The button my passengers wish they could push...
10-08-2008, 06:16 PM
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The button my passengers wish they could push...
<center><img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/145300/img_1684.jpg"></center><p>...when I zoom into, then out of, that oh-so-familiar exit ramp at some speed waaay higher than the posted speed...hit the apex (or apexes) just perfectly, blip-the-throttle-downshift and BLAST outta the ramp onto the new highway, already at speed!
10-08-2008, 07:00 PM
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When I see your car I wonder why Audi has no consistency on tuscan interior trim...
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We've discussed this before on here. Some cars with Tuscan interior have black seat bases (like yours). Some have matching Tuscan seat bases. And then there was mine that accidentally had one of each. Then, the photo you posted answered a question I asked myself earlier this week: Should the stitching around the shifter match the steering wheel stitching? On mine (yes, it is tip as opposed to 6-spd but that shouldn't matter), the leather boot around the shifter does not have contrasting tuscan colored stitching. I'll have to take a look at it again to see if it something I will want repaired or can live without... right now I'm leaning towards leaving it as is because there are enough distracting colors and textures on the center console.
So, here's the million dollar question for Tuscan interior owners:
What color are your seat bases and do you have contrasting tuscan stitching on both steering wheel and shifter?
I'll go first.
Seat bases were supposed to be Tuscan but ended up half and half and replaced with black (although the plastic pieces under the thigh support extensions are still Tuscan). Stitching on steering wheel is tuscan but black on shifter.
We've discussed this before on here. Some cars with Tuscan interior have black seat bases (like yours). Some have matching Tuscan seat bases. And then there was mine that accidentally had one of each. Then, the photo you posted answered a question I asked myself earlier this week: Should the stitching around the shifter match the steering wheel stitching? On mine (yes, it is tip as opposed to 6-spd but that shouldn't matter), the leather boot around the shifter does not have contrasting tuscan colored stitching. I'll have to take a look at it again to see if it something I will want repaired or can live without... right now I'm leaning towards leaving it as is because there are enough distracting colors and textures on the center console.
So, here's the million dollar question for Tuscan interior owners:
What color are your seat bases and do you have contrasting tuscan stitching on both steering wheel and shifter?
I'll go first.
Seat bases were supposed to be Tuscan but ended up half and half and replaced with black (although the plastic pieces under the thigh support extensions are still Tuscan). Stitching on steering wheel is tuscan but black on shifter.
10-08-2008, 08:06 PM
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Okay, mystery solved, just for you. I have...
...matching Tuscan stitching on both steering wheel and on the leather shift boot (as you saw in the pic to open this thread) that contrast nicely with the black color of the wheel and the color of the shift ****.
10-08-2008, 08:15 PM
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True. I had tan seats in my BMW, and it had the same color base that...
...stayed scuffed all the time from my heels as I got in and out of the car in dress shoes, before my current days of "business casual." No matter how carefully I got in and out, there were times when I hit the base of that darn seat. The marks, which were very difficult to get off, looked bad and it was very noticeable every time I opened the door.
