Originally Posted by RocketSurgeon

Nice ownership report, you answered a lot of my questions. I'm seriously looking at an s5 cab as my new daily, and I was wondering how the soft top is. Is it quiet and comfortable inside? I haven't been in any newer soft top convertibles and I've only owned sedans. I don't have a garage, would the soft top hold up to being kept outside? Sometimes I find myself near Wilmington, would it get sketchy in one of those big ocean thunderstorms? I don't mean to ask dumb questions, but convertibles are new to me.

Originally Posted by saw1

I just had my '13 S5 cab in for its 25k service

when did you have to replace your brakes? They told me I need new front brakes and rotors but it seems a little early to me.

Originally Posted by toramo1

Due to some poor planning combined with extra bad weather I ended up on I-81 today in Virginia in some of the worst driving conditions I've experienced since owning the S5.

The car and the new Continental Extreme Contact DWS's performed amazingly well. I drive conservatively in winter weather like this but still, I watched many SUVs fish tailing behind me. And I had no trouble starting uphill at lights and maintaining stability on unplowed roads at 30-35 MPH. Eventually it got bad enough to pull off and find a hotel. The snow was 4-6 inches once I got off the interstate and I had no problems (slowly) making my way through that. And I had to make my way around many stuck cars, vans and a truck or two to get to the hotel.

Audi Quattro and good tires were a lifesaver today.

All the same I do is plan to get a set of dedicated snows for my 2016 A6.

Originally Posted by azdstar

Just took my 2013 S5 Cab in for new brakes. 23,200 miles and the Replace Pads warning light was on. Before I even gave my mileage, my SA said they typically need replacing 20-30k miles. It seems reasonable that they would tell you you're about due at your 25k service.

BTW, rotors were worn down to .3mm away from being out of spec and there were grooves on the rotors from the previous set. Audi does not machine rotors, so I had them replace them as well. $900 for brakes & rotors every 20k miles seems excessive, but I knew when I bought it that the S5 isn't an economy car.

Originally Posted by RocketSurgeon

Nice ownership report, you answered a lot of my questions. I'm seriously looking at an s5 cab as my new daily, and I was wondering how the soft top is. Is it quiet and comfortable inside? I haven't been in any newer soft top convertibles and I've only owned sedans. I don't have a garage, would the soft top hold up to being kept outside? Sometimes I find myself near Wilmington, would it get sketchy in one of those big ocean thunderstorms? I don't mean to ask dumb questions, but convertibles are new to me.

Originally Posted by mikejaeggi

I second that, we had some pretty icy roads here in Atlanta on Tues and Wed. I was in the Audi Tues and had no issues at all with traction or slipping even with the summer tires. I took my jeep the next day as we got more snow and realized the Audi did just as well in light snow and ice.

Originally Posted by toramo1

I'm taking frequent trips now to visit my son in college, take my wife and daughter to track meets and drive to a couple new clients sites that are 3+ hours away - one way. If it were just me making the drive I would have stuck with an S5 for sure, but these trips all involve at least one passenger traveling with me the whole way, and picking up and driving around one or two additional passengers.