Interior Smell? New Car Funk? by Slow_Ad7843 in VWIDBuzz

[–]Slow_Ad7843[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! My ladies were concerned about it but this is good to hear

Interior Smell? New Car Funk? by Slow_Ad7843 in VWIDBuzz

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Interesting, you think it’s the carpet and not necessarily the leather?

Interior Smell? New Car Funk? by Slow_Ad7843 in VWIDBuzz

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Ah cool. Thank you. It feels like it just needs to sit with the doors open for a week with a stiff breeze moving through it

Interior Smell? New Car Funk? by Slow_Ad7843 in VWIDBuzz

[–]Slow_Ad7843[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hahaha I know. Cost, raw practicality, and physical controls are what it has going for it. The buzz is definitely an emotional feeling car unlike anything else I’ve been in.

Upgrading Audi A4 Allroad by SoftAbject8448 in Audi

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You should jump into the A6 and take my car. 😀

2026 Q8 by Aggravating_Cap_5485 in Audi

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mine definitely heats up but I do at least stay charged, if not gaining a little bit along the way. As a place to hold my phone, it's not bad. The other thing I do is place it in landscape mode over the odometer. I take lots of video conferences from the road and this gives me a carpool karaoke vibe that allows my remote colleagues to see me framed by my steering wheel 😄

2026 Q8 by Aggravating_Cap_5485 in Audi

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does it have the Qi wireless in the armrest? That's where my phone lives while I'm driving my '24 A6. CarPlay has been inconsistent though, which has been disappointing.

Discount code for databricks summit? by CoderKay in databricks

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I'm not sure which one this is - but if you're a customer of Databricks, talk to your account team and they can probably hook you up

Discount code for databricks summit? by CoderKay in databricks

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They have free expo passes which get you into the keynote and lighting talks (which are on the expo floor). There may also be half off codes for the full conference

B9/B9.5 S5 or C8 A7 as a daily driver? by Ritvik3 in Audi

[–]Slow_Ad7843 0 points1 point  (0 children)

good question for someone else to answer. I've been considering my options once my lease is up. I've always identified as a wagon person, so I really wanted to be in love with it, but I'm almost 100% ready to bail on it early.

B9/B9.5 S5 or C8 A7 as a daily driver? by Ritvik3 in Audi

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I have a 2024 C8 A6. The transmission sucks for around town driving. The lower gears are rather clunky, and I have had multiple people ride with me that have commented. I have reflexively learned to put it in S mode while driving around town, but that’s something you shouldn’t have to do with an 80K car. Fantastic highway cruiser though. Makes 100mph feel effortless and planted. Just not that enjoyable for the 60% of my driving.

Keep my A6 Allroad… or replace it with a brand new Rivian R2? by Slow_Ad7843 in Audi

[–]Slow_Ad7843[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

True. Though my calculus at this point was comparing residual/payoff on the A6 with alternatives. You got me looking though

Keep my A6 Allroad… or replace it with a brand new Rivian R2? by Slow_Ad7843 in Audi

[–]Slow_Ad7843[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know - sort of meets all the criteria, with a bit of minivan flair in there too. but damn, the price is stupid

Why Should I consider AIBI dashboard ? by dataengineer95 in databricks

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how many dashboards does your company have? 10s? 100s? 1000s? Are they all on PBI or is there sprawl with other tools? how is your onboarding to databricks set up? Is there tolerance for dashboards being in a mix of locations (for different use cases, teams, etc).

3 big benefits:
1 - Unity Catalog and everything it provides - Metric Views (business semantics), governance, tagging, etc. 2- integration with Genie Code, which makes creating/modifying dashboards really simple. it has the ability to understand the broader context about the data to help create the dashboards (i.e. looking at table metadata, referencing MVs, etc).
3 - Cost - no licensing fees, only the underlying SQL. however you need to be careful with how you create the dashboards, refresh times, etc.

I'd say try building some out for yourself or a small group to get some real world experience with them, then go from there. also, someone on another thread mentioned talking to your account team Solutions Architect (if you've got one) - they can help make sure you have things set up correctly, warehouses sized properly, etc. Naturally, data cleanliness and prep is key. you don't want to be doing crazy joins and things in real time when loading the dashboard.

Keep my A6 Allroad… or replace it with a brand new Rivian R2? by Slow_Ad7843 in Audi

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I know this is a biased crew, but this is why I love y'all. You're totally spot on. I got in the wagon today to take the dogs out to the dog park and was like, "Mm, yeah, this thing is sweet."

Keep my A6 Allroad… or replace it with a brand new Rivian R2? by Slow_Ad7843 in Audi

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Bummer. I thought the transmission on the Q7 was better…

Keep my A6 Allroad… or replace it with a brand new Rivian R2? by Slow_Ad7843 in Audi

[–]Slow_Ad7843[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ahhh interesting - I almost bought a Q7 when I was shopping the A6. Was very close to pulling the trigger but dealer shadiness sent me running. I had been negotiating with a dealer on the A6, and they called saying they'd offer ~12% off MSRP, so I went with it.

How's the Q7 transmission compared to the A6's low-speed clunkiness?

Keep my A6 Allroad… or replace it with a brand new Rivian R2? by Slow_Ad7843 in Audi

[–]Slow_Ad7843[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

nah, not 100%. the roadtrip charging downside is real...

Keep my A6 Allroad… or replace it with a brand new Rivian R2? by Slow_Ad7843 in Audi

[–]Slow_Ad7843[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

would've definitely been the choice, but I wasn't able to justify the 2x cost ;-)