New Audi Q7 with Tow Assist

No but when our Q3 goes back at the end of it's lease we would be interested in one.  Practical caravans towcar of the year awards said it was a close decision between the Q7 and Discovery.

We have a Q5-which we will be changing as soon as the new Q5 is available-so can't answer the question but have you seen this;

https://www.westfalia-automotive.com/uk/products/towbars/trailer-towing-assistant-tta/

Thanks for replies. Yes we've seen the link that's what we have, we are off today to storage to test it out. We've sanded the tow ball around the tta ring as instructed but just wondered if anyone had any experience using it yet.

Hi, did you (or anyone else) find out any more about this? I read a thread on an Audi forum , where the user stated the Alko hitch rendered his Audi trailer assist ring useless within 500 miles of towing. The issue appears to be that when the Alko "brake" pads grip / squeeze the towball to prevent swinging, and stabilise the caravan, this squeezing / gripping actually breaks the 360 degree ring (which is the trailer assist sensor, linked to the MMI) .

Great car,real luxury drive but be prepared for hefty tyre bills.the most we have seen a Q7 do is about 9000mls on a set and at about £1000.00 a set not cheap.

Brian & Jo

Hi thank you all for the comments.

I've read those reviews too, hoping it's sorted now.... it does tow v well but not towed too far yet so time will tell, 

Tyres - we had a Lexus RX before so used to high tyre prices, comes with the territory unfortunately. 

Just a quick update we used the tow assist to 'park' the caravan on site and back in storage and it's brilliant!! :) 

Plus, we've never really understood those 'tows like a dream forgot we had the van on there' comments but we do now!! V happy, just hope the tta ring stays intact...

Just bought a Q7, it also came with Tow Assist, Audi tech, customer services advised no need to remove paint from tow ball? Yet to tow my twin axle with it, I need to put a few solo miles on first.

Which just goes to show that customer service knows SFA about towing a caravan. The reason for removing paint from a new tow ball is that it would otherwise  clog the friction pads within your Alko stabiliser hitch thereby reducing its effectiveness as a stabiliser.

I wonder where the paint went must be on the friction pads. Look at 1m27s into this video.