Q5 Easter Eggs (hidden/no-so-obvious features)
05-17-2014, 12:21 AM
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08-03-2014, 06:21 PM
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Alternate Starting Method
Think this will qualify. Discovered by accident, that if you put the advance key in the key slot and push it in, the engine will start automatically (brake must be depressed).
08-04-2014, 06:58 AM
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Easter eggs are, by definition, hidden and undocumented.
That you didn't read the page in the manual that says that's how you start the engine, doesn't make it an easter egg. These cars are full of stuff you'd never suspect unless you RTFM, but if it is in the manual, it isn't an easter egg.
Of course my salesman didn't read the manual either, he thinks that if you put the key fob in the slot it charges the battery in the fob. (Not so, those batteries like to explode if recharged.)
That you didn't read the page in the manual that says that's how you start the engine, doesn't make it an easter egg. These cars are full of stuff you'd never suspect unless you RTFM, but if it is in the manual, it isn't an easter egg.
Of course my salesman didn't read the manual either, he thinks that if you put the key fob in the slot it charges the battery in the fob. (Not so, those batteries like to explode if recharged.)
08-04-2014, 06:11 PM
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Easter eggs are, by definition, hidden and undocumented.
That you didn't read the page in the manual that says that's how you start the engine, doesn't make it an easter egg. These cars are full of stuff you'd never suspect unless you RTFM, but if it is in the manual, it isn't an easter egg.
Of course my salesman didn't read the manual either, he thinks that if you put the key fob in the slot it charges the battery in the fob. (Not so, those batteries like to explode if recharged.)
That you didn't read the page in the manual that says that's how you start the engine, doesn't make it an easter egg. These cars are full of stuff you'd never suspect unless you RTFM, but if it is in the manual, it isn't an easter egg.
Of course my salesman didn't read the manual either, he thinks that if you put the key fob in the slot it charges the battery in the fob. (Not so, those batteries like to explode if recharged.)
08-04-2014, 06:55 PM
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" If Audi had the courtesy to have a PDF manual"
Hallelujah, Amen Brother!
It takes nearly zero effort to product a PDF version--if that's not already what they supplied to their printer.
If I keep the manual in the glovebox, it won't be handy when I think of something at home. And if I take it out of the car, it may not be there when I need it, to solve some mystery in the car.
Surely...Audi doesn't think they're going to sell extra manuals to the rubes to solve that one?!
Interesting article about undocumented things in WIRED today. Someone has found a way to use a software defined radio and sweep keyless fob combinations (a brute force approach, in hackspeak) so that it may take a couple of hours, but he can open cars without the fob. Next step being of course, start the engine.
And the interesting part is not just that fob security may have been flushed down the crapper, but that he found one combination very quickly, which worked about two dozen times, and then wouldn't work again. Giving the impression that it was a back door, a "master key" of sorts, that gets locked out after a certain number of uses.
Same thing that thieves used to do before rolling codes, in the 80's and 90's. Looks like the "oddball" Mercedes system with an infrared fob that has to be physically inserted in the dashboard, may be more secure.
Hallelujah, Amen Brother!
It takes nearly zero effort to product a PDF version--if that's not already what they supplied to their printer.
If I keep the manual in the glovebox, it won't be handy when I think of something at home. And if I take it out of the car, it may not be there when I need it, to solve some mystery in the car.
Surely...Audi doesn't think they're going to sell extra manuals to the rubes to solve that one?!
Interesting article about undocumented things in WIRED today. Someone has found a way to use a software defined radio and sweep keyless fob combinations (a brute force approach, in hackspeak) so that it may take a couple of hours, but he can open cars without the fob. Next step being of course, start the engine.
And the interesting part is not just that fob security may have been flushed down the crapper, but that he found one combination very quickly, which worked about two dozen times, and then wouldn't work again. Giving the impression that it was a back door, a "master key" of sorts, that gets locked out after a certain number of uses.
Same thing that thieves used to do before rolling codes, in the 80's and 90's. Looks like the "oddball" Mercedes system with an infrared fob that has to be physically inserted in the dashboard, may be more secure.
12-17-2014, 08:58 AM
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Hi guys, new Q5 owner here. This thread is really fun to read and I've learned quite a few tricks, thanks!
What I wish it had was a shortcut to switch map from flat top view to elevated view and back. Elevated view (seeing ahead) is useful for actually following the nav, but top flat view is great for route planning.
Handy in Boston area where I live as I often over-rule GPS route planning due to traffic, road conditions, mood swings, etc. ;-)
What I wish it had was a shortcut to switch map from flat top view to elevated view and back. Elevated view (seeing ahead) is useful for actually following the nav, but top flat view is great for route planning.
Handy in Boston area where I live as I often over-rule GPS route planning due to traffic, road conditions, mood swings, etc. ;-)