Transporter or Vito ????

[Transporter]

Too soon mate to say that they will last. Give it 4-5 years, I say.

Sent from my GT-N8000

[Sunny43.5]

I will only add this our new van DSG equipped has not been driven enough to enable me to give any kind of honest long term opinion , I do notice strange shift patterns on the short drives so far it does "hold " going down hill then if you just lightly touch the accelerator it will upshift then if you take your foot off it down shifts again . I would prefer that the auto would just upshift gradually on a down hill on its own as it would seem to be then more natural . But my mates one which has done 20.000 kays he has had some very strange behavior so I advised him to ask VW to check for a software update that some other members have mentioned is available .

[SGG]

....false start

[IN2VWS]

Too soon mate to say that they will last. Give it 4-5 years, I say.

Sent from my GT-N8000

.....just as it is too soon to say they are failing mate.

[Transporter]

.....just as it is too soon to say they are failing mate.

I didn't say they're failing.


Sent from my GT-N8000

[Tornado T5]

I live 5 mins from Barloworld Bayside Moorabbin which has side-by-side Merc and VW dealers. I am now thinking more seriously about ordering a new van again (168,000+km) and will be interested to see how both brands "treat" me when I look to get quotes. Mind you my actual selling and servicing dealer has been Burwin's which is a 35Km drive from home however they have been very good to me and have been commercial van dealers for a very long time.

I think the ideal van (for me) would be the T5 body with 4 motion, add the MB V6 tdi, with a ZF 8 speed auto (as used in new BMW's)..oh wait....doesn't the Toureg have a 150-180kW V6 tdi and use the ZF 8 speed auto as does the Amarok.....come on VW......pull your engineering fingers out., they're in your parts bin already...and then the T5 can regain 3 red tdi badges on it's rear door.