# Used Audi Q5 Purchase--need your opinion please :)

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**Tags:** used, audi, q5\
**Created:** [May 22, 2014, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/used-audi-q5-purchase-need-your-opinion-please/85130 "2014-05-22T17:29:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2014, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/used-audi-q5-purchase-need-your-opinion-please/85130/19 "2014-05-24T18:50:52Z")

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Edmunds estimates that you will spend $11,500 or so on maintenance and repairs on a 2011 RDX, over $23,000 on an X3, and $18,000 on an ML350 Benz over the first 5 years of ownership. The expected cost is substantially different. I picked 2011 because it is tithe first year without warranty and gives you a better idea do cost a few years out. The differences are mostly repairs. But the Lincoln MKX comes in at just $8000 and the RX350 at $9000. The Infiniti FX35 is also $8000, Cadillac SRX $15,000, and the Buick Enclave is $9000. Clearly, the European vehicles are more expensive to keep.

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