Jamblastx

Anyone have any photos of what the S5 looks like with the standard 18" parallel spoke S design wheels for 2013? The US configurator does have it as you build the car but it does not give a very good sense of what it looks like and from what I can tell, the rest of the US Audi site does not have a photo of them.

Also, those wheels have summer tires on them but the optional 19" wheels have summer performance tires. Is there a big difference here and does anyone here have similar 'summer tires' and still use them in a Northeast winter?

Fithian

I ordered the S5 with the standard 18" wheels and summer performance tires for pickup in Ingolstadt. The S5 was delivered with what I consider the best summer performance tire on the market: Michelin Pilot Sport 3. Tire Rack lists them for just under $300 each in 18".
Here are some pics of the wheel and the car.

DinB

Are you nuts? Summer tires are next to useless in the winter. Either get a set of winter tires or stay off the roads, please.

Jamblastx

Umm...easy dude...that's why I was asking

JGA5Cab

I wonder how an S5 Cabriolet would ride on the 18s. I bailed on one right away because I couldn't stand the ride on the broken streets of Cleveland. I loved the engine but couldn't stand to ride in the car.

Mike182

Many folks have stated in here and other forums, that for driving in those climates, they will use 18" wheels with winter tires, and save the 19's to run in the milder seasons with the high perf tires. Makes perfect sense to me, but I'm in So. Calif., so we run high perf all year long. A lot to like about a climate where it rarely drops below 40 F, and rains about 7 times a year!

cynicaL

winter tires are awesome. i had ZERO traction with a few mm of snow in my rwd g35. but putting on winter tires, it was no problem at all. my s5 is gonna have stock 18's that i'm gonna slap winters on. i have old stock 19's from the older s5s i'm gonna put on for summer. i'm excited for the AWD
if anyone wants the stock tires when i get my car, i will be selling them. my guess is end sept/early oct i should be getting it.