The Tiguan has arrived

ca9phoenix · 21 May 2010 at 10:05

Our new car arrived yesterday, had a bit of a play and am quite happy, it's quick enough to embarrass the odd boy racer in his paxo, and comfy enough to eat up the miles with ease.

2.0 TDI (170) with a few extras added on, looking at chipping it up to 200bhp when i can get hold of £445

the electronic hand break is taking a bit of getting used to, i still keep reaching for it!

DM · 21 May 2010 at 10:07

Very nice, i like those

[TW]Fox · 21 May 2010 at 10:09

Do not want

Alex UK · 21 May 2010 at 10:09

Is it a company car?

ca9phoenix · 21 May 2010 at 10:10

thank you, it's so much more practical than my old SEAT Toledo and just as fast as the 2.3 V5 that was in it!

ca9phoenix · 21 May 2010 at 10:11

no it's a lease car but it's still ours for 3 years with the option to buy at the end

ca9phoenix · 21 May 2010 at 10:11

[TW]Fox;16596348 said:
Do not want

i didn't think it would be your type of car Fox

[TW]Fox · 21 May 2010 at 10:11

Can't chip a hire car surely :confused:

Wicksta · 21 May 2010 at 10:12

[TW]Fox;16596348 said:
Do not want

ca9phoenix · 21 May 2010 at 10:13

[TW]Fox;16596365 said:
Can't chip a hire car surely

can Bluefin it and then put it back when it goes back

DM · 21 May 2010 at 10:14

[TW]Fox;16596365 said:
Can't chip a hire car surely

Plenty of people do, just return it to normal if you can be bothered if you back it at the end of the lease.

ScoobyDoo69 · 21 May 2010 at 10:14

[TW]Fox;16596365 said:
Can't chip a hire car surely

People modify lease cars all the time. They just put them back to standard before returning them

Fr0dders · 21 May 2010 at 10:21

ca9phoenix said:
but it's still ours for 3 years

well ..... No.

Its a lease car. Its never YOUR car. Its registered to you, but until you buy at the end it remains the property of the company leasing to you.

ca9phoenix · 21 May 2010 at 10:22

MrLOL said:
well ..... No.

Its a lease car. Its never YOUR car. Its registered to you, but until you buy at the end it remains the property of the company leasing to you.

sorry i wasn't being specific enough..... we will be treating it as ours for the next 3 years. we will be using it for the next three years.

oh and it's not registered to us either, we have no V5 or insurance certificate for that matter!

[TW]Fox · 21 May 2010 at 10:28

Not really yours to modify then is it :confused:

Fr0dders · 21 May 2010 at 10:28

what sort of figure a month do you pay out of interest ?

ca9phoenix · 21 May 2010 at 10:29

it's £430 a month give or take a few £, that covers everything but fuel

[TW]Fox · 21 May 2010 at 10:30

Surely it doesn't include insurance unless its a company car?

ca9phoenix · 21 May 2010 at 10:31

[TW]Fox;16596460 said:
Not really yours to modify then is it

no technically you are quite correct, however as i will have the facility to unmodify it at will i don't see there being a problem unless i fry the ECU!

ca9phoenix · 21 May 2010 at 10:34

[TW]Fox;16596475 said:
Surely it doesn't include insurance unless its a company car?

it is a strange deal, it comes out of my wife's wages direct, so i suppose it is technically a company car, however it comes from a company called lookers leasing..... i don't fully understand it, all i know is it's a new car, we have it for 3 years then can buy or swap it and everything is covered except fuel