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stapldm
Member Since: 11 Sep 2006
Location: Swine Town
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| MY2009+ leather steering wheel |
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Is it just my imagination, or is the new design of leather steering wheel a lot warmer to the touch than the old when it's freezing? Dr. Ian Malcolm:
"Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
Transgenic tomato anyone?
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 17th Dec 2009 10:52 am |
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J@mes
Member Since: 10 Nov 2008
Location: Bomber County
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I'd like to know if heated wheel can be retrofitted or am I going to have to borrow my grandads driving gloves?? 2014 D4 XS
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| 17th Dec 2009 10:55 am |
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lee157
Member Since: 01 Oct 2008
Location: in the middle
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| Re: MY2009+ leather steering wheel |
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stapldm wrote:Is it just my imagination, or is the new design of leather steering wheel a lot warmer to the touch than the old when it's freezing?
I have been thinking exactly the same, that it was generaly warmer to touch than my 54 plate one, but only had mine for one day so far! 
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| 17th Dec 2009 12:47 pm |
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NoDo$h
Member Since: 02 May 2006
Location: Finding new and exciting ways to milk badgers.
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I can see the headline now:
Quote:Gas-Guzzling 4x4 steering wheels implicated in glacial melting drama.
"It felt so warm to the touch. The next thing I knew a dead polar bear had burst through my sunroof" says shocked schoolrun mum.
I know it's not considered "kind" to say no these days, but no. Just no, ok? And if it's not ok, still no.
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| 17th Dec 2009 12:52 pm |
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stapldm
Member Since: 11 Sep 2006
Location: Swine Town
Posts: 2330
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| Re: MY2009+ leather steering wheel |
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lee157 wrote:...but only had mine for one day so far...
Snap! And with this cold spell it was really noticeable. I thought it returned the heat of your fingers immediately and therefore felt warm, unlike the old one that dragged heat out like a mortician's slab for most of the journey. I always fancied a heated wheel; not sure I'd need one now.
@NoDo$h :   Dr. Ian Malcolm:
"Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
Transgenic tomato anyone?
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| 17th Dec 2009 12:55 pm |
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stapldm
Member Since: 11 Sep 2006
Location: Swine Town
Posts: 2330
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Does anyone have any specific cleaning tips for this kind of wheel?
I was out clearing roads and handling road salt from the bunkers recently, and now I have a definite smell of fish coming from the steering wheel  It's strong enough that you can smell it as soon as the doors open.
I shudder to think what was in the bunker...but what should I use to clean the wheel? It feels so nice I don't want to spoil it by putting something on it that changes its feel. Dr. Ian Malcolm:
"Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
Transgenic tomato anyone?
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| 12th Jan 2010 1:50 pm |
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Willy Eckerslike
Member Since: 12 Jan 2009
Location: N Yorks
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There's only two things that smell of fish and one of thems fish  Club Pie n Pea
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| 12th Jan 2010 1:59 pm |
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PaulP
Member Since: 04 May 2007
Location: Barcelona
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Copious amounts of acetone is great for removing fishy smells from leather
Only joking, please don't do that 
Try giving it a rub with a baby wipe or if not I guess jkp would be able to advise 2006 Discovery 3 TDV6 SE Auto Buckingham Blue
2007 Golf GT DSG
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| 12th Jan 2010 2:00 pm |
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