virtuosity
04-09-2011, 11:18 PM
Hi
I have had my A4 since April now, done 8K in it - very happy with it in the main, it drives beautifully but I am disappointed with a couple of aspects of the car that annoy me virtually every journey - just wondered what other user's thoughts were...
1) I have the Dynamic Steering/Suspension option which is really cool concept - however, 90% of the time, I am in "Comfort" mode - Why therefore doesn't it remember what my settings were when I switched off the engine - every single time I start up, I have to remember to switch it from the default ("Auto") to my preference. Only minor, but you would think these tech engineers never drive the cars they design sometimes
2) The stored destinations in my Sat Nav randomly disappear half the time - At time of writing, I don't have any in memory (even tho I have stored, and recalled at times, around 2 dozen locations), therefore the option to recall my saved destinations is greyed out - really annoying. I am hoping this is a bug, and when it goes in for a service in a month or so that they will upgrade the s/w / fix it
3) Final thing on SatNav - and this is my biggest gripe of all - there is an option to change the route dynamically - which I assume (from previous Sat Navs in different vehicle makes) that the system will suggest and auto-direct you to a better, quicker route should one be available if there are delays on your current route - I have this option switched on, but it NEVER offers alternatives!!! It just sits there stating "26 miles of standing traffic ahead" or whatever. I was between Swindon and Oxford and had to get back home to Cheshire on Bank Holiday weekend, Fri afternoon at 3pm (I know, I know...) and the M5 had massive tailbacks for the entire journey, took me 9 hours to get home - I got home, and checked online - why the **** didn't it take me on the M40 and up the toll road which was mainly clear all day? I didn't get time to check before I left, but I should be able to depend on the bloody thing to get me home the quickest route - and why does it offer the option to dynamically change route, if it doesn't do it? Has anyone else suffered from this? Am I doing something wrong?
Appreciate anyone's views...
Thanks!
I have had my A4 since April now, done 8K in it - very happy with it in the main, it drives beautifully but I am disappointed with a couple of aspects of the car that annoy me virtually every journey - just wondered what other user's thoughts were...
1) I have the Dynamic Steering/Suspension option which is really cool concept - however, 90% of the time, I am in "Comfort" mode - Why therefore doesn't it remember what my settings were when I switched off the engine - every single time I start up, I have to remember to switch it from the default ("Auto") to my preference. Only minor, but you would think these tech engineers never drive the cars they design sometimes
2) The stored destinations in my Sat Nav randomly disappear half the time - At time of writing, I don't have any in memory (even tho I have stored, and recalled at times, around 2 dozen locations), therefore the option to recall my saved destinations is greyed out - really annoying. I am hoping this is a bug, and when it goes in for a service in a month or so that they will upgrade the s/w / fix it
3) Final thing on SatNav - and this is my biggest gripe of all - there is an option to change the route dynamically - which I assume (from previous Sat Navs in different vehicle makes) that the system will suggest and auto-direct you to a better, quicker route should one be available if there are delays on your current route - I have this option switched on, but it NEVER offers alternatives!!! It just sits there stating "26 miles of standing traffic ahead" or whatever. I was between Swindon and Oxford and had to get back home to Cheshire on Bank Holiday weekend, Fri afternoon at 3pm (I know, I know...) and the M5 had massive tailbacks for the entire journey, took me 9 hours to get home - I got home, and checked online - why the **** didn't it take me on the M40 and up the toll road which was mainly clear all day? I didn't get time to check before I left, but I should be able to depend on the bloody thing to get me home the quickest route - and why does it offer the option to dynamically change route, if it doesn't do it? Has anyone else suffered from this? Am I doing something wrong?
Appreciate anyone's views...
Thanks!