Flyboy777
Well-known member
Ok I’m asking all the current Touareg owners how they like their TDI. I am thinking of buying a Touareg tdi for my wife and having the vehicle double as our hauling truck to haul a 6000 lb travel trailer. I like how compact this pacakgae is yet more fun to drive than a massive pickup. To me the Touareg is the best of both worlds giving you a potent small footprint with a heavy haul capacity and very good fuel economy for its hauling capability. My only concerns are the long term reliability and maintenance costs in operating a Touareg over the long haul (200,000 miles) I have been told to stay away from the Touareg because of crazy repair bills for this complex engine by a former vw dealer manager (he works at a Toyota deleaership now). Tell me your experiences! Miles on vehicle, type of driving and repair issues. I am particularly concerned about how hot the turbos get during regen as that has great potential to cook the oil ,slugging the engine up. Definitely I’ve also heard that the timing chains are supposed to be a lifetime system but in practise are not so good and can be VERY expensive to replace. I really like to get a Touareg but not sure it will like the drive cycle my wife puts it through being a grocery car only driving 5,000 miles per year but driving about 35 miles per session say once a week. When we retire in 5 years this would be our only vehicle so it would be driven more.
