How much should I pay... Tiguan pricing.

[Tigman66]

103 TDI
6 speed Man
Comfort Pack
GPS/HDD/Reverse Cam
Metallic Paint.

$42.500 on road. June 2009.

[juv3]

guys,

i read in the news that gov lowering the import duty, will this affect our tiguan price - for ppl that waiting for they new tig

thanks

[team_v]

I am looking at the Tig tonight at the austral open evening.

Hoping to arrange somewhere around 30K for a white 125 with no options.
Will update if I get anywhere near that.

[Sharkie]

SUV's (Tiguans) were already at 5%, so no reduction in price I'm afraid.

New, team_v, I suspect you'd be looking at around $33K driveaway for a manual white with no options ......

[team_v]

SUV's (Tiguans) were already at 5%, so no reduction in price I'm afraid.

New, team_v, I suspect you'd be looking at around $33K driveaway for a manual white with no options ......

I didn't know about the 5% import for SUV's, that may bump up the expected price.

I am expecting to arrange 33-34k drive away then possibly bargain down with other devices to 31-32.

Shall see you there Sharkie.

[juv3]

SUV's (Tiguans) were already at 5%, so no reduction in price I'm afraid.

never know that

thanks sharkie for confirming that

[team_v]

So after the test-drive I am now definitely getting the Tig.
The only problem is that i am torn between the 125TSI (to be 190) and the 103TDI (to be 125)

After taking into account the price difference for the car, servicing, PULP and Diesel (and diesel conditioner), insurance (no difference) and rego (no difference), the saving for going petrol is $3018 which will be even after 9 years with the dicounted price for diesel.

Is there any other hidden costs that i am not taking into account?

Should have a proper quote for the car's this week and an average fuel price to go with an average fuel consumption figure from the consumption thread to allow a proper decission.

[midlifecrisis]

So after the test-drive I am now definitely getting the Tig.
The only problem is that i am torn between the 125TSI (to be 190) and the 103TDI (to be 125)

After taking into account the price difference for the car, servicing, PULP and Diesel (and diesel conditioner), insurance (no difference) and rego (no difference), the saving for going petrol is $3018 which will be even after 9 years with the dicounted price for diesel.

Is there any other hidden costs that i am not taking into account?

Should have a proper quote for the car's this week and an average fuel price to go with an average fuel consumption figure from the consumption thread to allow a proper decission.

I asked around recently of mechanic friends. Diesels cost more to service, really need a warm up each run for efficiency, and can be a real problem if you run out of fuel to get restarted.

[Arctra]

I asked around recently of mechanic friends. Diesels cost more to service, really need a warm up each run for efficiency, and can be a real problem if you run out of fuel to get restarted.

With the restarting after running out of fuel, it'll be the same with any fuel injected engine including the TSI.

Servicing costs are more, yes. Take a look at the table I posted in the Care & Info sheet (http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/newf...07&postcount=6) for an idea of how much more.

I have done the sums before on the payoff period for the TDI's extra over the petrol variants and also came up with a long payoff period. So if you don't plan on keeping your Tig around for a decade or so, then maybe the TSI is for you.

I have a TDI because I love oil burners. If you take a truely objective view where you weigh up the extra cost of the TDI for the benefits it offers, with the current 125TSI+remap I think you'll struggle to justify the TDI. I have looked at Sharkie's argument long and hard about the rev range that max torque is availble at for both engines and the TSI does actually have a higher average torque over a longer range. So the TDI traditional argument of torque is somewhat countered by the fantastic TSI engine.

But there's something about the diesel I just can't get over, and I love the TDI. So I understand it's not an easy choice for you.

[team_v]

I asked around recently of mechanic friends. Diesels cost more to service, really need a warm up each run for efficiency, and can be a real problem if you run out of fuel to get restarted.

Yeah the servicing costs are generally $50 more in the diesel for the small services but the big services are further apart than the petrol so you only have a $300 difference in servicing costs over the life of the car to 180,000km.

The warm up isn't really an issue as i wouldn't be tearing off down the road as soon as i get in to any of the cars.
I do know you are meant to keep off boost until the engine warms up.

Running out of fuel is a pain in the diesel, had it happen in the parent's landcruiser and i agree a petrol would be much much better for that but i haven't run out of fuel ever so far.
I hardly let it slip into the bottom quarter of the tank in my current car.

The more i look at it, the more the diesel is a more viable option and is probably more what i "need" but the petrol has that massive amount of power and torque available (especially after help from APR) which just made me smile the whole test-drive. Having said that, it is more of a want than a need for the 125TSI as i wouldn't be doing over 100km anyway and i probably don't need to accelerate rapidly all the time.

I need more time to cool down from the 125 test-drive and settle my head lol.