Newbie Touareg Post

[JCH]

Hi all, I’m new to the forum but not to VW’s. Three beetles, one Tiguan and currently a 2014 V6 Touareg which is the focus of this post. I’ve had this vehicle on lease for 5 years now and it’s given me fantastic service over that time, to the point where I’m reluctant to get rid of it off lease. I genuinely love driving the car.

I’ve driven it 135k klm in that time and on history it will be at 160k Kim in March when its due to come off lease. I think I’d be able to buy this car for around $20k. My question is to those who have better knowledge of these cars, do you see any real issues with this car and this engine running another couple of years, say to 220k klm? At that point I’d be looking at a new (demo) Touareg to replace it but the budget won’t allow that until around that point. Appreciate the feedback.

cheers
John

[Transporter]

Welcome to the forum.
They are very reliable with not many common faults, we have 2008 Touareg 2 with over 150,000km and it’s been great.
I just hope that your leased Touareg got the same care during service as these that aren’t on lease contracts. It could affect its long term reliability.

[JCH]

Many thanks. That’s a very good point I’ve not considered. They are on a discount service agreement. Its always been serviced by me dropping it into the local VW dealership, I wonder how forthcoming they would be with the truth! Many thanks, maybe a second hand off a private seller who’s a VW nutter!