Turk Hit Box » Cars http://www.turkhitbox.com Ramblings of a Turkish Internet Mogul Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:52:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 My New Audi A5 http://www.turkhitbox.com/cars/my-new-audi-a5.html http://www.turkhitbox.com/cars/my-new-audi-a5.html#comments Sun, 03 Aug 2008 13:25:14 +0000 Turk Hit Box audi audi a5 audi a5 1 8 1 8tfsi turbofsi audi club turkey turbofsi net audi s5 audi a5 option list audi a5 options avus silver http://www.turkhitbox.com/?p=204 My New Audi A5

Its been some time since my post titled “Selling My Audi A3 for an Audi A5“. I have received my car about a month ago, but couldn’t find any time to post the news here :) I know I said I was going to get a white car, but unfortunately there was no white A5’s left in Turkey. Well, most people say this color tops white anytime, so I am happy with my purchase. The color is pearlescent Avus Silver, an Audi exclusive color. Supposedly, this is the only one in Turkey, due to its high option price. I bought the car for 69,500 Euros including the dealer discount. Originally, the car is somewhere at 75000 euros.

Here is the option list:
Pearlescent Avus Silver color
S-Line sport exterior package
S-Line sport interior package
Sline sport leather steering wheel with multifunction buttons and triptronic gear selections
Piano Black interior
Electical, heated, and foldable side mirrors
Optic park assistance at the front and the back
Light package
Adaptive bi-xenons
Bang & Olufsen Sound System (505 Watt)

…. and some small stuff I don’t remember.

My New Audi A5

Currently, 170bhp TFSI is more then enoughfor in-city driving, but I am planning on getting chip tuning and some new forged wheels following months. The chiptuning should bring the car upto 220 horsepowers, which will be even more fun. One downside would be increase of the already high fuel consumption of 12liters/100kms.

You can see more photos here on my user gallery @ TurboFSI.net Audi Club Turkey

]]> http://www.turkhitbox.com/cars/my-new-audi-a5.html/feed 6 Selling My Audi A3 for an Audi A5 http://www.turkhitbox.com/cars/selling-my-audi-a3-for-an-audi-a5.html http://www.turkhitbox.com/cars/selling-my-audi-a3-for-an-audi-a5.html#comments Thu, 27 Dec 2007 11:00:01 +0000 Turk Hit Box 2006 audi a3 audi a5 blogger rides blogger car turbofsi net turbofsi net project car audi a3 project car modified audi a3 audi tuning turkish audi club turbofsi http://www.turkhitbox.com/cars/selling-my-audi-a3-for-an-audi-a5.html Eventhough this is a “Ramblings” blog, I never actually made an off-topic post and since I am selling my car, I wanted to give it a shot. I bought this 2006 Audi A3 in January 2006, a year before I started this blog. I bought it for around €32,000. The car has 1.6L FSI which produces 115bhp. The car came with ambition package (sport package), bi-xenon headlights and Bose sound systems. Over the course of two years, I modified the car to my liking. But most importantly, I started the Turkish Audi Club, TurboFSI.net when I bought the car. My car became the first project car, attracting more people to the forums. Well this is another story so I will talk about it at some other post.

Here is the how everything started. The stock car:

Audi A3

Here are the modifications I made:

  1. K&N Air Filter
  2. Black front grille & S3 side mirrors
  3. Dension Ipod Kit
  4. Eibach 5cm Sport Springs
  5. 18” Privatz Nets Forged Wheels
  6. 225/40/18 Pirelli P-zero Rosso Assimetrico
  7. Neuspeed Engine Torque Mount
  8. Wimmer-rst chip tuning
  9. Medium tint on all windows.
  10. Sline Front bumper
  11. Votex hatch spoiler and sides

The result and the new car replacing it after the jump…

Audi A3 Final

Audi A3 Final

Audi A3 Final

I really loved how it turned out, but something was lacking for me to enjoy it fully. It just wasn’t fast enough. After all the modifications I was able to make it 125 bhp. Although it is relatively quick compared to the usual cars you see around Istanbul streets (mostly 1.4 or 1.6 liter cars), it is actually far away from being a fast car.

The Audi A5 

So I decided to buy a 1.8 TFSI 170bhp Audi A5. I fell in love the second I saw her at the dealer. It has a truly gorgeous external & internal design! I ordered it in white, having spent countless hours cleaning my black Audi A3. The car is on order right now with these options:

  1. Triptronic
  2. Multifunction steering wheel with DSG paddles
  3. Bang & Olufsen Sound System
  4. S-Line package (Leather inside & sportier suspension)
  5. Heated & automatic folding side mirrors
  6. Colored Drive computer

I really wanted to order the Navigation package for visual purposes, but since it is useless in Turkey and make a difference of €5,000 in the final price, I had to leave it. Luckily there is a huge list of standard accessories for the Audi A5 including the Bi-Xenon Headlights. Usually, you should be paying about $50,000 for a car like this in the United States, but here we have very harsh taxes. The price I got was a whooping €71,000 before the dealer discount. I could have bought an Audi R8 for that price in the US. Here is a photo of a white Audi A5 for your viewing pleasure:

Audi A5

and these are the Sline Seats:

Audi A5 Sline Seats

I have to wait 3 months before the car arrives; hopefully I will get more discounts when the car arrives. I wonder if I should host a “Who has the nicest car?” contest among bloggers. I sure know John Chow is not beating me with his 2003 Acura RSX! :)

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