The tech is great, but I’ve had to spend a lot of time mastering all the phone interface options for phone/music/data/etc. Works great now that I’ve got the hang of it, but takes some time and patience to learn how to drive it. I love the feature that allows you to overlay Google maps on the SatNav. B&O system sounds really good too.
Seats are very comfortable and I was able to get a great seating position right away (I’m over 6 ft and this isn’t always the case - I drove a new SQ5 on loan from the dealership for a month while I waited for the B9 after they bought back my trade-in B8, and I really struggled to get comfy in that). There’s good visibility of the RS4’s dash through what is quite a small wheel. My kids also love the massage function on the seats!
Very happy with the black color - bit of a conservative option, but I was too nervous to go for the dark blue, and my B8 was Daytona Grey so didn’t want that either.
I have a long drive down country next week which will be a chance to get some km’s on the clock and start to put it through its paces on some twisty roads - looking forward to that.
. The only tech problem I’m still having is getting it to send texts (SMS). The MMI system will receive texts and read them out to me, but I can’t dictate texts or reply (and there is no reply or send text option appearing on screen either) - so for texting unless I can sort it out, I’ll be plugging the phone (iPhone 8S) into the USB and using Apple CarPlay which works fine. I suspect the iPhone is to blame (the classic Apple problem of refusing to be fully compatible with any other device on the planet...).
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