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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: Andy_cs on 13 May 2013, 12:56
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Hi all,
According to my dealer and the current price list this is not an option but the online configurator allows this and there is lots of VW documentation refering to this option.
Does anyone have info, is this really an option or not, if not then why not?
Appreciate your comments and thanks
Andy
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Hi all,
According to my dealer and the current price list this is not an option but the online configurator allows this and there is lots of VW documentation refering to this option.
Does anyone have info, is this really an option or not, if not then why not?
Appreciate your comments and thanks
Andy
It's definitely listed as an option but why anyone would want it is beyond me. If you can't stay within your own lane then shouldn't have a license
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So far although has been a little behind, the price list has seemed to be the most accurate with different dealers having different information and the configurator being way behind! It still shows colour DIS as an option whereas the price list says it's standard!?
I don't think lane assist is available on the GTI in this country.
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Hi all,
According to my dealer and the current price list this is not an option but the online configurator allows this and there is lots of VW documentation refering to this option.
Does anyone have info, is this really an option or not, if not then why not?
Appreciate your comments and thanks
Andy
It's definitely listed as an option but why anyone would want it is beyond me. If you can't stay within your own lane then shouldn't have a license
It's just another safety feature, nout wrong with progress imo.
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Hi all,
According to my dealer and the current price list this is not an option but the online configurator allows this and there is lots of VW documentation refering to this option.
Does anyone have info, is this really an option or not, if not then why not?
Appreciate your comments and thanks
Andy
It's definitely listed as an option but why anyone would want it is beyond me. If you can't stay within your own lane then shouldn't have a license
It's just another safety feature, nout wrong with progress imo.
Agree to a certain extent that some safety features are excellent such as ABS, ESP, Air bags (obviously), but with features such as lane assist and park assist your basically starting to de-skill the driver. With all these technological features we are on the slippery slope to days where you just jump in your car and let the car do the driving.
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This guy could certainly do with lane assist :shocked:
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/reckless-motorist-pictured-playing-ipad-1886150 (http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/reckless-motorist-pictured-playing-ipad-1886150)
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Well I ordered lane assist on my GTD (mainly for the high beam assist and traffic sign recognition). My order seemed to go thorough correctly and my copy print out certainly shows it against my GTD ?
I'll have to contact the dealer to see if this is something new and if it's now been knocked off my configuration.
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Something very strange here. Just rang my dealer and told him that the price list shows Lane assist is no longer shown for the GTI and GTD models, and he kept me on hold for 5 minutes or so whist he checked the order with VW MK, and when he came back he said, "no problem, VW confirms lane assist is still on your order - no problem" ?
What the.... is going on ?
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Something very strange here. Just rang my dealer and told him that the price list shows Lane assist is no longer shown for the GTI and GTD models, and he kept me on hold for 5 minutes or so whist he checked the order with VW MK, and when he came back he said, "no problem, VW confirms lane assist is still on your order - no problem" ?
What the.... is going on ?
The price list is f**ked?
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I have just found out the same you cannot have lane assist and Bi xenon headlights......
It allowed us to order the car with it and the configuration lets you do it.
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I have just found out the same you cannot have lane assist and Bi xenon headlights......
It allowed us to order the car with it and the configuration lets you do it.
Any idea why? Do the Xenons screw with the cameras? In the day or only at night?
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Can't be. I've just been on the German VW site and configured the GTD with the "Fahrerassistenz-Paket" - (Driver Assistance package), which is a one off €1,690.00 and gives you:
ACC automatic distance control vehicle with stop function
Bi-xenon headlights for low beam and high beam with cornering lights and LED daytime running lights
Theft warning system "plus"
Dynamic main beam control "Dynamic Light Assist"
Light setting automatically, with daytime running lights, "Leaving home" function and manual 'coming home "function
Automatically dimming interior mirror
Dynamic headlamp range adjustment with dynamic curve lighting
rain sensor
Headlight cleaning system
Lane assist "Lane Assist"
Environment monitoring system "Front Assist" with City Emergency Braking
Warning light for washer fluid level
Central locking system with safe securing system with radio remote control and 2 folding keys
As you can see, both items are listed in the one option ? Probably just VW UK screwing us over again with the available options :angry:
Oh well, if the Lane assist isn't supplied, then that's another £520 off the price of the car then !
