Should I buy a 2006 or 2007 Touareg?

[Reitpferde]

Have the 07 V10 TDI. LOVE IT...a push of the gas pedal puts me into the next county, though...

[T2Huntn]

the original question - Should I buy a 2006 or 2007 Touareg?

was it ever answered?

[nickm]

I'd buy the '07s for the servotronic steering alone.

[A64.2wasme]

I have the '06 but would have loved to have had keyless go and power tailgate closure.

[Vegas Matt]

Originally Posted by A64.2wasme

I have the '06 but would have loved to have had keyless go and power tailgate closure.

Well, at least the first half of your wants can be satisfied by a trip to Spockcat's website. I have no idea what it would take to add the power tailgate closure to a Touareg. Just like anything else, if you throw a lot of money at it anything's possible, but it may be prohibitively expensive.

As far as an '06 or '07, if you are buying new, I'm sure there's slim pickings by now on the '06 models.

Matt

[A64.2wasme]

Originally Posted by Vegas Matt

Well, at least the first half of your wants can be satisfied by a trip to Spockcat's website. I have no idea what it would take to add the power tailgate closure to a Touareg. Just like anything else, if you throw a lot of money at it anything's possible, but it may be prohibitively expensive.

As far as an '06 or '07, if you are buying new, I'm sure there's slim pickings by now on the '06 models.

Matt

Yep. I remember when Spockat first posted that over on the VWVortex board. BTW - I just noticed I don't have TPMS either. Oh well. If that's the biggest disappointment I face this week it'll be a damned good week!

[jwestpro]

Originally Posted by Twin Turbo V10

You are perfectly justified in how you feel and I agree with you on many points.
I felt the same way. After leasing my 2004 V8 I dumped a total of 25K into a maintainence nightmare. (36 month lease)
I was so pissed and hated VW.
For what ever reason this V10 fell into my lap with an amazing deal through a call from VW.

Owner loyalty, no security deposit, bla, bla, bla.
I first read much and interviewed certifed Touareg techs.

After all my wife and 2 year old little boy are depending on this vehicle too.
I was very tired of dropping that sucker off for service and driving a dirty, nasty rental.

After doing my homework I found the true problems to be hardware and software non compatiability issues. Now stepper motors are re programed. Not replaced and so on. We were the test bed and VW will suffer the loss of good clients for this.

Discount 70K Twin Turbos to try and earn clients back. What this has really cost them remains to be seen.

Do they deserve your business again. No. Did they deserve mine. No.
Am I happy with the V10 and think I have a real winner. Yes.
Not sure if I can say I got lucky or .....deserved this deal.
Thus far I am thrilled. From the new crisp hi's on the sound system and every real and large improvement on everything in the vehicle I am begining to be won over.

This is all very interesting and timely as we are deciding between the 08 V10 in fully loaded spec/ $77k (air, nav, rear diff, etc, etc.) OR the '07 Range Rover Supercharged or HSE models. (not the sport but the big ones). The V10 is so cool but the one thing is the lack of interior cargo volume that I am used to (1996 an then 2004 Discovery and then LR3 with 90 cubit feet as opposed to 71 in the Touareg)

Some of you have had multiple vehicles. I have as well and feel like I'm on some sort of quest for "the one." It's hard to get one vehicle that has everything though because I want so many things. I drove a 1996 Discovery for 5 years with no problems-I was lucky apparently because I ran 30,000 miles per year. In 24 months I've had a 2006 Toyota Tundra, 2005 Land Cruiser loaded, then additionally bought an 04 Discovery for me and gave it to my mom, then a BMW M roadster (no problems but I knew I was going to jail if I kept it more than a year...), had a Range Rover, and now an 07 LR3 that is totally set up for trail and camping.

The problem, for us, LR3 is one of the most uncomfortable long drive vehicles ever made with it's freaky forward headrest design (among other things it bends neck forward for sake of safety IF you crash but I'm pretty sure I'll have to see a chiropractor soon). We like the Range Rover for some aspects and love the V10 in it's driving and handling characteristics as well as the MPG and BIODIESEL options. I was thinking it would at least be less problematic than the LR3 and Rover in general but now I'm not sure.

The V10 we have picked out happens to be exactly what we built online in our wishlist format. Galapagos Grey, anthracite, nav, ALL features plus locking rear diff.

On road, so much better driving. Offroad, It has more clearance than the rovers but no where near the wheel articulation which promotes traction, it has great torque but not the more advanced Terrain Response programing in the rovers. It doesn't have BLUETOOTH! odd for $77k car. It doesn't have a full size spare or better option than roof (tail gate swing away is better) It's back seats are a weird design for cargo and not simple to remove/replace. But, it's more comfortable than the lr3 and way cheaper than the RR supercharged.

Any thoughts????? We could sign tonight and have good numbers on getting out of the lr3.

[T2Huntn]

have you considered the Q7? I currently have the LR2 - nice and all. But finding it somewhat boring at times. Renting a Q7 this weekend to get a feel for it.

The Honda Ridgeline is a great all purpose - have an 06 with zero issues hold 5 ppl in comfort, plus the bed, in bed trunk etc. jsut a thought.

I wish more diesels were avail. I'd switch in a heart beat - but not for 70k in a VW. Why can't I get a V6 TDI like they have in Germany - (I know its supposed to be coming - but still too late, we should have had diesels years ago.

[gogreen]

It's not just german cars that are problematic it's also infiltrated their bikes. I bought a 2008 ktm (Austrian basicly german) and iv'e had it back to the shop 6 times in 3 months with 4 blown headlights and 2 stuffed starter motors. I have had 10 year old Hondas and Yamahas which have been flogged and have given my less problems. The europeans need to get some advice from the land of the rising sun on reliability. I've had 6 toyotas and every one has done over 250000kms with absolutely zero problems, they certaintly aren't the best looking cars but they certainly don't have you back to shop for any unscheduled visits. I still want a treg and hope that i don't get burnt.
Does anyone own a 2007 tdi v6 3.0l? I imagine VW should have sorted things out with 4 years of development.