Paul,

Don't despair! I can't help you with the specifics of your VW, but what you said about your garage's electrician sounds like you should, at least, get a "second opinion" elsewhere. The price seems way too high, and I'm also not sure how much of an expert he really was.

As has been said: you can keep the speakers that are in the car, and you can really use amps as low as 30W per channel. The 35W quoted for each speaker is the *maximum* the speaker can cope with - they don't *need* as much to produce good sound.

I live in Munich, I have an empeg, and I speak German - so if I can help you somehow, just email me ([email protected])

For the price you were quoted, I'd suggest a trip to the UK, visiting Cambridge Car Audio and having them install your empeg... :-)

Wiedersehen!
Daniel