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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: nigeldodd on 05 March 2018, 15:59

Title: warning triangle - did you get one with a new mk 7.5?
Post by: nigeldodd on 05 March 2018, 15:59

There is a space for a warning triangle in the boot lid, just above the latch, but no actual warning triangle. I took delivery on 1st March from a UK dealer. If one isn't supplied (and I believe they are a legal necessity at least in Europe) where can I get one that will fit the neat space on the boot lid?

Title: Re: warning triangle - did you get one with a new mk 7.5?
Post by: Guzzle on 05 March 2018, 16:03

Never had one with any of my cars.

Maybe try dealer accessories?

Title: Re: warning triangle - did you get one with a new mk 7.5?
Post by: andy28 on 05 March 2018, 16:09

Quote from: Guzzle on 05 March 2018, 16:03

Never had one with any of my cars.

Maybe try dealer accessories?

Me neither, I've seen a few on eBay though for about a tenner

Title: Re: warning triangle - did you get one with a new mk 7.5?
Post by: Guzzle on 05 March 2018, 16:12

https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-VW-Safety-Kit-Inc-Warning-Triangle-First-Aid-Kit-High-Vis-Jackets/352131082019?epid=2043595756&hash=item51fca5e723:g:YsIAAMXQVT9TDgiY

Title: Re: warning triangle - did you get one with a new mk 7.5?
Post by: CocoPops on 05 March 2018, 16:18

Didn’t get one. Kept my Audi one, must put it in the car.

Title: Re: warning triangle - did you get one with a new mk 7.5?
Post by: nigeldodd on 05 March 2018, 16:25

Thanks for the replies. I need to get one. The old one from my Mercedes, traded in as scrappage in exchange for the gti, is too big to fit the space.  I guess for vw not to provide one in the special space they create might be described as penny pinching.

Title: Re: warning triangle - did you get one with a new mk 7.5?
Post by: fredgroves on 05 March 2018, 16:33

Not standard for UK cars... might be elsewhere... but then again, other UK standard items aren't standard there.

I'd sooner pay a tenner for a warning triangle than a grand for LED lights :)

Title: Re: warning triangle - did you get one with a new mk 7.5?
Post by: mcmaddy on 05 March 2018, 16:47

Hardly penny pinching when it's not a legal requirement in this country. Considering you don't get lower engine covers, covers for screws on the doors and in some cases isofix covers VW are not going to provide something free if it's not necessary.

Title: Re: warning triangle - did you get one with a new mk 7.5?
Post by: dervdave on 05 March 2018, 18:02

Quote from: Guzzle on 05 March 2018, 16:12

https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-VW-Safety-Kit-Inc-Warning-Triangle-First-Aid-Kit-High-Vis-Jackets/352131082019?epid=2043595756&hash=item51fca5e723:g:YsIAAMXQVT9TDgiY

Bit of a bargain there

Title: Re: warning triangle - did you get one with a new mk 7.5?
Post by: I wanted a GTi on 05 March 2018, 18:29

Golf is the first car I've had in 20 years that didn't have one. My other VW's had them.

Title: Re: warning triangle - did you get one with a new mk 7.5?
Post by: Ulysses31 on 06 March 2018, 02:13

I bought this one. It fits millimeter perfect in the boot lip compartment.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01H2T5IIU/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Title: Re: warning triangle - did you get one with a new mk 7.5?
Post by: nigeldodd on 08 March 2018, 10:34

Useful information. Thanks