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Old 15th May 2014, 12:20 PM
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If you've not guess, I'm not very busy in work recently and as such I spend way too much time on the internet looking at random bits and dreaming of things to do with my car. When I'm not fixing the previous thing I thought of doing.

Looking at some of the options and extras you can get for the A8, this got me thinking.
If you could have one OEM mod/extra fitted to your car, money no object. what would it be?

I'm still thinking of mine.
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Old 15th May 2014, 12:32 PM
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Well, I'd "like" adaptive cruise, but it was never available on the D2, so sticking to options that Audi would sell you I'd have to say Bose.
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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". (Even rarer than a D2 S8!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one!
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Old 15th May 2014, 12:37 PM
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a manual box would be nice but as that wasnt available in the UK, probably Bose sound system for me too
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Old 15th May 2014, 01:21 PM
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Well, I'd "like" adaptive cruise, but it was never available on the D2, so sticking to options that Audi would sell you I'd have to say Bose.
Forgot about the heated front screen, that would trump the above. I have it on my cheap little Focus and it's invaluable.
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant.
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". (Even rarer than a D2 S8!) 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. Agate Grey/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. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, 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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Old 15th May 2014, 12:43 PM
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A 5.2 V10 engine

Or failing that, I'd quite like a solar sunroof.
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Old 15th May 2014, 12:46 PM
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I've got Bose and a solar sunroof, so it'd probably be a heated front screen and heated & adjustable rear seats.
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Old 15th May 2014, 12:55 PM
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I've got Bose and a solar sunroof, so it'd probably be a heated front screen and heated & adjustable rear seats.
Yeh, its a nuisance when the chaffeur has the heated seat and you're stuck in the back on cold leather!
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Old 15th May 2014, 12:56 PM
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B&O for me.. I've got all the other stuff I want that was available pretty much. Oh, and the solar roof, but that looks much more involved in the D3 than D2.
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Old 15th May 2014, 12:59 PM
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I'm torn.
ACC, Solar Roof, Fridge, Rear Entertainment pack, extended centre consol, hmmmm I don't know.
Solar roof would be more useful in the summer along with the fridge but then ACC would be useful almost every weekend.
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Old 15th May 2014, 01:06 PM
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ACC, might still retrofit it if I can find an S8 cluster
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