Instrument cluster lens swirls
04-30-2015, 06:20 PM
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It's the dealers doing it, not a problem with the material.
If you order a new car, tell them not to touch it, just unload it from the truck and deliver it that way.
It can also be polished.
If you order a new car, tell them not to touch it, just unload it from the truck and deliver it that way.
It can also be polished.
04-30-2015, 07:03 PM
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Sorry, not true. My dealer of 12 years knows not to wash or clean my car and never has - I'm the only one who does it. Also, I have used several recommended plastic cleaner/polishers, i.e. Plexus ans Plast-X with the recommended microfiber pad and cloths and they do not remove the swirls, they just clean and shine the surface. I am of the school along with Irenesbob that the swirls are not scratches but impurities imbedded in the plastic itself that appear when the sun reflects from it at a certain angle.
04-30-2015, 11:17 PM
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I think what irritates me more than the plastic instrument panel cover is the way my driver side door window looks when the sun hits the shade coating. Just a lot of small shaded circles
I'm sure the other door windows look the same, I just haven't payed attention to them.
I'm sure the other door windows look the same, I just haven't payed attention to them.
05-01-2015, 02:27 AM
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I chuckled at that, snagit. I see quite a difference in my “issue” and your “pretend issue”. I am actually pretty basic in what I look for in a car. I could live without power windows, power seats, leather seats and so many more things. I never use my sunroof (twice to show friends). A ton of the things my car has on it have never been used or accessed. To me simple is best, but whatever is there better work and be free of defects. To me this is really a defect. I could live with half the info that appears on the A6’s various instruments, but I can’t live with the cover (that should be clear and smooth in all situations) looking crappy. Yes, I am I guess ****, etc., but I see this kind of failure (like leather that cracks) as different from the features, etc. that a vehicle may or may not have. When I buy a car I can see that the left cupholder is too small but then I can decide “upfront” that it is OK and get the car anyway. When I looked into the 2013 A6 (after having three previous Audi’s from 2005 to 2012, all with glass cluster lenses that always looked 100%) I was not thinking the newer, better 2013 could have such an issue, but now I know and I have to decide what to do when the lease is up. I am seriously struggling with this and would love to get another A6, but every time I have to drive the thing looking at this kind of clouded, swirly looking cluster and having the date and miles readings unreadable because of all the swirly, scratched looking stuff, I just may give my 10+ year Audi streak a break and give another brand a chance to let me down.
05-01-2015, 05:05 AM
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The issue is not that they're different sizes, but that the left one doesn't have the little grippers. It's useless if you don't have the exact bottle/mug that it was designed to hold.
There's two scenarios that could have played out on this one. First, the left cupholder was designed for the favorite coffee mug of the lead designer. Second, they decided that the best size cupholder they could have made was the right one, realized they couldn't fit two, and then rather than redesign the console to be slightly wider or be bold and only fit one, they added a second smaller one without grippers because they take too much room.
I'm betting on number two, but it strikes me as a little half-assed for the Germans...
There's two scenarios that could have played out on this one. First, the left cupholder was designed for the favorite coffee mug of the lead designer. Second, they decided that the best size cupholder they could have made was the right one, realized they couldn't fit two, and then rather than redesign the console to be slightly wider or be bold and only fit one, they added a second smaller one without grippers because they take too much room.
I'm betting on number two, but it strikes me as a little half-assed for the Germans...
In any event, I long ago adapted to the issue and instinctively now slide the narrow bottles into the right hole and the 32 ounce 'No Dairy Berry' with whey protein smoothies I tend to get when at our local Whole Foods go smoothly right into the big hole without looking or thinking about it. So Audi has this Pavlovian dog well trained by now
.Will let you know if my '16 A6 3.0T has spring clips in both holders ... If so, Audi may owe you a recall.
05-01-2015, 05:36 AM
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Germans buy Audi's to drive while Americans drive Audi's to drink. The whole concept of drink holders in cars was an idea that was verging on absurd to the Japanese and the Germans. The Japanese would not eat or drink in a car because of the manners and mess potential. The Germans drive OR eat. Americans drive, eat, put on make-up, shave, make phone calls, text and talk to the person next to them while having to look at them.
Only in America is the vajayjay at risk of getting burnt by McDonalds or being cut by Gillette.
Only in America is the vajayjay at risk of getting burnt by McDonalds or being cut by Gillette.
05-01-2015, 05:55 AM
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05-01-2015, 06:26 AM
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I said I could live with a simpler car if I had to, not that I want a stripper. I do enjoy the Audi's design, prestige (snob appeal?), materials and general sense of refinement, not to mention the 8 speed Tip and now in 2016 the much higher HP 2.0 engine that a Pasat does not have. Every few years when my lease is up I do a lot of waffling and going back and forth between potential "next cars" from a Subaru Impreza to an Audi A7 (and many more in between) before deciding, but recently the tip has gone to Audi, since the basic machines are incredible IMO. This go round it is a more difficult decision because I am considering getting a 2016 Miata next spring, so the replacement for my 2013 A6 would be basically a "winter" car, whereas in the past the Audi's have been "the only car."