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General => General discussion => Topic started by: vaughn on 04 September 2011, 17:11

Title: advice on a touareg
Post by: vaughn on 04 September 2011, 17:11

right my old man thinks he needs another car to add to the 3 he`s already got, and wants a diesel touareg preferably the 5.0 v10

is there any known problems/faults on them that he should look out for?

it`ll only do a few thousand miles a year.

just trying to get some info on them so all ideas would be gratefull  :smiley:

Title: Re: advice on a touareg
Post by: bricey on 04 September 2011, 17:59

no advice but if you put 4tonnes of sand bags in the boot,inflate the tyres to max you
will be able to pull a boeing 747...
no joke either

Title: Re: advice on a touareg
Post by: FOREST GREEN on 04 September 2011, 18:03

I'm looking into one of these at the moment, believe it or not, its a toss up between a Touareg and an Amorak?

Title: Re: advice on a touareg
Post by: evo1986 on 04 September 2011, 20:34

We have just bought a 59 plate se v10 touareg on our website Cheltenham Volkswagen. I took it out today with a customer what a machine! Think golf r32 pace in a tank.

Title: Re: advice on a touareg
Post by: topher on 04 September 2011, 20:37

kessy modules on the earlier ones can be temperamental and expensive to fix. They have 2 turbos which are around £1600 each if they go boom :grin:

Title: Re: advice on a touareg
Post by: vaughn on 04 September 2011, 20:44

cheers toph  :cool:

Title: Re: advice on a touareg
Post by: Wayne on 04 September 2011, 20:47

From the buying guides I have read the V10 TDI is the one to avoid.

Title: Re: advice on a touareg
Post by: vaughn on 04 September 2011, 20:59

cheers wayne  :smiley:

Title: Re: advice on a touareg
Post by: Wayne on 04 September 2011, 21:00

Quote from: vaughn on 04 September 2011, 20:59

cheers wayne  :smiley:

I am sure DH posted about starter motor and timing chain issues a while ago  :undecided:

Title: Re: advice on a touareg
Post by: AudiA8Quattro on 04 September 2011, 23:05

What the torque figure?  :grin:

Title: Re: advice on a touareg
Post by: Diamond Hell on 05 September 2011, 07:33

VAG tech I know says any mechanical job on the engine and it's engine out, because it's so tight in there.

e.g. - new alternator = engine out.  :grin:

Epic motor, mind.

Title: Re: advice on a touareg
Post by: vaughn on 05 September 2011, 14:41

cheers for the info dh,

i`ll give him the good news :grin:

Title: Re: advice on a touareg
Post by: bricey on 05 September 2011, 18:48

is it me or is a 5.0 v10 diesel a pointless motor???
why not go for the lesser petrol

Title: Re: advice on a touareg
Post by: Ant1981 on 05 September 2011, 18:58

Quote from: bricey on 04 September 2011, 17:59

no advice but if you put 4tonnes of sand bags in the boot,inflate the tyres to max you
will be able to pull a boeing 747...
no joke either

You'd have better grip if you don't inflate the tyres to max.