She's a beauty Bob, really like the Daytona and the face lift looks so much better.

Eibach make a Pro Spring kit which actually rides better than standard and makes Dynamic mode more acceptable. The slightly lower ride height also looks really good.

Mods...I've only just got it but I'll keep it in mind

I have already added "White Look" front fog lamps and upgraded ALL the interior and door lamps & LED's. I've also used my VCDS and edited the car a bit, turning on several functions and making adjustments.

I know, it took me a year for the modding bug to bite after I'd promised I wouldn't touch it. You'll be amazed how much of a difference a set of springs and 10mm spacers make to the look.

I've added some more mods

Some "Genuine Audi" Aluminium pedals and a different number plate.

Really would like to get the car off these ugly winter wheels and back onto the summer "blades"

Did you go for the square plate Bob or just a new replacement?

A5s are a lot of fun, enjoy it Bob. Had my eyes opened to them when I landed an ABT-tuned one on a road test about seven years ago.

Normal shape plate but with new letters / numbers and some Audi plate surrounds.

Get it over to AMG as they do great remaps for those, better fuel economy and a smoother/sportier drive

Ive got official VAGCOM/VCDS if you need to change anything

There is no way I am getting the car re-mapped whilst it is under warranty. Audi have been fairly ruthless when they have encountered re-mapped cars during warranty claims. I understand that the Audi ECU's have a tamper flag, so even if you remove the work they are still able to tell you've been in there!

I currently have 9 months of warranty to run with an option on another year if I don't exceed a certain mileage.

I am however somewhat embarrassed to admit this but I am thinking of getting an "active" exhaust fitted Yes I know, to some they are like fake boobs... Sadly the 3.0 Tdi is a bit lacking in the boobs department though, so fake is all that is really available

Oh and thanks for the VCDS offer, most appreciated. I do though have a genuine Ross-Tech myself

Won't this also cause you problems with the warranty though? I have my M5 covered with a full BMW warranty, but when I looked into getting an upgraded exhaust system for it the consensus was this would invalidate the cover.

As it is an Audi option part it would not cause any problems with the warranty, they have confirmed this. It would actually be covered under warranty for two extra years.

I've ordered an Audi active exhaust which will be fitted next week.

I originally saw these up for close to £1000 but then one audi dealer listed on ebay at £850. I went into my local dealer who confirmed the £850 list price. I tried for a discount and they dropped to £760 I was ok with that so bought it. I also managed to get them to discount the fitting rate too. A Miltek system is close to a grand and would invalidate a lot of the warranty. So I was reasonably happy!

But then a chap I had been speaking to about this alerted me to an Audi dealer up North selling these of for £250 ovno on ebay

I swiftly made an offer on one, which was accepted and called my local dealer to cancel my order. Thankfully Audi have a 14 day no quibble returns policy. They were happy to cancel my order but then suddenly offered to sell it back to me for my ebay offer price + the postage cost, so a few ££ short of £300. My phone call had just saved me over £470

Early next week my Tdi should sound a bit like this

Exhaust Video

THE KIT

The last one in the vid sounds like a Subaru Bob.

Well it is 4wd

Er, Bob, doesn't that mean you now have *two* exhaust systems?

When my local Audi garage agreed to match I called the ebay seller, Another Audi dealership, and informed them I was withdrawing the offer they had accepted. They were fine about it and had soon sold both units.

I did for a moment consider buying it, there is still another dealer on ebay selling at £850

Exhaust was fitted but the Audi dealer caused some damage to the interior of the car during fitting, as well as making a mess of the fitting

Fortunately they accepted liability and replaced the damaged bits of interior as well as re-fitting the exhaust, properly this time! During the work they kept the car for a week and gave us a brand new TT roadster to play with Whilst I expected Mrs BB to want to replace her car with a new shape TT, after living with one for the week she didn't want one. She has however chosen to replace her MK2 TT with one of the last Mk2's - A metallic white Amplified black edition. Seemed like a lot of money for the same car as far as I'm concerned

As for the A5 exhaust - it sounded rather good but there was no off option. So I've now added a CETE module which allows much more control.