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I don't know how I feel about it...and it doesn't matter since I don't own one but my general opinion is that while it's handy, a physical dipstick should at least be on the car somewhere. For one thing, does this force you to do the oil change through the oil filter housing instead of the dipstick?
Is there a physical dipstick option? It's not like seeing the color of the engine oil makes any difference since even new TDI engine oil is turned black from the little bit of carbon coloring the leftover oil pockets when doing an oil change. So maybe this is better.
Thanks to VolksTrooper for pointing this out and providing a photo. It's been added to the buying guide for the 2011.
Edit: added another thread for the part numbers on how to retrofit the physical dipstick
http://www.myturbodiesel.com/forum/f20/oil-dipstick-retrofit-2011-vw-touareg-tdi-4586/#post20803
Is there a physical dipstick option? It's not like seeing the color of the engine oil makes any difference since even new TDI engine oil is turned black from the little bit of carbon coloring the leftover oil pockets when doing an oil change. So maybe this is better.
Thanks to VolksTrooper for pointing this out and providing a photo. It's been added to the buying guide for the 2011.

Edit: added another thread for the part numbers on how to retrofit the physical dipstick
http://www.myturbodiesel.com/forum/f20/oil-dipstick-retrofit-2011-vw-touareg-tdi-4586/#post20803