Schtum

Primacy 3 225/45/17 91 W Treadwear 240 Traction A Temperature A Made in Spain. They last me about 30k miles on the front, driven hard. Maybe the ones they put on crap wee cars aren't as sticky....🤔

We've done this one, Root. You'll just have to come out with me in my Mk5 Golf with 210 bhp and 330 lbs-ft in the wet to be convinced you're wrong about them. 😆

Should be listed inside your fuel filler cap and the handbook.

If you want grip in the wet, buy some premium brand tyres with a good Wet Grip rating. Personally, I'd replace all four while I was at it. As the only point of contact between your car and the road, cheap tyres are a false economy. You'll get a set of Uniroyal Rainsports in 215/45x16 for about £400 from somewhere like Black Circles or Oponeo.

I guess if your wife like the Berlingo she's not really a performance and handling kind of woman. To some extent it depends on the spec of the Tiguan, e.g. I found the Mk1 Tiguan R Line on 19" wheels with the Sports Suspension to be far too hard for bumpy rural roads; so much so that one spent most of its time with us on 16" aftermarket alloys fitted with winter tyres. Our two subsequent Match Line models, on 17' and 18' wheels respectively, were more compliant. The DSG box in the 184 was a 7 speed and very pleasant. I did test drive a DSG Yeti before buying mine and was less impressed with its 6 speed version. The Yeti is more stiffly suspended than the standard suspension Tiguans. On 17" wheels it's bearable on country roads but I certainly notice a big difference when I drive my wife's Karoq. Even on its 18" wheels it's much more compliant. However, if you're a driver who likes to 'make progress' or even an ageing and responsible hooligan like me, you'll find that the Yeti handles more of a piece and is surprisingly chuckable with very little body roll even when severely provoked. All round, the Tiguan is a bit larger and more comfortable. I find the seats to be considerably better. My Yeti has the heated leather seats with electric adjustment for the driver and I really don't find it comfortable. On the other hand the Yeti has some useful features which render it more practical. For example with the Varioflex rear seats, you can very quickly remove the rear ones and turn the car into a useful small van. HTH

That's not entirely correct. They're few and far between but VW UK did import some 2.0 TSI Mk1 Tiguans and of course, the Mk2 is available with the 1.5 TSI and 2.0 TSI engines. My wife previously had three Tiguans in a row: R Line 140 TDI, Match Line 177 TDI and Match Line 184 TDI DSG before her current Karoq SE L 190 TDI and I have a 2016 Yeti SE L Drive 150 TDI. Although the Mk1 Tiguan and Yeti are on the same floorpan, they're very different cars and feel quite different to drive. I'd recommend test drives before you make your mind up.

I'm always impressed when I watch a Darkside video. It's clear that they really know what they're doing. I've been talking to them recently about what they could do with my Yeti while still keeping it as a clean daily driver. I see Ryan's wearing a Welderup T shirt in the video. Careful or you'll end up driving something like this....😄

I'm no' pushy. I'll happily go second or third....at a push. 😆 I've just been watching their video of the black Mk1 Fabia with 400+ bhp on nitrous.

Gie's a go....! 😇

In that case, it would be a good idea to check the Torsion Values with VCDS.

My Golf currently has Primacy 3 in a 91 W load and speed rating. They're not runflats. I've also used the HP in the past. I rarely, if ever have the TCS or ABS kicking in; especially now that the car has a Whiteline antilift kit on the front. The Yeti came on Primacy 3 (I think) when I bought it in February. They were pretty worn so I changed them for Crossclimate+ fairly quickly. However, they were by no means awful with 34k miles on them.

Fitted from the factory to my wife's late 2019 SE L 190 TDI.

I see. I wonder if the compounds are different depending on the size and speed rating. My Golf was delivered on 225/45x17 W rated ones in 2008 and I've just about come to the end of the third set after 12 years and 94k miles. I find they're very good at putting down all 210 bhp and 330 lbs-ft in all conditions during the three seasons before I switch to winters for that one.

Really, why's that Root...?

I know that feeling. I put a set of new Michelin Crossclimate+ on the Yeti which I bought earlier this year. Those Audi Q3 wheels had already seen service on my wife's previous Tiguan and there's still a set of old, 16" aftermarket alloys with Tiguan size D4 Winter Sports on them sitting in the garage. Then there are two sets of alloys for my Golf; the original 17's and a set of Audi A3 16's with Kumho winter tyres on them plus another spare set of Audi 17's that need refubished. My next door neighbour who tunes and competes in Subarus was good enough to swap over the wheels on the Karoq and the Golf a few weeks ago in deference to my ageing back.

