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Volkswagen T-Cross 85TSI Life MY24 $32,990 Driveaway (Save $4,000) @ Volkswagen
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Still doesn't qaulify for a neg, if this is a good price for a piece of crap its still a bargain…
Lol, agree 100%
What I should’ve said is that Kia is better than VW, I’ve got no hate to Kia
LOL….yeah sure, the car was shaking.
its his language that's the issue
i find a lot of small cars have noticeable amounts of NVH at speed
its just the nature of a small wheelbase, low insulation and a shitty buzz engine and possibly poor window sealing
if you are used to say even a decade old Toyota Camry then yeah you will find a t-cross to 'shake'
try driving these subcompact shitheaps on the mooney mooney bridge to newcastle… you'll see some shit thats not likely to phase sanjeet's camry
Jimny anyone :)
What’s with the language?
You seem to a VW owner, who got touched by my true comment.
the car was shaking.
It was preparing to take off
lol as if cx-30 is more stable at that speed
cx3 cx30 is miles miles MILES ahead this shit man
i dont even like mazda but their small SUVs crucify just about everything else in this price if you like driveability
You need to test drive both. CX-30 drives fine at 90-100
Just like the Polo Australia got denied the 1.5 engine.Instead we get 85kw of 3 cylinder mediocrity and they still expect us to pay a premium.
I drove one of these as a loaner car for a few days and it was incredibly boring. It might just be because I don’t like SUVs, but I was so glad to be back in my Polo.
Volkswagen - never again after the dumpster fire I went through with the Tiguan.
If you want fuel efficiency - get a Hybrid. It's a different category of car (larger), but we swapped it out with a RAV4 and getting 900km on a tank of 45L of fuel - IRL (not some stated claimed "under conditions"). Not to mention ridiculous service and parts from VW.
Yaris cross would be in this size category and is hybrid. Drive away for 37k atm. 5k extra for hybrid. I think it is worth it for the hybrid and better build quality. Ergonomics may not be as good as euro cars but its a trade off.
The Yaris is only $1.5k more once you factor in service costs over 5year. Toyota are good due to one of the lowest dealer service costs on the market. Makes the warranty experience worth it.
Also worth mentioning Aliexpress sell bolt on headunit upgrades for the Yaris if anyone thinks the factory one is too basic. 10", 2k reso and powered by snapdragon for $400. Easy upgrade.
The only one issue with Toyota is.. that stupid artificial long wait period.. You go in and automatic response is "6 months wait" for anything. I was lucky to enough to trawl through finding "existing stock" and got the right one that my wife wanted (base model RAV4 hybrid) and paid the RRP on it. Other places are basically trying to flog off 6 month old demo models with 5-10k on the dial for RRP pricing (which I nicely told them where to go).
But overall very impressed with the RAV4 though my preference was the Hyundai Tucson hybrid (more fun, faster but slightly worse in consumption). Wife's car so she picked "Japanese over Korean".. lol
Has that wait length eased? Post COVID it was 2 years, you say 6 months - was that long ago?
@hoxygt: That was around 3 months ago.. They had one RAV4 in stock which we took. Wife asked about the Corolla Cross as the alternative and they instantly said "6 months wait".. Other dealers who didn't have stock on anything also said the same thing for RAV4, Corolla/Cross, Yaris Cross etc..
What were the issues with Tiguan? I thought that model was one of the more reliable VWs lines in the recent generations.
I've had mine 6 years and it's never had an issue.
It'll come within the next couple of years.. lol. Make sure you have a towing service ready when your plastic water pump dies.
@bchliu: The water pump does not "die". It starts to have small cracks and leaks on the housing so you'll get low coolant warnings but it's not the kind of issue that lets you down on the side of the road. Just top it up with drinking water and go see your mechanic when time permits. It happens between 50 to 80 thousands KMs and can be replaced with cheaper aluminium housing that will last forever.
VWs are made with planned obsolescence. Certain parts are made to fail to basically make the driver buy a new car. Depending if you want to keep it for 10+ years, then it's really no good after 8th year or so when things just fail. I spent like $5k on mine before I traded it in for $6k and that's with enough to "make it roadworthy" so that I can do a legit trade.
