Its essentially a Golf, so all of the usual Golf foibles.
1) Water pump will give out at some point, probably at about 4 years. Its a £700 job, make sure any you consider have had it done recently.
2) The 1.4 TSI engine if you have DSG will be using the dry cluth DSG box. These can and do fail. Not impossible to repair using a specialist rebuild company, but a pain in that you have to extract it and send it to them unless you are handy with the spanners. Maybe a manual might be a better choice.
I've not read of anyone saying the 1.4 engine is underpowered, but most reviews recommend a TDI over petrol, but I understand why that might not be a good solution for you.
Just don't expect the thing to be a GTI and you will be fine
yes ofcourse wont expect it to be near a gti or even drive like one.. we just need a 7 seater next..it wont be ragged around or used as "fun" car lol just literally A to B with 4 screaming kids
looks like i need ensure the dsg has had a sort of service sometimes in its life then.. ones i am looking at are 2017 reg around 40-45k on the clock.
Tourans are to most as dull as ditchwater, but if that doesn't bother you then finding one with a healthy discount shouldn't be hard. At least one could be tweaked to better suit using various Golf upgrades.
When researching cheaper 7-seaters for a friend about 18 months ago, I found the lower versions of the BMW 2-Series could be also be had at good prices and it has a bit of style about it. Being basically a re-bodied Bini means that parts/upgrade options are also plentiful in much the same way as Touran-Golf.
My friend ended-up buying a Pug 5008, (automatic) which has proven reliable and he's been happy with it so far.
yh no 7 seater is really fun to drive tbh..they just are needs must.
funny enough i have been looking at the bmw 2 series tourers aswell..i like the m sport ones..but the problem is it is not a proper sort of 7 seater not even a good 5. the far back 2 seats seats are for children..no way a teen or adult can get in them..and there are only 2 isofix points in the rear bench.. really do need 3 as we have 3 car seats..the mrs hates using the seat belts and wants a rear bench with 3 isofix points..lazy i know!
i currently have a seat ateca FR which has been very good, but it is a squeeze for us now.
main reason i was looking at a touran is because i want to be back in a VW..do miss them..i will do cosmetic mods to it etc
cant see myself in a Peugeot or a citroen..the drive is just horrible on them..test drove a few..they just feel so cheap and rattly.