Re: My A6's design oops....

[Kershner Wyatt <kwyatt@access.digex.net>]

Doug Miller wrote:
> 
> >Doug:  Have you read your owner's manual?
> >
> >Brian
> 
> Actually, I read it cover to cover on delivery.  Rechecking it this
> morning, however, yielded no information to give me a hint getting the
> spare out involved removing the third seat frame bolts.  However, I
> confirmed that the seatframe bolts are the same size as the lugnuts,
> meaning the lugwrench would have worked out on the road somewhere.  Then, I
> went to the shelf where the owner's manual supplements (Warranty, Audio
> system, etc) are stored (glove box is too small) and found the supplement
> to which you referred.
> 
> My objection stems from a feeling that tire changing on the road is
> stressful enough for the average citizen, and there is no sticker in the
> spare well or other written indication.  After struggling in frustration
> and disbelief with the spare for several minutes, I think it unlikely an
> owner hampered by darkness or stress would make the connection and then be
> able to remove the seatframe.  It is a sad commentary on our motoring
> brethren, but I think changing the tire is enough of a challenge for the
> average motorist, let alone adding this impediment without instructions in
> the tire well.  I showed my wife this situation and she promptly responded
> "Why didn't they make this arm slightly longer to clear the tire, or put an
> orange sticker on the underside of the seat piece that swings up?"  Why,
> indeed......
> 
> Doug Miller

I have loosened mine so that they are easily removed by hand rather than
by lugwrench.  Personally, I would have preferred that they put the tire
where it belongs anyhow, which is under one of the side panels there in
the back like my Mercedes wagon was.

If I were to fuss, it would be that there is really no place to put the
cargo cover when one has all three seats in use!

Kershner