Bahnstormer_vRS wrote:downer wrote:^^^ You are probably right, Kevin.
I’ve had the Q3 for a little over a week now, and overall I’m pleased with it. I’m still messing with the seat/wheel - trying to achieve that “perfect” driving position, and the steering feels very light at the moment, but otherwise - no complaints. It’s quite nippy and above all, quiet.
Light steering is potentially a factor of not having a heavy TDI 'lump' under the bonnet. Comparing the 2.0TDI Yeti vs a 1.8TSI Yeti the petrol version is overall lighter to drive.
However, do you have a 'driving mode' selection somewhere? i.e. Eco/normal/sport/individual. If so, the sport setting of the steering gives some extra weight to it and you can use the individual to program sport steering with normal everything else. (feature is on Skoda Octavia, Superb & Kodiac so ought to be on the Q3 too).
For your driving position, seats are about the one thing I like about AUDI as they are base on Recaro ones (IIRC Recaro seats are an option on some models) and Recaro have a very useful video to get the
correct seating position in a car.
Hope this helps.
Guy
Thanks Guy. I suspect you are right about the car feeling light compared with the A4. This week I had an S-Class as a rental (gotta love the Hertz loyalty upgrades!), so the comparison was perhaps even more obvious - and in truth I've only driven the Q3 about 300 miles so far.
As for "drive select", I have set it to "dynamic", which is supposed to add weight to the steering as well as sharpen up the throttle response and gearbox. So far, I think the differences are quite minimal.
The seat position is about right now, but as you know, it's possible to tweak most aspects these days, so getting it "just right" takes a bit of experimentation. I prefer the seat to be quite upright, but also not too high.
As for the car, here's a quick snap from the local supermarket car park this morning: