Annoying stuff on our cars??

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Post by 22B » Tue Jan 04, 2011 12:01 pm

Oak wrote:Agree about the postcode thing. Miss the volume adjustment on the steering wheel as well.
Me too.
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Post by Revolution » Tue Jan 04, 2011 12:10 pm

22B wrote:
Oak wrote:Agree about the postcode thing. Miss the volume adjustment on the steering wheel as well.
+1

and the plastic on the s/wheel!
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Post by ShaneyB » Tue Jan 04, 2011 1:26 pm

+2 on both counts

Would love to change the voice on the sat nav as that woman drives me up the wall!

Miss having electric seats. Is it because of the design of the buckets they are not electric?
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Post by N11LS_J » Tue Jan 04, 2011 3:22 pm

definately miss the volume on the steering wheel, other than that i am actually finding it difficult to find any faults... is that weird?
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Post by Ice_Coffee » Tue Jan 04, 2011 4:21 pm

Isn't the steering wheel volume just a matter of cost, if you really want it you can spend the £££ necessary to fit it, I guess the real question is if it is worth it.

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Post by N11LS_J » Tue Jan 04, 2011 4:32 pm

it's not worth retro fitting but it's something you would expect from a £50k+ car, not a huge problem either but would be nice to have, a small detail in what is otherwise a brilliant car
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Post by wolfgang » Tue Jan 04, 2011 4:43 pm

Most annoying for me is how much I want to drive it given the cost of V-Power at the moment!
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Post by Revolution » Tue Jan 04, 2011 5:21 pm

I've been trying Tesco's momentum and its been okay so far......
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Post by ShaneyB » Tue Jan 04, 2011 5:25 pm

Revolution wrote:I've been trying Tesco's momentum and its been okay so far......
Is that their 99 Ron stuff?
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Post by MB2 » Tue Jan 04, 2011 5:41 pm

N11LS_J wrote:it's not worth retro fitting but it's something you would expect from a £50k+ car, not a huge problem either but would be nice to have, a small detail in what is otherwise a brilliant car
Especially with +/- already on the steering wheel...

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Post by PetrolDave » Tue Jan 04, 2011 7:40 pm

Ice_Coffee wrote:This is the cheap ebay one, but I think it is saying you need to already have a tv tuner for it to work (I'm not sure if that is their way of saying you need vcds to activate if you don't already have a tv tuner.)

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VW-Group-AV-Input ... 255f69e44a
That's an AV aux in cable for the TV tuner, which is not the same as the audio only Aux In cable.

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Post by B7RSX » Tue Jan 04, 2011 8:12 pm

Miss the volume on the steering wheel. Digital speed on DIS. Name of song on DIS.

I had the 8P S3 before and all these lil features made the S3 awesome. Wish the RS had them... but apart from that... its EPIC everytime i drive it!
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Post by HYFR » Tue Jan 04, 2011 8:39 pm

Iv got an 8P S3 and I dont miss anything from the S3 in the RS, it pales in comparison

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Post by P_G » Tue Jan 04, 2011 9:09 pm

Mine are minor niggles but with Audi design in general. When you detail you car water always gets stuck under the silver window trim and in the wing mirror housing and no matter how many paper towels or airblowers you use they still dribble water all over you car when you are driving at speed on your nice and otherwise dry car which leave water spots! Grrr!!!

Armrest is a let down given how ergonomically brilliant the B7 cabin is. And the cheap aresed job Brembo did on the brakes, they should have been a lot better or ceramics as standard.... :bowdown:

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Post by neckarsulm » Tue Jan 04, 2011 9:40 pm

No spare wheel, even a spacesaver would do!
The non-folding mirrors.
Can't think of anything else which is a good sign!
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