How much should I pay... Tiguan pricing.

[photoforum]

By the way still struggling if should tick the "leather + elec seat" for 4k or not seems lot of others here have it ticked, any comment please?

I got the leather after owning a BMW for 14 years one of the first things to go was the cloth seats start to get shabby with wear tears , leather usually improves with age, its well stitched and nice leather plus u get adjustable lumber support , heating etc. it is expensive but if you plan to keep it more than 3 years I would do it (I did!) They dont seem to have had much conditioning from new so I gave mine a beeswax polish coating which improved the look and feel 100%, I'll be doing that every 6 months (and you can do the vinyl with the same while you're at it.)

[VW529394]

Thansk for your advice Transporter and photoforum, seems so positive to me will give the dealer a call tomorrow and hope it's not too late to add it and bargain a bit off from $4k

[ralp2dam]

I prefer the cloth seats, but the leather in Tig is nice, the seats are nicer than the cloth seats. The practicality is a different story though. I would say if you prefer the leather and the budget allows, go for it!

Congratulation on the Tig, by the way!

I concur.

[aussietig]

If you want heated seats ... then unfortunately you need to tick the leather option.

B@$t@rd$ have this First World problem and us all figured out!

[Scottitig]

Price wise i have been offered a black 155tsi with sunroof, sat nav and new york alloys for 48,000 however i wanted white so have gone for a white 155tsi with sat nav and bi xenons for 47,000. Either way think i have done okay. Eta mid september, just in time for my birthday 

[Alpha Centauri]

Price wise i have been offered a black 155tsi with sunroof, sat nav and new york alloys for 48,000 however i wanted white so have gone for a white 155tsi with sat nav and bi xenons for 47,000. Either way think i have done okay. Eta mid september, just in time for my birthday 

Are those driveaway prices? If so, they're pretty good deals.

[Scottitig]

Drive away, so yeah was pretty happy with them.

[tj9630]

Ahhhh, spent 3 weeks bargaining with 3 different dealers

Austral VW
White Pacific Base Model Drive away 37180
+3000 retrofit leather
+3400 Sat Nav/RVC
44280

Byrant byrt
White Pacific Base model drive away $37000
+2500 retrofit leather
+3400 sat nav (3700 with RVC)
42900

All of the above dealers had no stock delivery within 3-5 months!

Found a sutherland VW in sydney
White pacific base model drive away 36338
With Proper Leather Pack (factory fitted) + Sat Nav + RVC for 42100 Drive away! in stock now!

I found it really hard to get dealers to budge on prices... but happy with what i got in the end

but yea Im flying down to sydney for a holiday and driving it up!

[VW529394]

Ahhhh, spent 3 weeks bargaining with 3 different dealers

Austral VW
White Pacific Base Model Drive away 37180
+3000 retrofit leather
+3400 Sat Nav/RVC
44280

Byrant byrt
White Pacific Base model drive away $37000
+2500 retrofit leather
+3400 sat nav (3700 with RVC)
42900

All of the above dealers had no stock delivery within 3-5 months!

Found a sutherland VW in sydney
White pacific base model drive away 36338
With Proper Leather Pack (factory fitted) + Sat Nav + RVC for 42100 Drive away! in stock now!

I found it really hard to get dealers to budge on prices... but happy with what i got in the end

but yea Im flying down to sydney for a holiday and driving it up!

Was it an Auto or Manual? If it's an auto then the price is really good. BTW I have asked the Sutherland dealer before but unfortunately they have no White one with Sunroof so I ended up placing an factory build order which won't come till Christmas T_T. Congrat on your Tiguan neway!

[team_v]

Ahhhh, spent 3 weeks bargaining with 3 different dealers

Austral VW
White Pacific Base Model Drive away 37180
+3000 retrofit leather
+3400 Sat Nav/RVC
44280

Byrant byrt
White Pacific Base model drive away $37000
+2500 retrofit leather
+3400 sat nav (3700 with RVC)
42900

All of the above dealers had no stock delivery within 3-5 months!

Found a sutherland VW in sydney
White pacific base model drive away 36338
With Proper Leather Pack (factory fitted) + Sat Nav + RVC for 42100 Drive away! in stock now!

I found it really hard to get dealers to budge on prices... but happy with what i got in the end

but yea Im flying down to sydney for a holiday and driving it up!

I found Austral to be not helpful on pricing as well.
Hope it turns out alright on the trip home.

[Pickles]

Ahhhh, spent 3 weeks bargaining with 3 different dealers

Austral VW
White Pacific Base Model Drive away 37180
+3000 retrofit leather
+3400 Sat Nav/RVC
44280

Byrant byrt
White Pacific Base model drive away $37000
+2500 retrofit leather
+3400 sat nav (3700 with RVC)
42900

All of the above dealers had no stock delivery within 3-5 months!

