I joined this forum last July as I was looking for a T6 and the knowledge I’ve gleaned here has been invaluable. Only problem is that I still don’t own a van..
Cutting a long story short I put a deposit on a new T6.1 on August 14th with a third-party company. The V5 retention side of things didn’t bother me as the saving was a tad under 21%. Sorted…. Or so I thought? Fast forward nearly six months and guess what? Yip, no van, no build date, dim newyddion o’gwbl! (No news at all!). The salesman at the third-party has zero information on the van and having spoken to another customer who is also invested with this company they are unlikely to receive anything anytime soon. It could be several more months and they may even have to re-order. I understand that there are many factors outside of their control but I would actually like a van to arrive so I’ve requested my deposit back and gone off in search of another van.
In the interim second-hand van prices seem to have gone through the roof! I almost purchased an ex-demo van in August but the new van, with the large discount, was a much more attractive prospect. Now, average spec vans are commanding 40K plus. I clearly made the wrong choice last summer but can’t do much about that. So, during the conversation with my local dealer (who was trying to flog me his demo van) I asked for a quote on my ideal spec van which is as follows:
The quote I’ve received back has 16.1% discount and is much cheaper than the demo van with a lot more extras. So I’m back to square one and while it’s more than I originally wanted to spend, at least I’m ordering direct with the dealer. I’ll have some information about the progress of the build and it will definitely arrive, even if it is going to take 5 months.
All of this leads me to a few questions about the discover nav unit option. £1338 seems quite high to me for a sat nav… but, I do prefer the look of the larger screen and finish and the dash looks a lot neater.
What are your thoughts on this option?
Has anyone swapped out their headunit in the 6.1?
What are my options for change if I stick with the basic unit?
Also, I am aware that the digital dash (which I do like) can only be retrofitted with the nav unit installed. So if I wanted, further along the line, to add this then I’d need to start with the more expensive unit. This leads me to another question.
Does the digital dash work with after-market head units??
If you’ve read this far, good effort!
Cheers
Cutting a long story short I put a deposit on a new T6.1 on August 14th with a third-party company. The V5 retention side of things didn’t bother me as the saving was a tad under 21%. Sorted…. Or so I thought? Fast forward nearly six months and guess what? Yip, no van, no build date, dim newyddion o’gwbl! (No news at all!). The salesman at the third-party has zero information on the van and having spoken to another customer who is also invested with this company they are unlikely to receive anything anytime soon. It could be several more months and they may even have to re-order. I understand that there are many factors outside of their control but I would actually like a van to arrive so I’ve requested my deposit back and gone off in search of another van.
In the interim second-hand van prices seem to have gone through the roof! I almost purchased an ex-demo van in August but the new van, with the large discount, was a much more attractive prospect. Now, average spec vans are commanding 40K plus. I clearly made the wrong choice last summer but can’t do much about that. So, during the conversation with my local dealer (who was trying to flog me his demo van) I asked for a quote on my ideal spec van which is as follows:
- T30, DSG 150 highline Kombi
- Fortana red
- High-beam control
- LED headlamps with LED daytime running lights (Tailgate) with red tail lights
- Rear view camera
- Power sliding doors, left and right
- Electronically controlled front air conditioning system and second heating system in passenger compartment
- Sliding window in front and fixed window in rear in load/passenger compartment on passenger side
- Sliding window in front and fixed window in rear in load/passenger compartment on driver side
- Tailgate with window aperture and with power latching
- 80L fuel tank
- Heated driver and front passenger seats
- 2+1 easy entry rear seat.
- TPMS
The quote I’ve received back has 16.1% discount and is much cheaper than the demo van with a lot more extras. So I’m back to square one and while it’s more than I originally wanted to spend, at least I’m ordering direct with the dealer. I’ll have some information about the progress of the build and it will definitely arrive, even if it is going to take 5 months.
All of this leads me to a few questions about the discover nav unit option. £1338 seems quite high to me for a sat nav… but, I do prefer the look of the larger screen and finish and the dash looks a lot neater.
What are your thoughts on this option?
Has anyone swapped out their headunit in the 6.1?
What are my options for change if I stick with the basic unit?
Also, I am aware that the digital dash (which I do like) can only be retrofitted with the nav unit installed. So if I wanted, further along the line, to add this then I’d need to start with the more expensive unit. This leads me to another question.
Does the digital dash work with after-market head units??
If you’ve read this far, good effort!
Cheers
