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D3 - Wheels and Tyres Refurbing, center caps, tyre brands, tyrefitters - discuss it here |
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Curbed wheels - ownership observation
Having owned and driven many a car over the years I cannot believe how often I curb my S8 wheels, I have never known a car like it! Anyone else suffer from this D3 syndrome!?
Luckily they were in a shocking state when I bought the car and plan to refurb when I find the right place but as I approach 12 months and 29,000 miles of ownership I must have doubled the marks on the front wheels?!? I don't understand it! It would appear the A8 is much wider than it feels when driving/parking.
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'09 D3 S8 - Most of the bells and whistles (B&O, Audi Exclusive brown interior and exterior paint, soft close, ACC etc) de-flapped manifold! |
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I too suffer from this syndrome. I find parking it much more difficult than any other car I've had. And I've had lots. Admittedly none quite as large. I think it has something to do with the rounded shape of the D3 and the way you can't see where it ends. Means I find it difficult to know if it's parallel with a kerb or parking space line, and then it's downhill from there.
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2010 A8 SE Executive 4.2 FSI D4 2007 Mini Cooper S R56 2008 D3, gone, but not forgotten after 9 years and 90k. Last edited by Johnmed; 30th August 2016 at 02:33 PM. |
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I never did in 3 years, then got them refurbed anyway for £380 and 1 week later caught one in a multi-story exit and took it back and paid another £80 for a repair on that and then a month later caught another but only a kiss like feint pencil shading.
Nothing in 2 years since thankfully but after the multi-story I am really careful and keep away from them. Mine are 17" so probably deeper profile tyre helps but still don't catch the tyres bto speak of. Last edited by snapdragon; 30th August 2016 at 07:53 PM. |
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These cars have a pretty wide stance wheel wise, I put it down to that. And the low profiles, of course, don't help.
Be interesting to hear how you folks with spacers get on
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A journey of a thousand+ (epic) miles, begins with a single step, (to the door of an 8). Lau Tzu |
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Yeah, things are worse now I have 19s, don't think I scraped the 17s once.
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2010 A8 SE Executive 4.2 FSI D4 2007 Mini Cooper S R56 2008 D3, gone, but not forgotten after 9 years and 90k. |
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Someone on here (Norway member, iirc) fitted Alloygaytors though i cant remember the wheel sizes on his car.
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2002 D2 S8 – Ming Blue, Valcona leather, Vavona wood insert, solar sunroof (to be fitted), Heated rear seats, extended leather pack, 18” Avus, ski hatch, Bose, auto dim rear view mirror, rear blind. |
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Hi,
Yes, this is the most difficult VEHICLE I have ever parked, including Transits, big estatate cars and Goldwing motorbikes with trailers (another time... ). I feel I am really proud of the car and this combines with the rounded shape to make parking a serious business.... Only this morning in Leeds you would have pi***d yourselves laughing at my prissy re-parking the car in a different bay (to prevent a big vehicle parking next to me - clever what! ) then reversing into the end bay next to an Astra. When I returned at 5:30 pm the Astra had left and a Road Sweeping Truck was parked next to my A8! I wish I had taken a picture but I wasn't laughing... Of course the truck driver was a pro, he (she?) seems to have even considerately parked allowing the door to open without damaging the truck! So no problems... Robert.
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3.7 to the stars... D2, LPG kit, March 2000(road tax...) |
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The only benefit of MrsD's mobility problems is that we have a Blue badge which allows us to park in spaces more appropriate to the size of an '8! The cross hatching around most blue badge spaces is a great comfort. ps I am NOT advocating falsifying blue badge status and I only use the spaces when she is in the car
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2002 D2 S8 – Ming Blue, Valcona leather, Vavona wood insert, solar sunroof (to be fitted), Heated rear seats, extended leather pack, 18” Avus, ski hatch, Bose, auto dim rear view mirror, rear blind. |
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The worst ever car I owned for parking was a boring old Rover 75 estate. Everything outside was curved in such a way that you hadn't a clue where it was, even whether it was parallel. As a long-term careful and considerate parker I was regularly embarrassed on exiting the car, getting back in again to move it to where it should have been.
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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! |
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I'm going to say, in all the cars I've ever driven, from Fiestas, A8's, Fore D Rangers, Transit Vans and Motorhomes, I've never curbed one. We have an extremely tight car park at work which has small curbs, and I've never curbed a single car. (Touch wood). It's just something you're born with.
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Current: MY2019.5 Ford Ranger Wildtrak 2.0 BiTurbo A8/S8 - A gap to fill. Multi-Franchise Main Dealer during the day, Amateur vehicle enthusiast by night. |
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