Hello, everyone. I decided to share with you, and listen to your, interesting/convenient/awesome quirks and features that you discovered and like in your e-Tron. Pretty sure that the list will not be anything new for many users, but hopefully some, including myself, will learn something to make our experience better. I have MY2019 e-Tron SUV Premium Plus with Full Driving Assist Package, so obviously I can miss some features of other models or trims, but do not hesitate to add them here for other people to read!
Okay, here it goes, in no particular order:
Okay, here it goes, in no particular order:
- I like how when you park and turn off the car while pressing the brakes, the car will automatically switch to Parking “gear” and engage Parking Brakes
- This works in reverse order - when you switch to D or R, pressing acceleration pedal will automatically disengage Parking Brakes
- Only after a month or so (never had a VW Group car) I realized that the arm rest can be lifted and extended (the ratchet mechanism allows three position)
- Disengaging Hold Assist when parallel parking on a hill really-really helps.
- Another way of parking on a hill is using only one gear. For example, if you are parking nose-up, after passing half the car, do not change gear to R, just slowly roll backwards into the spot, while controlling your speed with brakes (the car allows rolling backward while the D gear is selected. During this process, the car will be braking to not let you gain speed). When you need to finish the parking, just press acceleration pedal (since you're still in D, the car will not roll backwards when Hold Assist disengages) and pull forward. Works the same way you are pointing downhill, but this time you remain in R all the time
- Disengaging Hold Assist will also help with Launch Control. If not disengaged, there is a split-second delay to start while automatic brakes are letting you go
- If you copy a video file on a USB drive or an SD card, you can watch videos while charging or waiting for someone
- If you listen to a music playlist during your drive, you may create a shortcut to it and place into “shortcuts” area to have a quick access to it. Works best with static sources, such as USB drive or SD card
- You can place various things in the “shortcuts” menu, including, but not limited to, navigation destinations (Home, Work, etc.), shortcuts to media files (described in previous point), and functional shortcuts (such as activating/deactivating Hold Assist)
- Interesting quirk: the speed at which windows roll up or down is different if you press window-roller button half- (slower) or all the way down (faster)
- When you activate rear-camera while parked, the “Clean rear camera” option becomes available – it washes dirt off the rear camera
- If you have ventilated seats, you may try using ventilation while heating them. This may make then warmer faster and produce more pleasant experience overall
- There are many various settings regarding Driving Assistances:
- While ACC is active, the car can slow down when you entered a reduced speed limit zone
- The car can slow down if you approach a sharp turn/rounabout, etc., even if the ACC is inactive
- But my favorite function is producing an audio signal when exceeding a specified speed limit. In this way I’m always aware that I'm driving too fast. You should agree that driving on a highway, it is very easy to get from 65 to 85 when you only applied the pressure of a newborn baby kiss to the acceleration pedal.
- Last, but not least, when you use stop-and-go (traffic jam) assist, once the car stop and three seconds have passes, the function disables and the car will not move automatically. Instead of pressing the acc pedal, just pull the ACC level toward yourself to “resume” the drive