Q5 with Audi Drive Select?
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Q5 with Audi Drive Select?
Have any of you driven or purchased a Q5 with the Audi Drive Select option? My dealer told me they have no Q5s with ADS in stock and they will not be ordering any so it will be impossible to sample the technology in the Q5. You can certainly order a Q5 with ADS, but you cannot sample it in a test vehicle.
Further, a salesman today told me that they never bring up ADS with customers, but if you are an informed customer and happen to already know about it, they will be happy to engage you on the subject.
When I raised the subject of ADS, the salesman said you can definitely feel the difference in the various Drive Select modes; I found his enthusiasm for ADS curious since they didn't (and weren't going to) have the technology available for customers to sample. He congratulated me for being so informed about Audi and apologized for not having ADS available for sample but said the decision was made by the manager--not him.
For those of you who work at Audi dealerships why would you not have ADS available on one or more test models for customers to sample? How many people buy a pricey option like that sight unseen?
How many of you Q5 enthusiasts are interested in ADS?
Further, a salesman today told me that they never bring up ADS with customers, but if you are an informed customer and happen to already know about it, they will be happy to engage you on the subject.
When I raised the subject of ADS, the salesman said you can definitely feel the difference in the various Drive Select modes; I found his enthusiasm for ADS curious since they didn't (and weren't going to) have the technology available for customers to sample. He congratulated me for being so informed about Audi and apologized for not having ADS available for sample but said the decision was made by the manager--not him.
For those of you who work at Audi dealerships why would you not have ADS available on one or more test models for customers to sample? How many people buy a pricey option like that sight unseen?
How many of you Q5 enthusiasts are interested in ADS?
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Ed, the centre of gravity is so much higher than your Avant...
you'll miss the sports suspension... believe me. I drove it with and without it and it is worth it IMO.
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Re: I think ADS is a waste on a SUV.
Funny you should say that. I would think the exact opposite: ADS would be most relevant in an SUV and less relevant in a traditional car with a lower center of gravity.
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That's because people almost never want to pay for it or want it.
We've sold 3 cars with drive select since the system was introduced. One has been sitting on our lot since the new A4 launched.
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If we could just do built to order rather than inventory, this wouldn't be a problem.
Dell doesn't have this problem. "We built this laptop with 4GB of RAM, but it sat around in inventory for 6 months until somebody finally wanted that configuration!" You just never hear that.
It's expensive holding a car that long. How much did you have to mark down the A4 with ADS to get it out the door? How much was your bank loan per month to hold the car?
It's expensive holding a car that long. How much did you have to mark down the A4 with ADS to get it out the door? How much was your bank loan per month to hold the car?