sid369

Does anyone here have a black with brown combo or a white with brown combo, could you post a few pics.

tjf

Yes there is wait. That can be the worst part, but there is the anticipation factor. It also gives you time to save up for more of a down payment, or procure addons.
You may or may not get a better deal. If you order, the dealer isn't financing the vehicle with a bank for the time it's sitting on the lot, so he has less investment in the vehicle.
If you get a car that has been sitting on a lot somewhere, there could be some paint damage. When I got my A4, the dealer shipped a car in from NJ. I got it home and washed it and found that it had spots in the paint. There must have been some fallout on to the NJ dealer lot. ....The dealer took it back and we ordered from the factory.
If you order and if you ever wanted to see Germany, you could do a factory pick up. I think that gives a set price on the vehicle, but I'm not sure about it. The Ingolstat plant and Audi Forum is something too see.
On another note, I'm thinking about ordering a Q5 too. Is there a way to get the backup camera without ordering the Nav package?

Tom
99.0 A4
05 A8L

plumber212

I disagree with the thought that you will pay more to order what you want. You actually have the advantage since every dealer is quoting the exact same car. If they don't want to sell it for what you are offering go to another dealer. When I ordered my 14 in early 2013, prices were not available yet so I negotiated a % off list. i visited several dealers till I found one that would accept my offer. By the way, they told me it would take 12-14 weeks, but mine came in 7 weeks.

sid369

I was just looking at insurance quote and I understand that it will vary by many factors for everyone, but comparing some of the other cars in the same class the audi Q5 comes out to be far more expensive.

MDX came out to be only $90 increase, the BMW X3 was surprisingly $50 increase, but the Q5 was $320 increase from my current policy.

I need to think about the buying from the lot vs. factory order. Also someone mentioned the backup cam, is it only available with Nav?

lmariorod

+1.
Ordering is the way to go. Took our Q from stock in 2009 and got a fair deal.

Ordered my S5 and got what I wanted, options, color at the price I was willing to pay. With loyalty it was a Win/Win as dealer does paper work to order, pre delivery and I pick up car.

Xenonista

Off the lot, yes, it's part of the MMI Nav+ package.

Not sure if you can special order with just the parking assist. You'll need the MMI to set preferences for it, so you'd need either a VAG-COM VCDS to change settings with a laptop, or have the dealer do it for you (which they'd hesitate to sign up for I'm sure), or get MMI without Nav if such a thing is possible. You'd need the MMI controls to switch modes between backing up and parallel parking.

I doubt it's possible, but it can't hurt to ask.

sid369

If i get most of the things which are available but have to compromise th interior color than I guess that will be fine. We saw one today the interior color was beige with brown trim, which I don't mind but would have loved the brown interior color. I think I can compromise on the interior color the only concern we have maintenance of the seat sand the blue jeans transferring color.

Can you get that color out? We would be leasing the car by the way.

tjf

I was at the dealer today. The only way to get the park assist is with the Nav package. Kind of sad when you think about it. A base Accord comes with a backup camera.
We drove an Allroad and the SQ5 again. I wish the 3.0T was available in the Allroad. I did like the more car like behavior of it. That SQ is nice though. Crazy fast for an SUV.
There's also a rumor going around that Audi will be bringing the RS6 Avant to the states! They should hear more in 2 weeks.

mike at jb

We just ordered a Q5 Premium today with heated seats and the sunroof.
The sunroof option was a must-have.
We do not need NAV.
We saved a little bit by not getting the Plus.
But, as others have said, get what you want!

sid369

One thing that i wanted to ask is when we test drove the premium plus yesterday I asked if I can change the driving modes. It was easy to change modes from D to S (sports) however, I did not feel the steering becoming tight (like in the X3) . Does it really change the driving dynamics on Sports mode? It was a short distance that I test drove so maybe thats why i could not feel the difference.