He had probably just purchased the car.

I won't be buying one. Surely it puts more strain on the battery/charging system?

BlueMotion sounds like something you might have to take to a main dealer if there are problems...

"BlueMotion sounds like something you might have to take to a main dealer if there are problems..."

It also sounds like something you might have to go to a doctor with ...

Edited by John Boy on 07/10/2013 at 12:09

I have a 2013 Tiguan dsg auto which has the blue motion stuff mentioned.

I find the stop / start somewhat irritating, particularly if combined with the auto hold feature. If you are waiting for example at a T junction to pull out onto the major road, you get a pause while the engine starts combined with a pause while the parking brake disengages and as you turn the steering wheel you can feel the assistance ramp up as you begin to move. It’s like driving off from a bowl of porridge.

With dsg VW manage to engineer in a pause before the car will move anyway, you don’t need to make it worse.

I usually leave both off, though I use auto hold for a steep hill start where it works rather well.

My Yaris HSD has this facility. It causes no delay whatsoever.

But it won't cause a delay with yours because its starting off on its electric motor and the engine only fires up if and when needed.

Don't you also have a proper parking brake, not the idiotic electric thing VW increasingly insist their victims have.

Is your hill hold transmission based or braked?