Looking at buying a Tig

[schmenz]

Conversations with car dealers #32

Me: I'd like leather
Dealer: yea it's good when you have kids. You don't have kids tho do you?
Me: hell no. I just thought it would be easier to clean
Dealer: well it is easier to wipe your friends vomit off after a big night out.
Me: yes true. I was thinking along the lines of if I spilt my yoghurt on the way to work. The suede would end in tears.
Dealer: is your car currently covered in yoghurt
Me: yes. Yoghurt splatter is an occupational hazard in my car

[Polo GTEye N9]

Ok I drove a 2009 TDI 6speed Sports Auto with leather interior seats. Drove around the suburbs then onto motorway and finished with a nice climb up Mt XXXXX. Forty minutes at the wheel gave me enough time to get a feel for the Tiguan. I can't understand why a seller would not clean the inside etc when presenting a car for sale. Wife refused to drive. She will have to have a go sometime.

My observations, driving position good, great forward vision great, rearward vision quite ok, better than I thought. Tiguan is not as long as I thought when your in the the drivers seat, looking back to the rear bumper. Clearly the torque of the TDi moved the Tiguan along well without too much effort and no worries with keeping a good flow in peak traffic conditions. The diesel clatter was observable and a bit strange for us. This example had 83000 Ks so that may have explain it. The Sports Auto was quite lazy in my opinion, but when asked it did move along ok. It aint no Polo Gti... but it is a pointless comparision. I had a little trouble with the Hillholder function which seems tohold back the car a touch when used versus not in use, that is doing the take off manually.

We went to Austral VW and were looking at the Tiguans there and a Golf TDi when a saleman trapped us. He priced the current Tiguan TDI 6 speed DSG at $38500. He then went on to say we should consider a TSi as we do less than 15000 KS per annun and save the additonal $3000 cost of a TDi. Fortunately he was too keen to have a ciggy, than bother with us.
Exterior rear vision mirrors, drivers side good, passenger side ok needed a wider mirror or increased curve to get a wider view.

Leather seats are comfy and hold quite well but not as well as our GTi. Suspension does well on all road conditions and we did a very short unsealed section as well, to test it out.

Now my questions for my preferred Tiguan is the TDi 6 speed Sports Automatic Pacific which ceased as at 2010...... I assume these are all 4 Motion?
What should I be looking for as for known issues/problems, how many kilometers are too many for a well serviced TDi? Same query applies to the 6 speed Sports Automatic? PDF renewal and possible cost? What about Diff lock?

I may have made a mistake at Austral VW........... looking over that Golf TDi!! I think the wife liked it!

[tigger73]

Conversations with car dealers #32

Me: I'd like leather
Dealer: yea it's good when you have kids. You don't have kids tho do you?
Me: hell no. I just thought it would be easier to clean
Dealer: well it is easier to wipe your friends vomit off after a big night out.
Me: yes true. I was thinking along the lines of if I spilt my yoghurt on the way to work. The suede would end in tears.
Dealer: is your car currently covered in yoghurt
Me: yes. Yoghurt splatter is an occupational hazard in my car

Sounds like you've got some doozie salespeople at your local dealer....

Remember you can get some options fitted aftermarket. I've even had a previous car re-trimmed in leather... and the quality of the aftermarket leather is often superior to the factory fitted stuff.

There's a thread here discussing options: retrofit leather seats?

Unfortunately there wasn't a follow-up to this thread which often happens so unfortunately we don't find out how the retrofit goes.

Here's one supplier who I know a friend used and was very happy with the result: Blackmans | Automotive Leather Interiors

[tigger73]

Now my questions for my preferred Tiguan is the TDi 6 speed Sports Automatic Pacific which ceased as at 2010...... I assume these are all 4 Motion?

Yes these would all be 4-motion. The only Tiguans that aren't are the new 118TSI which are FWD only.

What should I be looking for as for known issues/problems, how many kilometers are too many for a well serviced TDi? Same query applies to the 6 speed Sports Automatic? PDF renewal and possible cost?

There was one TDI on here that had done 180,000 with only some minor (expected) maintenance items in that time. If the car is looked after and serviced regularly then you should be pretty right. Though I'd recommend getting any second-hand vehicle that is out of warranty thoroughly checked over before purchasing.

Speak to your local service centre about servicing costs and DPF replacement. I know the DPF aren't a cheap item.

I may have made a mistake at Austral VW........... looking over that Golf TDi!! I think the wife liked it!

Hmmm Mmaybe tell here that the Golf R is AWD and you really ought to look at one of those also. You can pick up a low km Golf R for under $40k....

Though my wife likes the higher ride height of the Tig and ease of getting in/out compared to a sedan/hatch.

[schmenz]

Low km golf r under 40. Don't tell me that!!!! Want!!!!

[nat225]

Given a brand new mk7r can be had for around $54k, i think a mk6r with a low km for around $40k or high $30k is reasonable.

[tigger73]

Low km golf r under 40. Don't tell me that!!!! Want!!!!

Try this one: 2011 Volkswagen Golf VI R MY11 Direct-Shift Gearbox 4-Motion

I quite like the united grey.

[schmenz]

Oooo
I'll have to double check with the accountant but I think it's better to buy new for the company car with gst etc.
but might be an option! I was writing the r off as too expensive. Not sure now much boot room them have tho. But it's much lower for a 5 foot girl to put a bike on the roof!! I was going to have to buy a portable step for the tig!