Not to mention the service and parts are ridiculous (we didn't get an option of "fixed price servicing" back then). Going back to Asian cars where all of this is a fraction of the price VW is asking.
What were the issues with Tiguan?
The plastic water pump failed in year 3. But that was nothing compared to the 14 weeks it took to repair the Tiguan's well-known problem with the DQ381 DSG mechatronix transmission.
First time it failed, it took 10 weeks. Second time it failed (four days AFTER the repair) it took another 4 weeks.
Google search "DQ381 issue" and see how far the list goes.
I am not saying "do not buy" but, rather, be warned.
Another thing, if someone wants to buy a VW Tiguan or a Golf (from MY 2016 to present), make sure to get extended warranty (7 years or more) for peace of mind.
@sanmigueelbeer: Was super lucky that I didn't have the DSG issue.. but we only had the 1.4 TSI one which is low powered enough for the dry clutch to be ok. It's only the higher 2.0T tunes that have more issues with the DSG really. Then again, I think we had the wet clutch version though since ours was a 6 speed DSG..
@bchliu: I am no expert but if I am not mistaken DQ381 is used on all Tiguan and Golf from MY 2016 until 2025 regardless of engine sizes.
Talk to the dealer or a mechanic or use an OBD to pull the info off the system. Search the interwebs for "DQ381 australia" should give you a list of 3rd party shops which can repair/refurbish for more information.
@sanmigueelbeer: I didn't have any DSG issues and not my problem anymore.. I replaced mine with a RAV4 3 months ago. lol.
POS
Not a bad deal VW need to move to 7-year manufacturer warrenty but otherwise if you like VW this not bad though
do people still buy VW because it's a shiny "euro"?
it may be a bit more 'fun' to drive but not in the base asthmatic spec and it definitely won't be fun by the 7th time you have to take it back to the dealeronly 7 times?
I bought a Polo after having a Honda Jazz for 5 years. Also tested drive Swift, Yarris and Fiesta. The Polo 85w is more fun to drive than Jazz and Yarris. Swift interior is cheap. i cant fault Fiesta but Polo was cheaper as the time. Mine one has been very reliable and cheap to run.
All car brands have their own customer's horror story. VW has its fair share. But their cats are not much more unreliable than others as many would think
is there such thing as a reliable cat?
@May4th sorry autocorrect did it to me again
How long have you owned it?
Vws are generally reliable up until 80-100k if you manage to get a good gearbox and drive appropriately for DSG.
After that, all bets are off and repairs and extremely expensive especially for such a cheap car.
Meanwhile you could have owned the jazz for 300k km with just oil and filter changes.
I have my 85TSI since 2019 currently at 60k km. I normally dont keep car for more than 5 years but the polo is an exception add i really like the car. 300k km is a lot :)
I’ve got an 85w polo and it’s solid. It’s pretty quick, can hold a deceptively large amount of stuff and the interior feels good quality and spacious for a small car.
My only complaints have been the auto start/stop which I’ve defaulted to off with a $10 part and the nag screen which I’ve disabled via OCB. Oh, and stupidly sized cup holders.
I fixed the cup holder by buying an adaptor from amazon. What $10 part did you use to diable auto stop start?
Wife has one of these for her work car after a golf previous. Major drop in quality all around, much slower, gearbox jutters and lurches, basic city car is all I would use it for.
Has been reliable apart from the gearbox having issues (sport mode only).Wiser just to buy a Toyota Yaris Cross if you want a basic well made small cross over.
After adding in the 5 year service cost the Toyota is just 1.5k more. With hybrid you'll definately get more tham $1.5k saved in fuel and depreciation.
or literally any other compact cross over.. CX30, Qashqai etc
Yeah just comparing like for like. Those you mention are a bit bigger and thirstier.
its a false economy
shitty 3 cyl. 1 liter german weakpiss motors with a turbo that runs on 95 only
(profanity) that for a joke
also enjoy your DSG servicing
i'd take a base cx3 or cx30 for $30k but i wouldnt take an ASX or Nissan lol
I’ve driven one of these. They drive ok, but the interior and systems and so messy and cheap.
