VW Tiguan - diesel or petrol?
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Hi I'm hoping some on here will be able to help me and the predicament I'm in please. We're looking at getting a used Tiguan but am not sure whether to go for petrol or diesel with the only thing I'm unsure of being the DPF.
Between me and my wife we probably do anywhere between 7-9k miles per year. I'll be driving the car mostly and I generally do 10 miles each day to work in urban driving. If my wife takes it when she goes in to work it's a 35 mile journey mainly on the M25 but apparently the majority of this distance is in traffic or at least with speed limit of 40-50mph. But she will only do this journey once every 2 weeks or so.
So my question is if our way of driving will suit the DPF or of petrol is the only way to go?
I ask because the vast majority of these cars in sale are diesels and also all the cars on sale at the cheaper car supermarkets like car giant are all diesels also.
Many thanks for your help
Between me and my wife we probably do anywhere between 7-9k miles per year. I'll be driving the car mostly and I generally do 10 miles each day to work in urban driving. If my wife takes it when she goes in to work it's a 35 mile journey mainly on the M25 but apparently the majority of this distance is in traffic or at least with speed limit of 40-50mph. But she will only do this journey once every 2 weeks or so.
So my question is if our way of driving will suit the DPF or of petrol is the only way to go?
I ask because the vast majority of these cars in sale are diesels and also all the cars on sale at the cheaper car supermarkets like car giant are all diesels also.
Many thanks for your help
On the face of it, petrol. However, the 1.5 VW / SKoda etc engine has been criticised a LOT for kangarooing and owners finding it impossible to set off smoothly ( I was seriously considering a 1.5 Octavia, but have rejected the idea now, I'm rethinking and considering a 2 litre petrol or diesel car and my mileage is even lower than yours). From what owners say, VW seem unable to find a fix for it, having tried software revisions etc., and others have said that the 1.5 has been withdrawn altogether from quite a few models. I understand that quite a few cars have been rejected for it, and others are trying to reject theirs. Not all cars seem to be affected, so if you buy second hand, I guess a decent test drive will reveal any problems but in my opinion, it is unforgivable for VW/Skoda to continue selling cars that have known inherent faults with no fix in sight
lornemalvo said:
On the face of it, petrol. However, the 1.5 VW / SKoda etc engine has been criticised a LOT for kangarooing and owners finding it impossible to set off smoothly ( I was seriously considering a 1.5 Octavia, but have rejected the idea now, I'm rethinking and considering a 2 litre petrol or diesel car and my mileage is even lower than yours). From what owners say, VW seem unable to find a fix for it, having tried software revisions etc., and others have said that the 1.5 has been withdrawn altogether from quite a few models. I understand that quite a few cars have been rejected for it, and others are trying to reject theirs. Not all cars seem to be affected, so if you buy second hand, I guess a decent test drive will reveal any problems but in my opinion, it is unforgivable for VW/Skoda to continue selling cars that have known inherent faults with no fix in sight
Cancelled my Leon 1.5tsi evo lease order due to this issue. Would be the wife’s commuter car and I didn’t want to take the chance on it. Only found out about the problems after ordering otherwise I wouldn’t have bothered. It’s another dieselgate waiting to happen I think Thank you all - seems like petrol is the way then.
Interesting re the car I wasn't aware of the kangaroo effect - I'd looked at the Sportage but everything felt a bit cramped and then narrowed it down to the Tiguan and the Karoq as they felt more spacious and had a good boot space (we've just had a new baby hence the need for a car with decent boot to accommodate pram and all the other stuff etc) and Tiguan and Karoq boot space is decent.
Kuga seems to have a lot less boot space so may not be suitable on that basis alone.
Interesting re the car I wasn't aware of the kangaroo effect - I'd looked at the Sportage but everything felt a bit cramped and then narrowed it down to the Tiguan and the Karoq as they felt more spacious and had a good boot space (we've just had a new baby hence the need for a car with decent boot to accommodate pram and all the other stuff etc) and Tiguan and Karoq boot space is decent.
Kuga seems to have a lot less boot space so may not be suitable on that basis alone.
Wife has had a diesel Tiguan for 4yrs (it's one of the last of the mk1's but it has the later engine and emissions stuff as the current mk2). As it was a run out model it was only available with the diesel engine.
She does 5K/yr, much of it 3-4 mile school run and shopping journeys. Touch wood, car has been fine. The dpf active regens about every 300 miles, takes about 10 mins and you don't need to do anything special. Even if you interupt an active regen it just starts again next trip. Ignore this stuff about taking it for a thrashing every week - you only need to to do that if you start getting warning lights about the dpf getting near full and that's never happened to us.
We weren't VW people but I have to say very happy with the car. It's a DSG 4Motion one, so went a bit mad.
If you did want a petrol, while there are issues with the 1.5, our daughter has a SEAT Ateca with the little 1 litre 3cyl engine. It's a 2WD manual. I mean, it's not exactly a ball of fire, but it goes remarkably well, and is a nice drive. Write ups on it are every good too. She got an SE-L and the spec is amazing, leather, LED headlights etc, but I don't think they offer that model now.
She does 5K/yr, much of it 3-4 mile school run and shopping journeys. Touch wood, car has been fine. The dpf active regens about every 300 miles, takes about 10 mins and you don't need to do anything special. Even if you interupt an active regen it just starts again next trip. Ignore this stuff about taking it for a thrashing every week - you only need to to do that if you start getting warning lights about the dpf getting near full and that's never happened to us.
We weren't VW people but I have to say very happy with the car. It's a DSG 4Motion one, so went a bit mad.
If you did want a petrol, while there are issues with the 1.5, our daughter has a SEAT Ateca with the little 1 litre 3cyl engine. It's a 2WD manual. I mean, it's not exactly a ball of fire, but it goes remarkably well, and is a nice drive. Write ups on it are every good too. She got an SE-L and the spec is amazing, leather, LED headlights etc, but I don't think they offer that model now.
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