Screen test

Audi Q2 £23,245/£28,655

I’ve been piling on the miles, schlepping up and down to Dunsfold recently, and have found myself needing to refll the Q2 with windscreen wash on a surprisingly regular basis. I know, TG really drilling into the serious consumer issues, right?

As I’ve had a lot of time to kill on m’ways and am quite boring, I’ve been trying to fgure out why the Audi’s such a hog for the soapy stuf. The reservoir looks standard car-sized, so it’s not that. Maybe the squirters dispense more liquid per squirt than average? Unlikely. Most probably it’s simply that the Q2’s almost-an-SUV profle lends it a slightly more upright windscreen, thus attracting more road grime and bees and low-fying sparrows. Whichever way, if you’re planning on dropping 25 grand or so on a Q2, best put aside an extra tenner or so for spare windscreen wash. Or squint, your call.