My Tiguan has arrived and this is my experience so far

[Delewin]

Hi All, I have started this thread to allow Gen 2 Tiguan owners to share their experiences with the rest of us as we patiently (or not) wait for our Tiguan to arrive.

It will also be a place for questions to be asked and answered.

Happy posting.
David

[shanelord]

My wife has taken ownership of her White 132 ComfortLine. We've added the luxury pack, driver assist pack and sunroof.

What can I say. It's an amazing car. Comfortable, stylish and the safety features in the driver assist pack are just amazing. (If you're on the fence whether to add driver assist, don't hesitate to get it. I feel I'm now driving one of the safest cars in the world.)

Shane.


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[Delewin]

Hi Shane. I fully agree with you. The DAP is a mandatory add on.

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[Gladbach]

I actually think that Tiguans without DAP will likely suffer from steeper depreciation.

[Delewin]

Most likely.

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[Mac135]

The DAP is a mandatory add on.

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I remain skeptical about DAP in general. In terms of park assist if I can't park the thing I certainly shouldn't be driving it and have vowed never to use it. Furthermore I wonder if things like ACC actually disconnect the driver from the act of being in control of the car rather than enhance it. We have DAP included but I remain deeply unconvinced about the 'benefits' of all of the DAP functions. I guess we shall see.

[Delewin]

Hi Mac135,

I agree that Park Assist is not a high priority feature but the Active Cruise Control is just fantastic especially in city driving.

This is the main feature that sold me on the Tiguan when I test drove a 132TSI with DAP. When I was road testing the 132 and ACC was on, I could accelerate and brake at any time. I was in complete control. I let it do the work of automatically braking and accelerating but had my foot “hovering” over the brake pedal, “Just in case”


Just my 2 cents worth.
David

[Mac135]

Hi Mac135,

I agree that Park Assist is not a high priority feature but the Active Cruise Control is just fantastic especially in city driving.

This is the main feature that sold me on the Tiguan when I test drove a 132TSI with DAP. When I was road testing the 132 and ACC was on, I could accelerate and brake at any time. I was in complete control. I let it do the work of automatically braking and accelerating but had my foot “hovering” over the brake pedal, “Just in case”


Just my 2 cents worth.
David

And a well argued 2 cents too. As I said we shall see what I really feel about it when we pick it up in about 5 weeks - Australia Day give or take.

[shanelord]

I remain skeptical about DAP in general. In terms of park assist if I can't park the thing I certainly shouldn't be driving it and have vowed never to use it. Furthermore I wonder if things like ACC actually disconnect the driver from the act of being in control of the car rather than enhance it. We have DAP included but I remain deeply unconvinced about the 'benefits' of all of the DAP functions. I guess we shall see.

I also see the park assist as a show off feature that I'll never use.

The 360° parking camera, lane change warning, ACC and lane assist are phenomenal. Also while I've never experienced the rear impact detection (and hope I never do), knowing it's there is comforting.

Definitely I don't feel disconnected from driving experience - in fact IMHO the lane assist is underrated - few times a slight distraction was saved by a gentle auto adjust by the system to stay in the lane.

I hope you love it as much as I do.

Thanks,
Shane.



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[Gladbach]

Park assist is standard throughout the whole range, so not sure why it's being argued as a useless DAP feature.

[kacak]

Park assist is standard throughout the whole range, so not sure why it's being argued as a useless DAP feature.

Exactly.
+1 for ACC as the key factor for DAP option, as I've also mentioned in a previous post elsewhere. Area view is also pretty cool and a surprisingly useful feature. Finally, Active Info Display is basically the cherry on top for me 😀

[Maxim1234]

Picked up a 110tdi with DAP and luxury package and I'm loving everything about it, except for knowing that it is detuned. Anyone know of anywhere that could do a good tune?


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[RYD11R]

We have had our 140TDI Highline, R-Line with all features for 5 days now and absolutely love it. We had asked for the tow bar to be installed as well. Smooth drive, love the pano roof amazing, in love with the cluster (want to fit it in my golf), internal space and the options to adjust seating etc is amazing. Power is plenty enough for the wife and the electronic features are incredible.

Few things for potential buyers to note:
- The load liner accessory doesn't fit, we had asked for this as part of our deal and when it arrived tried it and it will cause damage to your trim as its not flexible and prevents the rear tail from closing, in addition you have to move the rear seats forward to fit it. So we ended up getting the tray instead.
- Tow bar. When you remove the tongue and attempt to put the hitch cover on the one supplied does not fit an R-Line rear bar. It will cause you to push your bar in to fit so an internal hitch cover is required.

[Beowulf]

We have had our 140TDI Highline, R-Line with all features for 5 days now and absolutely love it. We had asked for the tow bar to be installed as well. Smooth drive, love the pano roof amazing, in love with the cluster (want to fit it in my golf), internal space and the options to adjust seating etc is amazing. Power is plenty enough for the wife and the electronic features are incredible.

Few things for potential buyers to note:
- The load liner accessory doesn't fit, we had asked for this as part of our deal and when it arrived tried it and it will cause damage to your trim as its not flexible and prevents the rear tail from closing, in addition you have to move the rear seats forward to fit it. So we ended up getting the tray instead.
- Tow bar. When you remove the tongue and attempt to put the hitch cover on the one supplied does not fit an R-Line rear bar. It will cause you to push your bar in to fit so an internal hitch cover is required.

Hi RYD11R, based on the above assume it's a horizontal tow bar? Did they cut the rear bumper? I've got a 162 rline on order in tungsten and want a tow on it as well. The dealer I've been working with hasn't had to install one on an rline as yet so couldn't tell me much without talking to the service area. Any chance of getting a photo of the tow bar? Thanks

[VWVY]

- The load liner accessory doesn't fit, we had asked for this as part of our deal and when it arrived tried it and it will cause damage to your trim as its not flexible and prevents the rear tail from closing, in addition you have to move the rear seats forward to fit it. So we ended up getting the tray instead.

Any chance of pics of the problem areas of the load liner while you are at it too?
Sounds like I should reconsider getting the liner.