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I have officially moved to a single car household after selling both my 2017 Ford Fiesta ST and 2015 Audi SQ5 about 6-8 weeks ago. Both cars went to new homes in Melbourne. Both my wife and I work from home several days a week, and we just don't need 2x cars at this point in our life - better to put the spare $$ on the mortgage.
Was in need of a replacement family car but it absolutely had to have some power and be a bit fun/special to keep me satisfied - something to replace the B8 SQ5 basically. I'd had enough of diesel after owing the previous SQ5 for 7 years, especially so as we no longer do the right kind of driving for a diesel (regular 30+ minute longer drives) and I was sick of 'time waster' drives on a nearby motorway every 400km or so just to clean out the DPF, so definitely wanted to get back into a petrol powered vehicle so I didnt have to worry about that stuff.
Considered the Cupra Formentor/Ateca, BMW X3, Merc GLC43 AMG, VW T-Roc, VW Tiguan R and of course the newer 2017+ B9 version of the Audi SQ5. After looking at a few cars we decided the T-Roc was too small for us, Tiguan R a bit 'cheap' looking inside and quite expensive for what they are, and Cupra's just not convenient as no service centre's in Newcastle. Looked at a few Merc GLC 43 AMG's which I quite liked, but in the end, decided to stick with VAG as im more familiar and comfortable with them and don't really have a reason not to get another.
With a budget of $50-55k I went off looking on CarSales for B9 SQ5's for sale trying to find something suitable. Weeks passed, months passed.....I was getting disheartened - id say 85% of them are either white, black or grey. I also wanted to find a 2019+ model, as the early cars have weak rocker arms (bad roller bearing design) and if they fail, its about a $10-12k fix. In late 2018 Audi updated the rocker arms with a much better roller bearing design and they are also stronger. The used car market is also very slow, so it was the same cars week after week with very few new cars on offer. White cars are just so common, black cars are impossible to keep clean, the grey is a nice colour but after owning one in that colour for 7 years I wanted something different. After looking for months I only found a handful of cars that were a colour other than white, black or grey, were a 2019+ model, has less than 80,000km and had the various options I wanted. Unfortunately every single one of these cars were either in QLD, VIC or SA - meaning that id have to fly there to inspect/buy, drive home and then within 2 weeks re-register the car in NSW = more $$.
Then finally I came across a 2020 SQ5, with 75,000km, full Audi service history, with all of the options that I wanted, and in the very rare Turbo Blue colour. It was in southern Sydney. We looked at it, we liked it, we bought it and it's now been in my driveway since early September. It was at the very top of my budget, but had just had a major service about 3 weeks prior and the owner had also added 2 years additional warranty + 2 future services for the cost of $4.5k.
So here is my new-to-me 'Turbo Blue' 2020 Audi SQ5.
Was in need of a replacement family car but it absolutely had to have some power and be a bit fun/special to keep me satisfied - something to replace the B8 SQ5 basically. I'd had enough of diesel after owing the previous SQ5 for 7 years, especially so as we no longer do the right kind of driving for a diesel (regular 30+ minute longer drives) and I was sick of 'time waster' drives on a nearby motorway every 400km or so just to clean out the DPF, so definitely wanted to get back into a petrol powered vehicle so I didnt have to worry about that stuff.
Considered the Cupra Formentor/Ateca, BMW X3, Merc GLC43 AMG, VW T-Roc, VW Tiguan R and of course the newer 2017+ B9 version of the Audi SQ5. After looking at a few cars we decided the T-Roc was too small for us, Tiguan R a bit 'cheap' looking inside and quite expensive for what they are, and Cupra's just not convenient as no service centre's in Newcastle. Looked at a few Merc GLC 43 AMG's which I quite liked, but in the end, decided to stick with VAG as im more familiar and comfortable with them and don't really have a reason not to get another.
With a budget of $50-55k I went off looking on CarSales for B9 SQ5's for sale trying to find something suitable. Weeks passed, months passed.....I was getting disheartened - id say 85% of them are either white, black or grey. I also wanted to find a 2019+ model, as the early cars have weak rocker arms (bad roller bearing design) and if they fail, its about a $10-12k fix. In late 2018 Audi updated the rocker arms with a much better roller bearing design and they are also stronger. The used car market is also very slow, so it was the same cars week after week with very few new cars on offer. White cars are just so common, black cars are impossible to keep clean, the grey is a nice colour but after owning one in that colour for 7 years I wanted something different. After looking for months I only found a handful of cars that were a colour other than white, black or grey, were a 2019+ model, has less than 80,000km and had the various options I wanted. Unfortunately every single one of these cars were either in QLD, VIC or SA - meaning that id have to fly there to inspect/buy, drive home and then within 2 weeks re-register the car in NSW = more $$.
Then finally I came across a 2020 SQ5, with 75,000km, full Audi service history, with all of the options that I wanted, and in the very rare Turbo Blue colour. It was in southern Sydney. We looked at it, we liked it, we bought it and it's now been in my driveway since early September. It was at the very top of my budget, but had just had a major service about 3 weeks prior and the owner had also added 2 years additional warranty + 2 future services for the cost of $4.5k.
So here is my new-to-me 'Turbo Blue' 2020 Audi SQ5.
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