An excellent review Wigwam, which I enjoyed reading. Very balanced, highlighting the positives and the less strong areas, which any credible review should offer. I’m delighted to hear that you and Mrs W are both pleased with the car, as it’s always a risk when you move to something completely different. With any test drive of a swanky new car it’s easy to get carried away with new features etc but it’s only when you’ve had the car for a while that you really find out if it lives up to the job. Our new X1 has lived up to expectation as well, so that’s two of us sorted. I think that we were both very fortunate to get our cars as quickly as we did, given the experiences being reported daily on this forum with ludicrously long lead times. Happy motoring!
P.S. I know exactly what you mean about the electric seats with memory. When Mrs Glos Guy was still driving we also had massively different driving positions and we opted for that on our last Tiguan. Sadly, she is unable to drive anymore, but it does mean that we no longer need that option, which is a relief as it’s only available in a pack on the X1.
P.P.S. You were spot on about the standard HiFi in the X1. I was disappointed that the Harman/kardon option was deleted from our order, but we were both saying earlier when in the car that the standard system is actually very good, so we saved a few quid there.