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Old 10th June 2019, 06:24 PM
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Well done I changed my steering from a 4 spoke to the same one you removed.

I did a bit of research too and as you say it's a minefield.

my car didn't have the flappy paddles but literally within 5 mins of playing in VCDS they were activated. Works perfectly now.

Anyway back on topic that looks great!
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Old 10th June 2019, 07:14 PM
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On a side note, my old wheel is available on eBay
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Old 17th June 2019, 03:36 PM
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Damn! I remember looking through the D3 brochure and there were certain options that were not available in sport (S8) spec like heated steering wheel and massage seats. Why Audi, why??
That's not true.
Heated steering wheel was allways available (4 spoke) , in the FL was mandatory if you ordered the line assist (not compatible with 3 spoke steering wheel).
And about the massage.... my S8 comes from factory with a nice set of seats, including massage. But they are the "confort" seats, not the sport ones.

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Old 17th June 2019, 03:44 PM
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That's not true.
Heated steering wheel was allways available (4 spoke) , in the FL was mandatory if you ordered the line assist (not compatible with 3 spoke steering wheel).
And about the massage.... my S8 comes from factory with a nice set of seats, including massage. But they are the "confort" seats, not the sport ones.

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Sorry I should have been clearer. They were available as options but not in Sport trim or 3 spoke Sport wheel.
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Old 19th June 2019, 06:54 PM
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Sorry I should have been clearer. They were available as options but not in Sport trim or 3 spoke Sport wheel.
Now it's clearer... and I agree.
About the seats, maybe the reinforced structure makes more complex the integration of other systems (heating, massage), but IMHO it's a minos problem. Maybe there's no market enough expected for this kind of "full option" (sporty + bla bla bla) and it isn't worth the cost of development.

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