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Re: Mk 8 GTI - new owner questions
« Reply #10 on: 06 July 2024, 19:02 »
Re- revering camera question, thanks for the link to the Autologics website. They certainly have excellent Trustpilot ratings, and I was intrigued that they carry out the installation at your home free of (extra) charge. However, unless they use GENUINE OEM parts (and they don't mention that on their website), I do wonder how this installation NOT carried out by VW technicians, would impact the car's warranty conditions given that they will eventually connect into the infotainment system?
Coincidentally, the £600 quoted by them is nearly the same as that quoted by the dealer that I bought the car from, but using them would not be so convenient, but would surely would not affect my warranty.
I reckon I'll give it more time to see if I get used to reversing "like in the old days" when I passed my test!

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Re: Mk 8 GTI - new owner questions
« Reply #11 on: 07 July 2024, 11:09 »
OK, just checked my tyre pressures after reading various opinions on what they should be (19" Adelaides, Bridgestone tyres). All were set at 42 psi, so I've reduced this to 38 psi all round as per the door sticker for partial loads. Tested it on a local section of bumpy road, and noticed an immediate improvement in ride quality. As a retired hydraulic engineer, I wouldn't have thought 3 psi would have amounted to much difference, but it has.

It’s surprising how much a few PSI alters the ride comfort.
A few years ago manufacturers twigged that setting up the car to run very high air pressure was another trick in their armoury to getting lower emissions under test conditions. I had one of the first 2019 BMW F40 M135i’s and those early models were set up to run silly high pressures and subsequently felt a bit skittish. Once dropped to around 38 psi they drove (and rode) significantly better.

I went from a couple of cars with standard reversing camera (GTI TCR, M135i) to a GTI Clubsport that didn’t have one and rarely missed the RVC. Very rarely. I’m now running a Golf with rear camera and although it’s handy it’s not £600 handy. 
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Re: Mk 8 GTI - new owner questions
« Reply #12 on: 07 July 2024, 12:32 »
Re- revering camera question, thanks for the link to the Autologics website. They certainly have excellent Trustpilot ratings, and I was intrigued that they carry out the installation at your home free of (extra) charge. However, unless they use GENUINE OEM parts (and they don't mention that on their website), I do wonder how this installation NOT carried out by VW technicians, would impact the car's warranty conditions given that they will eventually connect into the infotainment system?
Coincidentally, the £600 quoted by them is nearly the same as that quoted by the dealer that I bought the car from, but using them would not be so convenient, but would surely would not affect my warranty.
I reckon I'll give it more time to see if I get used to reversing "like in the old days" when I passed my test!

Under the Technical Specifications when you click the link it does say "Genuine VW Golf 8 reverse camera" and they provide a two year warranty (although confusingly there is also reference to a one year warranty elsewhere!)

I don't have any personal knowledge of them as I didn't bother with a camera in the end. 
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Re: Mk 8 GTI - new owner questions
« Reply #13 on: 08 July 2024, 18:54 »
Like others have mentioned previously in other posts, it seems a bit tight of VW not include a reversing camera as standard on a 40K+ car! But then again, if they've also deleted a cheap plastic warning triangle (due to favourable legislation changes) and left a gaping hole in the tailgate trim in it's place, maybe they're more strapped than we think!

I too will give the camera a miss. By the way, I did notice that the camera fitting company used "genuine VW parts" but at the end of the day it is not  genuine VW personnel installing them. Academic now anyway

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Re: Mk 8 GTI - new owner questions
« Reply #14 on: 08 July 2024, 20:04 »
Don't think they've included the warning triangle on UK models for a very long time... My mk7 certainly never had one nor any since.

Maybe in other countries where it's a legal requirement to have one?
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Re: Mk 8 GTI - new owner questions
« Reply #15 on: 08 July 2024, 20:36 »
I’ve owned five VW’s in the last 22 years and none have had a warning triangle.
2020 Polo GTI Plus; Pure White, DSG (because they all are)
Gone but not forgotten;
2016 Polo GTI; Blue Silk
2011 mk6 Golf GTD; Carbon Grey
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Re: Mk 8 GTI - new owner questions
« Reply #16 on: 09 July 2024, 18:41 »
I never realised it had been that long since the warning triangles had been deleted in this country! However, my last GTI was a MK6 bought new in 2009 and it came with a triangle and a first-aid kit, which I assumed at the time was standard. Maybe not it seems. Anyway, if they are not supplying warning triangles now (does anyone remember actually using one?) you would think VW would attempt to make a cover over the hole where it should be.


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Re: Mk 8 GTI - new owner questions
« Reply #17 on: 09 July 2024, 19:28 »
I never realised it had been that long since the warning triangles had been deleted in this country! However, my last GTI was a MK6 bought new in 2009 and it came with a triangle and a first-aid kit, which I assumed at the time was standard. Maybe not it seems.

Perhaps the warning triangle and first aid kit with your mk6 was a gift from the VW dealership as a thank you for buying the car? I didn’t get warning triangle or first aid kit with my mk5 Golf GT bought new in 2007 or my mk6 GTD bought new in 2011 (so bought either side of your 2009 mk6 GTI).

Anyway, if they are not supplying warning triangles now (does anyone remember actually using one?) you would think VW would attempt to make a cover over the hole where it should be.

I think it’s mandatory to carry a warning triangle in some countries, hence the hole in the tailgate trim to accommodate one, even if VW don’t supply the warning triangle as part of the standard spec in those countries. Making a cover for the hole would be an added cost (albeit a small cost), and with car manufacturers these days - not just VW - it’s all about cost reduction to help improve the bottom line.
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2016 Polo GTI; Blue Silk
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Re: Mk 8 GTI - new owner questions
« Reply #18 on: 09 July 2024, 22:47 »
When I picked up my car new from Inchcape Chester at a substantial discount I was amazed to discover the proper triangle was in place. Was this a mistake or an act of responsible kindness?
We will never know but this and the camera should be standard on an expensive car.
They are standard on many lesser cars so the arguments about the bean counters doesn’t always stand up. 
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Re: Mk 8 GTI - new owner questions
« Reply #19 on: 09 July 2024, 23:11 »
Options are all about whether your target market will pay for them... Vw think you will... Dacia not so much
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