LMAO'd at the Audi dealershit (370Z steering lock failure)

DEpointfive0

*This is just a story, nothing ground breaking or really amusing, just an experience I had with the dealer/sales person*

So, I'm looking for an Audi Q5 for my brother (don't ask why, he just wants it and his gf really likes it, and he can sure as hell afford it)

I go on a test drive and as we're leaving the sales guy asked if that was my 370Z, and I told him that in fact it was my car.
He then said that he liked it a lot, and I thanked him, and he told me that HE has a 2009 that is completely stock. That made me happy to hear. I asked if he was on the forum, and he said that he wasn't on it...

While we were on the test drive I asked him if he had any problems and he said the only problem he had was that the key stopped working... And that the dealership said that it was a common '09 problem... Which I then went

When I asked him how much it cost to fix, he said that it was out of the 3/36k warranty but his extended warranty covered it and it wasn't a cheap fix.
THEN I and figured it out and was like "OHHHHHHH, you mean steering lock failure!!! Yeah that's a $1400-ish dollar fix" and I LMAO'd
I then told him that the forum is a wealth of info and the next main issue (especially with the M6) is the CSC failure.

He also asked me about exhausts and intakes (recommended the G3, and told him to come to a meet to hear the exhausts [different strokes for different folks], but I said that FI is probably the highest rated, just depends if you have the time and $$$) hopefully he'll join the forum and we'll have a new member to welcome!



As for the Q5, it's an OK car, I guess... I drove the Prestige 3.0L Supercharged S-line with nav. Acceleration was ok, handling wasn't bad either, BUT driving it in Sport mode made it a completely different beast, MUCH better pedal feel, better handling as well. And unlike most other small SUVs, it didn't really have any blind spot per se.
Biggest complaint, brakes sucked, and the interior was ok, just weirdly designed... Like why do you need TWO SD card slots?!?!?! And why are the radio controls where the shifter is?
And the S-line has "sportier seats" with "bolsters" LOL... But the problem is that the left seat áss bolster on EVERY car whether it was the Q5, Q7, TT-RS, and even the R8, had SEVERE wrinkles and wear even though the cars had 10~ miles. HUGE turn off for me.

I was also happy that everyone at the dealer KNEW that Audi doesn't make a reliable car, and 2 of the guys laughed when I said, there is no chance in hell I'd BUY a Nazi sled (As I left I found out the sales manager was Jewish, and THAT'S why he laughed his áss off)