USED Volkswagen Tiguan Crossover (07 - )

My car

With a growing family and an ageing Mk5 Golf 2.0 GT Tdi I had to find a replacement. I spent a couple of months gathering information on the possible options. Then out of the blue I was given a Tiguan 2.0 Tdi SE as a courtesy car whilst the trusty Golf was in for a service. The Tiguan was an instant hit with the family with enough room for my son to sit in either back seat, as both he and I are 6’4”, it was a problem in the Golf. I purchased a Tiguan 2.0 Tdi 170 Sport in September 2009. It came with leather upholstery, Sat Nav, reversing camera, cd multi changer, cruise control and park assist. The heated leather on a cold winter morning is a blessing. The Sat Nav is easy to use but I have fallen foul twice of allowing the ‘route to be altered due to current traffic situations’. This is where it will happily take a 20 mile detour to save you 5 minutes! The reversing camera is very good but a word to the wise ‘Do not rely on the reversing sensors alone’ as I had a very near miss with a tow bar. The park assist is very, very good at parallel parking the car into a space on either the left of right. There is one downside to the system, it is quite tricky to get the system to engage and there are no instructions in the user manual. On the whole I am pleased with the vehicle but still coming to terms with putting 10 litres more fuel in than the golf and returning 450 per tank full, still we can’t have everything.