Most pointless option...

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Post by RS4_Nick » Mon May 03, 2010 8:43 pm

Rain senor wipers. Pain in the arse and appear to have a mind of their own.
Would love to disable this and have control of intermittent wipers.

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Post by HYFR » Mon May 03, 2010 9:06 pm

i like em

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Post by P_G » Mon May 03, 2010 10:20 pm

Ditto and you can variate them.

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Post by davedave » Wed May 05, 2010 10:16 am

P_G wrote:
Billy wrote:Non buckets seats! :twisted:
Whatever!

Cool box I can see the merits of but take up valubale storage space and for a cold can your A/C can do just as good a job if you put your drink in the dash mounted cup holder and then blast the central A/C vents only at it on 'LO' (close all others)

Electric rear blind is a cool nice to have but then I like toys. Probably why I have an RS4! And adaptive lights on a country road in the middle of winter are a Godsend.

For me it is cruise control. It uses more fuel than my right foot and it is a lazy option.

One of the more useful items albeit standard and not an option is the third sunvisor, genius!
Third sun visor ?????????????????????????????

Please tell me more !!!!!!

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Post by sonny » Wed May 05, 2010 10:28 am

Little bit of plastic above the rear view mirror. it folds down to fill the void.
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Post by davedave » Wed May 05, 2010 10:39 am

WOW i didnt even know !!!!!

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Post by matthew.lewis2 » Wed May 05, 2010 2:58 pm

You might think its pointless, but with 350+ days of sunshine here in Dubai, I like that feature a lot. And I know my father misses the third sun visor on his B8.
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Post by P_G » Wed May 05, 2010 3:05 pm

Matthew, clarification; although in pointless thread I suggested it was genius. Disappointed to hear the B8 does not have it.

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Post by sonny » Wed May 05, 2010 5:04 pm

A lot of American cars have that 3rd sun visor. some others are incorporated into the driver sun visor that slides out from the side. Our GMC Suburbans had this feature, very trick. Cant uderstand why the B8 never had them, do they have a small sun strip
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Post by bye bye » Wed May 05, 2010 7:51 pm

Pie wrote:
sonny wrote:Poor Americans got a poxy twin cup holder instead of a electronic "start" button, that sucks imho
They also have horrendous additional lights / reflectors fitted on their front and rear bumpers

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Edit: Add to that, MFSW and Recaro Seats only. Ref Page 13 http://rs246.com/downloads/AudiRS4B7/Do ... Launch.pdf
And a silly V8 sign under the side indicator by the looks of it... 8)

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Post by bye bye » Wed May 05, 2010 7:52 pm

sonny wrote:Little bit of plastic above the rear view mirror. it folds down to fill the void.
Was that an option?

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Post by sonny » Wed May 05, 2010 8:04 pm

hody7869 wrote:
sonny wrote:Little bit of plastic above the rear view mirror. it folds down to fill the void.
Was that an option?
No
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Post by 'R'e'S'pect_4 » Wed May 05, 2010 9:31 pm

most useless option RNS-E / Bose. :lol:

Why listen to that when you can make your own soundtrack ! :P

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Post by matthew.lewis2 » Thu May 06, 2010 5:19 am

P_G wrote:Matthew, clarification; although in pointless thread I suggested it was genius.
Apologies PG, note to self: must read things thoroughly!!

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Post by neckarsulm » Thu May 06, 2010 7:52 am

Mk4 Golf also had the little 3rd sun visor, Mk5 Golf didn't and got a darkened bit in the upper centre of the screen instead no doubt to save a few Euros.
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