Build Mrs Moonstone's Q5 Edition 1

[moonstone]

Picked this up this morning. It's about 5 months old. Q5 2.0 TFSI Edition 1 in Ultra Blue with Comfort & Sound Pack.

Not much planned for this other than black badges (arriving tomorrow) and some protective bits for the rear bumper and interior. I'm going to refit the rear Xtrons screens that I had in the Range Rover in this for the kids. I quite like this and I've already coded in Traffic Sign Recognition with OBDeleven this morning.

Not actually driven it yet but it's 265bhp so should be pokey. The only thing I'm not keen on is the MASSHOOSIV arch gap. No air suspension on trim level (even as an option) other than Vorsprung (and that's bloody extortionate).

The latest Audi tech is very nice. Maps and displays in general are pin-sharp. The Vitrual Cockpit on the TT is fuzzy in comparison. Although I hate that they've done away with the rotary wheel and your forced to use touch for everything now.

Surprisingly, it's only around 100mm shorter, narrower and lower than the Range Rover Sport. But to look at it seems much, much smaller than that.

Here's some dealer pics:

 

[Che]

Lovely mate, congrats!

 

[boba fett]

Really like the colour, Congratulate Mrs Moon for me on her new car.

 

[Denso]

Nice 👍

Denso

 

[Grunty-Motor]

yep, those arch gaps are HUUUUUUUGE!!!!

 

[EvilDrPorkChop]

Nice, looks like it could have done with bigger wheels though!

 

[moonstone]

Nice, looks like it could have done with bigger wheels though!

Those are 20s believe it or not! They look smaller due to that massive gap. Might sneak a set of spacers on to it but doubt it’ll help much.

 

[Burnsey]

You appreciate it has arch gap to allow it to work well on rufty tufty surfaces don't you...

I think it looks great and any attempts to cool it up is akin to opening your fist full of fifties in a force ten gale.

 

[moonstone]

You appreciate it has arch gap to allow it to work well on rufty tufty surfaces don't you...

I think it looks great and any attempts to cool it up is akin to opening your fist full of fifties in a force ten gale.

Yeah. Totally. It doesn’t have any kind of suspension tricks that the RRS has. The 21 inch Vorsprung wheels are quite nice but the Mrs will only kerb them anyway. No, I think we’ll put running boards on it (missing the functionality of those rather than the look), the black badges and that’s about it. Not much else you can do to these.

 

[StuartK]

I had an SQ5 back in the day and specced it with 21” rims and side steps. They do make a difference.

 

[XAlp]

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