Buying Advice - A5 Sportback S-line 2.0 Tdi 170

nothing other than flywheel rattle,quite normal on alot of diesels...........pretty tough cars........go for it.What you looking at getting.....a newish one?

Did the same as you in July. Changed the TTS for a 2.0TDi 177ps Sportback. Very comfy car and great for long distance journeys. Think that the 2010 comes with stop/start as standard but not 100% if available on both manual and automatic (audi had trouble for a while getting stop start to work right on automatic)

I have a multitronic 8speed and it's very smooth and although nowhere near as quick as the TTS it's still nippy enough. Takes a bit of getting used to after losing almost 100 horses :-(

Make sure you test it cold if possible and check for any oil under bonnet as some of 2.0 diesels can leak oil. Not heard of it with an a5 yet but certainly the a4s diesel did. If automatic it will require gearbox fluid topped up every 40000miles or thereabouts. Also 2.0TDi is only version with timing belt which needs replaced (as well as water pump) at 70,000 miles (£500 approx) flywheel rattle not always there on all cars and more noticeable on heavy loading of clutch. Accelerating from low speed using high gear. Also check that clutch isn't slipping.

What colour you going for?

Not sure if the 2010 cars came with a DPF (Diesel Particulate Filter, I'm almost certain they did) but if it does make sure you aren't doing lots of short trips at low speed (e.g. town driving) as that isn't the ideal way to drive with a DPF fitted, basically they don't get up to temperature and burn off the caught particulates. Provided you do some reasonable journeys and/or give it a thrash once in a while it should be fine.