I found the quality of the plastic used in the interior of the SUV to be inferior by VW standards.
BHPian darthvader5000 recently shared this with other enthusiasts.
Driving is a pleasure. Points I noted:
- FE – 8.5 in AT mode in New Delhi’s traffic. Normally on 3rd gear.
- Instrument Cluster lights- They go off in underground parking.
- Body metal is much lighter than erstwhile VW products.
- Interior plastics are of lower quality compared to VW standards.
- Doors somehow need a push to close. No light-handed closing action that I am used to on the Polo TDI.
- The trip meter doesn’t seem to reset for each trip. If I don’t reset it, it shows cumulative km run on the bottom right-hand since the last time it was reset.
- Each time I touch the brake pedal and push it about 1/2 an inch there is some kind of feedback on the gear knob. It’s like a gentle throb inside the knob. One has to be holding the knob to sense this.
- Throaty sound of the engine is quite ‘nawice’! and it doesn’t feel like a three-cylinder (I dislike using the word pot for a cylinder in an engine. Find it kind of disrespectful).
- The sliding forward function in the front armrest is a nice touch.
- The car has a tendency to drive in D2 when a third gear can easily do the job, so the paddle-shift at such times is handy to slide her into M3. Downshifting wise, she doesn’t have a problem. Eager to please.
- Used the cruise control function at 50 when I got a reasonable stretch, just to test it within the city. Full maza.
- I hope all the alloy rim model owners of the Taigun are aware of the lock placed on the rim nuts and how to unlock/remove the former.
- I’m using standard petrol (not speed). Will speed wala fuel help?
- The steering wheel is too smooth to hold. Hands tend to slip. Some amount of rough finish would have been better.
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