1 hour ago, RMurphy195 said:

So you turn into a parking space with a wall/hedge/low kerb/another car in front of you and the sensors don't operate unless you remember to switch them on? That's pretty useless IMO.

That's exactly how they worked on my Mk3 Focus. Very easy to press the button if you want to get the front end closer to something than guesswork alone will achieve.

11 hours ago, RMurphy195 said:

So you turn into a parking space with a wall/hedge/low kerb/another car in front of you and the sensors don't operate unless you remember to switch them on? That's pretty useless IMO.

No, I have the foresight to reverse in which makes it much easier and safer to pull out again later on...   

But on the rare occasions I have no choice but to pull forward, it's really no bother to switch them on, doesn't take any memory as the car image takes up the whole media screen when the optical sensors are in use, very obvious to see it's not there.  

On 11/10/2021 at 9:26 AM, TomsFocus said:

Yes, this is a weird thing on the Mk4 as it means the parking sensors are tripped in all sorts of 'normal' situations.  In the Golf the front sensors are only activated after selecting reverse then first, or by pressing the button in the centre console.

On the Golf 8 ? 

43 minutes ago, Alex.S said:

On the Golf 8 ? 

On my current Mk6.  Not sure if the Mk8 is the same.