The popular Q5

Posted on by Ian C.

It’s not just me that’s enjoying the Audi Q5 …
… The August 2010 results were buoyed by the continued extraordinary consumer response by year-over-year sales increases for the Audi Q5 crossover and Audi Q7. For the month, Audi sold 2,675 Q5 vehicles, a 78.8% increase over the 1,496 vehicles sold in August 2009. The Q5 line also enjoyed more than a 25% August 2010 sales jump over July 2010 …
(from autotalk)

Considering the Q5 is priced from about $40,000, these sales compare pretty well with MINI USA 4,425 total of all their vehicles for August – another reason for the Countryman development, no doubt!

“29”

Posted on by Ian C.

We’ve seen the top of the big rock in Goose Cove Reservoir lots of times, and sometimes even lower down – but today with Margaret we walked to the rock, so I was able to take a picture of the rock with Margaret, to give an idea of it’s size!

As you can see, Margaret (and the Babson Boulder “29”) are below the water line when the reservoir is full …