SweetALL fitted and balanced, just waiting for summer temps to afford SQ5 due diligence:
SweetALL fitted and balanced, just waiting for summer temps to afford SQ5 due diligence:
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So just to confirm, do you.like your SQ5 then John.....not sure if you mentioned it or not? Hahaha
I miss it sometimes but out of the 2 the RSQ3 is a better fit and I just love everything about it even the greenness (is that a word!) lolHa Ha, 'I DO!!'
I do hope you are MISSING!!!!!! yours, BIG TIME!!!!: but hope you are enjoying the RSQ3, truly...
Found Judith playing this (BLUEY) video earlier, Ju, and thought "oh yes!" I get it, the noise, whatever, and everything else and wishing/fingers crossed this coming Monday, the 22nd, is dry enough for me to want to take the RS3 on a hospital run without getting the darn thing salted up (that;'s what the SQ5 is for...)
But yes, of 'our' 3-old cars, the SQ5 wins hands down...
How's the other love of your life doing.......All is as well as can be I hope?
I miss it sometimes but out of the 2 the RSQ3 is a better fit and I just love everything about it even the greenness (is that a word!) lol
Its the best of both worlds!
Most of that is double Dutch to me John, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you both.
Hopefully Helen will get her jab in the next run and I will be eligible too as her unpaid carer. She's only 48 so would otherwise be waiting a while.
I know someone who's just passed with covid at 37...its crazy!
I'm looking at the kinetix drilled rear discs for mine. I have the redstuff pads ready to go on the back....fronts already done.
Most of that is double Dutch to me John, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you both.
Hopefully Helen will get her jab in the next run and I will be eligible too as her unpaid carer. She's only 48 so would otherwise be waiting a while.
I know someone who's just passed with covid at 37...its crazy!
I'm looking at the kinetix drilled rear discs for mine. I have the redstuff pads ready to go on the back....fronts already done.
You’d think the 45 profile would have been better, got to admit the SQ5 does tick all the boxes John, still looks very modern, ageing well.Have to say these 21-inch x 9J ET35 rims with 265/40/R21 (Continental TS860S) winter rubber provides a much better ride/grip than does/did the OEM 20-inch 8.5J ET33 S-Line wheels with 255/45/R20 (Dunlop SP Winter Sport) rubber and/or the OEM 21-inch 8.5J ET33 rims with 255/40 R21 (Dunlop SP Sport Maxx GT) summer rubber.
These Michelin Pilot Sport 4 SUV rubber-rings await evaluation - but still on 9J ET35 rims (not 8.5J ET 33 rims)
OK, so I/we have the 034 ARB but otherwise OEM shocks and springs; but still while running 31/27psi the tyre wear remains 'even' across the tread
GREAT car the 2016 AUDI SQ5; for us difficult to fault, does everything for us, and for sure ZERO faults as yet
And soon it'll be time to BLOW the cobwebs of the RS3 (and TT) - every day is another day closer...
Stop buying/wanting new stuff, run what you've already got...
Please excuse the bucket: and that fabulous AUDI A2 that morphed into an AUDI A1 and then a 2016 AUDI SQ5 - but for sure the AUDI RS3 is a keeper...
You too John, stay safe and our best to you both.It sure is CRAZY, this COVID-***** needs to be taken seriously! We had the oxford-astrazenica mid-day on the Wednesday; a slight headache for both of us the following day. Me, however, had the 'chills' later that same day, not Judith. Grabbed a fleece jacket and that was me sorted - otherwise no further issues. Second jab(s) already booked for April 24th. If that's what it takes then I/we're all for it.
Take care, stay safe everyone...
You’d think the 45 profile would have been better...
Most of that is double Dutch to me John, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you both.
Hopefully Helen will get her jab in the next run and I will be eligible too as her unpaid carer. She's only 48 so would otherwise be waiting a while.
I know someone who's just passed with covid at 37...its crazy!
I'm looking at the kinetix drilled rear discs for mine. I have the redstuff pads ready to go on the back....fronts already done.
Thanks but I've already got the hard copy that I bought to research pre buying the RSQ31) MTEC discs 'drilled only' on order Ju. Front and rear (black coating) for £267.98 delivered
2) Just found a 2016 (pdf) Pricing and Specification Brochure for the RSQ3, download here:
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I think the exhausts might be a giveaway lol.Lol, and best when de-badged, Steve...
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The MTEC stopper beasties @ £267 inc have landed:
380mm diameter fronts and 330mm diameter rears - to be fitted next week with a FRESH set of Ferodo Eco-Friction Green brake pads - an interesting evaluation as for sure the OEM discs with Ferodo Eco-Friction Green brake pads have proved astonishingly good for 'our' typical road use
Thats the question I wanted to ask but was scared it was a dumb question hahaDo you have a link for the discs John? Also wondering if the metal's black all the way through or is it a coating that wears off?
Do you have a link for the discs John? Also wondering if the metal's black all the way through or is it a coating that wears off?
Thats the question I wanted to ask but was scared it was a dumb question haha
Thats the question I wanted to ask but was scared it was a dumb question haha
I know it sounds daft thinking the metal could be solid black but thought a coating that wears off would maybe contaminate the pads
Thanks for the link John, coincidentally mine got serviced and MOTd yesterday and the mechanic mentioned the discs were slightly pitted with rust (lack of use, less than 3k since last MOT) and put a scare into me by saying that if it needed new discs he could only source genuine fronts at something like £800 .
Worth considering Pro-Cut, Steve, see: https://brakelathe.co.uk/
and: https://skimmydiscs.co.uk/your-nearest-service-centre
Then see post #150 earlier in this thread where I had ours done - all four for £250 - and superb they still are
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PS: going the MTEC route just for evaluation and fun and to kill the COVID boredom by doing something different...
Most of that is double Dutch to me John, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you both.
Hopefully Helen will get her jab in the next run and I will be eligible too as her unpaid carer. She's only 48 so would otherwise be waiting a while.
I know someone who's just passed with covid at 37...its crazy!
I'm looking at the kinetix drilled rear discs for mine. I have the redstuff pads ready to go on the back....fronts already done.
Bedding in nicely @ 300-miles and the low-speed and high-speed 'bite' just amazingly good:
Bedding in nicely @ 300-miles and the low-speed and high-speed 'bite' just amazingly good:
Oh, and I sold the original brakes discs and matching 10% worn Ferodo Eco-Friction Green brake pads on eBay for £200 in 5-days flat - happy days...
Nice and nice
#1) "did they warp?" - no but early daysHello i am just deciding whether to go for the mtec rotor discs for the front of my car 380mm x36mm iv read some horrors on google reviews, whats your assessment on these? Did they warp,did they rust with the protective coating? And ultimately does it have good stopping performance?
MTEC4006HC High Carbon Drilled Grooved Is it worth buying the protection coat also? Il wait for your response before i buy you have me excited now i might copy you with you pad set up also |
Wow ok well im about to purchase some through the mtec website been ages hovering on website for a while as wasnt sure which 1s, iv gone for the
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Is it worth buying the protection coat also? Il wait for your response before i buy you have me excited now i might copy you with you pad set up also