Matthew's VW Tiguan

[Matthew]

I was 100% going to get it, but I'm a now seriously considering not bothering!

It is faster than any of my Golf GTIs/182s etc were. Might save the £600/700 and spend it on a holiday instead ha.

It's fast enough for me in standard form.

 

[bigup7]

I was 100% going to get it, but I'm a now seriously considering not bothering!

It is faster than any of my Golf GTIs/182s etc were. Might save the £600/700 and spend it on a holiday instead ha.

It's fast enough for me in standard form.

even more looking forward to mine now! lol

enjoy mate

 

[Matthew]

Its 1 million times better than I thought it would be.

(and I thought it would be good!)

 

[makavelli]

I'm with you matey! The cars fantastic in standard form! If I owned it I would MP215 it but for a 2 year lease it's plenty fun enough as it is and £600 pays for a few nice luxuries elsewhere!

I was fuming yesterday, came out of the shops to see a cat had run two long scratches right down the middle of the bonnet !!

30 minutes with the DA Polisher was needed to get them gone

 

[Matthew]

I'm with you matey! The cars fantastic in standard form! If I owned it I would MP215 it but for a 2 year lease it's plenty fun enough as it is and £600 pays for a few nice luxuries elsewhere!

I was fuming yesterday, came out of the shops to see a cat had run two long scratches right down the middle of the bonnet !!

30 minutes with the DA Polisher was needed to get them gone

Glad to hear Im not alone in my thinking.

If I was buying/PCP'ing and keeping 3/4 years, it would be a no brainer, but for 2 years to hand back....

200hp and over 200 lb·ft of torque is plenty!

 

[Detail Chris]

Alternatively get a finsport map and obd lead for £400. Can be reverted back to standard at any time!

 

[treemanx]

First proper clean today. Notice a few swirls and a lot of hazing, shitty dealership cleaning... Will get the da on it soon. For now I've just waxed it.

 

[Matthew]

Anyone managed remove this bad-boy?

Getting on my tit-ends!

Untitled by Matt Walker 1986, on Flickr

 

[bigup7]

Anyone managed remove this bad-boy?

Getting on my tit-ends!

Untitled by Matt Walker 1986, on Flickr

some guy plasti dipped it lol

http://www.focusst.org/forum/focus-...irbag-warning-decal-sticker-2.html#post112362

 

[SC03OTT]

Anyone managed remove this bad-boy?

Getting on my tit-ends!

Untitled by Matt Walker 1986, on Flickr

The Skoda guys are buying LHD visors and swapping them over IIRC.

 

[Matthew]

Good suggestion! It's on both sides, which is abit stupid. An American thing I suppose.

 

[bigup7]

one more link: http://forums.vwvortex.com/showthre...-airbag-warning-stickers-from-your-sun-visors

 

[Matthew]

Cheers for that. Going to try the plastidip method I think.

 

[Reev]

Its 1 million times better than I thought it would be.

(and I thought it would be good!)

This.

Overtaking on a b-road in 3rd is effortless. 30 to 80 happens very fast in 3rd

And definitely this! I really hope I don't overtake anyone with a dash cam any time soon...

 

[bigup7]

Matt, have you checked your tyre pressures?

Should be 36 front 26 rear (not a typo lol) and dealers over inflate them

ive read it supposed to make a hell of a difference!

 

[Matthew]

I haven't although MarkCup did mention it to me.

Ill pop down to the garage to check them today. Such an odd pressure combo though...

 

[ForceIndia]

Looks really nice. Colour looks even better in the flesh, has a slight purple tint.

 

[treemanx]

You managed to get texting working Matthew? Mine doesn't seem to read them out.

 

[bigup7]

You managed to get texting working Matthew? Mine doesn't seem to read them out.

what phone do you have mate?

one review on youtube said it doesnt work on iphones, not sure if that has changed or not

il try find the video

edit: found it



watch @ 1min 30secs

 

[ForceIndia]

Dealer told me it only works on android atm. Will be updated soon though.

 

[treemanx]

Htc one, so Android.

 

[N0ddie]

Messages works fine for my on iPhone.

 

[treemanx]

Phone calls etc fine, just didn't do anything when I received a text. Will test it again.

 

[Matthew]

Not tired the txt thing. The voice caller is struggling to understand me though! Ha

The colour is more purple then blue IMO.

 

[Washington]

It does work with the iPhone. You have to connect the phone to the car then, on your phone, go to Settings -> Bluetooth. Hit the little i icon next to SYNC and then enable 'Show Notifications'. Turn the car off, then back on again. Should work now. It's a bit hit and miss though imo, I struggle to understand what it's saying sometimes.

 

[Matthew]

Just been to the garage to check the tyre pressures.

Fronts had 38 and rears had 36! So way off then...

Corrected to the correct (albeit strange) 36 front, 26 rear.

 

[MarkCup]

Just been to the garage to check the tyre pressures.

Fronts had 38 and rears had 36! So way off then...

Corrected to the correct (albeit strange) 36 front, 26 rear.

It amazes me how Ford PDIers can f*** up something so basic so royally!

Trust those pressures, you'll learn to love them.

 

[Matthew]

Did you notice a difference Mark?

Took a quick picture of the car earlier, thought it showed the colour quite well...

https://www.flickr.com/photos/matt8586walker1986/13936608798/

 

[Addicted]

Bizzare tyre pressures xD did you find they made much difference after fixing them? Must be REALLY light in the back!

 

[MarkCup]

Did you notice a difference Mark?

I've only ever driven it with the pressures set correctly (on road and track) so all I can say is that the pressures work.

Having said that...when I had the tyres done a couple of weeks ago, and having specifically told them the pressures I wanted set, it was the rear feeling a bit fidgety that made me check them to find out the back was still 5psi too high.

 

[sbridgey]

That looks really nice!

I've just sent the finance form off for one.

 

[Matthew]

I did have plans to do some track days in the car, but common sense has got the better of me!

Think I'm going to try and get hold of a cheap 172 to abuse instead.

 

[SOHROB]

Lovely motor, re the delivery its usually retired railway men who have a free rail pass to do the return journey if there is no swapper.

 

[Washington]

Just been to the garage to check the tyre pressures.

Fronts had 38 and rears had 36! So way off then...

Corrected to the correct (albeit strange) 36 front, 26 rear.

Weird, mine were pretty much correct give or take 1-2 psi.

 

[Slammed172]

Quality car, best colour. Would love one.

Would love to go up against a Mountune one.

 

[Matthew]

Seeing as though the car need running in properly, me and the other half took a trip to Donington today, to have a look round their F1 Collection (which was great).

On the way back, we decided to stop off at Chatsworth for a photo opportunity.

It was a 200 + round trip and the car averaged approximately 50mpg (not bad to say its only got about 600 miles on the motor).

 

[Gally]

Flol at 50mpg. I don't care how you're driving it that is insane and not totally surprising in the ST.

 

[Matthew]

It was mainly 50-80mph on the motorway. I laughed when I saw it.

In comparison, my 182s would return arround 38-40 mpg under the same conditions.

* not sure if it will make much difference, but the car has only ever had V-power from Shell. Nothing else.

 

[MarkCup]

Oooh...you've got one of the lower redline rev-counters.

Not that it makes any difference at all of course LOL - I thought they only came on the early models...the red on mine doesn't start becoming the 'redline' until it's well clear of 6.5k.

No one's yet been able to work out why Ford had two designs made as they limit the same the world over!

 

[Matt W]

Nice pictures!

As a comparison, over the last 1200 miles in my 200 i've got an average of 28mpg.