Or you could get yourself another set of wheels with winter tyres. I think I paid £350 for these Audi Q3 alloys complete with good Pirelli Sottozero M+S from a guy on the Facebook sales page. I believe he'd paid about £1300 for them, supplied by his Audi dealer. The Pirellis weren't great and they've now been replaced by Dunlop Winter Sport D5 as seen here. In my experience, albeit on our previous Tiguans, these make the car pretty unstoppable in anything up to 12"of snow.

I see you're in Denmark. I don't know what the situation is there with respect to buying parts from vehicle dismantlers. However, I bought a pair of calipers and carriers for 312 mm discs from Wigan VAG Parts, earlier this year. They cost me £40 shipped to Scotland. I only wanted the carriers so that I could fit 312mm discs to my Yeti and I gave the calipers away. https://www.facebook.com/vagpartswigan/

Something like this might work.... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/19-PC-Engine-Universal-Timing-Belt-Chain-Camshaft-Flywheel-Locking-Tool-Set-Kit/173930899552?_trkparms=ispr%3D1&hash=item287f16e860:g:VH4AAOSwSERdAgSi&enc=AQAEAAACcIQvEcHUrT7nmUC3yY5qbPyaBN1nJEDYW8MyypsJPgXKo0mqHRozhbuScFNjCL0zktQKg1U%2FQGWRWoE3hgwvqQ3EQtc0OKi8YXtBo9eIXJy6PGZ2bQmG%2BxTPenQ21ABQ3QlId3wO3Fk4lmuqy8qGSdo6JqGrGbtyrbBu6kteh7BFRH655osXhAXrCpUbKzqP0xMDPIqxhn6ze9igDDYDiqOuZ5%2FebW%2Foij0m2SUBN13v9CH2IEWVSnyhC8bkSThcKrl9K4kvr5k6ADCBjaLMyewIAxRN1WXa544KxnAvkZIkD4qh%2BFzOIDFgvJw%2Bm%2BU%2B3BR48coXtM4PPwyjcnphxJAjOCrNXWnAL4yAByJcBaUrO0Rmum8WcnZEarD8wfEtTv1sUgXBPlUEw3bhRdp3P38Qyp8nDpFma%2BFKLXv4VA0WbRJfLG%2BSqa401C3%2F7MYbCTP09e1fK1hkCuaAsSA70W09WCWLPHNRb62RZojVFvaX2SBShqryjrjUoc1tTAPHPBM2iyA72eU7%2FUat3cCIvkdMZLPpSX63c4tj3ASd0uHVeMJoyuqzRoIAjg%2F300ftiFgacO%2BA%2Bb8kQv3pywxT186y52CCzuOxdpASNP%2F5rL7G1ysgIrOCxwyouWv03rUM3pE2Uv41FEkBVhfRqoiK5Ri3aHvhFgF1eO8BJ%2F6LuNM1KTObWTXw8s%2FMNGYF9%2FgrVXnInFtbHqt6OFyYh%2B3R52gMqx69Emilhv7wUIJ9EAODSvhoBogfkz6McB1ynVpb7dc6XmSB72inVeMRoXTeUFX7QeS4ybDrQnT1Gh5XbM6S%2FLHvB4ztq2K0iWPPnwq7fg%3D%3D&checksum=173930899552833009e45cbf4adca936e616544518f3

It may depend on the market. I see that Shahoff is in Eire. To return to the original theme of my thread, the 190 TDI is only available with the DSG transmission, here in Britain.

The Passat would, of course have been sans DPF. I bought a Mk4 Golf with the TDI 115 engine in 2000 ...far too impatient, should have waited for the 130 and mapped it to 180. It was mapped to 150 and I eventually had Star fit a Milltek decat pipe at c. 100K miles because the original downpipe broke in half. The only issue with the Mk5, in that respect, is that at 12 years and 94K miles, it's very stinky when the ambient temperature is down around 4 deg C.

Except that PD TDI engines are notorious for DPF issues. So much so that's usually cited as the main reason for VAG dumping them and going back to common rail. Mine is probably a rare example in still having its DPF and EGR intact. What's your 2006 car and does it have a DPF? They were only fitted to the BMN engine as standard, although they could be specced on both BKD and 8 valve BMM as an option. We lived on the other side of the Forth in the days when my Golf was just bimbled around. These days we're into extra-legal speeds every time we leave the drive. The Karoq is on target to do 15K miles a year but the Yeti might only do half that.

Maybe if people flexed their right ankles a bit more. My Golf's now on 94K miles, not a lot for a 12 year old car. The only exhaust issue I've had in all that time was a failed pressure sensor. Other than that, it's never so much as thrown a check engine light. There was also an 18 month period when I did little more with it than bimble it round the village; so it's not entirely due to having been driven hard for most of its life

It definitely does make a difference in my remapped Golf. It runs best on Esso premium diesel when I can get it and then on Shell V-Power which is what I usually use. On supermarket diesel it can misfire when driven hard.

One of the many things that they don't do very well....😐

I've PM'd you with Eck's phone number.