Taking the Volkswagen Amarok off-road in New Zealand 

Thanks so much, Brendan!

Thank you, David! We really appreciate the feedback.

rayred74 glad to hear it! And we hope you're enjoying your new Amarok. Whereabouts in the world are you based?

I absolutely love it! changed over from a Ford Ranger and Izuzu before that - best Pick-up I have ever owned. I am based in Guernsey

rayred74 someone who knows their pick-ups then! Very cool. Welcome to the Volkswagen family :)

From SA originally - so bakkies (utes) are in our blood. Must be a Southern Hemisphere thing!

Love it! Great stuff, thanks for the feedback.

That's awesome, great to hear it!

@@milescontinental So now I've been out and up some very steep rutted hills over wet grass, I was able to test the hill descent in both forward and reverse and I can tell you that reverse function is a real Godsend when backing down a steep hill at night in the rain. At times she lost traction altogether and sped up quite a bit but brought herself back under control quickly. I thought Amarok drivers are going to need some model specific training because the technique is quite different to relying on momentum, but when you button off to regain traction it tends to surge a lot. I'd also love to know how to turn the proximity alarm off so its not set off by every bade of grass. Its default is to on so after every direction change you have to shut it off - again. Also the parking aid, I drove the whole night without being able to see the 4x4 aids because of the parking aid. I'm sure it can be switched off somehow but there's a limit to how much finger stabbing you can do before you drop over the side of something.

Thanks, Cam!

Thank you! We hope you managed to find an Amarok with the options you wanted and are still enjoying it.

Congrats!

Thanks Tommy! He certainly knows his stuff!

Thanks, Mark. Appreciate your feedback. And our passenger just trying to show he's paying attention ;)