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Howdy folks,
My first post on the site and a long time volkswagen nutter. I have owned nearly all VW models from golf MK4, MK3, Passat sedan, Passat wagon, R32 Mk1, Golf MKV GTI, Toureg V6 and now the new Tiguan 103TDI.
Today is the third day of our Tiguan experience. I traded my 2006 GTI DSG for the Tiguan. I have two kids, and wanted a more comfortable car for lugging them, and myself around in. Space in the cabin was important, but not so much in the boot. we also own a current spec Rav4 2.5 4cyl.
I drove both the manual and auto Tiggy's and with both leather and cloth trim options.
I ended up buying a Manual (which i felt drove much better) with comfort pack, leather trim, satnav, metallic paint, rear parking sensors, and fog lights.
My first impressions are wonderful. The manual has plenty of power and doesn't have the wind down drawbacks of the auto box. for me, (6'4) the seats are brilliant, even better than the toureg which were flat and hard.
Gimicks and gadgets I love, and it has ample. everything is typical VW, mind you it does show it's been built to a price. it misses out on the little things like metal glove box handle, gas struts under the bonnet, fuel filler release in the cabin, scuff plates (now optional) and a few other things, however these have been replaced with other nice items like ipod connection, seat trays in the back and many other items.
Luggage room is really surprising, whist it looks small, is actually bigger than the golf, (only a little though) on the second day after collection, I picked up some family from the airport and drove 300 k's with 4 large suitcases in the back, two briefcases and two overnight bags, and three large adults up front.
The back seat passenger remarked how comfortable they were as did the passenger up front. the car had plenty of power and gripped well to the road as it was raining.
Fuel use was great at an average of 5.9L per 100klm during the trip. I was impressed after all it's not run in yet.
The reverse camera is brilliant, and a sinch to use once you have played with it a bit, and the satnav, i could go on about for hours, brilliant to use, DVD picture and audio is amazing, and the navigation much better than my garmin Nuvi. it takes a 2GB (nothing Bigger) SD card and reads direct from it or store the music directly on the 30g hard drive. The compass feature is also great.
16" rims seem today to be a thing of the past, but gave a wonderful ride and extremely quiet on hankook tyres. (another cost cutback - yet I am impressed with the lack of road noise - what happened to my continentals?).
All in all - I have been very impressed so far, and would rate this as the most comfortable VW to ride in that i have owned yet.
If you want good euro quality, a nice comfy ride and economy, good seating for four large adults or two adults and three kids, this car is great! luggage storage whilst good - would be it's only drawback. Compared to our Rav4 in luggage storage, the rav4 eats it for breakfast.
VW have a winner here, and I do agree it will be an outstanding seller in todays market.
Cheers for now,
Philbie!
My first post on the site and a long time volkswagen nutter. I have owned nearly all VW models from golf MK4, MK3, Passat sedan, Passat wagon, R32 Mk1, Golf MKV GTI, Toureg V6 and now the new Tiguan 103TDI.
Today is the third day of our Tiguan experience. I traded my 2006 GTI DSG for the Tiguan. I have two kids, and wanted a more comfortable car for lugging them, and myself around in. Space in the cabin was important, but not so much in the boot. we also own a current spec Rav4 2.5 4cyl.
I drove both the manual and auto Tiggy's and with both leather and cloth trim options.
I ended up buying a Manual (which i felt drove much better) with comfort pack, leather trim, satnav, metallic paint, rear parking sensors, and fog lights.
My first impressions are wonderful. The manual has plenty of power and doesn't have the wind down drawbacks of the auto box. for me, (6'4) the seats are brilliant, even better than the toureg which were flat and hard.
Gimicks and gadgets I love, and it has ample. everything is typical VW, mind you it does show it's been built to a price. it misses out on the little things like metal glove box handle, gas struts under the bonnet, fuel filler release in the cabin, scuff plates (now optional) and a few other things, however these have been replaced with other nice items like ipod connection, seat trays in the back and many other items.
Luggage room is really surprising, whist it looks small, is actually bigger than the golf, (only a little though) on the second day after collection, I picked up some family from the airport and drove 300 k's with 4 large suitcases in the back, two briefcases and two overnight bags, and three large adults up front.
The back seat passenger remarked how comfortable they were as did the passenger up front. the car had plenty of power and gripped well to the road as it was raining.
Fuel use was great at an average of 5.9L per 100klm during the trip. I was impressed after all it's not run in yet.
The reverse camera is brilliant, and a sinch to use once you have played with it a bit, and the satnav, i could go on about for hours, brilliant to use, DVD picture and audio is amazing, and the navigation much better than my garmin Nuvi. it takes a 2GB (nothing Bigger) SD card and reads direct from it or store the music directly on the 30g hard drive. The compass feature is also great.
16" rims seem today to be a thing of the past, but gave a wonderful ride and extremely quiet on hankook tyres. (another cost cutback - yet I am impressed with the lack of road noise - what happened to my continentals?).
All in all - I have been very impressed so far, and would rate this as the most comfortable VW to ride in that i have owned yet.
If you want good euro quality, a nice comfy ride and economy, good seating for four large adults or two adults and three kids, this car is great! luggage storage whilst good - would be it's only drawback. Compared to our Rav4 in luggage storage, the rav4 eats it for breakfast.
VW have a winner here, and I do agree it will be an outstanding seller in todays market.
Cheers for now,
Philbie!
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