HyperS4

Funny you say that because if you check with your insurance, Im sure you are in a low bracket because all the safety features. Have you tried lane assist in the fog or extreme downpour?

DrCondor

+1, and nothing is a gimmick if it saves your *** that one time you're not quite attentive enough. I kid about the weight of my Audimobiles, but the truth is, Audi makes heavy cars that are safe partly in virtue of their weight/strength. And even when they are making very light cars, they're still safe...just ask Alan McNish...

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mirin S6

I didn't order lane assist. I didn't want to pay extra for a gimmick.

I'll just keep my mouth shut now. i see that I'm in the minority. Every option Audi offers is completely usefull and every option GM offers is a gimmick. The C7 has really great cup holders too. Everyone happy?

terminal nonchalance

I am not sure how useful this feature would be to me in any situation. With Keyless start, the process of getting in and driving away is very swift... I guess it would be fun to show off to friends, but that would get old pretty quickly. Audi and most german manufacturers are usually a few years behind adding in all the cool bells and whistles you find on domestics... Bluetooth audio is a great example.

Audi spends a huge amount of time and resources developing cars to perform and provide safety at the top of their class. I appreciate that and find it comforting while toting my small family around or hurtling 2 tons of metal and plastic down the freeway. I'd much rather have them spend time in this area as apposed to integrating my phone into car systems. It's all a give and take with engineering vs. cost vs. gadgets and I think Audi does an admirable job with the balance.

As to the insurance comment... My rates went down pretty significantly from My 2011 S4 to the S6. That speaks volumes to the safety measures incorporated into the vehicle. A quicker, more powerful and higher value car is almost always more expensive to insure... until now.


whew... sorry for rambling.

Mike

Shredster

My car telling me there is a car in my blind spot is farrrrr from a gimmick. Love love this tool!

SMK_RS4

My last Jeep had remote start and I absolutely loved it. It comes in extremely handy in hot weather and cold weather to start the car and have it run for a few minutes before getting into it. I have a feeling this winter I will miss it dearly. I completely agree with the OP.

Shawn

mark444444

I don't quite understand the vitriol directed at the OP, not to mention by of all people an Audi sales rep. To me it was a pretty innocuous question. Frankly speaking, while these cars very well may be designed for autobahn cruising, people in the US are usually relegated to speed restrictions of 55-75 mph depending on the freeway. And I know for a fact that the stretch of I-95 from new hope to rt. 206 in Princeton is 65 mph tops with cops everywhere so I don't know where you're able to drive at speeds in excess of 130. What's overlooked is the fact that the S6 isn't an S4 or M3. It's not designed for the track. Every S6 owner I've ever known bought it because its a fast, large luxury cruiser that looks and feels expensive. So if someone on this forum spends 80k on a car and then chooses to voice his bewilderment at the absence of a feature he or she would like their insanely expensive car to have, I don't see any justification for that kind of angry and downright unprofessional response. Furthermore, is it too much to ask that when I spend 45k on a car (I have a mere mortal A4), my girlfriend and I don't have to argue over who gets the big cupholder because the other one is too small to hold anything but a 5 hr energy? I don't understand why buying an expensive car means having to make excuses for its shortcomings and why people who choose to have a mildly negative opinion get hammered, by a brand specialist.

snagitseven

After reading through this thread, I have to say I don't see any of the angry "vitriol" or "hammering" you describe. The OP had an opinion that a couple of posters disagreed with. Some tried to answer his question with why they felt it wasn't offered and others simply stated it wasn't a feature they cared about. Half of the thread comments were not even directed at the OP's post and wandered off the subject. At best I saw one response to the OP that bordered on being a bit snide and one that seemed to have with a thin skin but none that I read could be classified as personal attacks. Just differences of opinion.

A6S4

+1... Agree that inquiries draw such unnecessary responses. Glad I didn't ask about changing my turn signal fluid or lubing my muffler bearings...

mark444444

Perhaps. I now look at my response and I apologize to hyper s4 for what now seems like a bit of a personal attack on my part. However, there is a snobbery that just seems misplaced. I for one could see the use for such a remote start. Living in Philadelphia half the year my car is frigid when I step in and the other half it's scalding hot. So I can certainly see the benefits of a system such as that. In any case, I don't think that s6 drivers buy their cars for the fuel economy or for the world saving saving efficiency so the worry about fuel seems odd. Either way, it'd be a nice feature to have in my opinion.