Well these group of people just want a reliable car which gets them from point A - B, without depreciating too much so 8 years down the road they can still sell off the car and use that for down payment for their new ride. It's like a bonus.

I don't see any wrong in following that path way to be honest.

Yes... these group of ppl should comment kn toyota thread... probably not here...

My mistake, looks like i forgot about the toureg which is the offroader and terrible onroad. Seems like the tiguan is the tamer version. From the looks of it, its meant for more of some towing and focus on long road trips and not offroading. However its still a german brand and they do cost high on maintenance.

take off the VW badge, perhaps stick great wall or cherry on it, would you buy it? if the answer is no then you're buying the badge, not the car, which explains their point. many have had it with bad brands, brands that are unreliable and brands that have terrible service when something goes wrong. Thats why japanese brands and ford thrive in germany, despite the most recognisable car brands in the same country, people have had it with the constant mechanical problems and bad customer service that they overcome their arrogance to buy local or that their engineering is superior, and opt instead for a japanese car or ford. even the korean brands are gaining heart there too.

I can put it to you another way. How about i make a special ferrari, it has a v16 engine, is a hybrid with focus on performance, and make it one of the best to drive with only 1 caveat, you cant drive it on the road, or that it wont drive on the road. Yes this exists and only a select people are allowed to buy it, and you have to call ferrari whenever you want to drive it on the track. You cant bring it home with you or just go to work with it. This is essentially the attitude of many people who buy german cars, they look past the bs and just want to own it no matter how bad it is. Just test driving wont do you justice, you gotta know what you are buying. Just like how many people think honda build quality is good and recommend it over toyota when it really isnt.

This post has been edited by DrPitchard: Nov 9 2019, 03:46 PM

Rm5k for 60k major service? No way

sounds like you dont even know german cars. 60k service does more than just replacing fluids and filters. Some internal parts are changed too. The germans time every part in servicing schedule, because they're designed to break after that.

Maintenance cost is published at vw site.
Servicing interval is 15k or 1 year.


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Thats 4-5k. This guy is ignorant as hell.

ask the engineer/mechanics that work on it. Some actually do youtube and have all sorts of information you can find out.

i wasnt? the post before that quoted 5k could be for an older model. Infact why not quote the guy and ask what items was serviced during the 65k service. Im not going to do your work for you.

Dear all, im going get an SUV for family car, after comparing cx5 and tiguan everyone tell me to go for cx 5 due to VW bad reputation and performance but the current offer (RM139k after deduct the 6months installe free) for tiguan 1.4tsi HL really attractive, the feature is more than cx 5 and cheaper summore.

So i really need some honest opinion of tiguan owner if they face any common (major) issue with the car or not and how is the after sales service offered by goh brothers. Appreciate your input

Few concern i heard before is like
1. Noise while driving, 100kmh at highway start to have significant noise
2. Bumpy on uneven road (compare to cx5),

I got a newborn baby coming, above point might be a huge concern.
But after testing both cars i feel like tiguan is more spacious than cx5?
Dilemma

This post has been edited by hybr1d3d: Jun 16 2020, 09:45 PM

they have 21k discount excluding the SST discount plus not yet including the SA personal discount rite?

Space is never CX-5's forte, in terms of boot space, legrooms Tiguan has advantage over the CX-5. If I'm not mistaken Tiguan's boot space is class leading at over 600L.

For wind noise, CX-5 has pretty intrusive windnoise when cruising at highway speed, or maybe all SUVs has this traits due to the poor drag coefficient and tall body. You may have to test out the Tiguan to observe the wind noise.

Can't comment on their shock absorbers, suggest you to test it out whether it's within your tolerance.

So which car did you ended up buying? Im in similar dilemma

having the same dilmemma now , cx5 vs tiguan all space

Recent case in court involving faulty brand-new car:

https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/...faulty-new-car/