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Re: What would you change about your Polo?
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 10:51 am
by Andy Beats
SRGTD wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2019 10:18 am
My rear sensors sometimes beep after I’ve reversed out of my garage, and I’ve put the car into neutral / handbrake on while I get out of the car to close the garage door. There’s nothing behind the car or ‘within range’ to trigger the rear sensors though, it doesn’t happen every time and it doesn’t bother me.
My issue with these seemingly (unless anyone can tell me otherwise) warnings is that they distract me, they maybe mean I miss something on the radio I wanted to hear and it makes passengers question what's going on.
I'm truly thankful the car hasn't come up with these warnings or, worse, slammed the brakes on when my wife borrows it.
I know her, she would absolutely refuse to drive it ever again.
Re: What would you change about your Polo?
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 2:44 pm
by JMiddo94
The stereo in this generation is truly awful! The sound is appalling.
Re: What would you change about your Polo?
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 3:52 pm
by johnpolo2
JMiddo94 wrote:The stereo in this generation is truly awful! The sound is appalling.
They've saved money there then! [emoji19]
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Re: What would you change about your Polo?
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 4:13 pm
by Andy Beats
JMiddo94 wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2019 2:44 pm
The stereo in this generation is truly awful! The sound is appalling.
At least that's easy changed.
Shove in some better quality speakers into the existing housings, bound to be better than the standard lowest-bidder paper rubbish.
Re: What would you change about your Polo?
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2019 8:28 am
by JMiddo94
Hi Andy
I'm not very good when it comes to taking cars apart, what would I need to do to change the speakers over? I can't see how I'd remove the speakers.
Re: What would you change about your Polo?
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2019 10:53 am
by monkeyhanger
The speakers are rivetted in on the Golf, expect the same on the Polo - will have to drill the rivets out.
As a stock sound system, I don't think the Polo's is bad. When you consider all the exterior noises that are present on a moving car, not sure why people are looking for audio excellence, only to have wind noise and tyre roar in the background.
Re: What would you change about your Polo?
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2019 11:12 am
by Andy Beats
monkeyhanger wrote: Mon Mar 04, 2019 10:53 am
The speakers are rivetted in on the Golf, expect the same on the Polo - will have to drill the rivets out.
As a stock sound system, I don't think the Polo's is bad. When you consider all the exterior noises that are present on a moving car, not sure why people are looking for audio excellence, only to have wind noise and tyre roar in the background.
Most of my driving is low speed and it's the only time I really get to listen to music.
So the stereo is one of the most important things to me.
TBH, it's so important it actually overrides the car itself.
I mean, the Polo wasn't even on my radar until I saw the beats edition one.
If I'd gone for the Micra it was going to be the Bose edition.
Re: What would you change about your Polo?
Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2019 4:54 pm
by jackois
I'd illuminate the ignition key slot... I'm forever fumbling about for it in the dark!
Re: What would you change about your Polo?
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2019 3:53 pm
by Andy Beats
jackois wrote: Mon Mar 04, 2019 4:54 pm
I'd illuminate the ignition key slot... I'm forever fumbling about for it in the dark!
Good shout.
This is my first non-keyless car in ages and finding the ignition barrel is a total pain.
Re: What would you change about your Polo?
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2019 5:40 pm
by phillos
JMiddo94 wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2019 2:44 pm
The stereo in this generation is truly awful! The sound is appalling.
If you have the Composition Media with 6 speakers, the following settings made a major change in the demo vehicle I tested.
Fader -5 to rear
Bass -4
Mids -1
Treble -1
You're welcome!
Story time:
The 6 speaker setup consists of 2 tweeters A pillars, 2 bass speakers in the front doors, as well as to broadband in the rear doors. I guess they forgot to tune them before going into production.
Re: What would you change about your Polo?
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2019 11:54 am
by Andy Beats
Another instance of the rear parking sensors triggering last night just because someone was too close behind me.
Really pissed me right off when it did, as I was listening to a funny podcast and missed the punchline.
I've got used to switching off the 'front assist' quickly (right hand steering wheel controls, one flick to the right and two presses in the middle)
I'll have to figure out a way of disabling the rear sensors every journey too.
Unless they can be disabled permanently?
Re: What would you change about your Polo?
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2019 12:52 pm
by phillos
Andy Beats wrote: Wed Mar 06, 2019 11:54 am
Another instance of the rear parking sensors triggering last night just because someone was too close behind me.
Really pissed me right off when it did, as I was listening to a funny podcast and missed the punchline.
I've got used to switching off the 'front assist' quickly (right hand steering wheel controls, one flick to the right and two presses in the middle)
I'll have to figure out a way of disabling the rear sensors every journey too.
Unless they can be disabled permanently?
For what its worth, the front and rear sensors on my 2017 BlueGT does also go off on a random basis, and when in proximity to other vehicles with parking sensors. I think it's just a reminder to keep distance
Re: What would you change about your Polo?
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2019 1:12 pm
by Andy Beats
Literally never heard of parking sensors that are active
all the time and can be triggered by another car being too close, or someone walking close to your car when you're in a queue.
Bizarre and so annoying.
Re: What would you change about your Polo?
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2019 1:26 pm
by jsybrian
If you have ever owned a Mercedes, the sensors go off when you are stopped in traffic and someone walks past the front or rear of your car.
Also go crazy if road sweeping machine passes you must be the frequency of the brush motor or something.
Re: What would you change about your Polo?
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2019 1:52 pm
by Andy Beats
My wife was in the car last night, in the space of 5 minutes it had 'pinged' at me because the car behind was too close and 'pinged' again because the temperature went down to 4C.
She was not impressed at all this pinging going on!
Her own car tells her when it's cold outside, but not in the loud manner the Polo does.
I'll have to check the settings to see if the alert volume can be turned down, preferably off and just leave the cold alert as visual only.