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Porsche Build’s World’s Coolest Steering Wheel

Old 05-11-11, 11:10 AM
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hard to grip up top but interesting...
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Old 05-11-11, 11:15 AM
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i dont think huge wheel with 30 buttons is coolest steering wheel :-).
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Old 05-11-11, 11:34 AM
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lol might as well slap someones face on a steering wheel.. so distracting
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Old 05-11-11, 11:37 AM
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My 2yr old grandson would go nuts with that
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Old 05-11-11, 12:10 PM
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Aye Captain, I have the Conn..

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Old 05-11-11, 12:11 PM
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Distractions galore.
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Old 05-11-11, 12:13 PM
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That's cool ?!??
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Old 05-11-11, 12:36 PM
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since it's for a race car (hybrid gt3) and many race car wheels have a crapton of buttons, it's actually not that big a deal.
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Old 05-11-11, 12:38 PM
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I wonder if the buttons light up?
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Old 05-11-11, 12:51 PM
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Where's the keypad for texting?
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Old 05-11-11, 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Byprodrive
Where's the keypad for texting?
I was thinking the same thing.
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Old 05-11-11, 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by bitkahuna
since it's for a race car (hybrid gt3) and many race car wheels have a crapton of buttons, it's actually not that big a deal.
right, it is cool if you never saw racing wheel i guess :-).
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Old 05-11-11, 02:27 PM
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Looks like a honda/acura dashboard. I hope they don't get any ideas from this.
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I can only imagine what would happen if the airbag didn't deploy during an accident; ouch.
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