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Audi e-tron

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,062 ✭✭✭MojoMaker


    Yeah, I doubt the CP actually had 350kw to give you.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,109 ✭✭✭Buddy Bubs


    Funny enough I went to Galway on Saturday to collect a van in the Cupra Tavascan, drive down pretty quickly at 120/130 and was at 24kwh/100kms getting there. On the way back i drove slowly at same speed as van around 100/110 and got under 17kwh/100kms, big difference.

    At 24kwh my max range would be about 320kms which is rubbish, at 17kwh it would be about 470 which is great.

    Shows how speed affects range massively, could have been a wind direction factor too but wasnt paying attention to that.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,990 ✭✭✭donkey balls


    It was an Ionity charger 350KW first time ever using one. This would have being my 3rd/4th time ever using a public charger.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,109 ✭✭✭Buddy Bubs


    Best I ever saw on ionity was about 240....that was in a kia ev6 with 800v architecture. It was at 2% SOC plugging in though and driven for a long time beforehand so warm battery.

    My own car is limited to 135 but I do see those kinds of speeds most times I use ionity.

    Id expect an a6 etron to get 200+ in right conditions at least while at low SOC



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,990 ✭✭✭donkey balls


    As i don't use public chargers that often i set the satnav to the M6 services about a 45 min drive from where i was in Galway (Galway/Roscommon border). So is that how you preheat the battery etc arrived with about 28kwh.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,062 ✭✭✭MojoMaker


    That's about 30% SOC roughly? Not quite low enough to draw the big power. Also a 45 min preheat isn't huge - typically I see my own yoke start to preheat about 90 mins from a charger - obviously depending on location etc.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,109 ✭✭✭Buddy Bubs


    I have manual preconditioning option which i use and it usually says about 30 mins to optimum temperature



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,990 ✭✭✭donkey balls


    Ok just say I'm leaving Dublin heading for Kilarney and plan to stop off at Apple green Birdhill services for a pit stop. Do i just click that charger unit on the map and the car will preheat the battery etc? So with a lower SOC and using a 350kw charger it will charge a lot quicker.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 7,109 ✭✭✭Buddy Bubs


    Looks like that will work

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,653 ✭✭✭talla


    A6/Q6 is also capable of Plug and Charge with Ionity if you setup the Audi Pro Charging which should have been free for the first year, no need to use app, pre auth etc.

    I find on the Q6 with Ionity, below 20% SOC I will get about 250kW - 255kW, plugging in with 20% - 30% about 170kW -190kW, 30% - 40 % 140kW/ 150kW.

    Preheating only works if you navigate to charger in Car MMI , i.e. dont use apple maps/ googlemaps / waze / ABRP etc.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,026 ✭✭✭eastie17


    A6 Etron questions for those who may know:

    Laneassist and speed warnings - is there an easier way to turn them off every time than having to go into the MMI menu and selecting them EVERY time I drive?

    Renault scenic has a button on the dash you press once to revert to your previous, anything like that?

    Similar question for regen breaking, I like full power, one pedal driving if you like. Requires 2 clicks on the steering wheel every time. Anyway to set it once? Polestar it’s a permanent setting per driver profile unless you want to change it again which makes the most sense.

    So far my impression is the MMI is pretty **** compared to the android system



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,653 ✭✭✭talla


    On the Q6 (same platform as A6), you can configure the favourite button on the steering wheel to mute the speed limit warning. You can probably do the same for Lane Keeping assisit but it doesnt bother me but the "favourite" function would only be able to disable one or the other.

    Default driving mode would be "D" mode, you flick gear level down once more to go go into full one pedal driving "B" mode, setting cant be configured, will default to "D" on each journey.

    To be honest, I came from a Tesla Model Y was used to one pedal driving but its very rare I will use it on the Q6, I enable the auto regen setting on "D" mode so car will coast when I lift off the accelerator , but will slow down if it detects a car in front or coming up up to junction / roundabout / speed change - howver wont come to a complete stop unlike B mode.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 1,653 ✭✭✭talla


    Actually if I remember correctly, if you long press on the button on the end of the indicator stalk it will disable lane keeping assist.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,540 ✭✭✭Homer


    Developed a “manoeuvre assist fault” on my under warranty E Tron GT . No problem sure I’ll just ring Audi north Dublin. They couldn’t possibly be any worse to deal with than Audi south.
    No problem our next available appointment is 9 weeks away at the start of June 🤦🏻‍♂️

    Love the car but my god the service is appalling



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,026 ✭✭✭eastie17


    thanks all for the info



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,026 ✭✭✭eastie17




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,558 ✭✭✭joe1303l


    Anything further on the e-Tron motor/coolant issue possibly being covered by Audi Ireland ?

    Any links to anything official from Audi UK on what exactly is being covered ? Thanks



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,990 ✭✭✭donkey balls


    I saw on the Audi E tron forum on FB that another person came foul to the dreaded coolant leak in Ireland. They mentioned that all servicing was done by Audi etc. And are awaiting word back from Audi Ireland about motor replacement.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,382 ✭✭✭✭Cyrus


    Unfortunately they will be waiting id say but I hope not



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,558 ✭✭✭joe1303l


    Possibly not. If Audi UK now covering this out of warranty it should be easier to get goodwill on this here now too.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,382 ✭✭✭✭Cyrus




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,990 ✭✭✭donkey balls


    It will be a year next month since my scare with the dreaded malfunction. It was always in the back of my mind like a dark cloud following me around if the leak happened. How could a so called Hi end car maker put out a car with a known fault.

    And as Joe mentioned in a post about the motors on the q4/ID4 being bullet proof why didn't Audi use them on the E tron/q8.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,894 ✭✭✭GTE


    I am living life dangerously and looking at OG fat e-trons before a rock of sense hits me, and quite aware about the coolant and motor issues.

    I just got an email back from an Audi dealer confirming that the motor and coolant issue on the 192 55 model I asked about is covered by an 8 year or 200,000 km warranty.

    I have no intention of getting an older e-tron due to warranty, but the impression I got from all the stories and forum posts about this was that the motors were not being covered by the warranty. Another main dealer (not Audi, but who gets them in from the UK) said that they have had one instance of the motors going from the many e-trons they have sold, which was covered by warranty. They said to me they simply send the e-tron to a local Audi garage for repair in these instances and there was no argument.

    Is this new behaviour or has this always been the case?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 84 ✭✭Golfer_2000


    I know of this case and the person involved. The car is a 2021 and had 106k on it when the front motor went. There are also two other cars I know of with the same issue and are 2020 models awaiting motor replacement. This will be in the Irish media very soon the way things are going.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,382 ✭✭✭✭Cyrus


    its not covered by that warranty, thats the whole issue. If it was there is no real jeopardy in buying one.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 84 ✭✭Golfer_2000


    I would say the Audi Dealer is referring to the battery warranty for the 8 years or its a sales person that doesn't realise the motors are not covered yet. The guy I know currently has his 2021 Etron in Audi North Dublin and they are requesting 10k to replace the failed front motor. He won't be paying them a cent and is looking at other options.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,894 ✭✭✭GTE


    Well what is interesting is I asked about whether the one-year used car warranty would cover the motor failing due to coolant ingress into a motor through a failed seal, and he waited for his service department to answer the question who then said it was covered under the 8 year 200k km warranty.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,269 ✭✭✭✭User1998


    Since when does Audi give a 200,000km warranty?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,990 ✭✭✭donkey balls


    Nothing like a bit of bad press to get them moving to come up with some sort of deal.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,026 ✭✭✭eastie17


    at what year model is that failed front motor no longer an issue?



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