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Stupid and potenially dangerous steering wheel
Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 10:50 am
by Grey_Polo
My Polo has the now Audi-Vw range-wide steering wheel with the hole in the bottom spoke like this:
While driving with a loose jacket with the cuffs open, I got the button caught in the slot. It happened twice! Both times while parking or driving slowly and using the wheel a lot.
Both times it ripped the buttons off, but I winder what would happen if they hadn't broken off...
Re: Stupid and potenially dangerous steering wheel
Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 3:19 pm
by ChunSel90
Tuck your cuffs under your seatbelt?
or dont sit too close to the steering wheel?
dont get how it did get stuckk though x]?
Re: Stupid and potenially dangerous steering wheel
Posted: Sat Sep 04, 2010 9:35 am
by Grey_Polo
ChunSel90 wrote:
dont get how it did get stuckk though x]?
Wheel turned though 90° left or right puts the slot right where the wheel is gripped. Soft floppy cloth of jacket with large loose cuffs allows the button to drop though the slot. At the other side the button flattens and does not come back out.
The wife has now sewn both buttons back with extra strong thread. This could be "fun"...
Re: Stupid and potenially dangerous steering wheel
Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2010 1:22 pm
by Jeff GTi
if its such an issue, carefully place your loose cuffed coat on the seat next to you and put the heaters on if you find your cold
its the price youll pay for being fashionable
Re: Stupid and potenially dangerous steering wheel
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 11:24 am
by chris meardon
When i had the new one as a courtesy car i almost crashed twice because of that slot.
Mine admittedly was me trying to park just using my finger poked into the slot. i quickly learned my finger was too big to turn in the slot.
Re: Stupid and potenially dangerous steering wheel
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 5:03 pm
by blazeguarder
I had one of these for a few days as a courtesy car as well, can't say I noticed any problems with it at all.
Jeff GTi wrote:if its such an issue, carefully place your loose cuffed coat on the seat next to you and put the heaters on if you find your cold
+1 to this. Pretty simple solution to the problem IMO.
Re: Stupid and potenially dangerous steering wheel
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2010 8:11 am
by david burton
chris meardon wrote:Mine admittedly was me trying to park just using my finger poked into the slot. i quickly learned my finger was too big to turn in the slot.
Are you seriously trying to blame nearly crashing on that slot? I can understand the button story (just) but you tried to steer with a finger stuck in a tiny slot of a steering wheel.......
Re: Stupid and potenially dangerous steering wheel
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 4:04 pm
by chris meardon
It was a joke mate,
although i did do it
