S5 in drive thru car wash
02-10-2019, 09:09 AM
#21
The Water Works in Southington does not have touchless, unfortunately.
02-10-2019, 09:34 AM
#22
AudiWorld Super User
Thread Starter
Ground clearance is my real concern with drive thru carwash, the S5 is pretty low but it sounds like that is not an problem. How do I turn off presense if you dont mine me asking. Are we talking about the parking sensor button on the dash or some sort of presense setting in the MMI?
as far as swirl marks, its a price to paid for dark colors.
02-10-2019, 09:43 AM
#23
AudiWorld Senior Member
Ground clearance is my real concern with drive thru carwash, the S5 is pretty low but it sounds like that is not an problem. How do I turn off presense if you dont mine me asking. Are we talking about the parking sensor button on the dash or some sort of presense setting in the MMI?
as far as swirl marks, its a price to paid for dark colors.
02-10-2019, 10:09 AM
#24
AudiWorld Super User
I don't know why Audi won't allow the idiot aids to be turned off permanently. Somehow I managed to drive for the past 20 years without causing accidents and my first car even had no airbags, traction control, stability control or any other electronic aids.
02-10-2019, 10:35 AM
#25
Club AutoUnion
I would suggest the blame be placed on the World’s “Nanny State” legislation. Much like the Ford / Bridgestone fiasco that resulted in TPMS in all cars after a certain year.
Just sayin’
02-10-2019, 11:08 AM
#26
AudiWorld Super User
Ya- that would be nice to do, but hand detailes are cost prohibitive in my area plus having to schedule and wait. I prefer doing the hand wash myself, but in cold weather the touchless is a good backup.
I have had very bad experiences at commercial hand wash, car washes. My Q5 was swirled to death by a place in Dallas that when I lined up had Ferrari’s, Maserati’s, Tesla’s, etc in front of me. My little Q5 was the “poor” mans car of the lot, so thought I’d be good. Nope. After that, I stopped going to those places and do it myself with exception to a detailer going’s over it, as Mebin mentions. I’m expecting ceramic to help a lot here with maintenance / no waxing - otherwise I’ll never get it again.
02-10-2019, 11:09 AM
#27
AudiWorld Super User
Maybe, but is there any legislation mandating emergency braking systems that cannot be permanently deactivated? I highly doubt it, given that it is possible to purchase new cars without this technology. I assume that Audi believes its target American customer would rather text than drive, and they may be correct.
02-10-2019, 11:26 AM
#28
AudiWorld Super User
Thread Starter
Anybody tried going thru a car wash without turing off auto braking? The car is in neutral so even if auto brake is applied, one just have to deal with the noise. What other problem might pre sense cause?
02-10-2019, 11:37 AM
#29
Club AutoUnion
When I go through a car wash, I simply leave the parking brake on, get out & the car wash guy drives it in and off it goes. I’ve never had a problem with anything: no wheels not turning or any problems at all.
In one end dirty / Clean when it exits and they drive it to the lot to dry it. And I watch it go through the wash tunnel the entire 50’ trip.
In one end dirty / Clean when it exits and they drive it to the lot to dry it. And I watch it go through the wash tunnel the entire 50’ trip.
02-10-2019, 11:59 AM
#30
AudiWorld Senior Member
What color is your Q5? At this point, I assume all daily drivers have some degree of swirling and only buy colors that do not show swirls prominently, like white, silver, and gray (definitely not black). Luckily, I keep my cars long enough that minor swirling will have no difference on the resale value and instead spend that time maintaining the outside of my house as opposed to signing up for another biweekly chore.