The worst part though - it looks like an absolute European shitbox. The kind of thing a 60 y/o Mr Bean would drive.
VW group makes bad cars
i'd agree with this
$32 for a piece of shit jacked up subcompact suv made in india
i mean fuc come on
surely someone makes a small corolla sized hatch that is a decent car for under $30k???
it says a lot either our shit currency or the greed of trad companies if they cant deliver a hatchback for $30k now lol
Vow, what a "German Enginering and Precision" hate on this forum.
Haters gonna hate!
dudes, you vomited more than hate, enough is enough! lol!
You are excited too much when you see a German car deal. cool down.
German cars are not Euro cars, they are German cars.
You cannot compare crap jap/kor/chin, and Euro cars to German cars.
You can compare German cars to other German cars.
Instead of replacing fuel system or chipping to save fuel, buy German car. LMAO lol :)
You cannot save fuel with those crap jap cars. They stole German cars' design etc during WWII thanks to being an ally of Germany, but they could not steal "German engineering and precision" so they cannot make an ECU that saves fuel.
Just say you are jealous; it would be OK.
Enjoy little sweet German devil! ;)Buy an EV and save on petrol ! No ?
until the battery costs $20k+ to replace
Why replace ? By then an EV will be less than 20K.
hook, line and sinker..what took you so long?
So you are german ?
if he was German he would know VW is trash
I think MG4 shits all over this
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MG4 would be my choice too
10yrs on it
AND V2L means you're laughing if you live in an area with blackouts
of course China CCP and President Xi is putting tabs on your grandmother's ass and all that shite…
It's gone up from $31,000 to $38,000 for the basic model and MG are indicating this is a permanent shift. The $31k price and other prices under $38k was more about clearing a backlog of stock after they over ordered.
It's still OK, but who wants to pay $7k more?
Volkswagen is the worst car ever.
So many better options out there.
i have a 14yr old golf (my2011) that has better quality internals than current t-cross/t-roc. Recently upgraded to a skoda karoq due to 10k price diff between the t-roc and karoq, with no discernible difference in the interior and having the same running gear including engine. VW's as a car are not what they used to be.
Any manufacturer that doesn’t offer at least 7 years warranty shows a lack of confidence in their vehicles - hard pass!
How about Toyota?
They can offer 3 year and people will buy them. VW, offer 7 years and i still wont buy them for the hassle. Speaking from experience from the naive days that bought into "vorsprung durch technik".
Well, fine, bought into the Porsche branding too with the boxster. Probaly the last. 911 is a bit out of reach as a weekend car.
Most people want an a to b car and they are happy to drive their eco boxes for years and be happy about it. Good for them. Many others do care about driving enjoyment and are happy to pay a little extra for their cars to put a smile on their face every time the light turns green. Each to their own.
@SetTheFaqUp: VW and Audi are largely fwd based and for that, they drive remarkably better than japanese or korean fwd cars barring i20n and the like
i even likely the VW Caddy
they drive nice, people dont want to admit it but its true… not the shitty 1.0 turbo indian dogpiles like this but polos golfs caddys all drive nice barring dsg wonkiness
@tonyjzx: I own a Superb 206 since 2017 and this thing gives you your full torque just at 1400 RPM. It's AWD and thanks to its full torque at low throttle, it's not jerky at all. You need to pair these DSGs with a proper 160 KW and above EA888 engine and the transmission will thank you and you will thank the both of them everywhere you go :)
@Rimas: "i20n"
"Superb 206"
I see where the problems are."EA888 engine"
The boxster/718 housed a very modified EA888 and the equivalent of a DSG. It's okay at best and went with the 6 speed manual.@Rimas: A few points:
1. The VW Haldex system is part time and largely front biased.
2. I am referring to the most purpose built rear propelled/torsen set up with permanent front/rear split.
Toyota had some remarkable cars of late. Supra (bmw inline t rwd), GR yaris/corolla with a state of art AWD setup (clutch pack + lsd).
