A further intriguing little twist on the body lugs below the windscreen and the slots they slip into on the plastic trim.
The bodywork on my S8 has two metal lugs, about 10cm outboard of the washer jet locations, this is the offside one.
Both the trim on my car and the one I bought from our sponsors have the same part number 4D2 905 097. Yet the purchased one has THREE slots and it looks as if the fourth slot has been cut off, it has a manufacturing date of 12/94 and came with unheated washer jets in situ. The extra slots are equally inboard of the washer jets so I guess some cars may have had lugs there.
I felt along the bodywork and there was no indication that my car had ever had the inner pair of lugs, maybe it was a PF thing and they were later dispensed with as superfluous?
The slots are a plastic piece that is added on later, fitting over plastic projections and heat-welded in place, I think mine only ever had two..
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions, ski hatch retrofit; extended leather. Aftermarket DVB-T, reversing camera and full XCarlink (Bluetooth etc.).
2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation".  (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! 
Finally: gone, but not forgotten.....
1998 D2 PF S8. AgateGrey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors.
e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course.  (internal dimming mirror added later)
1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon, Auto-dim mirror, Leather, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!
Last edited by HPsauce; 27th September 2017 at 09:28 PM.
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