I tried two different VW dealers yesterday to see what new Tiguans they had in stock, so that I could take a look and possibly arrange a test drive. Heritage Gloucester said that they have an ICE R-Line in the showroom (unfortunately in red) but no dates on when they will have any others or any demonstrators. Inchcape Cheltenham had no Tiguans in the showroom at all (which seems daft) and only a Life model in their fleet. The sales guy said that it would be unlikely that they would register any more until the plate change in September. It seems as though Volkswagen, or at least the dealers in Gloucestershire, aren’t bothered about selling any new Tiguans any time soon! Apparently, the PHEV versions have only just opened for ordering and he anticipates a 4 month lead time, although those of us who have been subjected to VW lead time issues previously will know that’s probably on the optimistic side!
The PHEV versions or at leset the FWD version orders, should have opened in spring, according press release beginning of the year.
Did you bother getting a charger for your’s. Undecided whether to fit one or not. I did think of installing a commando soctet.
Oh yeah, we had it almost half a year prior to receiving the Golf (remember, 16 months waiting back then) lol. I can’t speak for current prices, back then we paid £650 for charger incl installation (for others, MB doesn’t cover charger cost for PHEVs) for an Easee One, happy as can be. I wouldn’t argue that you need one, but all the app stuff and remote-scheduled charging through Octopus Intelligent makes charging super easy. It is convenient, and of course, in case we go full EV further down the line, “future proof”. I’d argue that it depends most on A: would it need to eat toast with water-soup for weeks to afford the charger? And B: do you actually have the place to conveniently place it. I don’t have any experience with, or even knowledge of, a commando socket – so i can’t speak to that, whether that’s better or not. That’d be up to you. I personally can only speak to the charger we have, and it’s just more convenient than a granny cable. It has its place, the cable is always right next to the car like at a petrol pump, etc. I personally would get one again, but in the end that’s a decision you gotta make yourself, taking current realities into account (prices etc, no idea if they went up or down).
Indeed I remember your wait and early ordering arrangement with MO.
I have an handful of asjustable 11-22kW chargers in lockup but, none that will allow 7kW other than a Lynchr H series (Hydra Cubis), I have promised to install for a close friend, when I get 5 and the weather improves (god I’m getting old!)
None of them run on Kraken, unless I can upload it to the OCCP. Asides from my smart meter being dumb (prefered), I would realistically be on a standard tariff untill the end of 2025 according to Octopus. I could go on my current supplers (EDF) overnigt tariff but, the day rate increases and as of the other topic I’m against running white goods whils’t asleep. If anything I’ll probably install a commando socket at a closer location to my car.