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Well, with all the bad news in the world today, finally something good. I was driving down an empty country road heading home from work in my S7. It was just after dusk and I thought I would turn on the infra red camera. Until last night, I was yet to find any value from this "toy". Out of the blue, I saw a bright white dot in the middle of the road. It was weaving and bobbing like crazy. I had a major decision to make....do I crank the wheel to the right or to the left?? It was too late to brake, so I made a decision....go to the right. Fortunately, the mouse went to the left. All was well. I'm really glad I had the Audi technology package. The mouse was fortunate I had an Audi. I am very concerned that the next car behind me was be a low tech GM model, whereby the the little guy will probably not be around to tell his story. In any case, all in all, a pretty good evening.
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My S7 is far from arrived but the salesman said it would not work for animals but it had to be a large signature like a person. I guess he was wrong. I wondered as a child and many dogs are the same size.
I was not thinking of mice at the time though.
I was not thinking of mice at the time though.
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Animals show up very well. Deer are like light bulbs. The mouse story, while tongue in cheek, is real...you really can see a mouse on the road.
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The infrared screen will visually show just about anything that gives off a heat signature. The warning aspect of the system, until just recently, wasn't programmed for animal images---that's why you were told the system wouldn't work for animals. They just updated the programming for 2015 MY (at least on the A8 model line-up) to now provide animal detection alerts for deer/dogs, etc. (but I'd suspect probably not for mice :^) . The 2015 A7/S7/RS7 PIB just states pedestrian detection however.
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