Found a sutherland VW in sydney
White pacific base model drive away 36338
With Proper Leather Pack (factory fitted) + Sat Nav + RVC for 42100 Drive away! in stock now!

I found it really hard to get dealers to budge on prices... but happy with what i got in the end

but yea Im flying down to sydney for a holiday and driving it up!

TJ9630,
Are they registering it in NSW first prior to you taking it back up to QLD, I assume QLD as you said Austral & Bryant Byrt.
I did the reverse and brought in QLD and then drove to NSW.
One thing to be aware of though. If you transfer the rego across to the other state. You can claim back the rego and third party, but you don't get the stamp duty refunded. Then when you register it in the other state you get hit with the stamp duty again for that appropriate state.
Something to weigh up when getting a car in stock from another State vs a 6mth wait.

[tj9630]

Yup Yup! it took a bit of logistics planning to get the car up,

transport was $1300.

The guys @ sutherland offered to pay for a Unregistered Car permit for 3 days, so I can drive the car up to brissie, and pay the rego and stamp duty when I get up here.... So yeah I dont pay the NSW stampduty+rego!

So it works out pretty good in the end!

These were all auto prices, so take 2500 off to get manual...

[tigger73]

When I bought my car interstate (as the local dealer wouldn't play ball on price) I flew over and drove back on a permit, then registered and paid stamp duty etc.

It may cost a little more but if you use the car for work purposes you can claim the travel costs back on tax.

And the interstate dealers are often keen to get a sale. If they get an interstate enquiry they are pretty sure they've got a serious buyer so are likely to give their best price. It's a sale that they otherwise wouldn't have got so they may be prepared to go a little lower.

It really hasn't cost them much to get the enquiry (hasn't tied their salesman up for hours, cost them time & $ doing test drives, petrol/rego/insurance/depreciation for demo cars etc). Also they know if there are any issues post delivery then it's not going to be their problem (well that's the way the sales guys will see it anyway).

So all that said the interstate (and regional) dealers should be able to come up with a competitive price if they take out all the "cost of sale" items out of their price.

Certainly pays to shop around once you've finalised on your model/colour/list of accessories.

[tj9630]

Picked up tiguan

Picked up the tiguan from vw Sutherland...

Did all things in the new car check list however... Theyh wouldn't give me the sat nav disc... Apparently I shouldn't need it cos all dealers should do updates when they service your car... And eh wouldn't give me my radio code... Apparently all dealers should be able to look it up if required and it's only really needed when the battery is changed/ disconnected...

I dunno.. I could really sit there are chuck a hissy fit too much... I hope I won't be burnt by missing those things..

Otherwise the car is a beauty, really enjoyed taking the car for 1000kms up back to brissie....

Now I'm purchasing a whole heap of nano lex car care products... And I've been trying to find rubber mats for the bloody car!!! Nothing fits!!! I might just have to buy them from the dealer!!! The uk assessories are selling back and front mats for around 180 inc shipping...

In other news someone banged their door into my door left a tiny dint and some red paint

[BMan]

Picked up the tiguan from vw Sutherland...

... Theyh wouldn't give me the sat nav disc... Apparently I shouldn't need it cos all dealers should do updates when they service your car... And eh wouldn't give me my radio code... Apparently all dealers should be able to look it up if required and it's only really needed when the battery is changed/ disconnected...

I dunno.. I could really sit there are chuck a hissy fit too much... I hope I won't be burnt by missing those things..
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Hi tj9630...Congratulations on your new purchase. I myself picked up the 155 TSi in early June this year and its a fab car. I am sure you would have enjoyed your 1000 km cruise...and the car will give you a lot more pleasure over time.

On the matter regarding the NAV disk, i insisted the dealer provide this to me (based on information else where in this forum) and they agreed to have it ordered. Apparently there is an update to the current maps and they have not received the updated disk either. You should insist that the disk be ordered for you if you really want it.

As for the radio codes, I got spun a story about how it is a rolling code and is seeded in the factory (almost like 2 Factor Authentication). Therefore any code they give me now may be obsolete by the time I need to use it. I didn't quite buy the story - as it seems too much trouble for a radio code. But given I had a factory installed RNS 510 if I run into any trouble I will take the vehicle back to my dealer for a fix.

Your dealer should also be able to throw in the rubber mats...just press them for it. They cave in eventually. I got a set of Carpet mats and rubber mats (Original VW) from the dealer. If this fails I also found that Autobhan (in Granville Sydney) had cheap rubber mats that could easily be cut to size and fit well - for under $40.