Thinking of buying tiguan. Diesel or petrol

[revhead1016]

Hi all, I'm thinking of buying a tiguan as family car. It will be driven around town in Canberra and sometimes Canberra to Sydney or sometimes up to port Macquarie. I'm tossing between petrol or diesel.
How much k's for full tank of fuel, common problem with both cars and other issue to look for in the car?

Thanks

[Gigitt]

Diesel

[team_v]

I would say diesel.

[revhead1016]

Any common problems to look for?

[team_v]

Diesel particulate filter can fill up with ash so i would use Morey's DPF additive, also diesel conditioner seems to help.

The other addition people get is a Catch-can setup to remove the oil sludge from the exhaust system.

Have a read of the diesel section for some ideas.

[revhead1016]

Thanks for your info mate. Will read up on that section.

[alexc2005]

Highly dependant on what you want.

If you want fuel efficiency, diesel is a no brainer.

If you want performance (like I did), petrol is the go. Additionally because it is far more tunable.

But that being said, I get around 8.4L/100 and am not super impressed with this (I used to get 10.1L/100 out of a v8 holden ute)

Go and drive both and see what you think

[MGV]

I think that as your user-name has the word 'revhead' in it, you need the petrol with a tune!

[revhead1016]

I think that as your user-name has the word 'revhead' in it, you need the petrol with a tune!

good call MGV. personally I would have petrol hands down, but this is for the mrs and school run. Downsizing from V6 tribute to 4 cylinder.

Just wondering for the petrol owner car. How man k's do you get in full tank of petrol around town, in average.

[tigger73]

Remember the petrol engines run on 98 octane. Filling up the 65 litre tank on the Tig is about $100 these days. I'll usually get about 500km on a tank of city driving and 700km or so on the highway.

Really depends on how heavy your foot is.