[s-cars] New Q7

[Lee Levitt]

Weird...not sure this made it to the list as my email account was FUBAR.

Sorry if this is a repeat...

Lee


>Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:50:14 -0500
>To: Theodore Chen <tedebearp at yahoo.com>, s-car-list at audifans.com
>From: Lee <Levitt>
>Subject: Re: [s-cars] New Q7
>
>Teddy,
>
>Thanks, yes I was in Palo Alto yesterday. Actually was in Sausalito 
>on Saturday, looks like a wonderful place to watch a bike race.
>
>The race was great...it was awesome seeing nothing but people and 
>bikes on University Drive in downtown Palo Alto. Spend some time in 
>the VIP tent overlooking the finish...that was pretty cool. Go CSC! :)
>
>Driving down the PCH today, I saw signs for the bike race later 
>later this week. Holy shit, I had a 2 hour white knuckle drive in 
>the Q7, can't freakin imagine a pro bike peloton on that road.
>
>Stayed in Monterey yesterday, stopped by Laguna Seca today. The 
>Shelby Club was out playing. They let us into the paddocks...we 
>wandered around for a while, all sorts of interesting machinery in 
>attendance (very few Mustangs, in fact). An Audi TT cabrio, a coupla 
>Porsches, a late model Ferrari (430?) in full race kit.
>
>We then took the Q7 to the top of the hill, scared my wife and kids 
>a bit at an approach that gave us only sky (facing the back turn up the hill).
>
>The Q7 is really growing on me...it is a wonderful platform, very 
>comfortable and well laid out. I really did not enjoy the drive down 
>the PCH, but was very happy to be in an Audi.
>
>Only two issues with the Q7 -- the first is that it is a little more 
>complicated than I'd like. Sure, I could figure it out, but I'm 
>looking for a car for my wife, not me, and she'd never get the radio 
>to change stations.
>
>Second, side and rearward visibility is not up to typical Audi 
>standards. Much better than most other vehicles of this (or smaller) 
>size, but there were a couple of times that a second look found a 
>car that was in my blind spot. Really scary to think that people 
>drive these without knowing they need to take the second look!
>
>The rear seats are okay, but a bit small. My 15 YO daughter enjoyed 
>riding in the back, but it takes a little doing to get in/out, not 
>at all like a minivan. Fine for occasional seating....
>
>The Hertz rental is a special config -- no xenons, vinyl seats, 3.6L 
>engine, Sat radio, no adjustable suspension, no nav, etc. It does 
>have the wonderful full length (dual) skylights. Suspension is not 
>quite taut enough for the highway, and a bit too taut for any real 
>offroading (although the adjustable suspension might be better offroad.)
>
>Quite interesting how much attention this truck gets. It does turn 
>quite a lot of heads, even in affluent car-crazy neighborhoods, and 
>the one I'm driving is a simple white one without 22" chrome wheels.
>
>Lee
>
>At 01:02 PM 2/18/2008, Theodore Chen wrote:
>>lee, my reply to your email address bounced.
>>
>>i was at the tour of california prologue yesterday.  were you 
>>there?  i haven't seen this many people on palm drive since 
>>gorbachev came to stanford in '89 , during my junior year.
>>
>>i wanted to make sure you know that monday's stage is sausalito to 
>>santa rosa, not palo alto.  just in case you show up in palo alto 
>>and wonder where everybody is.  :)
>>
>>i'm going to try to catch the wednesday stage in san jose.  my wife 
>>is off that day, so i may take a few hours off to go watch.
>>
>>is that Q7 a 4.2 or 3.6?  my brother was thinking about getting 
>>one.  how does the third row look?  is it usable?
>>
>>-teddy
>
>Lee Levitt
>'01 A4 1.8t quattro avant
>''99 A6 quattro avant
>'97 A6 quattro avant
>'96 A6 quattro avant

Lee Levitt
'01 A4 1.8t quattro avant
''99 A6 quattro avant
'97 A6 quattro avant
'96 A6 quattro avant