Joining the Tiguan club - 162TSI Sportline in Tungsten Silver

[Dan_3MPS]

It's sitting in the garage now, only driven about 100km. Got the windows tinted today which improved the looks even more. Made the privacy glass even darker and just went legal on the front, at least the green tinge you get from manufacturers standard glass is now gone.

Have found that I'm running around with the adaptive dampers on the comfort setting for town, which works well.

Things I've noticed straight away:
- The LED headlights are incredible
- It's so quiet compared to my old Mk6 GTI
- Stop/start doesn't annoy me as much as I thought it would, found I'm leaving it on most of the time
- Lane assist is taking some getting used to!
- I'm going quicker than I think I am, covers ground with very little fuss and drama
- Pretty handy off the lights at the traffic light GP if you're ready for it
- 20 inch wheels in dark grey with Continental Sport Contact 5's are awesome, a lot of wheel and tyre for the $

I haven't tried any of the park assist modes, adaptive cruise etc yet. Still getting used to proximity key and all that as well, I'm used to pressing lock/unlock so it will take me a while.

In comparison to my old car, I feel like I've bought a grown ups car so that's taking me a bit of time to wrap my head around. It's not perfect, and over time I may tweak a few things but as package I'm more impressed every time I drive it. In the few days I've had it I haven't wished for the GTI to be back in my garage, so I guess that's a positive!

Edit: And I forgot to mention that at 6'5" it's the first car I've owned where an adult can sit behind my driving position without me changing it. I can sit behind my driving position and it would be more than tolerable for quite a while.