VW Touareg (1st gen) - Page 1 - Car Buying

Original Poster

316 posts

179 months

Tuesday 22nd May 2018

Before I part with approx £15k savings, are there any former owners of this car who can help / advise as to what extras I should get or
not bother getting?

Thank you.

gizlaroc

17,251 posts

244 months

Tuesday 22nd May 2018

Surely at £15k you need to be looking at a newer model?

No way I would spend £15k on a gen 1 now, it is a 15 year old design.

Original Poster

316 posts

179 months

Tuesday 22nd May 2018

gizlaroc said:

Surely at £15k you need to be looking at a newer model?

No way I would spend £15k on a gen 1 now, it is a 15 year old design.

the newer gen are too expensive given my budget and those which are close to £15k have very high mileage.

Zetec-S

6,563 posts

113 months

Tuesday 22nd May 2018

What do you class as too high a mileage? 80k?

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

Original Poster

316 posts

179 months

Tuesday 22nd May 2018

Zetec-S said:

What do you class as too high a mileage? 80k?

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

for that mileage too expensive. i might as well buyer an older car 20,000 miles less which is under £15,000.

gizlaroc

17,251 posts

244 months

Tuesday 22nd May 2018

Buy one for £10k maybe, but to sink £15k into a car that came out 15 years ago now I think is a bit silly.

Original Poster

316 posts

179 months

Tuesday 22nd May 2018

The car reg will be around 2008-09 so where does this fifteen years come from?

Zetec-S

6,563 posts

113 months

Tuesday 22nd May 2018

ugene425 said:

for that mileage too expensive. i might as well buyer an older car 20,000 miles less which is under £15,000.

Presumably a diesel? I'd be more worried about a 10 y/old car which has only averaged 6k miles a year, potential DPF issues?

Each to their own, but I'd rather have a 2nd generation with 80k than 1st generation with 60k on the clock. Neither will have any warranty and could both go wrong. At least buy based on condition rather than mileage.

Original Poster

316 posts

179 months

Tuesday 22nd May 2018

Correct. Low mileage is key for me rather than a ‘newer’ car with a higher mileage. Full service history is equally important. Any big 4x4 I’m looking at is diesel.

gizlaroc

17,251 posts

244 months

Tuesday 22nd May 2018

ugene425 said:

The car reg will be around 2008-09 so where does this fifteen years come from?

What I mean is, the Toureg gen 1 is a model that came out in 2002, so late 90s development tech.
They ran it until 2010 so 8 years, then we got the gen 2 in 2010 until now, and now the gen 3.

All I am saying is, I really wouldn't be putting £15k into a gen 1 now, no matter how low the miles are.

They are big heavy cars and as they get older they will age, bushes will go etc.

At least get into a Gen 2, here is a 12 plate with 39k miles for pretty much budget.

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...

The old Toureg feels old now.

S54Love

155 posts

104 months

Tuesday 22nd May 2018

ugene425 said:

Correct. Low mileage is key for me rather than a ‘newer’ car with a higher mileage. Full service history is equally important. Any big 4x4 I’m looking at is diesel.

Original Touareg design came out in '03, that's where the 15 comes from, and a low mileage diesel is also another can of worms.

Not saying that there's anything wrong with a Touareg, but if I had £15k it wouldn't be my first option, and a first generation one definitely wouldn't even cross my mind.

Original Poster

316 posts

179 months

Tuesday 22nd May 2018

S54Love said:

I hear what you are saying. Well the other car I am strongly considering is a 2nd gen BMW X5. A similar age (2008-09). The 1st gen X5 basically started the trend for 4 x 4 I think!

anonymous-user

74 months

Tuesday 22nd May 2018

My end of lease 15 plate facelift R-Line with 24,000 miles was offered back to me for £23k, a 1st gen for £15k sounds a bit excessive to me?

Original Poster

316 posts

179 months