Tow Bar Fitting Cost - Golf GTD

[Steve vRS]

I am still torn between a head and heart decision for my new company car.

It is either a Golf GTD or an Octavia 2.0TDi Elegance Estate. Guess which is the heart option?

Of course, the big stumbling block is the size difference.

So, one way around this is a roof box on the golf c/w a tow bar mounted bike carrier. Does anyone have an idea of how much a decent tow bar installation is likely to cost that can take a bike carrier?

Steve

[CoolC]

Can you not order a factory fitted? or does that take you outside your allowance?

[Steve vRS]

The base monthly cost of the car is right up to the allowance. I can have a reversing camera

[anonymous-user]

Steve vRS said:

The base monthly cost of the car is right up to the allowance. I can have a reversing camera

FWIW I would get the camera. The sensors would have you believe you are touching the car/wall etc when in fact you are about a foot and a half from it.

I think you can get an aftermarket tow bar fitted for around £300, compared to £900 for the dealer fit option.

[NBirkitt]

It may be academic if you are right up to budget, but the factory-fitted towbar option is far superior to aftermarket addition, and not all that more expensive – in fact, cheaper than some..

December issue of Volkswagen Driver magazine devoted a whole page to a letter from reader Roger Barnaby who had their Mk 7 GTD DSG factory-fitted with the retractable towbar option (deployed by pulling a hidden handle in the rear boot trim panel) also provides the benefit of various warning lights etc and it even disarms stop-start automatically when plugged in, rear parking sensors switch off, ESP alters and if the socket is unplugged while car is locked the alarm will sound. So, a lot more desirable than an aftermarket bolt-on.

[Steve vRS]

Thanks.

Unfortunately, the co. car allowance would limit me to the vanilla car.

However, I am starting to think that the GTD is just too small. The Octavia Elegance on the car list is just too staid so I think I'll take the money and get an Octavia vRS.

Steve

[anonymous-user]

I very regularly go away with my wife and two young children and although it can be a squeeze my GTD handles it. With the boot floor lowered there is room for a pushchair, a decent sized suitcase, a couple of Trunkis and a few soft bags. I have roof bars and a couple of Thule 591 bike racks.

[va1o]

For your usage I'd say the Octavia is much better suited