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Old 02-26-2007, 05:27 AM
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Default European VS American

I've noticed the steering wheel and the seats are different. So I heard people changing the steering wheel, but is it also possible with the seats?
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Being not living in the US, I have the "benefit" of having the Euro steering wheel and the seat. Here is my humble opinion about them.

The steering wheel is really gorgeous and add that special feeling in the cabin. They are really as good to hold as they look. The front seats, are also gorgeous to look at and has the same effect to the cabin as the steering wheel. However, as an everyday car they are really a bit too "strapped in" and really hard to get in and out. They are really comfortable once you are in but getting in especially you really have to watch out for your manhood.

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Default European wheel, American seats ...

That's what I chose to order on my RS4 Avant.

IMHO the RS4 isn't an RS4 without the Euro steering wheel, the plain "vanilla" wheel just isn't special enough for an RS model.

I tried the Euro seats and found them just so unbelievably uncomfortable that I went for the no cost option (in the UK) of the RS4 specific Recaros.

One guy went for the buckets seats and hated them so he looked into the cost of changing them for the Recaros ..... $13,000 fitted!!! A costly mistake ... it was cheaper for him to trade-in his RS4 and buy another one, which is what he ended up doing.
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Sure.. if u want to manually adjust it all the time.. what a pain if u have more than 1 driver
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Oh come on, it's not that bad.
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Hey, you got your name fixed. Looks much better.
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Default What do you mean with rejusting it?

Thought the only difference was how it looks. What do you mean with rejusting it? And first i will be the only driver for my little baby :P
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The forum software must have been updated. It's always been a glitch. :-)
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The euro recaros are not power seats
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Default Hehe.. maybe if you have to switch your position several times a week it is

considering you dont get that much benefit if the car is simply a daily driver.


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