Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace SEL 2.0 TDI SCR 150PS 4Motion DSG auto 5d Owner Review

It's a VW so obviously you expect to pay over the odds for the thing ! It is an attractive car and for 150 bhp goes fairly well.The allspace has a large boot if you don't use the third row of seats ,we purchased it so the dogs would have more room in the boot - we will never use the third row of seats.I must say I'm slightly disappointed in the quality of some of the trim fittings ,to my eye they look a bit cheap ,but everyone is a critic these days !! Compared to the Volvo XC60 ,my previous car ,I wished I'd stuck with Volvo ,still I didn't ,so it's a case of get over it ! On the fuel consumption side of things , I'm getting about 37 mpg ,which I guess isn't bad for a car of this size . What seems crazy to me is that the car is made in Mexico then when assembled it is shipped to Germany for a quality control inspection ! Which in my case wasn't very successful ! To me the steering seems a tad vague , although it drives well enough ,if you want road burning acceleration and sports car performance I would look elsewhere.Is it exciting,no it isn't but then you don't buy a car like this for thrills ! Had I had use of the car for a week or so I wouldn't have purchased it ,but as it was wife's turn to choose our next car I blame her !!! especially as she won't drive it because she tells me it's too big !! I give up !! As you can probably tell I'm not a professional car tester .I love SUV's ,well that's what the dogs told me to say as they love all the room there is for them . Getting back to the point ,it is a nice car but is it worth £37,000 and that's not with all the extras ,I don't believe it is .Then why did I buy it ? - see the bit about my wife ! I'll end now as this could turn into a rambling novel .