Sad to see my GTI go

[mickofoz]

I currently own a '07 GTI. Sadly it has become a little small for me so I just upgraded to a new Tiguan.
I was seriously thinking about upgrading to the new GTI since it now offers DSG and a much more frugal 1.4TSI twincharged engine.
I love the new interior too. It also now comes with Sat Nav and climate control. What a car this is going to be.
I hope I will have as much fun in the new Tiguan.

[jesum]

I currently own a '07 GTI. Sadly it has become a little small for me so I just upgraded to a new Tiguan.
I was seriously thinking about upgrading to the new GTI since it now offers DSG and a much more frugal 1.4TSI twincharged engine.
I love the new interior too. It also now comes with Sat Nav and climate control. What a car this is going to be.
I hope I will have as much fun in the new Tiguan.

APR has an ECU remap for the Tiguan.

[mickofoz]

Apr

Love to get my new Tiggie chipped. I can already see my dealer's face we he finds out. LOL

[team_v]

APR has an ECU remap for the Tiguan.

APR also has a stage 3 tubo kit for the tiguan which bumps the power levels up to 370HP

From what i have heard, the tig is a very enjoyable vehicle with great functionality.

[mikepologti]

i was seriously thinking of a tiggy in future to, but im not sure how they handle the off road situations, i realise there not cape york material, but id be interested to hear how they go with easy to moderate off road.

[Sharkie]

I upgraded from a 06 GTI to a new Tiguan ..... 2.0T (with all its potential) and AWD. It solves all the issues I had with the GTI for me.

Big Plus .... in a manual its only about $7K more than a Polo GTI and with 200+kw will have any similarly powered Golf or Polo GTI for breakfast off the line .....

Its like a WRX but with class & style ......

[Guy_H]

We have several customers who do "long range dirt road touring" but don't know anyone who has given one a serious workout "off road" yet!

[Blitzen]

If they can get a 996 Porsche 911 C4 to Cape York(Wheels Magazine, they only raised it up about 20mm, and the rest was stock), I don't thing a Tig with have too many dramas!!

[Flaps]

Its like a WRX but with class & style ......

LOL I think you mean CRV.

[Sharkie]

LOL I think you mean CRV.

No, meant WRX ...... 2.0T and AWD .... (even the handling of a Tiguan is good, though obviously not quite as good)

[pogo_55]

No, meant WRX ...... 2.0T and AWD .... (even the handling of a Tiguan is good, though obviously not quite as good)

Mate, I think you should post that on the rexnet forum. I'm sure that topic would get closed much quicker than the Polo one. Still it would be a good laugh while it lasted.

[mickofoz]

Well.... a Tiguan with the 147 engine is quite quick.
Will it beat a WRX?

'fraid not! Sorry.

The Tiguan is a 4WD. That's it.

[team_v]

To be precise, the tiguan is actually an AWD Mini-SUV
With a chip and a few more upgrades i think it would match a WRX.

[mickofoz]

Team V, I hear you but if you need to put a chip into a Tig to beat the WRX, then you also need to put a chip into the WRX to be fair. Where does that leave your theory?
I don't want to slam the Tiguan, hell I'm getting one. But I'm not going to go as far as saying it can beat a WRX.

[team_v]

To be fair you would have to chip the WRX.

However one is a rally bred street car and one is a mini-suv/family car so they are never going to be on the same grounding.
The only real similarity is the engine size.

The Tig however provides most of the qualities of a WRX, however, it adds practicality where the WRX adds rally-bred abilities.