My Tiguan has arrived and this is my experience so far

[Gladbach]

Yeah, I think you're right. I also noticed in the individual profile, one of the options is ACC. Theoretically you could set the drive to eco and the ACC to sport. I might give it a try this afternoon.

I didn't get to do too much with ACC this afternoon (not as much traffic as usual) but it does appear to make a difference.

[Chocolate_Bear]

I didn't get to do too much with ACC this afternoon (not as much traffic as usual) but it does appear to make a difference.

Thanks for the update mate !


Tiguan 162tsi Rline fully loaded (June 2017) - NSW, Northern Beaches

[hcvo1]

I didn't get to do too much with ACC this afternoon (not as much traffic as usual) but it does appear to make a difference.

On a different note, as much as I love the Tiguan, the seats get uncomfortable after a while and don't hug me as much as the GTI bucket seats did.


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[Gladbach]

On a different note, as much as I love the Tiguan, the seats get uncomfortable after a while and don't hug me as much as the GTI bucket seats did.


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Interesting. I actually find the seats really comfortable. It took a couple of days to get it right, but the drivers seat has a broad array of driving positions on offer, and I love the lumber support. Also, with the ability to store the seating position, I no longer have to screw around with it over and over again after my wife has driven the car.

[Gladbach]

This morning on my daily commute from Dee Why to Chatswood, I drove about 75% of the time using ACC. It honestly takes a lot of pain out of stop-start traffic.

Some tips/observations:

-Driving in Eco mode makes for a jerkier stop, so it's better to leave it in normal, or edit your individual profile to set the "drive" to Eco and the "ACC" to normal. I tried both these this morning again and there is no difference in the stopping behaviour between them. The majority of the time it comes to a smooth stop.
-I set it to the "closest" setting. This doesn't make it too aggressive, and is the closest to mimic normal driving behaviour. I found setting it to leave a greater gap leaves to much distance between my car and the car in front, which unnecessarily invites other drivers to pull front of you.
-The ACC will deactivate after a few seconds once you've completely stopped. I've read that it's 3 seconds, but sometimes if feels a bit shorter than that. When the traffic starts to move, you have to press the resume button; not a big deal, but if you wait until the car in front starts to pull away from you before pressing resume, then there will be a bit of a delay in starting to drive again, especially if the auto off feature is turned on. Instead, if you hit the resume button once you see the cars in front start to move (while the immediate car in front if you is still stationary) then it will show "ACC ready to start" and it will start to drive immediately and quite smoothly once the car in front starts to move.
-You obviously need to still pay attention to what's happening around you and be ready to intervene if you need to - it can be a little slow to acknowledge cars changing into your lane, and if you just let it do it's thing then you'll look like an a$$hole driver, instead, break manually and give the car a bit of space.

This feature is one of the main reasons why I settled for the Tiguan. In some of the other cars that have ACC, it often stops working below a certain speed (some are about 60km/h while others are about 30km/h) While I was able to test out the Tiguan's ACC during the test drive, it was still hard to get a proper feel for how it works. Overall, I'm happy with it and am glad I held out!

[stark27]

-The ACC will deactivate after a few seconds once you've completely stopped.

I love this feature but I found you can also depress the accelerator once to turn the engine on and once again to resume driving with ACC still on.

[Gladbach]

I love this feature but I found you can also depress the accelerator once to turn the engine on and once again to resume driving with ACC still on.

I'll give that a try. I tap the accelerator to start the engine when I'm driving without ACC. I guess it's the novelty of just pressing a button that I like, but I'll try this method too.

[Dmulva]

Hi Guys! I've had my 162tsi r-line, dap, pano for 6 weeks and loving it!
However I have had one annoying issue- I've been unable set the memory seats. I have been following the information in the manual but with no luck. I have the key fobs set to different driver profiles, but for the life of me can't figure out the seats!!! Any tips??
Cheers

[Gladbach]

Hi Guys! I've had my 162tsi r-line, dap, pano for 6 weeks and loving it!
However I have had one annoying issue- I've been unable set the memory seats. I have been following the information in the manual but with no luck. I have the key fobs set to different driver profiles, but for the life of me can't figure out the seats!!! Any tips??
Cheers

I've set mine a couple of times without pain.

-Engine running
-put it in neutral (not park)
-hold down the set button for about 2 secs then release.
-hold down the number you want to set it to. You'll hear a chime once it's set.

[Dmulva]

Thanks for the reply. Yeah I've tried the above and to no avail.
Might have to take it in to a dealer/service centre. First car with memory seats- it's funny how something you've never had can annoy you so much haha