2012 Audi A7 3.0 TFSI Quattro Seat Time

2012 Audi A7 3.0 TFSI Quattro

I'd like to think the bit of extra work I've put in over the last few weeks is partially the reason why editor birdrawn tossed me the key fob to the 2012 audi A7 and said i could use it for few days

he was right; sitting int the drivers seat feels like in something out stars wars. there's whole lot happening in the interior. the entry and starup procedures get a whole host of bits and pieces moving automatically: windows. steering column, speaker, MMI display. With the havana black metalic paint, black leather interior and tires; yeah dart vader would drive this car. not that I'm comparing the A7 to a TIE fighter. it's more like republic Assault Ship.

2012 Audi A7 3.0 TFSI Quattro Seat Time

the space travel premium package is not an audi option - maybe with the next generation-so I haveti stick to what it was like in terra firma. I'm more apt to take a longer but less-congested route or freeways very early or very late in the day instead of sitting in trafic and body did that work out well eith the Audi. Though the A7 is not the quikest car out the hole, it will cruise along at freeway speeds-or greater-all day and night without complaint. not to get all green and hippie-like, but for one stretch of freeway driving the A7 returned an indicated 30+mpg while crusing along at a steady 70 mph.

that's not to says the audi A7 does'nt shine in the city. it does since i only had it for a few days i tried to runs as many little exercicise p and errands as i could. normally right after work i grab a bite for dinner. so I called up some friend and we all piled into the A7 and headed to shoreline village in long beach for some seafood. anyone whos driven in long beach knows that parking and navigation the car-lined streets can be frustating.

not so bad this time. the speed sensitive and quattro all-wheel-drive system belie the A7's 16-foot overall leght and 4,200 pound weight. agiel and nimble best describe its behavior as we navigated the downtown streets.

I'm not sure I have a minor shellfish allegry or if vader wanted his ride back, but a sudden, irrittating tickle in my throat got me thingking that it was time to call it an evening. so i dropped my friends off at their home, turned up the bangin' bang & olufsen stereo amd hot pch for a latenight cruise back home.

2012 audi a7 3.0 TFSI quattro

engine : 3.0-liter V6, dohc, 24-value, superchanged

transmission : eight-speed toptronic automatic

MSRP : $59,250

Price as tested :$80,130