Emerson

Thanks everyone.

Thanks Mike. For our travel, the Gross Vehicle Rating, GCVW, tow rating, and allowed hitch weight should be no issue. However, we do not have the above-mentioned "Air shocks," and those could improve the experience significantly. By the numbers, we would be well below the limits, but I wonder about the experience. I do think that most Audi Q7 drivers here have the air suspension. The search continues.

I have read a few posts about using the Audi Q7 as a tow vehicle and learned NOT to use a WD hitch. Thanks! A few posts are from folks being very happy towing an Elite II with the Q7. It wasn’t clear to me if those Q7s had the air suspension or not. Mine does not. I'd like to know how much the Audi will squat and if it will be too much. I am assuming that it will be fine as the specifications allow for a 770 lbs tongue weight AND specify to not use a WD hitch. Over years of towing with different vehicles, I have adopted the rule to not exceed 80% of the vehciles capabilities. That SHOULD work out, but seems close for a moderately loaded Elite II. We are planning on an Oliver Legacy Elite II and our current vehicle is a 2017 Audi Q7. If the Q7 would be troublesome, I would delay the trailer and get a new tow vehicle first. As an aside, I have used my Q7 with the Andersen hitch to tow a 4,500 lbs snowmobile trailer and it towed like a dream. I am not sure what my tongue weight was, but that trailer had most of the cargo weight forward of its axles. One comment, if I may, as an attempt to answer a concern I read: I fully accept that certain advanced features (e.g. Adaptive Cruise Control, ACC) cannot work as the system cannot correctly determine what sort of beast the SUV is towing (brakes, weight, etc.). Many luxury brands have a tendency to overcomplicate features to add sophistication. I am using ACC a lot and together with other features, it approaches self-driving. I would think that the moment I plug a trailer into the towing harness, the unknowns are such that the Q7 for liability reasons turns them off. I am guessing that SUVs are used more often close to their limits and things would be different for trucks designed to tow, HD trucks in particular. Just a thought.