I have ordered/received my New Tiguan

[kacak]

dealer gave me a vin on the spot. Expected arrival in Brisbane on 5 October.

Wow, that's great - I think I read somewhere that you can track VINs yourself on some system (not sure how).
Not sure why I'm having no luck with my dealer - anyone else with similar issues?

[Gladbach]

I ordered a 132tsi at the end of August and the dealer gave me a vin on the spot. Expected arrival in Brisbane on 5 October.

Have you tracked the VIN through the website?

[Canook]

Have you tracked the VIN through the website?

Yup. You can work out what ship its on through the the WW shipping website and then track it live on Marine Traffic. Watched it go through the Panama Canal earlier this week. Next stop Auckland, then on to Brisbane. It's been good fun watching it travel the world but the gf thinks I've lost the plot...

[Gladbach]

OK, cool, sounds like it's definitely on track for the ETA then. One of the advantages to getting a 132 I guess. I have to wait a little bit longer for the 162

[hcvo1]

OK, cool, sounds like it's definitely on track for the ETA then. One of the advantages to getting a 132 I guess. I have to wait a little bit longer for the 162

Good things come to people who wait


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[aussietig]

For those that have ordered a Comfortline Tig and want at least the Highline steering wheel, I have a flappy paddle DSG for sale here:

Golf 7 Flappy Paddle/DSG steering wheel (5G0419091 DN E74)

PM me if interested.

Just another bump and do want to provide Comfortline Tig owners that stayed strong and didn't get coerced into a Highline, first dibs at this.

[Fridgie877]

May i ask why you thing they would be coerced? Personally i would only buy the highline with r line pack, anything under that doesn't interest me

[aussietig]

May i ask why you thing they would be coerced? Personally i would only buy the highline with r line pack, anything under that doesn't interest me

There are many out there (including myself) who only wanted a 132TSI with R Line pack.
Quite frankly, without it ... it looks pretty fugly and especially in White which is what I wanted.

That's what you could do in the first and outgoing Gen 1 Tig (i.e. add R Line to a 132TSI).

But NO ... not an option this time, but is everywhere else in the world (including for our richer cousins in NZ).

Must buy a Highline in order to get it.

If that's not "coercion", then what is?

[tigger73]

If you were able to option up the car like they do in some other countries, then I'd be looking at a 132TSI AWD with Adaptive Cruise Control, flappy paddle steering wheel and if my budget stretched that far R-line kit with the Adaptive Chassis Control. Ideally I'd be paying ~$40k without R-line and $44k with.

How the models/options are configured at the moment I'd be paying $10-15k more for options that I didn't really want. I understand bundling options packages makes it easy for inventory management, but the customer ends up paying a premium because of it (or in the worst case goes and buys something else).

[NZ_GolfR]

There are many out there (including myself) who only wanted a 132TSI with R Line pack.
Quite frankly, without it ... it looks pretty fugly and especially in White which is what I wanted.

That's what you could do in the first and outgoing Gen 1 Tig (i.e. add R Line to a 132TSI).

But NO ... not an option this time, but is everywhere else in the world (including for our richer cousins in NZ).

Must buy a Highline in order to get it.

If that's not "coercion", then what is?

That isn't an option here in NZ for us either. We don't have an R Line pack to add, we get one R Line model that only has the 162TSI engine and that is it, there is no TDI R Line option for us at all so we have even less options. We have a 110TDI or a 132TSI in the Comfort and Highline or you go to the 162TSI R Line.

Personally that is fine for me as I only wanted the 162TSI engine since I am coming from a Golf R and didn't want anything too much slower. A quick ECU upgrade and I can be similar power to what I current have if I want though I don't think I will do that straight away, maybe later down the track.

I can see how some people might want the styling of the R Line but prefer the cheaper engine options but since we are on the other side of the world I guess our options are a bit more limited. This may just be for the initial release and more options/variations maybe available down the track, were all options and variations available when the Gen1 was initially released?


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