Cruise Control

[woodman]

OK, not sure what the difference is between MY11 and MY2011!

The car is a Carbon Grey GTI, Manual, 18's, sensors.
Dealer was Vw Myther Tydfil - Capitol. They said they had to get a code direct from VW.

All seems to work and look fine.

[Movi]

OK, not sure what the difference is between MY11 and MY2011!

The car is a Carbon Grey GTI, Manual, 18's, sensors.
Dealer was Vw Myther Tydfil - Capitol. They said they had to get a code direct from VW.

All seems to work and look fine.

Cheers Bud, Thanks for the info.

[Keithuk]

OK, not sure what the difference is between MY11 and MY2011!

Its just abbreviated. My dealer wrote down MY2010 for me. 

[stuartb3502]

Anyone know why the retrofit companies seem to charge ~double for cruise on a >late 2010 car?

Thanks

[Snoopy]

It's because you have to change a lot more on later cars. The stalks are all one on the later cars and the slip ring is different.
VW dealers though have a fixed price, its in the accessory catalogue, its around £188 iirc from a VW main dealer.

Edited: Because of my stupid HTC phone predictive text made no sense and it was doing stupid things.

[Mr GTD]

It's because you have to change a lot more on later cars. The stalks are all one on the later cars and the slip ring is different.
VW dealers though have a fixed price, its in the accessory catalogue, its around £188 iirc from a VW main dealer.

Edited: Because of my stupid HTC phone predictive text made no sense and it was doing stupid things.

Yeah can vouch for this....had cruise fitted by the dealers before picking mine up. It was £188 incl fitting!

[mkviken]

id rather keep the £188 and get some foot ache!

[Keithuk]

Anyone know why the retrofit companies seem to charge ~double for cruise on a >late 2010 car?

I asked at my dealer when I had it serviced last month if they retrofit cruise control they said they do but the cost depends when the car was made. Upto weeks 42 of 2010 £180, after it can be £180 plus the cost of a new control module which can be £450.

[Cliff_944]

Anyone know why the retrofit companies seem to charge ~double for cruise on a >late 2010 car?

I asked at my dealer when I had it serviced last month if they retrofit cruise control they said they do but the cost depends when the car was made. Upto weeks 42 of 2010 £180, after it can be £180 plus the cost of a new control module which can be £450.

That's rubbish!  It's a set price for all Golf vi's of £188 from VW.  This is an advertised price in the accessories brochure and web site.  See the attached link.  Perhaps the dealers don't make much profit on it?

I'm waiting for mine to be retrofitted to my new car.

http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/owners/accessories/convenience-and-protection/1K0054690B/cruise-control-with-multi-function-display?mark=golf-2009&offset=30&previousCategory=convenience-and-protection

[Cliff_944]

I also thought GT cars should have more than standard cars.  Why this is not standard (like the Match) is strange.  Even stranger is that it is cheaper to get the dealer to fit it than it is from the factory.  Funny world we live in. 

Perhaps the dealers are getting too many retrofits at this price which is costing them.  Hence some are quoting technical difficulties (which they'd also have at the factory and Steve and others would have had if true) or some are not sticking to the advertised price like above? 

It seems these dealers are playing games which will wreck their customer satisfaction.  And to them I say WATCHDOG! 

It's VW silly pricing - not our fault as customers for using it!

Perhaps rather talking to us, perhaps they should speak to VW first and lobby a better deal for UK customers!