[s-cars] Q7 ramblings

[calvinlc at earthlink.net]

MMi, iDrive....what the hell ever happened to a couple of knobs that rarely
break and don't cost > $1,000 to replace when they do.  Just because
technology makes it possible to do things doesn't mean they should be done!
This is why I love my '92 S-Car.  I think it is just about the right amount
of technology.  All this new crap is just distractions from driving.  I can
turn my climate control down/up as well as my radio just by tactile feel
rather than having to use some menu driven piece of garbage made to impress
the X-Box generation.

--Calvin




-----Original Message-----
From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
[mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Ez Veedub
Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2007 9:32 PM
To: lee at wheelman.com; s-car-list at www.audifans.com; quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Q7 ramblings


10 minutes to turn down HVAC. Sounds a bit exaggerated. MMI takes some
getting used to, but I believe its a lot better than iDrive. Once you get to
know the panel, and you go back a regular car, you find its a lot harder in
a regular car. Its some what like a keyboard. Once you know where all the
buttons and functions, you usually don't have to look anymore or reach all
over the dash try to adjust different controls.
Ezveedub

>From: Lee Levitt <lee at wheelman.com>
>Reply-To: lee at wheelman.com
>To: s-car-list at www.audifans.com, quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: [s-cars] Q7 ramblings
>Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:15:36 -0800 (PST)
>
>Picked up a Q7 on Monday. Nice car, er truck. Took me 10 minutes
>to figure out how to switch the radio on and another 10 to turn
>down the HVAC. The MMI is not particularly intuitive...
>
>Anyway, it drives very nicely. Quite solid, nice motor, lotsa
>power. Suspension is just stiff enough, the 2 part moonroof is
>huge.
>
>Very comfortable overall.
>
>Funny thing -- as I'm picking it up, who walks up but Peter
>Schultz. We're both out in SFO for work and getting cars from the
>same place.
>
>Too bad I have to turn it in tomorrow before I fly home...
>
>It's just big enough that I will seriously look at the Q5 before I
>replace the wife's car. Hope they both come with TDI motors. Weird
>that the A5 won't. Audi could make a real statement with a nice
>TDI motor in that car...
>
>Lee
>2007 Audi Q7 (Hertz version)
>'99 A6 quattro avant
>'97 A6 quattro avant
>'96 A6 quattro avant


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