I still have my RS5 and I guess I needed a GTS manual but my '13 5 knows what gear I want that my S doesn't and both dual clutch etc...I actually have the exact opposite problem. Oh I have a pdk. Never mind. I have to push this S way more than my now wife's RS5...sport mode still is never in the power band on my P car where I want it...yes I have a bit to understand this car but on the street I need to put out extra effort to keep the revs up but I can tell deeper into ringing the car out it is more exciting but haven't found it on the street yet (shall be doing the Porsche schools on their cars before I take my 911 to the track since it is rather different than the other cars I have owned and tracked) but I never touched the paddles in my 5, 7 and only on the track to downshift on high speed to low speed hard 90 degree turns in my R8GT. My 5 has seen 20+ track days and did rather well out there at predicting what I wanted. Those cars are not trying to save gas like I feel like my Porsche is even in sport mode. This entire string is interesting on views. I like my S but my Audi RS and R cars are not leaving the garage. So yes I am an Audi fan after 20 years in Chicago and Quattro plus many design elements I appreciate. I got a kick out of the Aston comments as I did drive a Vantage GT for a very extended test drive thank you Aston NA and really liked it...it could have worked but the color combo I wanted was not around to get what I was after at a slightly used price point (since they were brand new) at or just under 100K for a daily driver. But I did really like it but with just a few grand difference I still chose the 991. They are all different from all these manufacturers and do different things well.

 

Agree. I bought my '14 rather loaded Carrera S low 120s new with 2600 miles on it for 28K below its sticker. Zero abuse garage queen. I plan to pile miles on it (at 6K already after 2 months) and in the long run the depreciation will be ahead of other German cars but yup I will take these things slightly used.

 

Agree. Sport mode on the RS5 is almost too manic, while Sport mode on the Porsche is too relaxed. I wind up using manual model a lot more on the Porsche than the RS5. Totally different cars though, both very fun in their own way. To me, the RS5 is the European interpretation of something between a Camaro SS and Z28. Kinda sporty muscle car, but much more refined and elegant.

 

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