21st September 2020, 02:20 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by IT
It was a factory option, but not in the UK brochure as we're not considered a cold climate.
The webasto heater was already present on the Diesels as its used to warm the coolant faster in cold weather to produce warm air in a reasonable time.
This isn't needed on the petrols, so the retrofit is quite a bit more complex as you need a petrol webasto heater first, and then the aux heater pump for the coolant.
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Good point, as the petrols heat up much quicker probably not required. Might just look at the heated windscreen retrofit that is still on my list 
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2008 (facelift) S8 with B&O, ACC, glass sunroof, reversing camera, front and rear heated seats, ceramic brakes, homelink, electric side and rear blinds, ski load through, heated fan washer jets, remote boot closing, de-flapped manifold, fridge, umbrella holder 
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