Volkswagen Driver Training

[Buller_Scott]

Its like comparing the Forester GT to an STI.

the latter of which would still be slower, WHEN TUNED, than a tuned mk6 gti. gotta love motor magazine.

btw, do you own the R yet? or are you still car shopping between that, the M3, and the impreza turbo?

[Buller_Scott]

I'd love to but not only am I too young (19), I'll be driving up from Sydney that day..

dude, you've been 19 since i joined this forum in the first half of 2008!!!

[REXman]

Please leave the Tiguan vs R discussion alone

Ok.


You know I'm cold sweating for a rebuttal.

[REXman]

the latter of which would still be slower, WHEN TUNED, than a tuned mk6 gti. gotta love motor magazine.

btw, do you own the R yet? or are you still car shopping between that, the M3, and the impreza turbo?

The M3 is a no go due to $4K a year running costs (+fuel ofcourse).p, compared with $1500 for the R.

It's the impreza and R now but I think I'm going to stick with the R after sitting in the base STI which is the one I could afford. I don't want to spend more than 60ish on a car now. And the sti base does not come with sat nav or anything. You have to get the sti R for that =70k. And it looks like my my09 wrx inside. Not really worth it for me I reckon

Half the fun is that cause I have been following the R now for so long it would be akward buying something else.

[htran]

Before doing the VW driver training I had never considered buying a VW (which really wasn't driver training, more like VW promo day) .

Having owned 3 Subaru Libertys I needed a SUV (because I was teaching scuba on the weekend, and the Liberty's boot was too small), a Forrester was a logic choice, but going from a Liberty to a Forrester the interior looked cheap. As it was going to be a company car for 2 years I decided to give a Santa Fe R (2.2lt diesel 145KW ~440nm torque).

I was pretty happy with the Santa Fe's powerful engine, giving me similar acceleration to the Liberty, but with a huge amount of extra space. I drove Perth - Adelaide Perth over Xmas and it was pretty good, getting 1000km per tank, plenty of accelerating for overtaking.

What I hated about the Santa Fe was the lack of refinement in road handling. I can't even believe they claim All Wheel Drive. The AWD system was as slow as a CRV, and while spin was common accelerating from corners. In other words the Santa Fe had power and space, but handled like crap.

Last year I was invited to the VW driver training, and I was impressed with the Golf GTI, it was raining and they challenged us to get the car off the road. I tried but it just didn't happen.

I also took the opportunity to try the Tiguan on the cone weaves etc. Even though I was pushing it hard, I only hit the last cone after coming out of the last one a bit too wide. I was impressed, as the Santa Fe would have had no chance.

And while VW markets this as a driver training day, it was a really good marketing exercise resulting in me signing an order for a 2012 MY 147 TSI Tiguan last week. Hoping for delivery in December.

I guess the event was successful.

[hazrd]

Doesnt look like its free anymore...

https://volkswagenaustralia.com.au/D...perience/Home/

Driving Insights - $200
Driving Progression - $250

[Corey_R]

Well, it depends whether it's an actual course or not. Last year the "driver training" wasn't REALLY driver training. It was just a fun 1/2 day/marketting exercise. These could be different.

[sir_camel]

Doesnt look like its free anymore...

https://volkswagenaustralia.com.au/D...perience/Home/

Driving Insights - $200
Driving Progression - $250

Yea might give it a miss in that case...

[htran]

Doesnt look like its free anymore...

https://volkswagenaustralia.com.au/D...perience/Home/

Driving Insights - $200
Driving Progression - $250

Woah that's poo. Honestly when I attended last year it wasn't driver training, it was, "try a VW day". I really won't consider paying $200 (plus $20 GST) unless it was a real course.

Lucky for VW it was free last year, otherwise I wouldn't have attended and I wouldn't have switch from Subaru to VW, and ordered a Tiguan. Lose $200 gain a $46,000 sale!

[REXman]

What the frig man?!

I didnt get to go last year and was keyed up to go this year, but now I have to pay for it? I just popped >$60K onto VW.

But yeah it looks like you have to pay now.. What a bummer.. dont make this the start of many VW hate building exercises.