[s-cars] Q7 ramblings

[Lee Levitt]

Maybe a bit, but after 4 days in the Q7 I am still not sure how to 
change functions or make things happen. And I'm a pretty cleve 
fellow.

The problem is that I'm thinking about the Q5 or Q7 for my wife. 
And she is somewhat technically challenged. She would find the MMI 
immensely frustrating on an ongoing basis.

That and the poor visibility to the right side and rear may be 
deal breakers. In fact I was afraid to change lanes from a stop 
due to the convex right side mirror. I simply could not tell what 
lanes cars were in or how far away they were.

Lee



On Wed Feb 28 20:32:18 PST 2007, Ez Veedub <ezveedub at hotmail.com> 
wrote:

> 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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