Buying Used Touaregs

[Dresden08]

Hey Forum,

i am from Germany and i am pretty new to the complete carbuyingmarket here in the states. The Touareg Freunde Germany gave me the advice to check into that site here for some help.
I wanna buy me a 06-07 used (Probably certified) Touareg. I live in Chicagoland. After reading a lot about VW in the States and there sometimes not very nice service i am getting a lil scared. Does anybody here have some experience with Dealerships in the Chicagolandarea?
I am not sure what to buy the V6 or the V8 as far as i was reading in the MPG is not that much difference. Since i am from Germany and never had a car here i dont know if there is a big difference between the taxes or insurances???

Thanks for helping me out...

[nltomba]

Little advise from a dutch guy living in The states.
insurance will be high for a foreigner, new in the states. Get a am drivers license asap.
take your german insurance records with you. It might help
I do not think insurance differs much between V6 or V8 so buy a V8.
Most maintenance can be done by yourself or go to regular garage.
Specialty stuff is for the dealer(like timing belt)
Taxes should not matter that much either.
Auch mein Deutsch ist noch immer ziemlich gut

[Dresden08]

Hallo holländischer Nachbar...
Thanks for the advice with the german insurance card! Might be a good idea! What do you mean with license asap???

[Claus]

Welcome. I'm german, too and located in the Washington DC area. I can only agree with our fellow dutch tregger: Get a US drivers license as soon as possible, it will reduce insurance costs significantly. Also, because you do not have a "driving record" here in the US, a letter from your German insurance stating that you haven't had any accidents and/or violations might help (only if true, of course). If you look around a bit and are willing to negotiate you might be able to get a good deal on a Treg. And much cheaper than in good old Germany. I bought my V8 back in October at about 1/3 of the price I would have had to pay in Germany. 13yearvet, a member of this forum, currently offers Tregs a few hundred $$$ below invoice. May be worth the one way flight from Chicago to PA.

[Dresden08]

Servus Claus,

thanks for the information. I got a us driverlicense and i hope a clean record....so far just one ticket here i guess thats not bad??! does that effect??
Does that Dealer has also these great deals at used Touaregs? Cuz i wanna buy a year old or max 2 year old with warrantys.
I know that they are cheaper here thats why i wanna buy here, cant afford it in germany!

[Claus]

I am not quite sure if 13yearvet also offers pre-owned. But I find even new ones quite affordable: I bought my new 06 V8 last October with a discount of around $15000 off MSRP. It had been sitting at the dealer for quite some time and had around 1500 miles on it from various test drives, but the warranty only started with the purchase.

[Dresden08]

I see and where was that Dealer again? In PA=Pennsylvania??
How are your experience so far with the VW Service here? I was reading some shitty stories...is it like in germany? Like with the Knowledge...(dont mean the expensive Price)

[Claus]

His name is:
Chris Farnham
CFarnham@VWofLanghorne.com
215-741-4100

That's about 30mins from Philadelphia Airport.

As far as experience with service is concerned: Has been ok, about the same as back home. Sometimes techs are fairly knowledgable, sometimes they have no clue. I've found a dealership in my area that is reliable. But I haven't had any serious issues with my Tregs either.

[Dresden08]

Ok danke dir!
Will contact him and i guess will go from there...

[Little_Ho]

Well since iam German too i need tojump in here a lil......lol

i am in Greenville SC and own my Treg since about 4 Years. i got here about 6 Years ago and bought a old Pontiac Grand Am paid about 1500 for a Half Year after 4 Years iam down to 95Bugs with 0 Deductable..lol

As i had a DL it went down a lot. So Driver Licens asap. The Insurance here did not much to teh Letter i gave them from my Insurance in Germany but try it.
As far as Dealer Ship i had quiet a few Trouble with my 04 V6 but i drive it alot. 4 Years 75K...lol And the Dealer here in Greenville was always very Helpfull but Pricy


Enjoy the Drive

Michael