I have ordered/received my New Tiguan

[lxmlxm]

Are you talking about the 8 inch infotainment or the digital dash cluster?

i thought ford sync was the infotainment and they don't do a digital dash

The ford Sync has a small 4inch display on the drivers dash that has lots of options in terms of what to display. Can't configure as preset but for example can see distance, economy, fuel and speed on one screen. On the huge LCD in the VW you get like one line of text for the range only. Seems a waste..

[lxmlxm]

Glad you like it! $50k is in the order of what I am aiming for so good to know. Having it in person how do you feel about the headlights? That is the comfortline's weakness compared to the opposition


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I drove it last night, and bearing in mind i've not own LED headlights to compare, but its not like you cant see haha. They're bright. Well lit. I've seen images comparing both and admit it'd be nice having the LED headlights as i like the blue tone they have but it isn't an issue in terms of driving.

[veew]

132TSI Comfortline – $46,812 Drive away
+Luxury Pack – $5000
+DAP – $2250
+Metallic Paint – $700

Total – $54,762
Discount – $4762 8.7%
Driveaway price = $50,000

Plus first service free too ($45 so really total discount is 9.5% off of RRP prices.

If anyone has questions ask away. But summed up, its a beautiful car. Incredibly happy and glad i picked this over the CX-5, Sportage or Tucson.

That is an awesome price, I was recently quoted 132TSI + Luxury Package for $48000 drive away so you have a way better deal. What dealer did you buy from?

[REXman]

Long time no speak watercooled. I'm a little bit older since the last purchase (5.5years). Hopefully getting a 132 TSI with luxury and maybe even DAP if I'm lucky. Coming out of a golf R.. Was seriously considering getting the 162 for a little bit more, but coming from a stage 2.5 R, I realise there just isn't anywhere bar a track I can give the car a boot anymore.. Anyway.. Maybe this is being your 30s..

Looking forward to new beast, whenever that may be. Might have to chuck some 19s on the chariot once the Mrs. Has given the stock ones a good go.

[Gladbach]

I finally picked up my car today!

ACC is amazing (first time user) but being able to whack on cruise control and it adjust to moving traffic including going from 100km/h to stop and then pulling away again was really fun. Add in the lane assist where it steers the car itself to remain within the lane and I'm blown away. Can't wait until truly driverless cars.

Thanks for your post. I'm really glad you mentioned this - the car that I test drove didn't have DAP so I wasn't able to test out the ACC, and up until now there were doubts about how it would work. There's a feature advertised in overseas models called traffic jam assist, which is essentially what you've described - having the car move with the traffic and stop when needed. I sit in a few KM's of stop start traffic each morning (takes about 20 mins to get through 2 intersections). It would be awesome to set the ACC and just have it move and stop when required.

[IsDon]

I have ordered/received my New Tiguan

Thanks for your post. I'm really glad you mentioned this - the car that I test drove didn't have DAP so I wasn't able to test out the ACC, and up until now there were doubts about how it would work. There's a feature advertised in overseas models called traffic jam assist, which is essentially what you've described - having the car move with the traffic and stop when needed. I sit in a few KM's of stop start traffic each morning (takes about 20 mins to get through 2 intersections). It would be awesome to set the ACC and just have it move and stop when required.

Traffic Jam Assist uses the Adaptive Cruise Control, but it's not the same thing as Lane Assist. Lane assist is the lane departure warning system and is designed to reduce the likelihood of the vehicle leaving its lane. It will nudge you back into your lane if you try to cross the lane marking without indicating. I think it only works above a certain speed as you don't want it stopping manoeuvring in car parks etc at slow speed. Traffic Jam Assist actually keeps your vehicle in the centre of the lane while using the ACC to manage the speed and is designed to me more autonomous than Lane Assist. Think of Lane Assist as a safety device when your distracted, while Traffic Jam Assist as an autonomous driving mode which only works below a certain speed. 65km/h I think.

