Go drive a fatlas first....
My approach would be to drive the egg into the ground based on what you've said.

 

Ditto....drive the Fatlas first....get disappointed.....then look at something else.

Audi Q7 / Q8. Porsche Cayenne would be similar to the newer Touaregs we cannot get.

 

Yo YO YO MUAHHAHAHAAHAHAHA I LOVE ing it man “fatlas” muhhahHA perfect timing! I needed to be laughing! Thank you! Man F’IT I don wanna go to court!

 

Appreciate the feedback. As it turns out, I asked the seller for the VIN and he sent me two pages of the Carfax report and the part of issues that influenced the vehicle's value stated "Damage Brand". I looked that up and it means it was declared a totaled vehicle by an insurance company. I messaged the fellow that in my opinion, he ought to mention something about it and be upfront but, that's his choice. The vehicle was on Facebook Marketplace and I have to admit it was below all others with even much higher mileage - I figured I just found a fellow that just wanted to sell it quick but you better do your due diligence a bit more thoroughly in those situations. Now I'm tempted to keep mine but pick up another one that's for sale - you don't often come across R-Lines as they were only imported to the states for the 2014 model year. I found a gorgeous navy blue one in excellent condition - VR6 - with 119,000 miles. It's priced at $8,000 and, for a vehicle likely to go another 100,000 miles that's a pretty reasonable deal. I ran my own Carfax on it and it's been extremely well maintained by dealers. I looks like it had an engine gasket issue that was replaced twice around 60-70k miles but nothing related to it since so it doesn't appear to be a warped anything. Looking for a great Touareg is fun. I blew a chance during Covid when a fellow had an VR6 Executive in white in the Tampa area that was bought there and spent its life there - only 26,000 miles as I recall but the fellow was sticking to his $26,000 price and at that time mine was only around 65k miles. The search goes on but...that navy blue one just may end up in my driveway.

 

Why bother going into another same gen Touareg when you already own one? If I was you I'd rather get the maintainence such as the shocks you mentioned done and anything else it needs and drive it until it dies

 

@amirhz
You don't understand the general mentality on this side of the pond. Low odo reading is a false assurance that you're getting a great, problem free, lots of life left in it vehicle.

 

@amirhz
You don't understand the general mentality on this side of the pond. Low odo reading is a false assurance that you're getting a great, problem free, lots of life left in it vehicle.

Sounds very American/Canadian now you say it like that

Not surprised from the 'what's a third pedal' crowd

 

I am selling my 14 Touareg TDI R-Line with 79k miles. You can check the carfax on it, you will like what you see. I have not seen another one in the country available with this mileage and condition. Happy to share as many pictures as you would like to see, private message me.

 

That thing appears to be harder to get rid of, than all of my stalkers from my highschool years. 🤣

 

To be fair he was originally charging $50k which is a joke...

 

The Atlas is very nice. The newer and higher package the better. The vr6 is a work horse.

That said, while they're nice appliances, they're not in the same class as a q5, q7, q8, and many others. Drive one first, you might love the ride and packaging.

 

Haven’t put a lot of effort into selling it. I am totally happy to keep it, clearly. if you can find one available anywhere I would like be to see it. either way, appreciate the comments!

 

OK...why start another post as this is in the same vein - trading an over 100k mile Touareg for something I think is also a nice vehicle with quite a few less miles. Not a lot of Touaregs out there with low miles so here's my latest option - a 2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited 75th anniversary model with Preferred Equipment Package 23H ($4,300),optional 20" wheels($1,595), Blind Spot Detection ($5.95) - in addition to the stuff that came with the Limited model. It has 66,315 miles. I went to look at it and its in near showroom condition with a bit of wear of the perforated-ventilated passenger outside leather and the tires will need to be replaced in the next six months and it doesn't have the tow package. Not sure why Jeep give you anti-trailer sway stuff built in and not the hitch and other stuff but it is what it is - my 2014 R-Line is lacking the hitch as well. I'm around 112,000 now so this would give me about 46k or four years of miles based on my history. Hadn't driven one before but it's nice - the 6 cylinder is pretty quick and has plenty of power and other than what I mentioned - it has all the bells and whistles - the 23H package included a lot of goodies. Asking $18,500 which is about $3k less than I'd like to get it for. I may be wrong but I think I could get $12,000 for my R-Line - it's sharp and with the exception of a bit of curb rash on the wheels and a few scuff marks on both bumpers - it's in excellent shape with a great Carfax. Trade or keep the Touareg? One caveat - I've been retired 7 years - enough money to live my lifestyle but conservative on my wallet - I'm trying to avoid big car surprises with repairs. The Jeep was well maintained and no accidents recorded on the Carfax report I pulled.

 

I'd own the Touareg over the Grand Cherokee any day, the build quality on the Jeep is rubbish compared to the VW

 

I don’t have to tow anything but after getting rid of my 2014 r-line TDI I went with a used Q5 plug-in-hybrid that I found a good deal on. I am very happy with it. I have an amazing mechanic who knows VW family inside out. Was a big deciding factor for me. I looked at RAV4, CX5 and 50, Volvo, Jeep, X3 and 4, and a few other used cars in the 20k range. Don’t know if that’s helpful but nothing measured up the to VW family for me.