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Safeway

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I still believe the S5 is the sexiest car on the road right now....

Safeway said:
Really? Disagree.

With a response like that, please say what your opinion is.

What are you driving in?

What does what he's driving have to do with his opinion of the sexiest car on the road?

Although I agree with jlee, I drive an S5. The very car I commented on. It is a fun car, but not sexy. I'd rather have the current-gen M3 or M5. And if you are talking sexy, what about the exotics? Is a Ferrari California or FF not sexier than this clunky thing? A Porsche GT3 RS? The S5, which is an A5 with added body moldings, is clunky and has a bulbous nose! That's why I am passing this car to my wife, if she wants it, or selling it to fund the M5. This image might even have my GPS data on it. It was taken outside of the SMU Law Library in Dallas.



LULZ.
 
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DaTT

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Although I agree with jlee, I drive an S5. The very car I commented on. It is a fun car, but not sexy. I'd rather have the current-gen M3 or M5. And if you are talking sexy, what about the exotics? Is a Ferrari California or FF not sexier than this clunky thing? A Porsche GT3 RS? The S5, which is an A5 with added body moldings, is clunky and has a bulbous nose! That's why I am passing this car to my wife, if she wants it, or selling it to fund the M5. This image might even have my GPS data on it. It was taken outside of the SMU Law Library in Dallas.



LULZ.

I was referring to non-exotic class cars. I don't know, I am, and always will be, an Audi fanboi. I love the S5. The A7 is a nice one too. I have only seen 2 on the road.
 

Safeway

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I was referring to non-exotic class cars. I don't know, I am, and always will be, an Audi fanboi. I love the S5. The A7 is a nice one too. I have only seen 2 on the road.

Now the A7, I can get behind you on that one. The A5 is simply an A4 coupe. The interior is lacking. An A7, on the other hand, is an A6 shooting brake. The A6/7 interior is class-leading. I would love to see an S7/RS7.
 

Railgun

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The A5 is simply an A4 coupe.

Interestingly, that's not exactly true anymore. I haven't looked at the US market lately, but in Europe, they've over saturated and come up with an A5/S5 sedan...they call it a sportback. IMHO, it's exactly the same.
 

manimal

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Although I agree with jlee, I drive an S5. The very car I commented on. It is a fun car, but not sexy. I'd rather have the current-gen M3 or M5. And if you are talking sexy, what about the exotics? Is a Ferrari California or FF not sexier than this clunky thing? A Porsche GT3 RS? The S5, which is an A5 with added body moldings, is clunky and has a bulbous nose! That's why I am passing this car to my wife, if she wants it, or selling it to fund the M5. This image might even have my GPS data on it. It was taken outside of the SMU Law Library in Dallas.



LULZ.

Nice ride safe!


lots of lulz in this thread. Few sad panda moments as well.
 

alkemyst

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You name any field imaginable. He will surely say he worked in that.

I have two degrees and have been in four degree programs.

I started in banking as a kid, went to school for engineering (mechanical) and was interning for two years, went into biology/zoology for a medical degree and started working for a veterinarian that also handled the zoo here. I switched to pharmacy and was accepted to a few schools, I was set to start at UF but my ex wife broke her neck.

I went back into banking, bought a house at 23 and around 30 decided to go back to college for a year and picked up a comp sci bachelors, I am now a network engineer, but I worked as a programmer for a few years and network admin a few others

Keep track
 

momeNt

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I have two degrees and have been in four degree programs.

I started in banking as a kid, went to school for engineering (mechanical) and was interning for two years, went into biology/zoology for a medical degree and started working for a veterinarian that also handled the zoo here. I switched to pharmacy and was accepted to a few schools, I was set to start at UF but my ex wife broke her neck.

I went back into banking, bought a house at 23 and around 30 decided to go back to college for a year and picked up a comp sci bachelors, I am now a network engineer, but I worked as a programmer for a few years and network admin a few others

Keep track

Yea so not really that many fields so a resume wouldn't look diluted with tons of field and very little career growth, which at 40 would raise a lot of questions about you. I see no problem here...

That car says MSRP is $68k or so, you said buddy got it for a steal that's why he didn't wait out until the next generation of models were out, do you happen to know what he got it for?
 

alkemyst

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Yea so not really that many fields so a resume wouldn't look diluted with tons of field and very little career growth, which at 40 would raise a lot of questions about you. I see no problem here...

That car says MSRP is $68k or so, you said buddy got it for a steal that's why he didn't wait out until the next generation of models were out, do you happen to know what he got it for?

Not really diluted.

I have banking from basically when I was only 12 years old to 30 years old with some major accolades and advancements. During that time (if you don't count the $6/hr I was making back in 198x as a kid), I more than quadrupled my salary from start to finish and advanced to a pretty high tier. It was too much hours and bullcrap to deal with and no creativity. I never intended it to be a career although it was very lucrative.

Since 2000 I have been deeply into IS/IT, I am sort of new to the Network Engineering field, but in the first six months have already taken down 2 CCNA's and CCNP. I am going to have another couple CCNA's and CCNP by the end of 2012. I have quite a few big name projects under my belt like the website of a major publisher/merchandiser, a top 5 mortgage firms main website and online application, and some pretty big disaster recovery accomplishments from our severe hurricanes of mid-2000.

My resume was good enough to have me pulled from my old job. The best way to leave.

He got the limited edition to much much closer to $60k than $70k and this car has been selling at a premium. He also has no interest in the V6 coming in the new model. There is more to a car than performance specs.
 

momeNt

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Not really diluted.

