I had the windshield on my S5 replaced a couple years ago and the non Audi brand “OEM equivalent” windshield the shop installed first messed up the image, it was a double image out of focus. When they replaced it with the Audi branded OEM windshield the heads up was good again.
The tires are Uniroyal Tiger Paw Ice and Snow 3 and the sizes are 205/55R16 91T. These tires have only been used for one winter season and are in very good shape.
Main thing outside of battery and motor is air suspension. I haven’t heard of any reliability issues on the 2024+ Q8 models though, I have one and it’s been 100% reliable so far.
My Q7 with the 3.0 Superchsrged has only adjusted timing due to chain wear by a degree or two from last I checked. 8 degrees is considered immediate chain replacement, and I have 100k miles
OEM brake pads from Audi are mostly good for day to day braking, and some sporty, but not daily very aggressive driving. But they do a lot of dust and noise sometimes. I found the solution to be just change the pads for "ATE Ceramic" if you don't use your car to do track days and very frequent sporty driving. These don't have ceramic components, it's mostly marketing, but they do have two good characteristics from Ceramic pads, mostly zero noise when heated and almost zero dust! And the low dust it produces, it's not black. Breaking power it's maybe a little better coming from OEM, but nothing crazy. Do not use sport discs with ATE Ceramic, the brand actually advises to use normal discs with these.
Everything works as expected still, I swear it’s quieter on the highway now too and no leaks…obviously but look I was paranoid of anything less than a precise install.
Autozone duralast, cheap and get the job done. Coils are coils and don’t really affect any performance
Rs6 definitely has an alternator issue. I’m currently at 25k on oem alternator.
My experience with Pilot Sports on an Audi was that they had really weak sidewalls
It’s the pads. I paid my dealer to change my pads out to Akebono because the dust and noise was so bad. I get that it’s a performance car but good lord it was miserable for a daily driver.
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