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Something very strange here. Just rang my dealer and told him that the price list shows Lane assist is no longer shown for the GTI and GTD models, and he kept me on hold for 5 minutes or so whist he checked the order with VW MK, and when he came back he said, "no problem, VW confirms lane assist is still on your order - no problem" ?
What the.... is going on ?
Just received this from
Volkswagen UK - Hi Andy, The Lane Assist option isn't available on the new GTD MKVII. The function and complex design of the Bi-Xenon headlights mean they are not compatible with each other.
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Honestly can't see how that can be. I work for a German company and speaking earlier today to one of my German colleagues, who has just taken delivery of his new MK7 Golf High line (GT), he has it with the Driver Assistance package, and has the full Xenon headlight package (with LED driving lights and cornering lights) as well as the Lane assist. Also, as mentioned, the German website allows you to specify Lane assist with Xenon's on GTI and GTD's
So how comes VW UK are saying that they are not compatible with each other ?
I also notice that the Lane assist and Xenon headlights are available together in the UK for SE and GT models, so that really shoots their theory down in flames.
Now if they just say, we simply never allowed for them together for GTI / GTD models in the UK because we missed off our pricing matrix, well, I'll still be annoyed but that's believable. However to say you can't have them because they are not compatible with each other when it's obviously they are in other models and other markets is just pain wrong !
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Could it be that the German and UK Bi-Xenons are in some critical way different?
I'm desperately trying to imagine a way in which the headlights could affect a camera recognition system. The only one I can come up with so far is that the headlights prevent the camera from functioning because of the reflections they cause on the surfaces they light distorts the image the camera sees such that the software cannot do its job. This would require the headlights or camera (headlights really as it mush be a country regulation thing forcing different types) to be different in Germany and the UK.
If its not that then all I can think of is electrically the car can't handle both at once...??? That's really clutching at straws though, can't believe the camera isn't anything other than a trivial electrical component.
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I'm totally confused by all this, I asked via FB why the option is available in Germany and why OK on GT according to latest pricelist, we'll see what VW UK say. Join the discussion here: http://www.facebook.com/VolkswagenUK/posts/624142777613733?comment_id=7016659&offset=0&total_comments=3¬if_t=feed_comment (http://www.facebook.com/VolkswagenUK/posts/624142777613733?comment_id=7016659&offset=0&total_comments=3¬if_t=feed_comment)
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To be honest, I think VW UK are just telling us any old crap just to get us off their backs.
They forget that most enthusiasts like us tend to know more about their cars than they do, and with the prevalence of the Internet, we can check things out from neighbouring markets very quickly and easily.
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Was there ever a conclusion to this? I'd thought (though wrongly it seems) Lane Assist was standard as it wasn't listed as an option :(
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Was there ever a conclusion to this? I'd thought (though wrongly it seems) Lane Assist was standard as it wasn't listed as an option :(
Turns out its not available on the GTI. Who knows why. VW trolling us I guess! :grin: :sad:
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Don't order it !!!!!!
I did back in April when I ordered my GTD, as it was fully configurable on the dealers screen. Seven weeks later with no acknowledgement of the order on the VW tracking website, I queried this with VW UK, to eventually be told (after 3 attempts) that the Lane assist package wasn't available in the UK on GTI / GTD''s (god only knows why). In any case I effectively lost 7 weeks of my order due to their incompetence.
As an aside, they still couldn't explain to me why it's configurable on a GT with Xenon's, as well as in Germany, France, Ireland etc. etc, but not on a GTI/GTD in the UK ?
If anyone knows, answers on a postcode please to...
VW UK Customer Services c/o
Nonexistant-Customer-services@we-dont-give-a-crap.com
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VW UK Customer Services c/o
Nonexistant-Customer-services@we-dont-give-a-crap.com
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