I'm more familiar with Audis than VWs as I'm only about to dip a tow into the VW world, but have owned an A6 for a while. I was looking into the new Q7, and on the spec sheet for that it states the following are included in its description of the driver assistance pack:

"Audi active lane assist, adaptive cruise control with Audi pre sense front, traffic jam assist, collision assist and turn assist"

As you can see, Traffic Jam Assist and Lane Assist are listed as different things. As far as I'm aware the Tiguan has Lane Assist and not Traffic Jam Assist certainly in Australia. It's possible it may be able to be switched on through a VCDS tweak as I'm pretty certain it uses the same hardware.


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[Gladbach]

Cheers. To be honest, I don't mind having to steer in traffic, if the ACC will start and stop automatically then it will make a world of difference.

[IsDon]

Cheers. To be honest, I don't mind having to steer in traffic, if the ACC will start and stop automatically then it will make a world of difference.

I agree completely.


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[Fridgie877]

From what I have heard, the acc will disengage if stopped for more than 3 seconds and you will manual have to take off after that. Not sure if it will engage automatically after that or if you will have to reset it

[lxmlxm]

From what I have heard, the acc will disengage if stopped for more than 3 seconds and you will manual have to take off after that. Not sure if it will engage automatically after that or if you will have to reset it

I can confirm that this seems the case. However at it seems very sensitive to movement in front so on the freeway worked perfect. At lights it occasional didn't then move forward but all it took was me pressing the RES button and off it went, no touching the pedals.,

[peanut]

Unfortunately Traffic Jam Assist cannot be readily enabled with VCDS. It requires a separate radar unit, as well as control unit from Continental in order to function. This is also why we do not get AEB on vulnerable road users.

[Delewin]

Hi All,

I am keenly looking to buy either the 162TSI with DAP & R-line in Silver or Grey OR the Passat 206TSI in Silver or grey. I have not driven either of these cars. We (wife and I) are gong this weekend to try out both the 140TDI Highline with DAP & R Line and the Passat 206TSI.

Coming from an X Trail, my wife likes the high seating position and may favour the Tiguan. As we are mainly driving short metro distances the diesel is out of the question.

We are both in our 60’s so no young children to haul around. We like the practicality of the Tiguan and also the Passat wagon. Also our garage is small and made of solid brick on 3 sides. The Passat is about 250 mm longer than our current X trail but still will fit (just. ) The Tiguan is shorter so no worries. Both are wider so we will have to loose weight.

This is our first venture into European manufactured cars and I feel the VW provides better value compared to both MB and BMW. Also from what I can make out VW’s servicing costs are virtually half that of MB or BMW.

Sorry for the long winded lead up to the question I am asking.

If I want the Tiguan to have a 2017 build plate what would the earliest order time and when would I be likely to take delivery? I live in Sydney metro.

Thank you,
David

[andrew7]

Hi David

Sounds like you have some interesting choices ahead!

Looking firstly at timing, my understanding is that the first Tig 162 Highlines won't be in the country until ?April. Sounds like there have been production delays to explain the delays v the diesel Highlines. So obviously you won't be able to test drive this car in the near future.

Regarding the Passat 206, I come from a golf R with similar outputs to the Passat but clearly less weight/more aggressive handling/tune etc. Compared to the Tiggy 162 of course you'll have a 44kw bump in power which is clearly significant. Theyre in stock so take one for a drive and you'll see Check out the Skoda 206tsi as well (also available to drive now).

Some initial thoughts which may help

[tigger73]

If I want the Tiguan to have a 2017 build plate what would the earliest order time and when would I be likely to take delivery?

Simple answer is that if you're getting a car built to order you can specify 2017 build. Expect delivery in March/April.

[Delewin]

Hi tigger73 and andrew7. Thank you for your quick responses.

As you may have gathered it has been a long time since I purchased a new car.

I like the power of the of Passat. But I like the size and more practicality of the Tiguan.

The main decider will be my wife as she will be the main user and therefore must like what she drives.

On a unrelated point I really like the ease of hotting up the motor today as against the expense and time of yesteryear.

Either way I am sure i will be a very happy VW owner for many years to come.
Regards
David

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