VW to bring a Pickup Truck to the US
I just hope they do their market requirements a bit better., than in Australia. They do sell the Caddy Van which is a leader in the smal l Van segment, but the Transporter Cab Chassis is OK, but other...
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sky_free wrote:BurbMan wrote:
Friend bought a Tourag...very nicely appointed, drives great....but the dealer gets $200 for an oil change and "routine service", making me wonder if the design and engineering principles are the same even if the vehicle is better....designed to assemble cheaply, not repair cheaply.
I'll never own another one that's for sure.
I have a 2012 Touareg TDI with 80,000 miles on it. Oil changes are running about $129. It takes 9-quarts of synthetic, so it's going to be a little more than a small engine that takes regular oil. Fuel filters at 40,000 mile intervals run about $100. I find it pretty inexpensive to maintain. The interesting thing is that other than those 2 things there isn't much to service. We are still on the original brakes and it does not require transmission service. I had the brake fluid and coolant flushed at 80K and that's it.
If you want expensive service to complain about, buy an Audi :)
We use synthetic in our little smart car diesels. 3 litres or so. Not expensive to change yourself and you have to use an oil extractor as there is no drain plug. Once a year. Every second year we bring it to Mercedes though and they do all the filters as required plus a bunch of other little things. Pricey though. A B service is upwards of 200 bucks by the time light bulbs, filters, taxes etc etc are in there. It's only once every couple years. I should probably do it myself and save a 100 bucks. If we tow much we change the oil a little earlier but we don't normally tow more than 300 to 400 km per year.
