[sailnavy]

Anyone know how to tell if a GTI has the rain sensing wipers and the auto dimming rear view mirror. I saw one that had it listed on the sticker, but no climatronic. It was a 2002, with leather and lux, no tech package. The wierd part was that it had the old single DIN stereo.
Thoughts? Misprint, or truth? I have no idea how to know about the wipers, I didn't take a close look at the mirror.
Thanks
Jay

 

[Pelican18TQA4]

Re: New GTI VR6 Question/Help (sailnavy)

Climatronic, rain sensing wipers and auto-dimming wipers are all included in the Technology Package. Can't get one without the others. I just got my 2002 GTI VR6 last week, and it too has the single DIN Monsoon radio. The reason, it was produced as an early 2002 model. The newer 2002s have the double DIN radio.

 

[sailnavy]

Re: New GTI VR6 Question/Help (sailnavy)

Yes, I realize that the tech package comes as one. However, I'm just stating what the sticker said, and was wondering if there's an easy way to tell without driving the car in the rain, or at night. The car also had the Multi-Function Computer on board, which it shouldn't have without the Climatronic... Is it just an odd beast?
Thanks
Jay

 

[Pelican18TQA4]

Re: New GTI VR6 Question/Help (sailnavy)

Well, look on the rearview mirror, if it has a little switch on it with a little green LED on the front, then it has the auto-dimming function. For the wipers, look on the windshield at the base of the mirror, you'll see something that resembles an eye. If so, it has the rain sensing wipers. As far as the MFA goes, all GTI VR6s come with that and so do the Jetta GLXs.

 

[sailnavy]

Re: New GTI VR6 Question/Help (sailnavy)

how doyou operate the rain sensing wipers?

 

[Lamfalus]

Re: New GTI VR6 Question/Help (sailnavy)

Turn them on one click with the stalk (sams as the intermittent position on the regular cars). When the windshield gets wet, they wipe, when it's dry, they don't. There is a sensitivity adjustment for them so you can set how much water there is before they wipe. That adjuster is what sets the intermitent speed for those with regular wipers. The wipers still have a regular low and high setting as well if you don't want to mess with the "rain sensing" setting.

 

[sailnavy]

Re: New GTI VR6 Question/Help (sailnavy)

Thanks for the help