Park Distance Control / Optical Parking Sensors (PDC / OPS)

[gti]

Do you really need parking sensors? Honestly IMO I think they are small enough to make parking a breeze. I find reverse parking the easiest.

[cme2c]

I have the sensors and camera on my wife's 118TSI. She works in schools so the fact that the Golf could be had with a camera was a real bonus.

I thought it was a gimmick. But.. she's away at a conference, it's 30 degrees plus in Sydney and I am waiting for parts to fix the air conditioning in my Peugeot so I have been driving the Golf. Love the sensors and camera.

[Maverick]

Do you really need parking sensors? Honestly IMO I think they are small enough to make parking a breeze. I find reverse parking the easiest.

The size doesn't play into this in any way, it's the design.

The Golf requires ~13m to view the test object in the NRMA test and get's a star rating of 1/2 a star out of 5 (the golf dropped off the list for some reason recently).

The Citreon C3 by comparison is 3.06m and 4 stars.

Mitsubishi Grandis 4.53m and 3 stars.

Audi TT 5.3m and 3 stars.

Hyundai Tucson 4.69m and 2 1/2 stars.

source: http://www.nrma.com.au/keeping-safe-...y-tables.shtml

How the test is performed

The test procedure used a laser pointing device, a dummy to represent an average adult size, a test cylinder to represent the shoulder height of an average two year old child, and a grid extended 1.8 x 15 metres to the rear of the vehicle.

The laser is directed through the rear window of each vehicle. The position where the laser is visible on the test cylinder is noted. This procedure is repeated for all positions on the grid. The results are analysed and an overall score is given. The best scores are awarded to the vehicles which have the most effective rear visibility.

[Guest]

According to the documentation at the VW GTI launch day it was $612.45.
But either way, that's for dealer fit only, not factory fit. There is no way to negotiate free fitting if it's factory fitted.

According to my VGA literature RRP is def $551.19 without fitting charges. What i meant was you can ask your salesman for the techs to fit them for free as part of the deal. If you dont get the fitment for nothing your just not trying hard enough make them bend over backwards for you.

[Mk6 GTI]

According to my VGA literature RRP is def $551.19 without fitting charges. What i meant was you can ask your salesman for the techs to fit them for free as part of the deal. If you dont get the fitment for nothing your just not trying hard enough make them bend over backwards for you.

the thing is i have already signed a contract.. so he can charge whatever he wants unfortunately.. he is only dropping on the aftermarket ones not on the vw sensors..

[emuexport]

Aftermarket Park Distance Control / Optical Parking Sensors (PDC / OPS)

Hi Guys,

Had a hunt around and couldnt find anything with regards to this so wondering if anyone has fitted the OPS system to their car after delivery?

I found this on eBay and am pretty keen with the RCD510 arriving shortly to replace the stock RCD310 this seems like the next thing to get fitted. Dont really feel like dropping $700 on aftermarket sensors that dont work together with the system.

So has anyone had them fitted and know where I can get them done in Perth?

Cheers,
Justin

[DracZ]

Interested to know as well, similar situation except my rear sensors are already dealer fitted. Does the OPS require a separate module in addition to a RCD/RNS-510? Or will a simple recode suffice? Currently I have the RCD-310, but I will be retrofitting the RCD-510 over the weekend etc. Thanks

[kennyc]

My after sales manager was trying to sell me parking sensors. This is from Barloworld Glen Waverley.
It is around $1100 for front and back. I am considering getting them, but the price is bit too expensive.

Let me know how you guys go.

[STV4SYT]

Which Dealer are u getting it from?


I'm contemplating getting the sat nav from the same mob as this optical park sensor.


VW OPS optical parking system RNS RCD 510 MFD3 GOLF PDC on eBay (end time 18-Apr-10 13:10:28 BST)

[emuexport]

Which Dealer are u getting it from?


I'm contemplating getting the sat nav from the same mob as this optical park sensor.


VW OPS optical parking system RNS RCD 510 MFD3 GOLF PDC on eBay (end time 18-Apr-10 13:10:28 BST)

Just be aware thats rear only. They do have the F+R set like I have linked above.

[Corey_R]

Why would you also need front though? The front vision on Golf's are fine. It's not like getting the fronts also allows you to have park assist... for that you need 10 sensors (the two side ones, which may or may not be different to the other .

[emuexport]

As others have said why would you need them at all. If it means that my wife is more confident about getting into a park or not hitting the wall then I'm all for it!

[G-rig]

re: Park Distance Control / Optical Parking Sensors (PDC / OPS)

Just fit a camera instead.

[GHW]

Just fit a camera instead.

What he said.
Sensors are prone to falsing and cannot cover everything. The factory rear sensors in my R36 go nuts every time I reverse out of my garage due to how steep the driveway is so the camera is the safest option (both operate at the same time).
I also have a front camera which I do use all the time so I don't take the nose off on those stupid concrete blocks that are always too high !
One of the first things to go into my wife's Golf when it (finally) gets here is front and rear cameras too. Each to their own, safety first in my book and damn the cost.

[Corey_R]

I haven't noticed a front camera as an option for the Passat. Was it factory or aftermarket?
Does it just show the forward view, or does it have a prism lens so you can see out the left and right views from the nose? (this is the more typical front camera).