I have banking from basically when I was only 12 years old to 30 years old with some major accolades and advancements. During that time (if you don't count the $6/hr I was making back in 198x as a kid), I more than quadrupled my salary from start to finish and advanced to a pretty high tier. It was too much hours and bullcrap to deal with and no creativity. I never intended it to be a career although it was very lucrative.

Since 2000 I have been deeply into IS/IT, I am sort of new to the Network Engineering field, but in the first six months have already taken down 2 CCNA's and CCNP. I am going to have another couple CCNA's and CCNP by the end of 2012. I have quite a few big name projects under my belt like the website of a major publisher/merchandiser, a top 5 mortgage firms main website and online application, and some pretty big disaster recovery accomplishments from our severe hurricanes of mid-2000.

My resume was good enough to have me pulled from my old job. The best way to leave.

He got the limited edition to much much closer to $60k than $70k and this car has been selling at a premium. He also has no interest in the V6 coming in the new model. There is more to a car than performance specs.

I was saying that yours WASN'T diluted.

I am glad your buddy is happy with his purchase and was able to get a hot item down so much.
 

The-Noid

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Not really diluted.

I have banking from basically when I was only 12 years old to 30 years old with some major accolades and advancements. During that time (if you don't count the $6/hr I was making back in 198x as a kid), I more than quadrupled my salary from start to finish and advanced to a pretty high tier. It was too much hours and bullcrap to deal with and no creativity. I never intended it to be a career although it was very lucrative.

Since 2000 I have been deeply into IS/IT, I am sort of new to the Network Engineering field, but in the first six months have already taken down 2 CCNA's and CCNP. I am going to have another couple CCNA's and CCNP by the end of 2012. I have quite a few big name projects under my belt like the website of a major publisher/merchandiser, a top 5 mortgage firms main website and online application, and some pretty big disaster recovery accomplishments from our severe hurricanes of mid-2000.

My resume was good enough to have me pulled from my old job. The best way to leave.

He got the limited edition to much much closer to $60k than $70k and this car has been selling at a premium. He also has no interest in the V6 coming in the new model. There is more to a car than performance specs.

Yeah I always hate cars that are lighter, faster, have better gearboxes, handle better and look exactly the same. I can see why your friend would hate them too...

Can you explain what marginal benefit the se has compared to the new one? The mmi is also updated in the 2013.
 

Safeway

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Yeah I always hate cars that are lighter, faster, have better gearboxes, handle better and look exactly the same. I can see why your friend would hate them too...

Can you explain what marginal benefit the se has compared to the new one? The mmi is also updated in the 2013.

That SE is functionally identical to my S5. The new S5 is an improvement.
 

Imdmn04

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The newer supercharged V6 in the S4 and S5 Cabrio > the outdated V8 that is heavy and has relative weak HP/Liter ratio.

The only good thing about the V8 is the noise it makes, but it is pretty weak for the size. A proper V8 is the one in RS4/RS5, that is a proper V8 with the HP/Torque numbers to match.
 

alkemyst

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The newer supercharged V6 in the S4 and S5 Cabrio > the outdated V8 that is heavy and has relative weak HP/Liter ratio.

The only good thing about the V8 is the noise it makes, but it is pretty weak for the size. A proper V8 is the one in RS4/RS5, that is a proper V8 with the HP/Torque numbers to match.

Yeah and a 10sec Civic will hand them all it's taillights.
 

sjwaste

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I love the look of the S4 and S5, but the amount we've spent on repairs on my wife's Passat, coupled with horrendous dealer support, has really turned me off from ever considering one of their higher dollar products - Audi included.

I'll take the BMW 10 out of 10 times. The car in the OP is gorgeous, but I don't want to maintain it. The BMW might have just as many issues, but I know the dealer network will stand behind it.
 

Imdmn04

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I love the look of the S4 and S5, but the amount we've spent on repairs on my wife's Passat, coupled with horrendous dealer support, has really turned me off from ever considering one of their higher dollar products - Audi included.

I'll take the BMW 10 out of 10 times. The car in the OP is gorgeous, but I don't want to maintain it. The BMW might have just as many issues, but I know the dealer network will stand behind it.

Having owned both BMW and Audi as brand new purchases, they are about on par in terms repairs. As long as you are within the warranty period, dealer will take care of it just the same.
 

Safeway

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The newer supercharged V6 in the S4 and S5 Cabrio > the outdated V8 that is heavy and has relative weak HP/Liter ratio.

The only good thing about the V8 is the noise it makes, but it is pretty weak for the size. A proper V8 is the one in RS4/RS5, that is a proper V8 with the HP/Torque numbers to match.
Yeah and a 10sec Civic will hand them all it's taillights.

This is the least intelligent thing you have ever said. Astonishing, I know. You say so much dumb shit.

Someone: "Look at this amazing Porsche GT3 RS!"
Alkemyst: "Yeah and a 10sec Civic will hand them all it's taillights."

Someone: "Look at this wicked custom Skyline GTR!"
Alkemyst: "Yeah and a 10sec Sentra will hand them all it's taillights."

Someone: "Look at this quick Bugatti Veyron!"
Alkemyst: "Yeah and a 10sec Minivan will hand them all it's taillights."

Someone: "Look at this drool-worthy 9-second Camaro SS!"
Alkemyst: "Yeah and a 6sec Funny Car will hand them all it's taillights."

Someone: "Look at this ridiculous 5-second bike!"
Alkemyst: "Yeah and a 1sec missile will hand them all it's exhaust."

Do you troll to troll? For fucks sake, it's getting old.
 
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