Do you need a HUD for distance alert?

[IMAY2023]

As I said, it's just BS to get more money from people! There is no technical difference between "with heads up + without heated " and "without heads up and without heated"  The only part you need for HUD is the dashboard or you can cut the whole yourself. HUD sits on the frame.  The plastic trim on the dashboard around the HUD is sold  separately.  All the manufacturers do the same thing.  For example: VW, Audi and Skoda are from the same company and %70 of the parts are common on both. If you buy a part from Audio you pay  "X" dollars and for the same part from skoda you pay "X/3" dollars. It's just branding!  
By the way, I had a loner B5 AWD without heads-up but there was distance alert button enabled on the Sensus screen but I'd never seen the actual warning though.