I assumed they were incompatible with the lowered suspension. I'll be pissed of if they are an option in other markets.

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I think they come automatically with the audi drive select ?

Anyhow, the damper hardness is clearly different in dynamic mode and comfort mode.

 

Hi Robin T how you getting on with the car, havn't seen any posts for a while unless your too busy cleaning it and driving round clocking up the miles , are there any issues as sucjh that have cropped up after a few miles etc, all the best merlin

 

Robin, not in the UK. Not automatically, and not as a manual choice either. Just to give us brits something to moan about, could you post a screenshot of your local Audi configurator showing it as an option?

 

I doubt it's part of the "standard" drive select in the UK as its "only" a £220 option. Fr damper jiggery pokery I'm sure Audi UK would look to fleece us a little harder...😳

 

This somewhat old page suggests damper control is an option. But it certainly isn't in reality as far as I know... Don't know if this page could be of any help if anyone wants to press their dealer though?
http://www.audi.co.uk/about-audi/latest-news/audi-sq5-tdi-first-diesel-s-model.html

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We just won't know for sure until one of us here in the UK takes delivery. All the cars that were reviewed were press demo vehicles and were pre-production, if you look at the interior shots there are 'Audi Exclusive'badges on the door trims as an example. I'd guess its unlikely that active suspension has become standard unless in final testing ride quality had been found to be unacceptable?

 

Having a few days off and thus the opportunity to surf 'net and checkout the reviews of the SQ5 TDI - of which as I'm sure you know there are many.

It's curious but there are 2 or 3 reviews out there that make specific reference to Drive Select and being able to tinker with suspension settings - with the observation that the Dynamic mode is hard.

As per my previous post those test cars were pre-production, and some of the 'tests' were just regurgitated 'press pack' output from Audi so virtually valueless - you will note a number of the reports are identical. Some of the pieces are original copy by journos that had actually driven real cars. Well time will tell - mine goes into production next week.

 

Often the jounos opinion of the car is a reflection of how good the hospitality was.

 

Hi Merlinv8,

Speak of the devil

I just returned an hour ago from a 2000 mile travel around germany and austria to see customers in the last 4 days.

I'll update my post on the first experiences with the sq5

All the best

 

Thats a good drive then Robin T, Glad your getting the use out of it, its a shame i only use my car for around 4k a year, i spend 20k in the van !!