Seen my ultimate RSQ3 performamce at Derby Audi!
Perfect spec and colour but I'm keeping the SQ5 for now.
Mainly because I like the SQ5 for what it does different to the RSQ3 and because I'm not taking a £10k hit in a little over 12 months just to scratch the itch........that and the country has gone bonkers in the last few weeks and I'm self employed in the building trade.
I'll have a look though just for research purposes
Im self employed in the building trade too.
Yeah it looks promising and imo only fair to support all workers that are affected, be it employed or self employed.Fingers crossed for you guys today:
"Rishi Sunak is to reveal help for the self-employed TODAY... after vowing to plough hundreds of billions of pounds into support package:
• Huge' package to support the self-employed will be unveiled today (Thursday 26 March)
• Bespoke' measures will include direct income via non-repayable grants
• PM says package will 'ensure everybody gets the support they need"
I think your best to keep your beautiful SQ5 for the foreseeable, then look into a used RSQ3 of the new model later this year. I have a feeling the new model will sell in big numbers meaning used prices will be better. All speculative though!Yes Alan I did see that one.
I had decided to keep the SQ5, mainly due to the cost to change and the current climate, but also the company I subcontract to have shut up shop for now along with all the dealers
I did however have a chat with Deby Audi over their RSQ3 performance last week and if it's still available after lockdown I may explore that one.
In the mean time, the SQ5 is looking really shiny with all this time at home lol
I like your thinking but in my circumstances going forward I'd rather not go down the pcp route, a new model RSQ3 would still be way over £40k for a good while.I think your best to keep your beautiful SQ5 for the foreseeable, then look into a used RSQ3 of the new model later this year. I have a feeling the new model will sell in big numbers meaning used prices will be better. All speculative though!
I like your thinking but in my circumstances going forward I'd rather not go down the pcp route, a new model RSQ3 would still be way over £40k for a good while.
Haha trust you John to fight the SQ5 corner. You dont have to preach to me, I know the virtues of one.
I guess I'm just a little bored,.its something I always do around this time of ownership and I change my mind as often as the wind changes direction lol.
And yes I do have a personalised reg on it.....don't want people knowing it's not a 2016 SQ5
Haha trust you John to fight the SQ5 corner. You dont have to preach to me, I know the virtues of one.
I guess I'm just a little bored,.its something I always do around this time of ownership and I change my mind as often as the wind changes direction lol.
And yes I do have a personalised reg on it.....don't want people knowing it's not a 2016 SQ5
Yes it is just thatIt's just one of those itches that needs a scratch isn't it Ju?
I'd have to agree with the SQ5, there is sooooo much torque it's effortless but perhaps lacks the drama of that 5 pot because of it.
Still a cracking engine though
Fabulous - and the day for it as well. To my mind there are few automotive sound tracks better than the howl of the Audi 5 pot doing what it does best - I've owned V8s, straight 6s and V6s, high reving Honda VTECs and the RS is just spine tingle-special - fuel economy as you have indicated....there isn't any!
C'mon, yer gotta be kiddin'...
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I know the 5-pot is lovely and all but hello the 2016 SQ5's TDi lump is similarly remarkable and over most UK roads/journeys far more usable for more of the time - for me/us anyway