Extras you would like in your car

I really wish my Touareg had Apple Play. I can’t believe it doesn’t given what the car cost 😳
 
GreiginFife said:
Seats wise, the 8 series has the big comfort "armchair" type seats, but I have to say I prefer the standard sports seats of the 340. Just feel more secure.
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My seats don’t even have adjustable lumbar support. Not something I thought to check as I wrongly presumed a 535 would come with them as standard. You live and learn.
 
Billysboots said:
I really wish my Touareg had Apple Play. I can’t believe it doesn’t given what the car cost 😳
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Is it one of them that you could add it now for £200? I had to pay that when I bought the seat 2016 plate
 
A Spare wheel!
pauljames87 said:
In the boot.

Normally can find space for them if your that bothered to have one.
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Tbh it is a faff… I bought one, a space saver type and a Jack, wheel brace and a retaining bolt to stop it slipping about. It goes under the boot liner…there is another thing that looks like the parcel shelf but is twice the size. This needs taking out and storing. Then in the space where you need to put the spare is a large piece of polystyrene that has your wheel repair tackle imbedded into it. This needs removing and storing safely.
Then you have space for you spare. Like I say, a real faff.
 
Fade and Die said:
A Spare wheel!


Tbh it is a faff… I bought one, a space saver type and a Jack, wheel brace and a retaining bolt to stop it slipping about. It goes under the boot liner…there is another thing that looks like the parcel shelf but is twice the size. This needs taking out and storing. Then in the space where you need to put the spare is a large piece of polystyrene that has your wheel repair tackle imbedded into it. This needs removing and storing safely.
Then you have space for you spare. Like I say, a real faff.
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That's why they invented the cans, not perfect by any means but a quick fix
 
pauljames87 said:
That's why they invented the cans, not perfect by any means but a quick fix.
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It's reassuring to know that there's a full size spare wheel in a specifically designed storage area if you regularly make long journeys. I understand why they're less common on modern cars but space-savers, runflats and temporary repair foam have screwed enough late-night or Sunday journeys home for me to know my next car will have a full sized spare.
 
RichA said:
It's reassuring to know that there's a full size spare wheel in a specifically designed storage area if you regularly make long journeys. I understand why they're less common on modern cars but space-savers, runflats and temporary repair foam have screwed enough late-night or Sunday journeys home for me to know my next car will have a full sized spare.
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Do they even do them as an option anymore? I remember my auris was last car I had with one and that was a 11 plate I think
 
pauljames87 said:
That's why they invented the cans, not perfect by any means but a quick fix
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Not always…this was the damage to my wheel when I hit a verge at 11pm on Boxing Day in West Cumbria…

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An easy fix with a spare. Instead it (and us) had to be recovered and taken to Carlisle. Didn’t get it back for 3 months.

Edit. That’s why I bought the spare for our holiday in France.
 
Fade and Die said:
Not always…this was the damage to my wheel when I hit a verge at 11pm on Boxing Day in West Cumbria…

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An easy fix with a spare. Instead it (and us) had to be recovered and taken to Carlisle. Didn’t get it back for 3 months.

Edit. That’s why I bought the spare for our holiday in France.
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It's a numbers game isn't it, how often would you need a full sized spare compared to a can
 
Bunkermagnet said:
Had Skodas in the past that had a clear plastic sprung clip that was just for holding your pay and display ticket against the windscreen.
With pay by phone parking being the norm now, that would be more or less redundant.
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Both of the family Volvo's have them, best accessory on a car bar none, sadly my Jaguar does not have one.
 
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