Sunroof or no sunroof?

[Christopher]

Great. Thanks for the replies! This is a great feature and good to see that it does come standard!

[mattyf83]

To me, the money is better of spent on something more useful such as the RNS510 or auto-parking.
I will never own a car with a sunroof for a number of reasons:


Firstly, the structural compromise you have to make in order to have a vision area in your roof.

Secondly, the cost you have to bare in order to achieve said vision hole which will be of almost no use to you as the driver.

Thirdly, the cost vs benefit will almost always show that it isn't worth the extra money.

Fourthly, you have an extra item that you have to fork out quite an amount of money to fix when (not if) it breaks.

But you were willing to compromise your masculinity when you bought a Tiguan?

[team_v]

But you were willing to compromise your masculinity when you bought a Tiguan?

200+kw AWD, yeah that is very efeminate......

Then take into consideration that the tiguan is a "golf on stilts" and your argument backfires on yourself.

[mattyf83]

200+kw AWD, yeah that is very efeminate......

Then take into consideration that the tiguan is a "golf on stilts" and your argument backfires on yourself.

Yeah, especially through the corners.

[team_v]

Yeah, especially through the corners.

Nothing a set of springs / coilovers can't fix.
Oh and most golf owners do that to their car anyway to increase it's handling potential.


P.S. Nice change of argument point

[mattyf83]

Nothing a set of springs / coilovers can't fix.
Oh and most golf owners do that to their car anyway to increase it's handling potential.


P.S. Nice change of argument point

How was it a change, you were saying a tiguan is basically a golf on stilts. I was pointing out that i wouldnt want to take a golf with stilts through a corner, even less so if it had 200kw.

By the way what mods are you going to perform to get this 200kw and what is the cost?

[team_v]

How was it a change, you were saying a tiguan is basically a golf on stilts. I was pointing out that i wouldnt want to take a golf with stilts through a corner, even less so if it had 200kw.

By the way what mods are you going to perform to get this 200kw and what is the cost?

Apr stage 1 = 190kw.
Exhaust or intake for another 10kw.

The change in argument was due to you saying that owning a tiguan meant you had to give up your masculinity, and then when proved otherwise, you changed the argument to it's handling potential.



In the end, this is a thread about sunroof viability so please keep it that way.
I have never seen any good long term experience with sunroof's hence my argumetns against them.

[elisiX]

He's done it and its possible Matty. Simple APR tune and intake.

Now back on topic ladies.

[Corey_R]

Firstly, the structural compromise you have to make in order to have a vision area in your roof.

This isn't really an issue if the car is designed with the option for a sunroof in mind. I mean check out this image provided by VW (care of Worldcarfans):


As you can see, there is no 'structural components' in the area where the sunroof goes. Therefore having a sunroof does not affect the structural integrity of the Golf at all.

[team_v]

This isn't really an issue if the car is designed with the option for a sunroof in mind.

As you can see, there is no 'structural components' in the area where the sunroof goes. Therefore having a sunroof does not affect the structural integrity of the Golf at all.

It's more of a cosmetic structural integrity.

I.e. you have a hole cut in your roof and filled with glass which is likely to have the rubber seals perish and allow a water leak point to occur where it normally would not be possible.

It would also worry me if you managed to somehow roll your car.