Old Dog

Just thought of a short little story that came to mind after reading your post. Many years ago, more than I care to remember, I bought an umpteenth-hand 1966 Ford Econoline (flatnose). Affectionately known as our "Team Bus" as I drove the guys to our weekly softball games.

I noticed a few weeks after I bought it the letters on the rear doors had been re-arranged to: DORF. I left it like that. It seemed to fit .

MartinQ5

I am pretty sure you know that, but the Q5 doesn't use the Haldex clutch. It uses a Torsen differential for its Quattro system.

myriadshalaks

haldex needs to sense slippage before it activates the mechanism, torsen transfers power as a wheel begins to slip. that is the quattro advantage. you get power back to the road faster.

kleinbus

Com' on guys, I went to re-read my post and I don't see me saying Q5 haves Haldex, all I see is "Q5 is mechanical system".

Audi uses Haldex only on TT and A3 that haves electrical control.

Haldex does not need to detect slippage as VW locks it for full throttle launch and European off-road package "Track & Field" button activates the Haldex lock to provide constant 50/50 split for rougher terrain. On normal daily drive, the computer measures steering angle, acceleration / deceleration and from all possible sensors it calculates possible trajectories and activates Haldex or wheel brakes as needed. Sure it is activated if sudden slippage is detected.

I had VW Tiguan 4motion before Q5 so I know how it handless during the normal drive and intended 4 wheel drift on the icy warehouse yard.

R8 haves VISCO that is automatic as silicone fluid reacts to shear effect and heat between the multidics clutch.

The rest, A4, A5, A6, A8, Q5 and Q7 haves Torsen mechanical differential.

Anyways, Edge should not be dompared to Q5, rather to VW Tiguan or Toyota Rav4

OtisNYC

Great question. This is EXACTLY the choice i was making. The new Edge is sweet. I didn't drive one, and I doubt it drives like the Audi, and it isn't of Audi quality, but its a good next best thing. I said in both, and ultimately went Audi once the Audi dealer offered me 8 grand more on my 2009 A5 trade in than did Ford.

Actually hadn't even thought about the Q5 until i realized the Edge Sport was gonna run us 43k with the options. So then we started doing the math and opted instead to get a loaded to the gills pre owned certified s line Q5. Couldn't be happier. Resale will be better here too. And this thing really does drive just like my A did. Its a sports coupe just bigger.

Coolieman1220

all of that is useless and takes away from driving. it makes your vehicle more dangerous than it already is. not a good idea at all.

hmn4858

To each his own. I take it you ordered your vehicles sans sound system?

What_Next?

Do we really want Microsoft software in our Audi's?

We were testing a 2011 Edge w/the newest SYNC system in it and the voice recognition locked the whole system up for several minutes before finally crashing and rebooting. It took over 30 seconds for the system to restart.

The direction Audi will be heading in the future will be really impressive. No, I can't tell you anything else. ;-)

mpraju

Agree with not wanting Microsoft in my car. I dont want to be bothered with questions like "Are you sure you want to listen to this Song? Yes No Cancel" and seeing Blue Screens.

Audi uses QNX in the new A8 MMI as an operating system which is awesome. It is also going to be used in the new Blackberry tablet - Playbook. So it will probably have seemless integration with your cell phone .

OtisNYC

Agreed. A lot of folks in here are being way defensive of Audi. It's probably a closer call than you care to admit in some ways, though the Q is still the clear winner.