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Offline mac7

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Parking a Golf - is it the most difficult thing in the world to do?
« on: 02 November 2009, 12:43 »
Parking sensors, parking camera, park assist, reverse activated kerb view parking mirror. Is this overkill in a compact hatchback with small overhangs? Especially when the person in the old Volvo you've carefully squeezed in front of takes half your paintwork with them on their way home...

A question for those who already have their GTI's - can you over-ride the kerb view mirror on the lux pack? I'm not sure I want my mirror to point down every time I reverse.
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Re: Parking a Golf - is it the most difficult thing in the world to do?
« Reply #1 on: 02 November 2009, 12:54 »
Yeah, you don't have the knob turned to L.
It does it automatically in this position but acts like any other wing mirror outside this position.
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Re: Parking a Golf - is it the most difficult thing in the world to do?
« Reply #2 on: 02 November 2009, 12:56 »
Quote from: mac7 on 02 November 2009, 12:43
Parking sensors, parking camera, park assist, reverse activated kerb view parking mirror. Is this overkill in a compact hatchback with small overhangs? Especially when the person in the old Volvo you've carefully squeezed in front of takes half your paintwork with them on their way home...

A question for those who already have their GTI's - can you over-ride the kerb view mirror on the lux pack? I'm not sure I want my mirror to point down every time I reverse.

Parking sensors are an overkill and can be a little irritating getting in and out of the garage (okay, yes there is an off button I know, still...) but I chose them because my wife just recently passed her test. Yes, that's reason enough.
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Re: Parking a Golf - is it the most difficult thing in the world to do?
« Reply #3 on: 02 November 2009, 13:01 »

FFS...

If you've hit the wall you've went too far... :evil:
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Re: Parking a Golf - is it the most difficult thing in the world to do?
« Reply #4 on: 02 November 2009, 13:21 »
I used to think parking sensors were a waste of money as I can park without any problems.

One day I went out to the car (about 2 years ago) and it was really frosty.  I got in the car and turned on the heater etc, and scraped the frost off the car widows.  I didn't bother with the rear one, as I thought the heated rear would take car of it.
Little did I know, that in the 30 seconds I got in the car and put my seatbelt on etc, a van had come into my car park and parked pretty close behind me.
I revered out, and CRUNCH - reversed straight into him.  It wasn't fast, but it was still enough to smash my bumper - and his!

There was a shortage of Editon 30 bumpers at the time, so I had to drive about for 5 weeks with a smashed bumper.  I claimed through my insurance and it cost over £1200 for his bumper and mine.

I ordered a new car on Saturday - £400 for parking sensors.  They would have saved me a LOT of hassle, a big excess, and some embarassment!  Now it seems like an obvious choice!!
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Re: Parking a Golf - is it the most difficult thing in the world to do?
« Reply #5 on: 02 November 2009, 13:43 »
Quote from: p3eps on 02 November 2009, 13:21
I claimed through my insurance and it cost over £1200 for his bumper and mine.

Would have cost more with £400 worth of parking sensors in it... just kidding.  :wink:

I have managed into reverse into a post before (Passat Estate) even WITH parking sensors fitted  :embarassed: so can appreciate the value of them on a larger car. It just seems like there's a huge number of parking aids available.

Trying to choose between having the lux pac for its folding mirrors or the reverse camera. Decisions, decisions.
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Re: Parking a Golf - is it the most difficult thing in the world to do?
« Reply #6 on: 02 November 2009, 15:18 »

It's actually kinda hard when the left mirror goes down when you're parking on the drivers side.

I always seem to unwind too early.

Perhaps I'm sub-consciously really worried about kerbing the monza shadows!


Ps re posts, walls and vans the reversing camera is awesome!


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Re: Parking a Golf - is it the most difficult thing in the world to do?
« Reply #7 on: 02 November 2009, 19:17 »
Get a rear view camera. Even if you can park and it#s not frosted up, it's a cool geeky toy for bugger all cash
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Re: Parking a Golf - is it the most difficult thing in the world to do?
« Reply #8 on: 02 November 2009, 19:45 »
Quote from: JellyCat on 02 November 2009, 19:17
Get a rear view camera. Even if you can park and it#s not frosted up, it's a cool geeky toy for bugger all cash

Specced it!
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Re: Parking a Golf - is it the most difficult thing in the world to do?
« Reply #9 on: 03 November 2009, 01:13 »
I hear this is why they made the 'big bumper' mk2, simply use the bumpers as parking sensors
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