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I'm in Brisbane QLD and will pick up my new Tiguan 162TSI vehicle on Wednesday. It has taken 7 months for delivery, but that story is for a later post.
I have previously owned a Subaru Liberty for 9 years and for the last 4 years a Subaru XV. So why have I gone VW you may ask?
I have always loved the AWD sure footed "4 feet on the ground" type vehicle. The Liberty was great and the XV was a real let down with its CVT. Basically the XV 2.0i-S was gutless and un-spirited to drive and slow to respond at take-off. And its load space too small for our needs. It was OK as a city and shopping commuter, but not big enough or powerful enough as a holiday tourer or carrying more than 4 full Coles bags in the boot.
I was lucky enough to have a SEAT SC FR hire car for 2 weeks in Ireland in 2015. Wow what a vehicle! It was built on the Golf GTI base. I loved driving it. My mind was made up. This was driving and it was enjoyable again. The SEAT could take off like a kangaroo, steered and cruised like a dolphin in water and gripped the road like glue. I wanted a vehicle like this.
So when it was time to rid myself of the slumbering XV I saw that VW had released the new Tiguan that was sort-of based on a Golf GTI. I test drove a 162TSI with driver assist etc and it was fabulous. I then drove the new 2017 CX5 Akera. There was no comparison. VW Tiguan won hands down with superior driver and display technology, driving spirit and load capacity.
So I placed the order for the 162TSI highline with driver assist (not R Line) on 12 July 2017 and the dealer rang this morning, 19 February 2018, to say "come and get it on Wednesday!" Oh joy. It's actually here at last!
In the next post I will tell you about the past 7 months of the long wait for its build and then how I followed its journey to Australia.
I have previously owned a Subaru Liberty for 9 years and for the last 4 years a Subaru XV. So why have I gone VW you may ask?
I have always loved the AWD sure footed "4 feet on the ground" type vehicle. The Liberty was great and the XV was a real let down with its CVT. Basically the XV 2.0i-S was gutless and un-spirited to drive and slow to respond at take-off. And its load space too small for our needs. It was OK as a city and shopping commuter, but not big enough or powerful enough as a holiday tourer or carrying more than 4 full Coles bags in the boot.
I was lucky enough to have a SEAT SC FR hire car for 2 weeks in Ireland in 2015. Wow what a vehicle! It was built on the Golf GTI base. I loved driving it. My mind was made up. This was driving and it was enjoyable again. The SEAT could take off like a kangaroo, steered and cruised like a dolphin in water and gripped the road like glue. I wanted a vehicle like this.
So when it was time to rid myself of the slumbering XV I saw that VW had released the new Tiguan that was sort-of based on a Golf GTI. I test drove a 162TSI with driver assist etc and it was fabulous. I then drove the new 2017 CX5 Akera. There was no comparison. VW Tiguan won hands down with superior driver and display technology, driving spirit and load capacity.
So I placed the order for the 162TSI highline with driver assist (not R Line) on 12 July 2017 and the dealer rang this morning, 19 February 2018, to say "come and get it on Wednesday!" Oh joy. It's actually here at last!
In the next post I will tell you about the past 7 months of the long wait for its build and then how I followed its journey to Australia.
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