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Title: my car has got a shark fin aerial on my golf what does this mean
Post by: gjseb16 on May 20, 2013, 07:19:13 pm
as above guys seen most golf's and they look like they don't have an aerial is this right and why has mine got shark fin aerial


cheers Gordon
Title: Re: my car has got a shark fin aerial on my golf what does this mean
Post by: xjay1337 on May 20, 2013, 07:22:24 pm
Cars after 05/06 came with a roof mounted aerial to boost reception... it simply means someone has changed it perhaps?
Title: Re: my car has got a shark fin aerial on my golf what does this mean
Post by: gjseb16 on May 20, 2013, 07:26:30 pm
my worry about that is is that the last owner of my car was an old man and i mean old i cant imagine him going to hassle of doing this sort of mod to be honest i have read that may be gps upgraded or dab could this be right
Title: Re: my car has got a shark fin aerial on my golf what does this mean
Post by: homesqueeze on May 20, 2013, 07:42:16 pm
Some cars do have an aerial of that style, but I think it came with one of the optional extras to do with the stereo or something. If it looks the same as the one in the pic below then that's an original. If it's different to that then someone might have added it  :happy2:

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fu408%2Fhomesqueeze%2F2013-05-20193520_zps0cecf38e.jpg&hash=b093b4bbe7470fac9c5698d9b50eac5d61fa404a)
Title: Re: my car has got a shark fin aerial on my golf what does this mean
Post by: gjseb16 on May 20, 2013, 07:45:20 pm
Some cars do have an aerial of that style, but I think it came with one of the optional extras to do with the stereo or something. If it looks the same as the one in the pic below then that's an original. If it's different to that then someone might have added it  :happy2:

(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fu408%2Fhomesqueeze%2F2013-05-20193520_zps0cecf38e.jpg&hash=b093b4bbe7470fac9c5698d9b50eac5d61fa404a)

exactly same as picture mate spot on must be just standard thanks for clearing that up
Title: Re: my car has got a shark fin aerial on my golf what does this mean
Post by: Mk5Dom on May 20, 2013, 09:03:49 pm
Going back to what Jaymondo said about 05/06.

What year is your car?
If it is an early Mk5, some of them never came with roof aerials. It could simply be a dummy aerial if this is the case.

Title: Re: my car has got a shark fin aerial on my golf what does this mean
Post by: bacillus on May 20, 2013, 09:06:22 pm
as above guys seen most golf's and they look like they don't have an aerial is this right and why has mine got shark fin aerial


cheers Gordon

Does your car have a sat nav as the shark fin aerial came as standard with it.
Title: Re: my car has got a shark fin aerial on my golf what does this mean
Post by: Andy on May 20, 2013, 09:11:34 pm
as mentioned it could be a Sat nav aerial
Title: Re: my car has got a shark fin aerial on my golf what does this mean
Post by: Mk5Dom on May 20, 2013, 09:16:36 pm
as above guys seen most golf's and they look like they don't have an aerial is this right and why has mine got shark fin aerial


cheers Gordon

Does your car have a sat nav as the shark fin aerial came as standard with it.

Sorry to go off topic but isn't this the standard Mk5 nav aerial?
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Title: Re: my car has got a shark fin aerial on my golf what does this mean
Post by: Eddie-NL on May 20, 2013, 09:17:41 pm
The whip shark fin was on later mk5s

Shark fin could be installed for the phone kit or auxiliary heating
Title: Re: my car has got a shark fin aerial on my golf what does this mean
Post by: Saintsteve on May 20, 2013, 09:19:43 pm
The whip shark fin was on later mk5s

Shark fin could be installed for the phone kit or auxiliary heating
Mine has a shark fin, came with an mfd2 sat nav as a factory option. 56 plate Ed30
Title: Re: my car has got a shark fin aerial on my golf what does this mean
Post by: gjseb16 on May 20, 2013, 09:20:26 pm
hasn't got sat nav but that's not saying it didn't it was a bloody expensive car new as got the receipt
Title: Re: my car has got a shark fin aerial on my golf what does this mean
Post by: bacillus on May 20, 2013, 11:41:30 pm
Put the option codes (found on the sticker in the owners manual) in here to see if the car originally came with a sat nav.

http://igorweb.org/equidec/default.aspx
Title: Re: my car has got a shark fin aerial on my golf what does this mean
Post by: mb on May 21, 2013, 06:15:13 pm
(https://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fdaz.co%2Fmedia%2Fu408%2Fhomesqueeze%2F2013-05-20193520_zps0cecf38e.jpg&hash=b093b4bbe7470fac9c5698d9b50eac5d61fa404a)

I've got this aerial on my car as it had the factory fit phone prep
Title: Re: my car has got a shark fin aerial on my golf what does this mean
Post by: warby on May 22, 2013, 09:50:58 am
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I've got this aerial on my car as it had the factory fit phone prep

Same, mine originally came with phone prep for an old Sony Ericsson phone, was removed before it came over here.
Title: Re: my car has got a shark fin aerial on my golf what does this mean
Post by: biffobear on May 22, 2013, 09:32:09 pm
It means, if you drive it off the end of a pier and it sinks, passersby might mistake it for a shark :grin:
Title: Re: my car has got a shark fin aerial on my golf what does this mean
Post by: gjseb16 on May 22, 2013, 09:36:49 pm
It means, if you drive it off the end of a pier and it sinks, passersby might mistake it for a shark :grin:

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