Hello to all Q3 forum members.
I currently have a four year old automatic Honda CRV EX with all the bells and whistles with only 24,000 miles but I feel the need to consider a change.
My petrol auto CRV is a well made car with few issues but having driven down to Spain a couple of times I have one notable concern and that is its inabilty to cope with long hills when driving at motorway speeds.
I have found that the car performs exceptionally well except that my 2 litre petrol engine cannot maintain an adequate speed when going up long steepish hills to the extent that cars I have previously overtaken glide past me with ease.
I have considered replacing the car with a diesel auto CRV as I know that it has more torque and should cope better.
I have reviewed a number of alternative makes of car similar in size to my own which would provide a better performance level and this led me to visit my local Audi dealer initially to see the Q5. I found this to be a little large and certainly outside of my budget for a new car. The salesman advised that there is to be a Q3 later this year which seemed to meet my requirements. He even took me to see a pre launch Q3 in white which was the SE spec with lots of goodies bolted on.
I am suitably impressed with what I have seen but not yet made up my mind to purchase until I can test drive. I am in no hurry so may wait until the 12 registration comes out.
Just to give some information on our needs is to say that my wife and I are active pensioners so the car is mainly just the front seats being used but we do have a need to load two sets of golf clubs with trolleys etc etc in the boot with the rear seats folded plus more when driving down to Spain.
I have read a number of reviews on the Q3 but not quite the spec which interests me which is the 2.0TDI quatro, 177PS with 7-speed S tronic transmission.
I would appreciate views of forum members on which way they would recommend before I jump into a transaction.
Thanks
I currently have a four year old automatic Honda CRV EX with all the bells and whistles with only 24,000 miles but I feel the need to consider a change.
My petrol auto CRV is a well made car with few issues but having driven down to Spain a couple of times I have one notable concern and that is its inabilty to cope with long hills when driving at motorway speeds.
I have found that the car performs exceptionally well except that my 2 litre petrol engine cannot maintain an adequate speed when going up long steepish hills to the extent that cars I have previously overtaken glide past me with ease.
I have considered replacing the car with a diesel auto CRV as I know that it has more torque and should cope better.
I have reviewed a number of alternative makes of car similar in size to my own which would provide a better performance level and this led me to visit my local Audi dealer initially to see the Q5. I found this to be a little large and certainly outside of my budget for a new car. The salesman advised that there is to be a Q3 later this year which seemed to meet my requirements. He even took me to see a pre launch Q3 in white which was the SE spec with lots of goodies bolted on.
I am suitably impressed with what I have seen but not yet made up my mind to purchase until I can test drive. I am in no hurry so may wait until the 12 registration comes out.
Just to give some information on our needs is to say that my wife and I are active pensioners so the car is mainly just the front seats being used but we do have a need to load two sets of golf clubs with trolleys etc etc in the boot with the rear seats folded plus more when driving down to Spain.
I have read a number of reviews on the Q3 but not quite the spec which interests me which is the 2.0TDI quatro, 177PS with 7-speed S tronic transmission.
I would appreciate views of forum members on which way they would recommend before I jump into a transaction.
Thanks