Aztecs27
Money List Winner
Ah, shame that. Tiguan, if it can fit everything in, is a great option. My in-laws have a 20 plate R-Line spec 1.5 TSI engine and it's really nice. Great to drive too.
Recommend an SUV for a golfer
- Thread starter rudebhoy
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Ah, shame that. Tiguan, if it can fit everything in, is a great option. My in-laws have a 20 plate R-Line spec 1.5 TSI engine and it's really nice. Great to drive too.
BubbaP
Occasional Player of Golf
Few years back now but I was still ferrying around older teenagers (each side of 6ft), so I went around the showrooms and sat in the back. Most SUVs seemed to be 'reverse tardis' - i.e. looks big but inside weren't. So went the estate route (or 'sportswagon' if fancy
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You will fit more in an estate normally as they are longer cars, suv are more hatchbacks but higher up
I had a Honda hrv and that boot was massive however the civic I had also had a massive boot so wasn't a surprise
I have my biggest boot now in an MPV but that's basically a higher up estate car (ugly as sin aswell)
Does depend on your needs tho, I know friends of my parents who went SUV as his wife's knees were hurting getting in and out of estate car so the higher position of the suv helped
cliveb
Head Pro
I think the key to a car being practical for a golfer is that the boot space extends far enough behind the rear wheel arches to be able to drop a bag in sideways without having to faff about pulling woods out. Which for anything other than something massive means an estate. (Or possibly a good old fashioned coupe?)
GreiginFife
Money List Winner
My 3 series saloon lets me put my PK cart bag in diagonally with no clubs taken out. The space it leaves is perfect for my trolley to slot in to and my shoes etc go in to the space behind the bag. Plenty of space.
Don’t dismiss the Toureag, great machines and plenty of boot space.
The R Line is a looker as well
rudebhoy
Q-School Graduate
Don’t dismiss the Toureag, great machines and plenty of boot space.
The R Line is a looker as well
Like the look of the Toureg, but the price is a bit rich for me!
Got a test drive booked this afternoon for the Tiguan.
JayB
Newbie
I used to have an MX5 RF, clubs in bag on the front seat and my Stewart RS1 push trolley in a carry bag would fit perfectly in the boot.
RichA
Well-known member
Golf estate is even more affordable.
My GoKart trolley (wheels removed), bag and shoes fit (albeit snugly) in the boot of my Golf R hatchback, even with the boot size reduced by the spare wheel and 4Motion. The back of the standard Golf estate should be plenty big enough.
Do you have have a technique for getting the wheels off easily? I've given up as it is too much of a fight, maybe I'm missing something?
RichA
Well-known member
It couldn't be any easier - push the big button on the wheel hub down and slide off the spindle. I've got the Mark 2 though - maybe yours is different.
Mine is a Mk1. I'll see tonight whether it is the same. Hopefully so
. Thanks for that.Perhaps as per the battery fitting, they have learnt from weaknesses on the Mk1 and improved for the Mk2.
It would be handy to be able to quickly remove the wheels, both for putting in the car and also to aid cleaning.
Robster59
Tour Rookie
I keep mine on but also have the GoKart bag (all Mk.1). However, I have the Skoda Superb so boot space is "adequate".
Beedee
Assistant Pro
Interesting that you have a Golf R. I've quite fancied a Golf R but thought that the was no way I'd get the clubs in the back without lowering the rear seats.
Alan Clifford
Well-known member
I take the longer clubs out of the bag but they still go in the boot. A recent addition, a swing trainer goes in the passenger seat well along with the trolley.
Sadly different, ah well. At least Gokart learn and improve.
KenL
Tour Rookie
A looker in your eyes, not for me.Don’t dismiss the Toureag, great machines and plenty of boot space.
The R Line is a looker as well
HeftyHacker
Well-known member
I had a GTD and could get bag and trolley in with the boot without lowering any seats. Woods had to come out but they fit across the boot and into the recesses. I can't imagine the R boot being any smaller less maybe the floor not being as a low due to the 4wd.
RichA
Well-known member
It is a great car. I couldn't get another one as the new price has increased by about 30% since we bought ours in 2016. Fortunately, that reflects on the used market, so it's only depreciated by about £2k per year and the used prices have actually plateaued now.
Don't get the impression that the boot is large though - it's small, but it just happens to have recesses behind the rear wheels that my golf bag will fit into perfectly side-to-side.
