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 Mar 5 2009, 12:20 AM
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 Senior Member  Group: Senior Posts: 326 Joined: 1-November 07 Member No.: 10,805 Sex: Male  |
BLeh if this makes them sleep at night then so be it, an Airbag isn't gonna make much difference in these car What a joke they didnt even bother with ABS... OK VW let not try prevent accidents cause if the citi is written off, provided the driver survives VW can have another sale... what a joke. i drive a citi and love the MK1 shape but seriously VW is freaking crazy, not to mention they plan discontinuing the model by the end f 2010 Linky |
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Mar 5 2009, 01:04 AM
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 Playing Polo  Group: Elite Posts: 2,151 Joined: 25-August 03 From: Sunninghill, South Africa Member No.: 1,575 Sex: Male |
Hehe, VW will never phase out the Citi Golf.
It's their cash cow. There have been rumours about the golf being discontinued flying around since the CTi, then the Life, then the .Com, then the Velociti and and and. -------------------- Current Baby:
2005 - VW Polo Playa 1.4i - Black Ex Babies: 1993 - VW MK 1 2.0 - Kingfisher Blue (Sold) 1998 - VW Polo Classic 1.6i - White (Sold) 1990 - VW MK1 1.6 Carb - Championship Red (Sold) 1989 - VW MK1 1.6 Carb - Kingfisher Blue (Sold) 1999 - BMW 523 - Dolphin Grey(Sold) 1992 - Honda 1.6i DOHC - Gun Metal (Sold) 1993 - Nissan Sentra 1.3 Carb - Cream (Sold) |
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Mar 5 2009, 01:04 AM
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 flamesuit: engage!  Group: Administration Posts: 3,352 Joined: 30-January 04 From: The Boneyard Member No.: 2,543 Sex: Male |
Well, adding an airbag where there was none is still a safety improvement, even if it's a minor one.
Reckon that audio system will go down well with students and the like though, quite a cool selling point. -------------------- |
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Mar 5 2009, 03:47 AM
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Playing Polo Group: Elite Posts: 2,151 Joined: 25-August 03 From: Sunninghill, South Africa Member No.: 1,575 Sex: Male |
I wish they would add aircon and electric windows as standard features too.
I know they're not a safety feature but for the price they are asking... ABS would be easy enough to add to the package aswell. They could adapt the 9N Polo setup to fit the Citi shape. There is a Skoda model about the same size as the Citi that they could also pool parts from. Seeing as the new Citi dashboard is from the same Skoda model  |
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Mar 5 2009, 05:14 AM
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Senior Member Group: Senior Posts: 326 Joined: 1-November 07 Member No.: 10,805 Sex: Male |
QUOTE(RustPuppet @ Mar 5 2009, 10:04 AM)  Well, adding an airbag where there was none is still a safety improvement, even if it's a minor one. Reckon that audio system will go down well with students and the like though, quite a cool selling point. HAHAHAHA maybe if we consider the fact that a the speed you need to be going in a crash for the airbag to deploy in a frontal will probably be around the same speed the A-pillar would collapse onto the driver... the airbag might be some resistance to that... but yeah they added +- 8k onto the price for a single airbag... ABS Shoulda been the first move... thats my beef here... aircon and E/W would be great too.
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Mar 5 2009, 09:24 AM
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Playing Polo Group: Elite Posts: 2,151 Joined: 25-August 03 From: Sunninghill, South Africa Member No.: 1,575 Sex: Male |
They could've added a passenger side airbag while they were at it.
I mean seriously... the sensors and ECU are already inplace, what's another wiring loom and airbag?  |
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Mar 6 2009, 12:02 AM
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Senior Member Group: Senior Posts: 326 Joined: 1-November 07 Member No.: 10,805 Sex: Male |
Na dude this is VW they took the cheap way out, you 4get they'd have to rededisgn the dashboard on the passenger side to accomodate the change.
the drivers airbag is inside the steering wheel, all they had to do was use a steering wheel off a previous model and add the sensors and control unit.. So RK when they have a "Mod your citi with the new airbag setup" thread on the VWCSABB Be sure to post it up here too. |
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Mar 6 2009, 02:39 AM
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Playing Polo Group: Elite Posts: 2,151 Joined: 25-August 03 From: Sunninghill, South Africa Member No.: 1,575 Sex: Male |
Hehe nah mate, all they do is take the passenger sided airbag dashboard from the Skoda and fit that to the Citi Golf.
No re-design necessary as VW never designed that dash in the first place. Skoda has done all the work ages ago. All VW does with the Citi is "Copy - Paste" |
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Mar 6 2009, 03:34 AM
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Senior Member Group: Senior Posts: 326 Joined: 1-November 07 Member No.: 10,805 Sex: Male |
I thought the dash on the Skoda was without an airbag? which model skoda did the dash come from?
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Mar 7 2009, 04:06 AM
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Playing Polo Group: Elite Posts: 2,151 Joined: 25-August 03 From: Sunninghill, South Africa Member No.: 1,575 Sex: Male |
I am gonna need to double check
Was trying to find the pics I have of the car but they're not on my work machine anymore, will need to check at home. |
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Apr 9 2009, 07:17 PM
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Member  Group: Junior Posts: 5 Joined: 26-March 09 From: trinidad Member No.: 15,908 Sex: Male |
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Mar 5 2010, 06:24 AM
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Playing Polo Group: Elite Posts: 2,151 Joined: 25-August 03 From: Sunninghill, South Africa Member No.: 1,575 Sex: Male |
There we go, Skoda Fabia:
http://images.google.co.za/imgres?imgurl=h...%26tbs%3Disch:1 http://images.google.co.za/imgres?imgurl=h...%26tbs%3Disch:1 Donor of the "New spec" Citi Dash. |
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Mar 8 2010, 07:56 AM
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 The Dark Elf Group: Elite Posts: 527 Joined: 7-May 03 From: Johannesburg, South Africa (Proudly) Member No.: 1,140 Sex: Male |
They should also think of changing the door panels. They look shit with the new dash.
And yes, if they pack it with 2 airbags, ABS and aircon as standard I would actually consider one as a runabout. -------------------- <null signature>
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