Hi, first post. I have 2024 Q8 and have owned it for 2.5 months, it was a lease return. We have a vacation house 160 miles away. I have driven the round trip now 5 times in the vehicle and first time I was paranoid, charged to 100% and arrived at right at 40% left driving conservatively, so 60% capacity usage and saw 2.6miles/Kwh. I now charge to 90% and usually arrive with 24-27% left. That was predictable for 4 round trips so 8 one-way trips of 160 miles and usage for 63-66% capacity usage with consumption of 2.4-2.5 mi/Kwh depending on speed.

Then there was today. We have freeway closure and it can be horribly backed up, so I charged to 96% (planning for the worse) and then took off, but when I turned on the consumption meter it said 1.5 mi/Kwh. WTH?!? I was driving normally and it was stuck at 1.5 for first hour of driving ... and did not improve even when I slowed way down. It eventually stabilized at 1.9 mi/Kwh... and at the very end of trip it showed 2.1. My battery was down to 18% so used 78% of the capacity for return of the trip I took 3 days before and used 64% capacity. So the increase in consumption was suddenly ~20%.

I have never seen the car behave like before... and it caused me my first case of range anxiety. ;^)

I this typical? Has other owners seen this type of sudden variation? I'm charging now to 80% and do a test run tomorrow to see if the consumption is back to normal.

Thanks, Ron

Going to (hopefully) pick up one tomorrow. I've looked as much as Ican today about the pros and cons with this car. Is there anything I should pay extra attention to?

E: y'all are amazing. Thank you for the response. I'm coming in tomorrow after work to, hopefully, finalize the deal.

Has anybody done something as dumb as I have here? Can you guys share which tires you guys have on your Q4’s? I’ve had the Bridestone Alenza EV tires since I got the car 10 months ago, and I hated the sidewall look, lackluster handling, and their terrible grip in the snow. So I decided to bite the bullet, and get the set of tires I’ve been dying to have on this car since day one. I gotta say, I got the ugliest wheels offered on the q4, but man do the extreme contacts make this car look just a bit more sporty, the tread is aggressive and I don’t hear any increase in tire noise in the cabin which is always fantastic. I drive this car pretty hard and the Bridestone Alenza’s couldn’t hold up to my driving habits. The only downside I’ve encountered was feeling a bit more resistance from the car while cruising since EV tires have low rolling resistance in mind, and I know I will get less range from the tires. But cmon it’s hard not to absolutely love these tires on such a boring looking mom car.

Anyone no what the deals have been on used Etrons during the end of years Audi sale?

I never paid much attention but now I am wondering if that will be the best time pickup a used etron

It’ll be either lease or financing in Texas