Park Assist...

[p3eps]

I've got a loan car from VW just now until my Golf R arrives (hopefully in the next 2 weeks  )
The car is a '59 Golf Plus, and whilst driving home tonight I realised it had Park Assist.

I took a detour via a street full of parked cars to give it a test and it worked an absolute treat!  It was the weirdest sensation ever with the steering wheel turning itself - but it got into a fairly small space and pretty close to the kerb.

Can anyone tell me what parts make up Park Assist?  I've ordered the front / rear parking sensors, but Park Assist wasn't an option on the UK Golf R, despite being standard on the German one.  If it was a cheap retrofit then I'd do it for the comedy factor!  A good gimmick to show your friends!

[GolfTi]

Cool gadget.

A bit tooo new tech for me, what happens with the insurance if it has a 'malfunction'?

Very impressive when it does work though.

[devito]

just cover the brake pedal no probs.

[keelaw]

defo a gadget... i used it once when i first got the car to show some mates (who were impressed).... but have never used it since!

[SteveP]

I've got a loan car from VW just now until my Golf R arrives (hopefully in the next 2 weeks  )
The car is a '59 Golf Plus, and whilst driving home tonight I realised it had Park Assist.

I took a detour via a street full of parked cars to give it a test and it worked an absolute treat!  It was the weirdest sensation ever with the steering wheel turning itself - but it got into a fairly small space and pretty close to the kerb.

Can anyone tell me what parts make up Park Assist?  I've ordered the front / rear parking sensors, but Park Assist wasn't an option on the UK Golf R, despite being standard on the German one.  If it was a cheap retrofit then I'd do it for the comedy factor!  A good gimmick to show your friends!

Park assist cars have a different bumper with a extra sensor nearer the front wheel and different wing mirrors (again for the senor I believe), so it's not going to be a cheap retro fit IMHO.

The only two options my car doesn't have is park assist and TPMS, so considered this retro fit myself until I saw some of the parts differences on ETKA 

[pom]

Cool gadget.

A bit tooo new tech for me, what happens with the insurance if it has a 'malfunction'?

Very impressive when it does work though.

nothing happens. you still have to operate the throttle, brakes, gears and common sense!

cheers

Pom

[p3asa]

Cool gadget.

A bit tooo new tech for me, what happens with the insurance if it has a 'malfunction'?

Very impressive when it does work though.

nothing happens. you still have to operate the throttle, brakes, gears and common sense!

cheers

Pom

When the Golf first came out with it, I read a few reports of the car kerbing the alloys while using park assist. Wonder who would be liable there?

[VmW]

Cool gadget.

A bit tooo new tech for me, what happens with the insurance if it has a 'malfunction'?

Very impressive when it does work though.

nothing happens. you still have to operate the throttle, brakes, gears and common sense!

cheers

Pom

When the Golf first came out with it, I read a few reports of the car kerbing the alloys while using park assist. Wonder who would be liable there?

I have used it twice and it was perfectly aligned and left a good distance between the kerb and the wheels/tyres. Having said that, i still am not too comfortable using it.

[pom]

if you let the car hit the kerbs then its operator error. At the end of the day its a parking 'assist' not a driver replacement and common sense needs to be applied !

Pom

[p3asa]

Does it align itself with the cars in front and behind?

What I was reading, was suggesting it aligns with the cars in front and behind so if they are hard against the kerb then the Golf will also park hard against the kerb, hence the kerbing.