I have Learned Something Today

[AshB]

When in reverse with the camera on, if you activate the rear windshield spray jet by pushing the right stick all the way forward and holding, There is a water jet built into the reverse camera that activates and cleans that as well.

I saw this on a youtube video the other day (can't remember which, something about hidden features on a tiguan).

[Hillbilly]

When in reverse with the camera on, if you activate the rear windshield spray jet by pushing the right stick all the way forward and holding, There is a water jet built into the reverse camera that activates and cleans that as well.

I saw this on a youtube video the other day (can't remember which, something about hidden features on a tiguan).

Yep been mentioned a while ago Rub your finger across it and you can feel it in one corner od the unit

[AshB]

Yep been mentioned a while ago Rub your finger across it and you can feel it in one corner od the unit

I missed that post. I had felt the bump before and wondered what it was.

[grimmdex]

When the car is in normal mode and the gear stick is in the D/S position , if you pull straight back on the stick and let go it switches to sport mode. Pull back again and it goes into normal again. I found this by accident as I always had a manual for 30 odd years and the brain got confused one day and tried to shift gears. This is my preferred method now to shift from D to S mode.

[PDMJO]

When the car is in normal mode and the gear stick is in the D/S position , if you pull straight back on the stick and let go it switches to sport mode. Pull back again and it goes into normal again. I found this by accident as I always had a manual for 30 odd years and the brain got confused one day and tried to shift gears. This is my preferred method now to shift from D to S mode.

Then you must love the paddle shifters

[grimmdex]

Then you must love the paddle shifters

Actually no. I just about never use the paddles , mainly because even in sport mode the gearbox keeps changing the gears by itself ( downshifting when slowing down). Its pretty annoying. My other car is a Jag XF S and when in sport mode you must make every shift like in a real manual. That works well for my brain. I just can't get used to the Tiguan's paddles for some reason when it makes half the gear changes for you.

[Simonr23]

And when the paddle shifters WONT shift gears.
My diesel refuses to do 1-2 and 2-3 below 2300rpm.
It’s a horrible system setting. Almost as though it has a n/a petrol calibration, as opposed to a turbo diesel.
It makes the driving experience feel **** during suburban driving.

[RaID]

Actually no. I just about never use the paddles , mainly because even in sport mode the gearbox keeps changing the gears by itself ( downshifting when slowing down). Its pretty annoying. My other car is a Jag XF S and when in sport mode you must make every shift like in a real manual. That works well for my brain. I just can't get used to the Tiguan's paddles for some reason when it makes half the gear changes for you.

If you use the paddle shifter in D/S mode after 60 sec it will revert back to auto. To use the paddle shifters like a real manual you need to shift the gear stick to the left, then it wont auto shift. It will only shift down at low revs to prevent the car from stalling.

[iDiesel]

When the car is in normal mode and the gear stick is in the D/S position , if you pull straight back on the stick and let go it switches to sport mode...<snip>...This is my preferred method now to shift from D to S mode.

I use it for the occasional sport blast, but still use the drive mode selector as the sport settings really stiffen up the suspension compared to my individual mode which I have DCC on comfort mode.

[Ozsko]

I use the manual mode on long downhill descents of which we have a few of around here, one is about 4km, I move the lever to the left and select the gear either via the gear lever or using the paddles. When the gear lever is in the right hand position and the paddles have been used to select a gear then holding the right hand paddle up towards the steering wheel reverts back to the selected mode on the lever.