Hello,

I think I read somewhere that the Passat can do reverse perpendicular park assist as well as reverse parallel park assist like my Superb.

Was I imagining things or is this so?

If it is so how does it differ from the Superb, has it more sensors or is it just a software feature ?

If it is not so.... ignore post

Edited 7 February, 201115 yr by Gavn Tobin

I think the Passat can have a rear view camera that shows your trajectory as you reverse park into a space. Not sure if this is incorporated into Park Assist.

If it is, let VW have SOMETHING nice on the new Passat

The Passat got Park Assist 2.0 wich apart from new software also got 6 sensors at the rear. If im not mistaken the Superb got Park Assist 1.0 with4 sensors at the rear.

There is a 1.5 version too but that includes 6 sensors at the rear too. Dont know wich VW model got that version though..

I look over my shoulder and use the mirrors, I think it's the "human" version.

hi its a fully reverse park function from memory its about a £900+ option

but looks good dont know how true this Video is ?

Andy

Love the video - But getting out of your car, and leaving the engine running, is illegal....

Al.

Love the video - But getting out of your car, and leaving the engine running, is illegal....

Well, yes and no, depends on the circumstances. Here's the Regulation (my emboldening):

Regulation 107 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 creates an offence of leaving a motor vehicle unattended without switching off the engine and applying the parking brake.

107(1) No person shall leave, or cause or permit to be left, on a road a motor vehicle which is not attended by a person licensed to drive it unless the engine is stopped and any parking brake with which the vehicle is required to be equipped is effectively set, unless exempted by paragraph (2).

(2) The requirement specified in paragraph (1) as to the stopping of the engine shall not apply in respect of a vehicle:

a: being used for ambulance, fire brigade or in England fire and rescue authority or police purposes; or

b: in such a position and condition as not to be likely to endanger any person or property and engaged in an operation which requires its engine to be used to:

(i) drive machinery forming part of, or mounted on, the vehicle and used for purposes other than driving the vehicle; or

(ii) maintain the electrical power of the batteries of the vehicle at a level required for driving that machinery or apparatus.

PARKING BRAKE

In this regulation means a brake fitted to a vehicle in accordance with requirement 16 or 18 in Schedule 3.

The key word is "unattended" and the car in the clip is definitely attended. It's moot anyway, because I doubt that any officer would want to contest anything in a car park, particularly that one!

Note the exemption in 2)b(ii) above - that's the one that lets today's officers lock their cars yet leave the engine running (to keep the electronics going).

Generally, though, it is an offence - for example, popping over the road to get a paper and leaving the motor running. Mind you, you'd probably finish up with a paper and without a car nowadays!

Ray