RichieC
New Member
Hi all,I'm new to this forum lark so you'll have to bare with me till I get the hang of it
Took delivery of my T6 180 DSG 4Motion LWB high line in brand new in January and I have to say it's a beautiful Van to drive and a cracker to look at especially with the LED head lamps(a €1200 option,Ouch)
But and there's always a but,I replaced my transit custom 155hp with it and so far to be honest the transit was overall a better van.
For example,the rear double doors on the VW have no latching device to hold the doors open. The transit did. So if it's even slightly windy you are petrified that the doors will close and guaranteed the wrong door will close first and dent the other one.
Ford offered a factory fit reversing camera that was absolutely brilliant for hitching up to a trailer. As I do a fair bit of towing it was a no brainer to spec it on the VW. But alas VW don't do a reversing camera for the rear double door only for the tailgate so I had to go aftermarket. There are many other differences between the vans mainly in the fords favour TBH.
Also I've had to return my T6 back to the dealers to be tracked as the tracking was out from day one and the van pulled to the left. It's since been tracked twice and it turns out that the tracking was perfect on both theses times but she still pulls to the left and after only 16500kms the front passenger tire is practically bald on the outside.Vw say it's within the manufacturing tolerances so as far as they are concerned it's tip top but it clearly isn't. Also in the last few weeks I've notice a grinding/rubbing noise coming from the front brakes. I thought the pads where f@cked but on inspection they have lots of wear still on them. VW have no idea what's wrong with it on either problem. So there's going to be a big row between me and them next week.
When u left the tranny in for any sort of work even if it wasn't the dealer u bought it from here in Ireland ford gave u a loan van. VW give u SFA.
Getting pissed right off to be honest. Very disheartened
Took delivery of my T6 180 DSG 4Motion LWB high line in brand new in January and I have to say it's a beautiful Van to drive and a cracker to look at especially with the LED head lamps(a €1200 option,Ouch)
But and there's always a but,I replaced my transit custom 155hp with it and so far to be honest the transit was overall a better van.
For example,the rear double doors on the VW have no latching device to hold the doors open. The transit did. So if it's even slightly windy you are petrified that the doors will close and guaranteed the wrong door will close first and dent the other one.
Ford offered a factory fit reversing camera that was absolutely brilliant for hitching up to a trailer. As I do a fair bit of towing it was a no brainer to spec it on the VW. But alas VW don't do a reversing camera for the rear double door only for the tailgate so I had to go aftermarket. There are many other differences between the vans mainly in the fords favour TBH.
Also I've had to return my T6 back to the dealers to be tracked as the tracking was out from day one and the van pulled to the left. It's since been tracked twice and it turns out that the tracking was perfect on both theses times but she still pulls to the left and after only 16500kms the front passenger tire is practically bald on the outside.Vw say it's within the manufacturing tolerances so as far as they are concerned it's tip top but it clearly isn't. Also in the last few weeks I've notice a grinding/rubbing noise coming from the front brakes. I thought the pads where f@cked but on inspection they have lots of wear still on them. VW have no idea what's wrong with it on either problem. So there's going to be a big row between me and them next week.
When u left the tranny in for any sort of work even if it wasn't the dealer u bought it from here in Ireland ford gave u a loan van. VW give u SFA.
Getting pissed right off to be honest. Very disheartened
