Article Comments 2007 Audi Q7 Long Term Test

12 messages, Last post on May 17, 2008 at 8:41 AM

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Article comments for Long-Term Test: 2007 Audi Q7 4.2 Premium - uxury SUV buyers want three things. They want comfort, utility and safety. Audi's first attempt in this segment offers all of these. (more)

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#10 of 12 Wondering by rghojai May 16, 2008 (1:00 pm)
As often happens with reviews, long-term, comparisons or single-car reviews, I'm left wondering about how aggressively people drove. Obviously this is a low-mpg vehicle, but 14 overall seems atrocious. Too, brake pads being done after 24,000 miles seems awfully low. (I've put about that many miles on a 97 Crown Vic PI I got w/o knowledge of how new the brake pads were and my mechanic told me last week that the front pads have about 50% left.) I noted in a comparison elsewhere that a Rabbit got 22 mpg in "combined" driving, but nothing more about the nature of the driving. If testers are driving appreciably faster, more aggressively than the vast majority of drivers... or not, it seems like it'd be worth mentioning, as it relates to fuel economy, things like brake wear. Replies to this message: sharpedgeshurt (May 17, 2008 8:41 am)
#11 of 12 No town car, this one by kurtamaxxxguy May 16, 2008 (2:15 pm)
The Q7's at an Audi promo event in LA, CA, didn't mesh well with city traffic thanks to what Edmunds reported, and (in my case) a hair trigger accelerator pedal making smooth launches difficult. Still, I sensed its appeal for long highway cruises, provided there are Audi dealers nearby and you have the dough for the gas.
#12 of 12 Re: Wondering [rghojai] by sharpedgeshurt May 17, 2008 (8:41 am)
Replying to: rghojai (May 16, 2008 1:00 pm) Hey Rghojai; I'm a 2007 Volkswagen Rabbit owner and I've averaged about 24 mpg for on my vehicle for all types of driving, including a lot of highway driving at 85mph. I usually put my car in to "sports" mode and floor it at least once or twice per tank of gas. I've been able to push my car to 26 and have gotten as lot as 20. I've put over 21,000 miles on my car in about 10 months and my breaks still look good with not a lot of wear. Hope this info helps!