Why are used Touraeg's so cheap?
Iygaycai
Iygaycai
Why are used Touareg's so cheap?
I know very little about them, but I'm quite interested as they are impressive machines with excellent towing capacity. They are quite cheap on the used market and I'd like to know why. Which years/engines are worth owning, and which are the ones to steer clear of?
Edit: For the benefit of all, please be specific in your reply. "Maintenance nightmare" and "reliability concerns" don't really shed much light on the situation.
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Edit: For the benefit of all, please be specific in your reply. "Maintenance nightmare" and "reliability concerns" don't really shed much light on the situation.
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what specifically? if you opt for a car without air suspension, you're just left with the motor. they're all bad, or are there other issues?
The maintainence part is one thing, of course a V6-V8 SUV can be expensive to run outside of warranty. But the Tuaregs, the first gen anyway, suffered from the same thing as the Phaeton when we're talking residuals.. VW doesn't carry the same premium name as some of the other German manufacturers and a $50k+ VW won't hold its value..
For the second hand buyer, these badge snobs have done us a big favor..
For the second hand buyer, these badge snobs have done us a big favor..
Cause people can't spell it correctly?
(See what I did there OP? )
(See what I did there OP?
):laugh: All these years I've been wrong!Cause people can't spell it correctly?
(See what I did there OP?
my bro-in-law was looking at buying one and the only piece of advice besides of NOT buying one that came through was to get an extended warranty on it. He owned it for 3 weeks before it was having issues shifting into 4th, and they found out the mechatronic circuit board had to be replaced. He said something along the lines that his $2k aftermarket warranty paid for itself right there.what specifically? if you opt for a car without air suspension, you're just left with the motor. they're all bad, or are there other issues?
If you have the V8 model, the air suspension is prone to break and the first batch of the T-regs was chewing through tires like crazy, some of them wouldn't even make it past 5-10k miles. They narrowed it down to the way the cars were tired on the boats and the rear axle was "bent" i.e. deformed that caused those issues.
I could go on and on ... I've worked long enough at a VW dealership to avoid them like the plague ... they make the B5 S4 look like a reliable car :laugh:
I enjoyed this response.Cause people can't spell it correctly?
(See what I did there OP?
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