now. How do the Pilot SS rate compared with others?

[Adrian E]

Originally Posted by David's8

Its interesting that they are now putting the noise levels on the tyres now. How do the Pilot SS rate compared with others?

The Directive quoted on the bottom of the label made it a requirement to provide the info on all new tyres (or the invoice) a few years ago - with the intention of promoting the energy efficiency rating of the tyre, but recognising a lot of customers would want other useful info about how well the car will stop and how noisy is it.

The PS2 in that size is supposed to be slightly quieter and more energy efficient, but less able in the wet grip. It's all by tiny degrees though.

The Conti SC3 is a fair bit noisier and about the same performance as the PS2

For me I bought them because they last really well on the S8 for the typical use we give them, without suffering heavy shoulder wear

[johnny_quattro]

Hello Adrian, never thought I'd be in anything but the trusty A8/A8L but was tempted recently and bought an S5 in Sprint Blue. Still getting used to all the buttons etc. but one thing I do miss is the self-dipping side mirror. Do you know if the S5 has this feature? Perhaps it's on the switch or a menu option on the MMI new-fangled display. Not sure - please help an idiot.


Cheers
John G

[Adrian E]

Sprint blue Sportback?! Not jealous at all �� fab colour (I just missed one with ACC when we were looking for ours)

To get the left mirror dip in reverse, the adjustment knob needs to be set to the left mirror adjust position. I can’t recall if it’s standard, but I think it is. Only option I can think it might be linked to, if not, is memory seats (which ours has and also gives you dimming glass on exterior mirrors IIRC)

Still got ours - now on about 82k and still going strong!

Hope you’re well mate?

ETA if yours has tech pack high (so HDD based nav) give me a shout if you want it updating (although I now mainly use Waze I still update the nav as emergency option!)

[johnny_quattro]

Adrian - I'm off out for a quick warp drive to the shops so will test out your theory. Not sure if I have the memory seats or not.

All is good here. Worked at Bloomberg for a while and now in Tech for a fibre company.
I suppose your little'un will have grown up as well, eh? probably slightly taller now haha

Here's a photo of my car with spaceship mileage but well cared for... decals will probably get removed when I sneak out with my girlfriend's hairdryer one day but don't tell her!

Cheers
John G

[johnny_quattro]

I will admit to having no luck with the passenger door mirror. My seats are electrically adjustable but I don't have that memory panel on my door similar to the one on the A8L. Perhaps mine is a so-called poverty spec - it does have SatNav but not sure if HDD. As you can tell I'm still learning, and that will be a long process as I'm blown away by the performance of the thing - it's a lovely blue rocket-ship and I'm going to have to be very careful. Touch the right pedal and I'm catapulted forward into the next decade!

I did look at an older S5 with the V8 which had a Carlos Fandango exhaust on it - I was informed by the garage (Smallfields) that 'it was very loud' so I gave it a miss and then jumped on this beautiful Sprint Blue one. Seller told me it was the best colour and I obviously agreed with him.

I'm off to retrieve my bits from the old girl A8L and have a sort out. I'm not sure at this stage if I'm going to transfer that 'tiny' speaker from the boot. I'm not even sure that I can lift it on my own.

Cheers