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Sorry never uploaded the pics properly on my first message. You’ll see first pic is when I have a door open, the lights are on. But see the second pic, once I close the doors and the engine is on, no lighting at all. I wonder is there a software glitch or update required perhaps? Any help or knowledge much appreciated anyway, thanks in advance !

Awesome, really appreciate you taking the time to chat!! I’ll do just that!

They look fine mate. That’s a tiny lip if any and perfectly normal. I would fit new genuine pads to them and be done.

I just used a steel ruler from the toolbox. Sounds ghetto when I type it out lol. Let me put it this way….. the car went for brake fluid service at Audi late last year and they told me the discs need changed shortly due to corrosion. So I gave them a gentle scrape with the ruler to remove the crud and they look like new now and no comments at the last service at Audi last month. See my post about brake disc corrosion although that’s not the same discs mentioned above but that’s how bad that can get.

Are the discs genuine? What’s the thickness left? I would defo scrape the edges and just fit new pads if all in spec. Assuming these are 400mm if on a SQ7. New pads cheap enough for genuine items and a straight forward fit.

Genuine parts can be found for reasonable prices on the Bay of E. Fit them yourself or take them to a friendly Indy that fits customer supplied parts. I’ll be trying out Febi rear brakes when I change the rears next time. Not sure I would use them on the front. Otherwise TRW pads for the rear are oem. GDB2131. I’ve found that you need to scrape off the accumulated rust on the other of the front discs to get any mileage out of them, especially on the rear face. Just do it in situ. Is this to resolve the squealing issue?

Second post on this after 35 days of ownership and more impressions of the S5 Avant. So, the car has been away for about a week to have a 2 channel Blackvue dashcam and Cellink 8 battery installed by TTW Installations in Nottingham followed by a Gtechniq ceramic coat and a little bit of ppf on vulnerable areas of the car applied by First Choice Detailing of Christchurch Hampshire. Used both these companies for many years on previous cars and I think they are the best in the business and would recommend without hesitation. The car is settling down and I'm on top of most of the impressive tech now. Also my biggest fear after coming out of a Q8 was of poorer build quality in the S5 as reported in various road tests and subsequent creaks and or rattles. None of that so far and the car is solid and feels well put together. And so on to power and performance. Today I brought the car back from Christchurch to my home, a journey of about 30 miles. The car has just ticked over 950 miles, so on a quiet stretch of a dual carriageway through the New Forest I lit it up a little for the first time and strewth can this car move ! And just to make this relative. I am 78 years of age and been fortunate enough to have a wonderful missus of 56 years who has indulged me my great love of cars over many years. So, looking back and seeing how brake horsepower has now gone through the roof in quite ordinary cars. My current S5 Avant has 362 bhp, a decent output. Many years ago I was one of the first owners in the Southampton area to take delivery of a new Golf GTI....the original hothatch in 1976. That had 110 bhp and was considered pretty fast. And the following are some of the cars I have been fortunate enough to own and their relative BHP's VW Golf GTI 16v. 139 bhp. Peugeot 205 1.9 GTI . 130 bhp. Because of it's light weight, this was a pocket rocket. Then I grew up a bit and had more mature cars ! Saab 900 Carlsson 16v turbo. 185 bhp. When the little turbo arrow gauge clicked into the yellow turbo indicator, this car flew ! Porsche 944 S . 190 bhp BMW 528i . This was for a time the largest engine you could spec. 181 bhp. The list could go on and I hope people reading this dont think I am in any way boasting about these cars. I'm not, I realise I've been a little fortunate. My point is that all these cars listed with their relative power outputs are now easily beaten by many family SUV's and saloons and hatchbacks on the market now. I also realise that many EV's far exceed these figures. The EV route is one that I have never envisaged me taking for many reasons, hence the S5. At my age I'm staying with ICE cars until they are no longer available. Any one here have any idea where this chase for bhp will end. My current car with 362 bhp is in supercar territory only about 20 years ago. It is phenomenal and fun and whilst I am still able to do so and I'm competent I am going to hit the German autobahns a couple of times a year and mix it with the German guys there. Oh and just in case anyone is concerned here because of my age , I am fully fit and have 20/20 vision plus. I hope this is of interest to some here.