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So...the '13 Q7 TDi is about to turn 200K. It was down for a couple of weeks for a new injector. All the others checked out fine.
Here's the weird thing. Maybe someone here can shed some light on what's going on here.
While the old gal was down, we got my wife a '21 Q7 Prestige. Gorgeous car, drives like a dream. Has all the bells & whistles.
Garage mate is a '15 Cayenne S. Gorgeous, flawless, wonderful to drive.
Yet, here I am, enjoying taking the old gal out for yet another ride. It's just an honest, simple, fun car to drive (Cayenne GTS sway bars help )
So...am I weird for picking the '13 Q7 with 200K over either of my other cars for driving duties?
Oh, and the wife agreed that having a third car will be useful, so we're keeping it!
Not weird at all, the Mk1 is a great vehicle. Does everything well and our 4.2l sounds like a symphony. There’s also something satisfying about driving a high mileage car that runs great. We take our ‘02 A6 2.7T everywhere even with over 300,000mi on it. APR tuned with a 6-speed, it’s a blast to drive still.
My Q7 TDI is at 185k miles, just finished up with an engine and suspension overhaul, and am in the process of tuning it with Darkside. Would I have fun adding a sedan of some sort, certainly. Am I switching, absolutely not. It’s a large, solid, robust vehicle that has a do everything quality to it.
Ive been liking my '13 Q7 more and more, especially since Stg1, it transformed how agile it became and quite quick
It would need a suspension overhaul, but parts are genuinely surprisingly expensive considering model year dates back 20+ years ago (first model pretty much in 2005)
I was not in love with my 15 Q7 3.0T when I first bought it. Long story. But now... Stage 2, pulley, partial exhaust, coil over with full suspension replacement, just added Android Auto, tinted, the works, and I love it. Made it my fat pig on rails. And today, still would take this over the newer ones all day every day.
I am tech freak over here. But in my cars (also my fridge), the tech is too much and I absolutely hate it. The cars are lighter and more electronic making them less connected to the road. There are to many screens making them kinda bright at night and to many distractions. Borrowed my sis Palisade, I know different car, and the amount of nannies on this thing made it unsafe at times and/or kinda like... why am I driving the car, get a self driving car then.
I have an 09 Cayman, I know, another different car, but story follows ... had the opportunity to track a new 718, and I didn't have to work the car to drive the hell out of it.
All this said, I love driving. I love the effort to make it fun. With this ... I went from trading my cars every 9 months to a couple of years to first time owning a car for 6 years now, and I don't even think about trading it or selling it. It's funny, my kids sometimes argue who gets it if something happens (kinda sad, kinda funny) or can they buy it from me.😃
I am a bit biased, I’ve only had my Q7TDI a few years, but I think it is really the pinnacle of SUVs. It really is a workhorse being about 500 pounds heavier than the newer q7s. When I had an engine out reseal, I had a late model Q7. And I really didn’t feel like it was a substantial. The older I get the simpler I like my vehicles. Life has really gotten in the way , hopefully in a year or so I will be able to resurrect my Porsche 944 turbo. I had it stripped down and repainted at a friend shop and it just got buried in there. Had just installed a new wiring harness with an engine management system definitely had to work that car 😉
I was not in love with my 15 Q7 3.0T when I first bought it. Long story. But now... Stage 2, pulley, partial exhaust, coil over with full suspension replacement, just added Android Auto, tinted, the works, and I love it. Made it my fat pig on rails. And today, still would take this over the newer ones all day every day.
I am tech freak over here. But in my cars (also my fridge), the tech is too much and I absolutely hate it. The cars are lighter and more electronic making them less connected to the road. There are to many screens making them kinda bright at night and to many distractions. Borrowed my sis Palisade, I know different car, and the amount of nannies on this thing made it unsafe at times and/or kinda like... why am I driving the car, get a self driving car then.
I have an 09 Cayman, I know, another different car, but story follows ... had the opportunity to track a new 718, and I didn't have to work the car to drive the hell out of it.
All this said, I love driving. I love the effort to make it fun. With this ... I went from trading my cars every 9 months to a couple of years to first time owning a car for 6 years now, and I don't even think about trading it or selling it. It's funny, my kids sometimes argue who gets it if something happens (kinda sad, kinda funny) or can they buy it from me.😃
I am genuilnelly surprised how stable thisQ is.
I had A6 avant before this, lowered on Eibach and Bilstein B8 shocks. I can practically drive this Q like that A6 in most cases. Only thing I miss I could literally throw A6 like a go cark into a turn, while here that height makes its way.
Coming to my question, what coilovers did you put on your Q, and do you mind sharing experience, and maybe a photo or two.
I am genuilnelly surprised how stable thisQ is.
I had A6 avant before this, lowered on Eibach and Bilstein B8 shocks. I can practically drive this Q like that A6 in most cases. Only thing I miss I could literally throw A6 like a go cark into a turn, while here that height makes its way.
Coming to my question, what coilovers did you put on your Q, and do you mind sharing experience, and maybe a photo or two.
Hey @G-Can . The Q is stable. I am a different kind of person. I have built off roaders in my past and found that they still remain mostly pavement princesses as majority of "off roaders" are. So I went back to on road performance.
The Q handles so flipping well, it's unreal. But just to add, I have done a lot of work to the suspension.
Coilovers, I am using Gecko Racing. They are one of those hidden markets/companies in the sport enthusiast world. However, they are starting to come as expensive as the big boys, and my bet is that is due to tariffs and all being baked in as they are produced in Taiwan.
At the time, they were $975 and on black Friday they were $875 vs BC Racing was and still is $1400. Son and I took the risk on the Q7 and V70. I have put on 30k miles on these, and zero issues. V70, went from ATL to Seattle with no issues, except... Rear springs are springs only for the V70 are a little soft and we need to get a different rate.
Dropped all the way down, I was so bouncy it's was hilarious and unsafe at the same time. I have about an inch wheel gap, and I have bounce from time to time, but nothing unsafe.
Then installed the complete adjustable Eurowise suspension kit (upper and lower control arms on front and rear, tie rods, the works) and this smoothed everything out with the coilovers.
Between the 18mm rear spacers and the Eurowise adjustable suspension, I was able to flush the rear wheel with the factory fender flares and the fronts enough, but still tucked so that I did not get fender rubbing.
I am almost a 4 inch drop.
It's does hurt me hitting bumps on the road. The construction zones are rough. But my teen/adult kids say it's comfy in the back and they really don't notice anything. Wife thinks it's as smooth as many other cars in the road without air ride. I am so in tune with my cars, I feel and see things differently.
10 out of 10, would recommend again.
Fronts Rears About a 1 inch wheel gap Rears pushed out and flushed Fronts almost flushed
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Audi Recreates Crazy-Looking Speed Record Breaker From 1935
Slideshow: Audi has recreated one of the wildest machines of the pre-war speed-record era, reviving a streamlined V16 racer that originally exceeded 200 mph in 1935.
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