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Conquistador 2nd December 2015 01:57 PM

Steering wheel paddle extenders
 
Yay or nay?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Aluminum-M...0AAOSwQPlV9cAy

roberto 2nd December 2015 03:20 PM

as they say in barnsley

THA DUNT

thats a defo nay

B170nka 2nd December 2015 05:22 PM

Nah !!
But upto you mate as they say, each to their own

briang9 2nd December 2015 05:38 PM

probably not if it were me...

Lee S 2nd December 2015 06:08 PM

Watch me whip.. watch me NAY NAY !!!! :ROFL::tuttut:

Architex_mA8tey 2nd December 2015 06:12 PM

Er. . . . Nay, nay and thrice nay :tuttut:

Conquistador 2nd December 2015 06:16 PM

I should mention, it's a big nay from me too, but was seeing if others shared my view!

Norretal 2nd December 2015 06:18 PM

Not for me either, my sausage fingers can reach the standard paddles with ease.

Does anyone really use them much anyway? I mainly use the downshift for the engine braking (and I love the sound of the automatic throttle blip) but otherwise they're left alone. If I want excitement from the car I put it into Sport mode and hang on, it delivers it much better than me pulling those levers +++

Norretal 2nd December 2015 06:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lee S (Post 103292)
Watch me whip.. watch me NAY NAY !!!! :ROFL::tuttut:

That'll be wasted on a few :ROFL:

Lee S 3rd December 2015 01:20 PM

Probably... yeah.. ha ha.. but I concur on the paddles... I barely ever use them... the TCU does a better job than me... plus I'm lazy.. that's why I bought an auto +++

Adrian E 4th December 2015 11:12 AM

Some look better than others - even the stick on ones. It really depends on the type of car and frequency of driving in manual override as to whether they're appropriate.

On an S4/5 maybe, if you track it. The s-tronic box needs a lot more gear changes so longer paddles make sense as trying to change gear with the wheel rotated at all is a PITA!

The facelift S4/5 paddles from 2012 onwards are a good bit chunkier than the earlier ones, and can be retrofitted. They'd be worthwhile considering and I'm sure I've read a guide online of how to swap them.

Some I've seen look like a boomerang and are almost half the size of the wheel! They would defo look silly on an '8!


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