V10 for sale

[GoLfMan]

There have been some posts that trany fails in touregs. Do some search about it.
Higher performance of V10 would indicate me who ever had it before and sold it probably used it and perhaps it could be even chipped for even more parformance.
I'd rather by a brand new.

thats a fair point you have there, but i still would love the extra power. if you had the power wouldnt you use it? but a tranny failure should be still covered by warrenty should it not? in that case buy a second hand V10, except one that is still within warrenty as a safety buffer.

for towing 3.5 tonnes eaasily i think the V10 would be better off dont you think? sure the V6 could do it but the extra torque would do wonders for ease of towing, and less drivetrain stress.

[Transporter]

thats a fair point you have there, but i still would love the extra power. if you had the power wouldnt you use it? but a tranny failure should be still covered by warrenty should it not? in that case buy a second hand V10, except one that is still within warrenty as a safety buffer.

for towing 3.5 tonnes eaasily i think the V10 would be better off dont you think? sure the V6 could do it but the extra torque would do wonders for ease of towing, and less drivetrain stress.

How fast do you normally drive when you tow?
How often do you tow?
If you tow almost every day than V10 would be better choice.
However since the weight of both is within 200kg I think that 3.5 ton caravan would be very heavy even for 2.5 ton TReg if you get onto difficult situation and extra power wouldn't have to always help you.
How about chipped V6.
There is video on UTube: Standard R5 0-100km and chipped R5 0-100km.
Big difference when chipped.
But, than you could chip V10 I suppose.

[GoLfMan]

How fast do you normally drive when you tow?
How often do you tow?
If you tow almost every day than V10 would be better choice.
However since the weight of both is within 200kg I think that 3.5 ton caravan would be very heavy even for 2.5 ton TReg if you get onto difficult situation and extra power wouldn't have to always help you.
How about chipped V6.
There is video on UTube: Standard R5 0-100km and chipped R5 0-100km.
Big difference when chipped.
But, than you could chip V10 I suppose.

quite frankly, i never tow, my polo doesnt have a tow bar and even if it did, i wouldnt be able to tow anything anyway, it struggles with more than one person in the car
of course there is a big difference when chipped, i guess it all down to personal choice and cost, etc....
im not bagging the V6 Tdi, i personally think its quite a nice car
i just like going fast, and if i had to have a tow car the V10 with a chip would do it for me, because when i wouldnt be towing i'd be driving it like i stole it and the V10 diesel is just something different, and the tuning potential just blows my mind

[Transporter]

quite frankly, i never tow, my polo doesnt have a tow bar and even if it did, i wouldnt be able to tow anything anyway, it struggles with more than one person in the car
of course there is a big difference when chipped, i guess it all down to personal choice and cost, etc....
im not bagging the V6 Tdi, i personally think its quite a nice car
i just like going fast, and if i had to have a tow car the V10 with a chip would do it for me, because when i wouldnt be towing i'd be driving it like i stole it and the V10 diesel is just something different, and the tuning potential just blows my mind

I'm sure that you wouldn't own V10 Treg just for driving it fast. It is not a racing car at least not for the city streets.

[GoLfMan]

I'm sure that you wouldn't own V10 Treg just for driving it fast. It is not a racing car at least not for the city streets.

yes well its great heft gets in the way of road racing on a track.... a 'rapid cruiser' is more of what it would be i suspect, if only they put that engine in a passat wagon

[barefoot]

A large part of buying decision would be emotional and for alot of people, that means a V10 is just downright sexy!

For me, it will always be the ultimate hero touareg. Yes I concur with some that the R5 is supposedly the intended hero car that VW sends to far flung corners of the universe, runs on an oily rag, cheap to maintain and most importantly for VW is the spearhead that penetrates new sales market. But hey the V10 is two R5s

Not bagging the V6, just that a V6 just doesn't have the same ring for me.

In fact if anything I'll always regard a V6 (engines in general) as some thing designers put together to save a couple of big end bearings and reduce length so it fits under the bonnet. It isn't the smoothest config, nor is it the most torquey. It's a perfect pragmatic engine for a pragmatic buyer but pragmatic is not sexy.
Cheers

[Flipper Dog]

Hello Flospologti,
I think this thread is losing track of your initial question on what a real world price a V10 TDI would be worth.

First thing you must look at is that a 2005 model would most likely been purchased as a lease vehicle (private or company) as $140,000 is not an amount most car buyers throw around. These leases are normally 3 to 4 years, so there fore you would not being seeing 2nd hand ones on the market until early 2008 minimum. Having a good look around over the pass few months it appears that in general the V10’s are a little light on the used vehicle market. It looks like ones that do come up are snapped in very fast. Of those I have seen they range from $75,000 for like Kms to about $90,000 for 10,000 km less in the 2004 model.

You may be lucky and find a current owner willing to give you the first offer over a trade but at this end of the car market most just trade up via the dealerships.
Maybe have a talk to some VW dealers on what is around or they know of coming up.

Maybe if you are after something to move 3.5 tons look to another brand (please other dubbers don’t disavow me just yet), as there are some good models available at the same money very capable of that ability running V8 petrol or diesel motors if you are after that.

I think enough has been said on pros and cons but don’t go anywhere near something without warranty regardless of what you decide.

Flipper Dog

[Transporter]

A large part of buying decision would be emotional and for alot of people, that means a V10 is just downright sexy!

For me, it will always be the ultimate hero touareg. Yes I concur with some that the R5 is supposedly the intended hero car that VW sends to far flung corners of the universe, runs on an oily rag, cheap to maintain and most importantly for VW is the spearhead that penetrates new sales market. But hey the V10 is two R5s

Not bagging the V6, just that a V6 just doesn't have the same ring for me.

In fact if anything I'll always regard a V6 (engines in general) as some thing designers put together to save a couple of big end bearings and reduce length so it fits under the bonnet. It isn't the smoothest config, nor is it the most torquey. It's a perfect pragmatic engine for a pragmatic buyer but pragmatic is not sexy.
Cheers

Just give the V6Tdi some time.
R5 engine will become obsolete thanks to its unit injector fuel system. The V10 shares the same (or perhaps it's the other way around).
Of course both are the icons and V6 is just something added.