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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: Booth11 on 14 November 2012, 22:04
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After couple of months ownership of my 62 plate mk6 gti, have just realised it appears to have the winter pack - headlamp washers, heated washer jets etc. Bit confused as I didn't spec it, or pay for it! I have xenons and leather seats but was under the impression that the winter pack was still an optional extra, at approx £275 (albeit discounted if you had xenons or leather).
Is this right? Have I got a freebie!!! :smiley:
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After couple of months ownership of my 62 plate mk6 gti, have just realised it appears to have the winter pack - headlamp washers, heated washer jets etc. Bit confused as I didn't spec it, or pay for it! I have xenons and leather seats but was under the impression that the winter pack was still an optional extra, at approx £275 (albeit discounted if you had xenons or leather).
Is this right? Have I got a freebie!!! :smiley:
Headlamp washers are included if you have xenon's if I remember correctly, and that probably includes the heated windscreen washers, so not a freebie I don't think :cry:
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Well I have a totally standard GTI which I collected last week and I believe it has the winter pack on it as well. I'm not sure of the build date as this one they had in stock already.
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Cheers guys.
Ah well, still a nice surprise though.
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I think if fitted with xenons then its standard, The 35 has it....
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Does it have heated seats? If not then it's not the winter pack, as already mentioned if you have xenons then headlamp washers are a legal requirement.
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Heated seats are standard with leather; you only had to spec them [with winter pack] when cloth seats were still available.
So if you spec winter pack with xenon's now, all you get extra is the heated windscreen washers.
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Yes, have heated leather seats but as RickS says that is standard now. Am thinking now that it's not winter pack I have but simply the headlamp washers that were part of xenon option. Had another look on vw website and that what it says (never noticed it when I was speccing car). Either way nice to have headlamp washers - wondered why the lights always looked so clean :smiley:
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I might be wrong, but one easy way to check if you have winter pack is to check if your mirrors have the heat option.
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Your Xenons get a wash every 5 times you use the washer jets that's why the look so clean...
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I might be wrong, but one easy way to check if you have winter pack is to check if your mirrors have the heat option.
Isn't heated mirrors the luxury pack? As well as dipping passenger mirror/both folding?
I thought when I spec'd the ed35 heated washers and seats were the winter pack (as it has xenons as standard so by law has to have the light washers).
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Heated seats are standard with leather; you only had to spec them [with winter pack] when cloth seats were still available.
So if you spec winter pack with xenon's now, all you get extra is the heated windscreen washers.
Hmm, doesn't say it's standard on the app! Grrr! :angry:
I might be wrong, but one easy way to check if you have winter pack is to check if your mirrors have the heat option.
Isn't heated mirrors the luxury pack? As well as dipping passenger mirror/both folding?
I thought when I spec'd the ed35 heated washers and seats were the winter pack (as it has xenons as standard so by law has to have the light washers).
Heated mirrors are standard fit.
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I was under the impression you got the following in the winter pack:
Headlight washers (standard with Xenons)
Heated seats (standard with Leather)
Heated washer jets
Low washer fluid warning
Larger washer fluid reservoir (standard with Xenons)
Confusing, or what? :rolleyes:
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I thought when I spec'd the ed35 heated washers and seats were the winter pack (as it has xenons as standard so by law has to have the light washers).
Light washers aren't standard by law if you have Xenons as some Audis that have Xenons have no wahers but some special coating on the glass instead!!
Confused? You will be :laugh:
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I was under the impression you got the following in the winter pack:
Headlight washers (standard with Xenons)
Heated seats (standard with Leather)
Heated washer jets
Low washer fluid warning
Larger washer fluid reservoir (standard with Xenons)
Confusing, or what? :rolleyes:
Your right or it was in 2009/2010 when i bought mine
It always shocks me when people buy cars then dont know the options they added even are. :grin:
To the OP it would not suprise me if it had the winter pack as a missbuild.
Im guessing you have seen the wires to the heated washer jets?
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1. Winter pack in conjunction with leather = Headlight washers, heated windscreen washer jets and low washer fluid warning light.
2. Winter pack in conjunction with leather & xenon's = Just heated windscreen washer jets because the headlight washers and low fluid warning come with the xenon's.
So you pay £255 just for heated windscreen washer jets with option 2 or £275 for option 1. As stated by others - confusing it is.
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Yeah, there are quite a few variables with the options, it does get confusing :undecided:
Had a look under the bonnet and no wires to windscreen washers, so definitely haven't got the winter pack, just the headlamp washers and low washer warning that comes with xenon. Have heated mirrors but as previously stated, they are standard now. Pretty glad I didn't stump up the money just for heated washers - nice to have, but £255!! No thanks
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Ive seen the heated washer jets and harness sold as a retrofit on another forum in the past, think it was about £100
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Ive seen the heated washer jets and harness sold as a retrofit on another forum in the past, think it was about £100
Cheers mate :smiley: