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I haven't been on the forum much for a long time, though I still check in from time to time- its a great source of info and ideas. With our Tig now over 110,000 and over 5 years old we thought it useful to share our experience to date. We have had our Tig since July 2009 and still love it. Its been very reliable, always a pleasure to drive and holding together well.
We did the APR stage 1 mod at less than 10,000 kays so the engine, manual gearbox and clutch have all done over 100,000 with the stage 1 upgrade and on that it hasn't missed a beat. Very impressed with that upgrade and the ability of the stock Tig to handle the extra oomph. So far the Tig is the best car I have ever owned, and the Stage 1 upgrade has certainly helped to say that. It has also made the Tig a fantastic car for towing, with heaps of grunt down low.
We also installed some 'spacers' from J Cubed (south africa, no longer on this forum I believe) which lifted the car about 20mm in height all round. Again Car has done at least 80,000 klms on those now and still going well. Mrs is keen to pull those out now, and in fairness we haven't really used the extra clearance much in the way we have used the car.
However given we have a new toy now (replaced my aging but very reliable and consistent Hyundai EXcel) I'd like to keep it high for the point of difference - but the Tig is the Mrs daily drive now (and always has been!).
The new toy (and Mrs desire to lower the Tig again) came following a test drive of an Audi SQ5. Loved the SQ5 and certainly a step up from the Tig, but then it should be at the price and while we loved it, it didn't really have any more luggage room (compared with way we set up our Tig) and was soo good at what it did that it didn't feel faster than the Tig (in a straight line) even though it most certainly was.
But sometimes you get your hearts desire, just in a different form and for us it still arrived in the shape of a blue Audi, but as a 2009 Audi A3 2.0 quattro with an APR stage 1 tweak instead of an SQ5. And at less than a quarter of the price of the SQ5 and still significantly less kays than the Tig there is a lot to like about that. And so far I am loving it, certainly sits flat thru the corners, has a classy cabin and is quicker than the Tig. Pic below. However I do prefer the weighting of the Tigs steering.
I expect we will be keeping our Tig for many years to come, and driving a range of other cars recently in our search for a newer 2nd car, has simply illustrated how good the Tig is for us.
We did the APR stage 1 mod at less than 10,000 kays so the engine, manual gearbox and clutch have all done over 100,000 with the stage 1 upgrade and on that it hasn't missed a beat. Very impressed with that upgrade and the ability of the stock Tig to handle the extra oomph. So far the Tig is the best car I have ever owned, and the Stage 1 upgrade has certainly helped to say that. It has also made the Tig a fantastic car for towing, with heaps of grunt down low.
We also installed some 'spacers' from J Cubed (south africa, no longer on this forum I believe) which lifted the car about 20mm in height all round. Again Car has done at least 80,000 klms on those now and still going well. Mrs is keen to pull those out now, and in fairness we haven't really used the extra clearance much in the way we have used the car.
However given we have a new toy now (replaced my aging but very reliable and consistent Hyundai EXcel) I'd like to keep it high for the point of difference - but the Tig is the Mrs daily drive now (and always has been!).
The new toy (and Mrs desire to lower the Tig again) came following a test drive of an Audi SQ5. Loved the SQ5 and certainly a step up from the Tig, but then it should be at the price and while we loved it, it didn't really have any more luggage room (compared with way we set up our Tig) and was soo good at what it did that it didn't feel faster than the Tig (in a straight line) even though it most certainly was.
But sometimes you get your hearts desire, just in a different form and for us it still arrived in the shape of a blue Audi, but as a 2009 Audi A3 2.0 quattro with an APR stage 1 tweak instead of an SQ5. And at less than a quarter of the price of the SQ5 and still significantly less kays than the Tig there is a lot to like about that. And so far I am loving it, certainly sits flat thru the corners, has a classy cabin and is quicker than the Tig. Pic below. However I do prefer the weighting of the Tigs steering.
I expect we will be keeping our Tig for many years to come, and driving a range of other cars recently in our search for a newer 2nd car, has simply illustrated how good the Tig is for us.
and the rear hatch lock has stopped working (see my other thread on that).
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