Park Distance Control / Optical Parking Sensors (PDC / OPS)

[Mk6 GTI]

Well i guess its come down to this.. If i do get any rear sensors it will be the VW genuine ones as they will be covered for 6 yrs by my extended warranty. Now the questions is if i dont get them..will i regret not getting them! :| If i do.. ive already spent $56k.. is it worth another $800 :|

[MurphyTheElf]

Well i guess its come down to this.. If i do get any rear sensors it will be the VW genuine ones as they will be covered for 6 yrs by my extended warranty. Now the questions is if i dont get them..will i regret not getting them! :| If i do.. ive already spent $56k.. is it worth another $800 :|

Hey I spent over $60k. It takes all my willpower not to enshroud the entire car in bubble wrap.

[Maverick]

Well i guess its come down to this.. If i do get any rear sensors it will be the VW genuine ones as they will be covered for 6 yrs by my extended warranty. Now the questions is if i dont get them..will i regret not getting them! :| If i do.. ive already spent $56k.. is it worth another $800 :|

Depends. What's it worth if it saves you running over a pet, child or a bollard?

The insurance excess and costs involved will easily exceed $800 and if you're keeping it for 6+ years it's a no brainer.

[Guest]

the RRP is $551.19 for them the price you have would be with fitment charges you should see if you can get the fitting for free as part of the deal?

[Corey_R]

the RRP is $551.19 for them the price you have would be with fitment charges you should see if you can get the fitting for free as part of the deal?

According to the documentation at the VW GTI launch day it was $612.45.
But either way, that's for dealer fit only, not factory fit. There is no way to negotiate free fitting if it's factory fitted.

[gti]

Do you really need parking sensors? Honestly IMO I think they are small enough to make parking a breeze. I find reverse parking the easiest.

[cme2c]

I have the sensors and camera on my wife's 118TSI. She works in schools so the fact that the Golf could be had with a camera was a real bonus.

I thought it was a gimmick. But.. she's away at a conference, it's 30 degrees plus in Sydney and I am waiting for parts to fix the air conditioning in my Peugeot so I have been driving the Golf. Love the sensors and camera.

[Maverick]

Do you really need parking sensors? Honestly IMO I think they are small enough to make parking a breeze. I find reverse parking the easiest.

The size doesn't play into this in any way, it's the design.

The Golf requires ~13m to view the test object in the NRMA test and get's a star rating of 1/2 a star out of 5 (the golf dropped off the list for some reason recently).

The Citreon C3 by comparison is 3.06m and 4 stars.

Mitsubishi Grandis 4.53m and 3 stars.

Audi TT 5.3m and 3 stars.

Hyundai Tucson 4.69m and 2 1/2 stars.

source: http://www.nrma.com.au/keeping-safe-...y-tables.shtml

How the test is performed

The test procedure used a laser pointing device, a dummy to represent an average adult size, a test cylinder to represent the shoulder height of an average two year old child, and a grid extended 1.8 x 15 metres to the rear of the vehicle.

The laser is directed through the rear window of each vehicle. The position where the laser is visible on the test cylinder is noted. This procedure is repeated for all positions on the grid. The results are analysed and an overall score is given. The best scores are awarded to the vehicles which have the most effective rear visibility.

[Guest]

According to the documentation at the VW GTI launch day it was $612.45.
But either way, that's for dealer fit only, not factory fit. There is no way to negotiate free fitting if it's factory fitted.

According to my VGA literature RRP is def $551.19 without fitting charges. What i meant was you can ask your salesman for the techs to fit them for free as part of the deal. If you dont get the fitment for nothing your just not trying hard enough make them bend over backwards for you.

[Mk6 GTI]

According to my VGA literature RRP is def $551.19 without fitting charges. What i meant was you can ask your salesman for the techs to fit them for free as part of the deal. If you dont get the fitment for nothing your just not trying hard enough make them bend over backwards for you.

the thing is i have already signed a contract.. so he can charge whatever he wants unfortunately.. he is only dropping on the aftermarket ones not on the vw sensors..