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Old 07-07-2008, 07:19 PM
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i agree, it aggravates me every time
 
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Old 07-07-2008, 07:38 PM
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ya, ive debated this with many of my friends, even some of the audi salesppl and nobody knows why audi has put it there, but i guess they put it there and have just stuck with it and never bothered moving it or the armrest
 
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Old 07-07-2008, 07:56 PM
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I have to pull the e brake up all the way! Its a psychological thing for me thatcomes from driving older POS with a POS e brake.

My wife complains about how hard it is for her to release the brake after I've set it. I tell her to man up.
 
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Old 07-07-2008, 08:15 PM
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lol... thats the way to tell her!
 
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Old 07-07-2008, 09:23 PM
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Yeah, it's annoying. But 50% of the time I'm putting the top up or down, so I have to have the armrest up anyway. Oh, well...
 
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Old 07-07-2008, 11:35 PM
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I've had my car for 3 days now, and that was the first thing I noticed on the test drive, and now that I'm living with it, it really bugs me, since I use the armrest... Oh well. It's just a small grievance.
 
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Old 01-12-2009, 09:39 AM
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even pulling the e-brake "one click" on mine causes the armrest to touch. No need to pull with all your strength (i actually thought it was bad to pull too much)
 
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Old 01-14-2009, 11:40 AM
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The parking brake next to the armrest is really too tight and understand issue. I dont use mine.
 
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Old 01-14-2009, 11:00 PM
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i agree it is annoying, but i guess i can live with it...seems like a bad design....but everything else makes up for it...
 
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