[s-cars] Q7 ramblings

Thu Mar 1 22:28:06 EST 2007

OK, so maybe it is only marginally harder once you get used to it.....do you
realize what you are saying, once you get used to it????  Why should I have
to "get used to" the controls for a fricking radio or climate control
system?????  My point is how do you possibly justify the expense of this
junk?  Instead of nice turbocharged engines we get gas guzzlers with control
centers that cost more than the damn turbo they whined about as far as
replacement costs go.  So to answer the question let's take a quiz:

Does MMI make the car
a) safer?
b) faster?
c) handle better?
d) get better gas mileage?
e) easier to drive?
f) more convenient to get in and out of?
g) have more space?
h) more likely to have a costly repair bill and get in an accident due to
driver distraction

Those of you who chose "h" were obvioously not in the last Audi marketing
survey as you cheked the "yes" box for having common sense at some point in
a past visit to the stealer :)

--Calvin

-----Original Message-----
From: Ez Veedub [mailto:ezveedub at hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 7:52 AM
To: calvinlc at earthlink.net; lee at wheelman.com;
s-car-list at www.audifans.com; quattro at audifans.com
Subject: RE: [s-cars] Q7 ramblings

I own an 93 S4 & a 95 A6 avant, I currently also have an Audi Q7 3.6, and I
just turned in my Q7 4.2. I also had an 05 A6 3.2 and several Audi A8's both
04 & 05. I have used all the MMI systems currently out and I can tell you
that just like any car, once you know all the controls, you will see that
the MMI is not as bad as you think, if not better. As for the radio
stations, how many times do you manually tune in radios stations. The MMI
system displays all available stations in the list. If there is a station
you ways listen to, it stores the last 5 stations at the top of the list. As
for the AC blower, the AC panel has a blower symbol right next to the knob.
Once you press the button, just turn the knob to adjust the blower manually.
I find most people find it harder to open the glovebox on the A6 & Q7, than
work the AC IMHO.
Ezveedub

>From: <calvinlc at earthlink.net>
>To: "Ez Veedub"
><ezveedub at hotmail.com>,<lee at wheelman.com>,<s-car-list at www.audifans.com>,<qu
attro at audifans.com>
>Subject: RE: [s-cars] Q7 ramblings
>Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:40:20 -0700
>
>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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