How about an index, what the hell is an LCT Zone? The reviewers private personel dictionary. Why not just speak plain English, so if any interested ppl may read your review, they can at least understand what your talking about.

Your honesty and transparency about the faults that you have experienced of your Golf should be respected, few others would say it as it is. If you are happy and enjoy your Golf then good on you. I’m sure their are many others who would feel the same way.

FrugalOne-

I am pleased that my post has not been deletd…What I said is factual and unfortunately for VW occured in the presence of Australias most prestigious motoring award (Wheels) but something that serious will stick in buyers minds for some time.

I checked out that website you posted http://www.myvwlemon.com and I am truly astonished….I suspect these VW were assembled in Mexico or somewhere in trhe USA?

I didn’t gloss over the catastrophic head gasket failure and 3rd gear synchro failure of my old Toyota Camry that both occurred at 45,000 km, either.

Few cars are truly fault-free, not even my Golf. Its few faults (faulty flap in the intake manifold and dimming display lights) have not left me stranded, nor tarnished its status as the most enjoyable car I’ve owned in 26 years.

Your TRUTHFUL post will be deleted…..

Here at C/A t they are biased and never a bad word about VW Group.

Agree about the POOR QUALITY, they have increased volumes and yet the already poor quality has not kept pace.

I will NEVER buy a VW product, dont need my head screwed with!

Check this out:

w w w . myvwlemon . c o m

LOL!!

Cheers,

F-0

This is serious….it’s not a bit of loose trim or a minor rattle were talking about.

I had read about dubious quality control standards and the decline of owner satisfactions on various other posts with a hint of sceptisism, but after this major breakdown I now believe the posts people say about the problems they have on their new VW.

This is an assembly quality control problem and one which wont be picked up at the expensive $2,500 pre-delivery.

Not only does the Tiguan suffer from no space saver, small boot and interior dimensions compared to class, overfirm ride, poorly calabrated abs/traction control (see offroad Tiguan test on this site) expensive pre-delivery, metallic paint and options, lardy kerb weight, poor turning circle, mandatory 98 RON on petrol variants…..here comes the cherry on the cake and POOR BUILD QUALITY…

The Forester isn’t a good drive, either. Even the XL turbo. It feels heavy and floaty – underdamped in typical Subi fashion, same for the Outback (could have had a new one for $37k on the road) which is what I thought I’d be buying. The interior feels cheap; too much hard plastic and too soft seat fabric notably. Sack the sytlists, inside, and out too. I have had 3 Subie’s and will keep my 03 WRX hatch (APS tuning enginge upgrade – turbo lag gone plus Whiteline Handeling kit – understeer and float gone, ~$7k gone): So be sure I’m not prejudiced against Subaru.

The Tiguan came as a genuine suprise, nice driver feel, well damped, not too soft! Responsive and torquie and will rev enough to overcome the truck preconception of diesels, mostly. Really, really good occupant accomondation, seats (wheel fine adjust seat backs not notch index lever), space especially for baby seats. The german shepard hound might suffer, but he doesn’t hold a grudge.

We ordered a manual diesel in white with comfort pack and towbar. I hope the small ‘boot’ will not be a real problem, but nothing is ever going to satisfy the family needs, read roof boot or bike trailer…and that space saver spare? It’s comming any day now and I can’t wait.

Does CarAdvice have any insight as to when VW Aus might begin to offer the option of that more off-road oriented bumper?

Turbocharger + Supercharger .. 2 more things to go wrong.

Larger 2.4L/2.5L/3.5L N/A engines are more reliable .. less things to go wrong and less stress on the larger engines.