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Old 10-11-2011, 10:25 PM
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Watched my father tear up more leather seats in his MB as he carried 3 sidearms at all times. 357, glock, and snub nose 38 on the ankle.

Was funny watching my Mom explain the reason for all the damage to the service guys.

Personally I wanted to electrify the doors and steering wheel, but insurance guy has a fit when he heard that.
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Originally Posted by Pyro451
Too funny. When I test drove my S4 I made sure to wear my 1911 in an owb to check the fit of the Recaro seats with it. While a little snug, it is OK for me. Better with a J-frame though.
When I was shopping around I had to make sure that the seats would be able to accommodate my ample c*** between my legs. It's stil pretty snug but bareable.
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Originally Posted by Pyro451
Too funny. When I test drove my S4 I made sure to wear my 1911 in an owb to check the fit of the Recaro seats with it. While a little snug, it is OK for me. Better with a J-frame though.
We have Recaro seats in our car
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Originally Posted by Crucible35
It's stil pretty snug but bareable.
Great pun [emphasis added], assuming it is not simply a typo.
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I want to thank all for their input and support. I will be meeting with the Service Manager next week. We will see what he has to say.
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I think this is one of those things where you can't keep your car perfect forever no matter how hard you try. You are going to end up doing the exact same thing to your car on your own and after a few days you'll stop caring about it.

If anything, I would have them give you a few free bottles of leather conditioner (the Audi re-branded stuff, Lexol etc.). I use the conditioner on my car once every month (sparingly) and those marks go away and repair themselves if you use conditioner.
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Originally Posted by seinsmeld13
Are you guys serious? What's with the pocket knife? Not one but two guys that damaged their steering wheel with a knife!
Make it three . Actually, I have been lucky in my B8 so far, but my B6S4 had several scratches from pocket clips.
Old 10-19-2011, 02:30 PM
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I want to thank all for their input and support. I will be meeting with the Service Manager next week. We will see what he has to say.
Well I gave he service manager the chance to have the leather scratch repaired. See for yourselves, I am a PITA when it comes to these things but I am pretty happy with the results. I can not feel any scratch now. Of course I qualified my approval with the service manager with the fact that if it wears differently or shows the scratch again, I will be back.
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how did they fix it?
Old 10-19-2011, 05:20 PM
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Originally Posted by windyctyaudi
how did they fix it?
I have no idea the process. They have a leather repair guy they call in specifically for leather repairs, I honestly was not expecting anything that would have been acceptable. Let's see if it lasts, if so, whatever it was worked.


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