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DSG Paddleshifter Extensions....
RedRobin:
^^^^
That's the one for the 'handicapped' driver. I use the term with reservations and with great respect for such still having the determination to race cars.
Did you have a good day at VWR, Mat?
MAT ED30:
did i :driver: i am in love :evilgrin: and its red :evilgrin:
cmdrfire:
I have great safety concerns about extension paddles for the wheel-equipped paddle shifters. In the (heaven forbid) event of accident, the wheel could spin around and one of those things could cause significant injury to your hands or arms. You will notice that "long" paddle shifters are used on vehicles where the paddles are fixed to the steering column box - this is what Ferrari, Bentley, Lamborghini, et al do. On the Scirocco race car the situation is the same, the paddles are not affixed to the wheel and will not spin around.
On vehicles with the paddles attached to the wheels - VW/Audi/Seat range, Bugatti Veyron, Porsche PDK-equipped cars, the paddles are very small and heavily integrated into the wheel to help avoid injury.
If you track your car at all I would strongly advise against using these, and would advise against using them on the road as well.
Just my tuppenny-worth.
tony_danza:
--- Quote from: RedRobin on February 19, 2009, 08:34:03 pm ---^^^^
That's the one for the 'handicapped' driver. I use the term with reservations and with great respect for such still having the determination to race cars.
--- End quote ---
Hey, I know that car!! It's in Votex a fair bit too as they do some of the more routine stuff on it. I can't remember the exact story behind the 2 gas pedals, but it's got something to do with being for when he gets leg fatigue. Nice bit of "out of the box" engineering.
WhiteGTI:
Raising the gear lever looks very cool there ^^. I wonder if they could do the same to mine!
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