Can this be true... £600 for cruise at the dealer?

[Snoopy]

Can you not just try another vw dealer

[Mr GTD]

Can you not just try another vw dealer

Always the best way to get the best price....

[evo1986]

For the people who are having it fitted as part of the deal of buying a car I can guarantee the sales dept will be swallowing the extra cost it will have set them back to have it fitted.......I quoted a customer back in sept 2010 when he bought his car and took delivery in December 2010 we then found out we couldn't fit it and we only managed to fit it a few weeks ago once they released the new retro kit and although we invoiced it to the customer at £180 ish it cost us well over £500!

You will get no where, some cars they can fit it for £188. However we are waiting for new accessory catalogues with up to date fitted prices.........

[GTI CV7]

Yes, very true... Worth shopping around. Unfortunately Listers have the monopoly within 50 miles, and I'm sure they'd all get the history when they type my reg in... Will find the nearest non-Lister dealer and give them a bell...

Yes, it makes sense that the £180 fits my have been subsidised by sales... Oh well, worth a try I suppose.

[evo1986]

Did you buy the car from that dealer you enquired about the price of cruise control, pm me you reg number and I will get a price from my parts manager tomorrow.

[GTI CV7]

Did you buy the car from that dealer you enquired about the price of cruise control, pm me you reg number and I will get a price from my parts manager tomorrow.

Thanks, I'll pm it to you.
I got it from a dealer in Newton Abbot, who were great and considerably cheaper than the Listers boys locally... Well worth the 300 mile round trip to collect!

[Cliff_944]

I ordered mine without cruise and then changed my mind before delivery.  Mine was fitted for £188 but it did have to have a module fitted.  Thanks SG Smiths for absorbing the cost and doing the right thing.  E. G. Sticking to VW's advertised price....  

[RedHP]

Boys n girls, sorry to bring a downer to this thread......
...I had cruise fitted as an optional but have hardly used it. In fact, the only time which I do use it is on the M1 near Luton, 50mph for 10-odd miles and even then I have to flick it on and off due to other drivers.
I suggest that you only go for the additional outlay if you know you will use it on a regular basis, to make the most out of your hard earned pennies

Red

[GTI CV7]

You're not wrong... we do go to France quite a bit where it is pretty handy to have, but I can easily live without it. I think one thing that irritates me is that my wife's just had a new Seat Ibiza 1.4 with cruise control as standard... Along with folding mirrors and voice control Bluetooth, and yet it cost less than half what the Golf did ;-)

Btw, I did ring another dealer, Solihull VW, who said cruise can not currently be retrofitted due to a technical issue on post 2010 Golfs. He said there was a fix in place, although it was awaiting approval from Germany....

The truth is out there somewhere ;-)

[Mr GTD]

I haven't used cruise yet but most of my driving is town, I bought it cus it's something I've never had on a car before and also if and when I do stroll onto the motorway it's there if I want it....yes I cud of done without it but I don't think it's money wasted, if I thort that I wudnt of bought it....besides I like my cars to have as much kit as poss