i have the double bellow bags and koni oranges which tend to be a lot cheaper than the yellows becuase they do not have adjustable dampening. they give me plenty of height in the rear.
So did the oil change today. Mobil 1 0w-40, changed the filter as well, after about 20 miles I can sense a bit more smoothness and slightly better throttle response as compared to whatever else was there.
I got a set of the Michelin xi3 on my tig last winter Very very happy with them .
Nordfrost 5 (no studs) for the Tig (4motion), Marangoni 4ice on the Passat. I like the Nordfrosts better (had the Nordfrost 3 on the Jetta and loved them there too).
I use to use Castrol Syntec 5W40 (what the tig came with) and all I could get here. Last spring I opened my own shop and can get Kendall 5W40 Euro and started using that as it is 502 approved. I found it made the engine run smoother and quieter. My customers have noted the same.
The Tig won't need head gaskets at ~150k like every other subi does. The TSI pretty much has reliability nailed down now, IMHO. Change the oil and drive.
YES< Subaru ahs better AWD, but put on Tig good snow tires like Dunlop M3 or Pirelli or Michelin, and there is no obstacle. I used those tires on FWD and RWD cars in Southern Alps and never had issues, never got stuck, always break on a dime. With 4Motion they are unstoppable.
I have replaced the four spark plugs with properly gapped VW (NGK) plugs and still the #2 misfires cold and randomly thereafter. The original ones looked quite normal actually - chocolaty brown. Very little wear and a .032" gap.
I have a 2008 1.4 TSI Tiguan bought from South African VW dealer, full dealer servicing too. Have had the coils replaced 7 times( kept burning out) spark plugs 4 times ( kept burning out too) and variouse other faults giving a total of 13 returns under warranty. The vehicle is now out of warranty with 139000 Km's (86000 miles) and the timing chain has failed bending valves etc. The vehicle took 3 weeks to repair and I had to pay R31000 ($2600 us) had a meeting with VWSA who say its normal wear and tear would not assist and didn't even apologies .
I had Pirelli winter tires on my '11 Tiguan. They sucked right from the get go. No traction.
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