Because their maintenance is free for the first 2 years or 20000 miles. You can't get lower maintenance cost than free.
Why The Distaste For The Tiguan?
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Toyota has 2 year 25k too for maint.
We have a Tiguan as a rental right now for a week and a half so far. It’s not bad, pretty usable vehicle.
I’ve done a few used car checks and certified on CX5s, they have had the base engine and I really haven’t thought they were anything special
It’s all a pretty ho hum group of vehicles. The x1 I think drives well but is smaller than many of them. CRV and Tiguan seem to be about the largest inside I haven’t looked at the specs just by feel and use.
Too many Subaru engines laying on the floor next to the cvts at the dealer for me to recommend those
The rogue was probably one of the most boring to drive, newest model styling is good though IMO
We have a Tiguan as a rental right now for a week and a half so far. It’s not bad, pretty usable vehicle.
I’ve done a few used car checks and certified on CX5s, they have had the base engine and I really haven’t thought they were anything special
It’s all a pretty ho hum group of vehicles. The x1 I think drives well but is smaller than many of them. CRV and Tiguan seem to be about the largest inside I haven’t looked at the specs just by feel and use.
Too many Subaru engines laying on the floor next to the cvts at the dealer for me to recommend those
The rogue was probably one of the most boring to drive, newest model styling is good though IMO
ummm, exactly how much maintanance should even be required within that time frame....that's like 1 air filter change and 2 engine oil/filter changes, maybe $100 worth of parts total ? Big Deal! not impressed.
Many readers/writers on Bob seem to think that CR has an attitude. I don't think so. They survey their members annually and report on the problems their members have had in the past year. They have hundreds of thousands of members so it's a really really big survey. They run vehicles through a series of standard tests and report on what they find. And they're fearless.
We've been CR subscribers for 40 or more years. In the 1970s full size GM products and full size Ford products had the best repair records. They don't any more.
In my opinion they aren't anti anything or pro anything. What their members report and what they find is what they report. Simple as that.
We've been CR subscribers for 40 or more years. In the 1970s full size GM products and full size Ford products had the best repair records. They don't any more.
In my opinion they aren't anti anything or pro anything. What their members report and what they find is what they report. Simple as that.
Yep, my new Jeep comes with 3 year free maintenance. So, three oil changes and three tire rotations.
my younger son just got a cpo 2021 vw tiguan s fwd, $24,600, 21,000 miles, 4 more years of warranty. in today’s market is not too bad.
quick impressions: a lifted, roomy, vw passat. spartan in a pleasantly teutonic, non-penalty box fashion. decent gas mileage, 31 highway, 25 suburban. disengage the stop/start function for smoother driving, but i still way prefer my 2013 passat’s nonturbo, 2.5, 5 cylinder engine.
quick impressions: a lifted, roomy, vw passat. spartan in a pleasantly teutonic, non-penalty box fashion. decent gas mileage, 31 highway, 25 suburban. disengage the stop/start function for smoother driving, but i still way prefer my 2013 passat’s nonturbo, 2.5, 5 cylinder engine.
CR lost a lot of credibility some years ago due to the Suzuki Samurai rollover report.
A staffer reported that the testers were pretty much ordered to roll the vehicle - bad news sells.
I remember reading through it when my parents had it and wondering why vehicles with the same exact powertrains for instance would get sometimes wildly different ratings.
One that might have made sense was CR recommending the Dodge Caravan but not the Grand Caravan.
They hypothesized that the GC had more transmission failures due to it being considerably heavier.
But in general, yes, agreed, it seemed weird that a rebadged clone would score differently.
I remember the Routan/Grand Caravan/Town & Country one… the Routan got noticeably better marks than the other 2 lol
Is SCCA bad for banning the Ford Fiesta (non-ST) for the HS-class in autocross?
Unlike the Suzuki Samurai, the Ford Fiesta is a car that has a lower center of gravity.
Orders to report or not, the videos showed some pretty weird vehicle behaviour. You couldn't get most vehicles to do that if you tried.
I wondered about that too. But there could be an explanation.
Sporty cars had notably worse reliability than the larger family sedans in several divisions. Different units may have had different suppliers, or more likely different standards. The suppliers may have even sent better components to the senior divisions. The reasoning could have gone something like this - family guys and older customers would be a lot less forgiving of reliability issues - so high standards would have to apply. Sporty car enthusiasts would have been more focused on performance than reliability and may have been more willing to accept lesser reliability as being part of the sporty "deal". Or maybe people who drove sporty cars drove them hard (or even abused them in some cases) and brought on power train failures. And where were they going to go, all the sporty cars had the same issue.
I don't know that any of this is true. But it could be the explanation.
While true, is this any different from auto makers who also made questionable decisions—30 years ago? most of the guilty suspects are likely long gone.
You can go on Youtube for the KM77 channel for the moose test, and see the behaviors of:
MQB Golf
MQB Golf Alltrack
MQB Tiguan
MQB Tiguan Allspace
and see how each of them behave a little differently.
The Tiguan is purchased by people who do not research their big $$ buy. This vehicle is the worse in dependability, reliability, and MPG too. Why would anyone buy one when nearly all other makes offer far better fair?
I'd be embarrassed to be seen driving one, frankly!
I'd be embarrassed to be seen driving one, frankly!
It's a VW, so there is an aftermarket for it, for customization to their wallet's content.
Don't like the stock power? you can get a ECU retune for it? Want worse ground clearance? There's height adjustable suspension you can buy to lower and lower the car, etc.
I'm very happy to have a car that's good at the moose test. I had a close simulation while driving the BMW. Someone drove out into an intersection right in front of me as I was passing through at speed. The car handled beautifully. I never touched him, no vehicles were damaged and we all survived. Simple as that.
Here's another video about poor performers in the moose test.
I can't tell if that's real or sarcastic...so
If you or anyone else uses CR for their only source on which vehicle to purchase and fully believe them as well. I can only conclude you would purchase a vehicle off the shelf at Costco if offered and therefore your opinion on the matter is as invalid as theirs.
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Consumer Reports isn’t worth lining a birdcage with. I used to be a subscriber and bought several items based on their reviews. The products ended up being garbage.
