New purchase advice

[cerberaperv]

We've decided to replace our 55 plate SE which we've happily owned for 6yrs.

Found an MY10 AB 3.6tdv8 and put a depo on it yesterday. The dealer rang my wife today to go through a few things. She asked if he found the fob for the pre heater, only to be told the car doesn't have one and 'the girl who uploaded the details online typed pre heater instead of aux heater'!!

We had also asked if the chrome side bars can be swapped for our side steps and he told my wife that he's found out that the brackets are not located in the same place and they cannot be swapped.

I'm going to call them back tomorrow but could anyone tell me can the aux heater be changed to a pre heater? Is this just a software update and a new fob?

Are the side bracket mounts different between the MY55 to the MY10? I'm looking on eBay and you can buy side steps that fit both models.

Are we being fed dealer BS here?

[camel_landy]

IIRC - The actual heater part will be the same (Webasto) but there will be some additional hardware to get the remote fob to work. So, there's more to it than just a software update.

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