What are the maintenance cost for owning an Audi A5?

I am looking to purchase one but I have heard there are a lot of hidden cost and just regular maintenance can be pretty high. Also, I have heard Audi's do not have a resell value and suffer from mechanical problems.





Any ideas? Any information would be appreciated.|||first of all you do not have to remove the bumper on any Audi model that i know of to replace a light bulb. Audis do have a indicator that tells you when i light bulb has blown but when i replace the bulb the warning light on the dash goes out.





your main cost of ownership will be scheduled maintenance and its not cheap. Timing belt and water pump are due at about 65K miles and if you have it done at a dealer it will be about 1200 but can be done much cheaper by an indy mech. oil changes run about $100 at the dealer but again can be done much cheaper. all german cars seem to have electrical gremlins not major but premature lights blowing etc IDK whether the A5 will have this but i would plan on buying new bulbs for the dash at least once at about 100K miles and new headlights (non Xenon) every 20K miles or so and new XENON lights every 60K or so. mechanical problems are rare in my experience. wear parts will have to be replaced but that is true on any car (including toytas and hondas) if you keep the car past 100K miles you will have to consider the cost of struts bearings etc. i have 150K on my A6 and had to do the struts about 10K miles ago (still all original bearings etc tho) i also did the CV joints at about 110K miles neither was outrageously expensive. If you only keep the car until its time for the large 70Kmile maintenance then you should only see oil changes if you do the water pump and timing belt you can shoot for 120K before you sell without major repair. I personally keep them till about 180K and have never had major problems.





as for resale value i don't think its low they seem to hold their value pretty well the Audi S4 is one of the top 10 cars for highest residual value. the Audi A4 is also right on par with the Mercedes C-class and BMW 3 series for residual value and the A5 is slightly lower. so no i would not say that the resale value is low. you can check residual values on the link below.|||Audi's are good cars They don't have lot of problems.they have as much as any another car. I owned American cars and German cars and the truth is the parts are cheaper to a German car than an American or Japanese car. Audi's come with 50000 miles or 4 year warranty. I think for up to that time covers all maintenance. I owe a Dodge truck and is more expensive to maintain than our German car.At the moment is a VW GTI and before that I had a Audi A4. Lot of people think negatively about German cars or even American they should look in to recall list and mechanical problems in Honda's and Toyota's.Any problems I had in a German car was only minor nothing big or mechanical.Good luck with your new A 5. And make sure you buy one with the S package.|||Its a new model, no one knows how reliable it is.|||Very expensive.


It is a German Luxury car.


German luxury cars are the most expensive to maintain.





Audi's are very reliable. There resale value is very high.


A 2003 Audi A4 with 50,000 miles still costs $20,000.





They only have electrical problems. But all German cars have the same problems. The problems are light bulbs burning out quicker than usual. Power windows not opening.


I have drivn Audi's many many times. I have never experienced these problems. I just read about them in reviews.|||Unless the car is under warranty, then i would not buy it. Audi's are not very reliable and are expensive to repair. Many shops won't even work on them and the ones that do charge a lot to do it. More importantly, there are not a lot of reconditioned, used or aftermarket parts for them. Most everything you will need will be a dealer item only.





Here is a prime example of why you should not buy an Audi.





Let's say your headlamp bulb burns out. You go to the autoparts store and buy one for $20 and go to install it. In many cases the front bumper cover has to come off the car to replace the headlamp bulb. Even if that is not the case when you pull the headlamp out to replace the bulb, there will be a light bulb failure indicator on the dash and it will not go out until you take the car to an Audi dealer for them to reprogram the computer to tell it that the light bulb works even though you have a brand new one in it. To reprogram it usually costs $90-$120.





Now imagine if you had a real problem with the car.