Tiguan boot space

[Rocket]

Well I played golf for first time since picking up Tig and I must
say the boot space is ****e, really disapointed

can't even get my smaller stand bag in without pulling 40 split
all the way forward, even my old '93 pulsar can take all of my
bags sideways! Just a silly designed boot space

Yeah i took one for a drive today, and my big concern is also boot space. My fullsize bag of clubs and buggy (folded down) will easily require seats to be folded, let alaon taking mine and a mates clubs and buggys. I guess I have to decide if I am ok with that, cos it is quite shoddy, spending $40k on a great built and performing SUV that can't carry much...

[marcsamus]

Wouldn't that have been evident when you bought the car?

It looked very evident when I looked at the pix of a golf bag
in the boot that, call me silly, but a golf bag actually fit in the
boot and not just a scaled down model of a golf bag

Did you see that picture before you posted?

[bxpressiv]

Boot size has been a real deal breaker for me. This is the car I have wanted and was going to get but it just wasn't compatible with my family and two dogs so had to get something bigger.

Ever since I was young I wanted a VW Golf, then I got married and had a kid and got two dogs so naturally I looked at the Tiguan. After convincing myself it was the car for me I needed to look at it more practically and it just didn't tick that final box. Other than that I love it.

[Rocket]

It looked very evident when I looked at the pix of a golf bag
in the boot that, call me silly, but a golf bag actually fit in the
boot and not just a scaled down model of a golf bag

Did you see that picture before you posted?

Thats not a bag... this is a bag! And it doesn't even have the rain cover on it!



The other bag is an absolutely skinny basic bag (no offense to the owner of said bag), but for anyone with anything of usable size full of clubs (in terms or golf bags/cart bags), they wont fit in diagonally.

[Sanman]

Boot size has been a real deal breaker for me. This is the car I have wanted and was going to get but it just wasn't compatible with my family and two dogs so had to get something bigger.
Ever since I was young I wanted a VW Golf

The Golf wagon has the space you're looking for - and they're about to release it here. The load space is significantly bigger than the Golf/Tiguan, and it drives just like a Golf. I hire one every time I go to Germany -will sit on 180km/h all day even filled with kids and luggage.

[marcsamus]

Thats not a bag... this is a bag! And it doesn't even have the rain cover on it!



The other bag is an absolutely skinny basic bag (no offense to the owner of said bag), but for anyone with anything of usable size full of clubs (in terms or golf bags/cart bags), they wont fit in diagonally.

You're not wrong, my stand bag is bigger than that and I think I'd have to take the rear seats out to fit my staff bag and buggy in there

I should have checked, might have been better to get the RAV with the V6, who am I kidding, I love my Tig, apart from the glove box sized boot

I'll take a pic and post for all you golfers out there.

[Spook]

Boot size has been a real deal breaker for me. This is the car I have wanted and was going to get but it just wasn't compatible with my family and two dogs so had to get something bigger.

Ever since I was young I wanted a VW Golf, then I got married and had a kid and got two dogs so naturally I looked at the Tiguan. After convincing myself it was the car for me I needed to look at it more practically and it just didn't tick that final box. Other than that I love it.

This is true for me also. I loved the GTI and was thinking about getting one, but we then got a new addition to the family. and suddenly the GTI doesn't seem like a good idea. Then the Tiguan got launched. Had a look and realised that the boot space would be too small to put in the stroller, and the shopping, and would be an even tighter squeeze when we go on hols. I loved that the Tig was compact, just a little too compact for us. Would be great in a few years time when we no longer need to ferry the stroller around.

The Golf wagon has the space you're looking for - and they're about to release it here. The load space is significantly bigger than the Golf/Tiguan, and it drives just like a Golf. I hire one every time I go to Germany -will sit on 180km/h all day even filled with kids and luggage.

Exactly what I have been thinking too (more here for those interested). In NZ the Golf wagon is only available in either the 90TSI or 77TDI versions. Hopefully we will at least get the 118TSI, but at the moment I'm leaning towards the Skoda Octavia RS. Mind you, I've not completely given up on the GTI or Tiguan yet. The heart is still trying to convince the head that it's do-able .

[Tigman66]

The boot size was the reason why I originally crossed the Tiguan off my shopping list. I carry a lot of work gear around and also play in a band every other weekend so space was a big consideration.

In the end, it was the drive that won me over. No other cars in that price range felt as good and solid and sure-footed as the Tiguan.

I've been driving with one of the rear seats permanently down most of the time, and enjoying every minute of it.

But it's a personal choice, if the boost space is a deal-breaker then you might have to look elsewhere, go Skoda Scout or step up to the Toureg?

[marcsamus]

Finally got around to taking a pic of my small bag in Tig glovebox, sorry...boot

[NZTiguan]

Are your back seats forward in their tracks or right back ?

[avalasia]

i have found that i need to drop 1 of the rear seats to fit my bag and cart.

If only there were a few more cm's of space in the boot, im not asking for tooo much

[jimbomort]

Are your back seats forward in their tracks or right back ?

good question and they look right back to me, note where rear seat matches side wall of boot space on left, there'd be a big gap there if the seat was forward.

I haven't measured the travel, but I had to pick up some bulky stuff this morning, and the rear seat travel made all the difference, the boot space is quite good with the seat slid forward - and seems like there is at least 15-20cm of travel there for the back seats to slide on.

So by the looks of that photo the Golf clubs would fit easily with the back seat slid forward on its travel

[marcsamus]

I generally move the right hand seat forward about half way

In the pic the seats are all the way back

[NZTiguan]

I generally move the right hand seat forward about half way

In the pic the seats are all the way back

Are you saying that the clubs wont fit in with the seat forward ? If not then to me it's not a big issue but then it wouldn't worry me at all to have to put the 1/3 seat right down to fit something in, it is after all a very easy seat to fold down and up.

Cheers

[marcsamus]

Are you saying that the clubs wont fit in with the seat forward ? If not then to me it's not a big issue but then it wouldn't worry me at all to have to put the 1/3 seat right down to fit something in, it is after all a very easy seat to fold down and up.

Cheers

That's right, they don't fit unless the seats are moved

At the start of this thread is a pic of clubs that fit with no seat
movement. I was just highlighting that a real set of clubs won't
fit, pretty disapointing in an suv