Re: Bose vs Standard VW system

[Devin Phatak <devin@phatak.com>]

I had a problem with my Bose amp, now that I think of it- I think it had only
been a month since I owned the car. The front passenger door speaker wasn't
working so well, & when I brought it in, they ended up just replacing the amp,
saying it had blown a channel, or something like that. My friend at the dealer
had said I definitely wasn't the first to get it replaced. It's worked great
ever since though, but I really do need to replace the head unit. One question,
I'm sorry, I know it has probably been covered many a time before...so, a new
head unit, like a Sony, for example, will work with the Bose amp, right? That's
all I want to know!

Thanks,
Devin

Dan Miller wrote:

> Ryan-
>
> I went through the same thing when I bought my 97 & the the '98s
> came out with Bose..
>
> Dealer said that there was nothing that they could do about it (couldn't
> even order them back then.  Volkswagen was mute, even when being accused
> bait & switch.  After 2 years the premium radio is just fine.  Adding the
> Clarion CD in the trunk helped.
>
> BTW.  The dealer said that the Bose radios all went into Audis in 1997,
> suppose the same thing is going on now.
>
> D Miller
> 97 Black/Black GLX
>
> "Ryan E. Mitchell" wrote:
>
> > I've got a 98' GLX and it didn't come with the Bose system.  I asked the
> > delaer about it and they said their "was a problem" with the Bose systems.
> > Then I see the new 99's with Bose in them. Anybody know why they stoped
> > putting them in,  then started again.  And whats the problem they are
> > talking about?  Are the regular standard VW systems better?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ryan "it just rained on my freshly waxed GLX" Mitchell