MK6 Golf GTI 2010 - accessories

[gman1978]

I am now the proud owner of a golf gti 

Unfortunately the car does not have the sat navigation or bluetooth setup, instead it has a 6 cd touch screen unit with an ipod connection under the drivers arm rest. I would like to upgrade to sat nav and bluetooth but I am waying up my options:-

New vw geniune sat navigation unit (which I can get fitted for the £1000 mark)
OR
Just use iphone with a cradle as the new iso6 will have a free sat nav which will be amazing and probably destroy built in navigations (price not sure, depends on setup i guess of cradle)
*I read that car companys are already looking at how the phone could work with a screen.

New vw geniune Bluetooth (costs £200ish fully fitted)
OR
fitting http://www.parrot.com/uk/

To be honest I would prefer less things stuck to my dashboard but I am interested in the options available with my current setup

[ajmoir36]

Most buy the RNS510 on ebay for around £500 and bluetooth for around £150-170 and fit them selves.  It will require a VCDS to program various bits as required.

[MBCGTI]

Might want to have a look at this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VW-SAT-NAV-Bluetooth-Car-Stereo-DVD-Player-Golf-MK5-MK6-GTI-R32-Passat-T5-Polo-/120941664841?pt=UK_In_Car_Technology&hash=item1c28af5a49

[Jimmymature]

Might want to have a look at this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VW-SAT-NAV-Bluetooth-Car-Stereo-DVD-Player-Golf-MK5-MK6-GTI-R32-Passat-T5-Polo-/120941664841?pt=UK_In_Car_Technology&hash=item1c28af5a49

If you're going to spend the money get the genuine Sat Nav - RNS510, I wouldnt get these aftermarket versions.  It's a nice thing to have when you come to sell it too, a genuine £2k sat nav unit.


Jim

[gman1978]

Im just wondering if the built in Sat nav is really worth spending all that money when mobile phones work very well and look likely to become better integrated with the car in the future.

[Jimmymature]

Maybe, but they look cool 

I know I'd rather have a full satnav unit in the car than an iPhone strapped to the dashboard.


Jim

[Edi35]

I had the RNS510 in my MK6 and it worked very well, however I didn't really need to use it that much so I decided that £2k this time round on my ED35 wasn't worth it. Have a TomTom and satnav app on my iPhone which works really well with the Bluetooth. If you go with the RNS510 you won't be disappointed but £2k is a rip-off which I already paid for once before but not again.

[p3asa]

You get in the car and its ready to go. None of this faffing around getting the phone onto a mount (if the mount has been left on that is) then setting it up. Not denying the iphone or any other system maybe better than the RNS510 but the integrated unit I feel is so much smarter.  

Will the iphone give you traffic details or cut the music to your desired volume so you can hear the directions? The RNS also gives you a 20Gb (I think its this size) hard drive for your music.

[gman1978]

ok thanks for the responses, so how much should i pay for the sat nav and bluetooth including installment ?

[p3asa]

They have sold on ebay for £450 / £460 recently.
Bluetooth is selling for £200