Why call a pedestrian runabout a sports car when its only good for 0-100 off the light.
The Haldex system is so bad that flooring at an apex sends the car wide like a front propelled car.
3. I am more old school that still own an EJ25 with a full torsen LSD. Amongst with other rwd and the mid mount.
4. DSG is "okay". Shifts quick, but thinks slow. Numerous times coming into a hairpin/90 degree short straight, the PDK pre engages the next taller gear when it suppose to go 2 down before entering. (Yes, preenter tap tricks the ECU into selecting the right gear).Marketing spin otherwise, most VW cars are boring. If the convenience and easy to drive point a to b cars are considered fun/dynamic, EV is the answer.
Do these use as much oil as they do petrol. And if you complain to the dealer all they say is that it’s within specification..
I have a 2022 T-Cross. It's fine, but if I had my time again I would probably buy a mazda or a subaru. It drives fine, not very quick, but I live in inner city Melbourne so it's not that big of a deal. It's pretty comfortable and the steering wheel feels really nice.
The actual biggest downside is that it feels like there is an ever so slight delay when accelerating from a complete stop. Apparently this is an issue with the T-Cross, not my specific car. I don't know enough about cars to know why, something to do with the DSG. I've gotten used to it, but I don't love it.
I wouldn't recommend this unless you really want a European car and like the look, because it is a nice looking car. Save yourself some money and buy a more spacious/bigger engine Japanese/Korean car.
Last thing - I've never gotten the claimed 5.4L/100km. When I'm purely doing inner city driving, it's probably ~8.5L/100km and can to around 6.5L/100km when there's a bunch of highway driving for that tank or I'm doing a road trip. This is with the start stop engine, which is a bit shit in this car tbh. My parents have a 2017 golf station wagon and it works a million times better in that car.
vw lying on their consumption figs what a surprise
you cannot get those figs on most small turbo engines
that's the reality but the VW ballwashers here love to quote them
i regularly get much worse econ than claimed because real world has traffic and aircon and multiple people and like carrying your frigging stuff
VW with all their reliability and poor customer service history? Why?
Why wouldn't I just buy a Chinese equivalent EV? More power, cheaper to run, better performance, longer warranty, less that can go wrong. No having to deal with VW.
volkswagen! krankenwagen sheiße wunderschöen
if you are keen on getting a VW learn to swear in German first
No issues with our 2019 Polo but the window washer just went kaput recently….
Expensive to service as has been mentioned.Great little car to drive though….
VW's are such shit cars
Audi repair costs and reliability with a Toyota badge.
Toyota badge? Thats a compliment.
Sorry, quite right, MG badge?
or rather geely or something
out of all sauerkraut cars BMW is the only one worth getting at the moment. Audi is stuck in 1990s with their designs, anb Merc quality is in the dumpster
VW is a working class Audi
@shabaka: 100%, never thought i'd see the day when BMW were proving to be the most reliable of the euros
They've literally been asleep at the wheel, pardon the pun, and china have matched and in some cases surpassed them in quality, features and innovation.
@Drakesy: Yep, the BMW B58 & B48 are great engines. Very reliable, it's only the plastics still letting BMW down, yet inexpensive.
Never considered VW until i drove the golf. Purchased new dsg auto one for 24k on road. Had it for 9 years and 140k, with no out of pocket repairs. Sold it for 12k. Best car ever. The new one starts around 40k these days… so no more VW for me.
Rather fugly back lights
Have had a tonne of trouble with my T-Cross. Aircon broken, asked them to repair it a number of times they said nothing was wrong. Finally when I brought it in for a 3rd time, they told me they never added enough AC gas when the car was built. Car also completely lost acceleration while driving on the freeway on a boxing day when it 35 degrees outside. Was told the car was fine to drive while the part was on order, so drove it on Australia day, another hot day and the same thing happened. Also took 6 weeks to get the part replacement. Would not reccomend.
Test drove these and the T-Roc, needless to say they are completely gutless and have barely any room, better off getting a Polo or a T-Roc
My Mum just paid this price for a new Toyota Yaris Cross Hybrid lol
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Gee…. that's harsh….