Yeah, in the end I'm happy I was able to get warranty coverage. I added up the bill with the parts and labor, and yikes. I've had good experience with APR and Uni on past cars, and had 034 ECU software on my previous S3 with no problems. This has definitely left a sour taste in my mouth now though.
Thank you for the link! I didn't even know about it until I popped in during lunch!
At the moment, I'm not. Maybe a rear sway bar, but otherwise nothing else. Sounds bad to say it, but I barely drive the car as it is so it's not high on my list.
How's the drone, if any, with the Track exhaust?I also picked up and installed an AWE Touring to Track conversion from my friends at Nemesis Autosport. I know I could've gone to an exhaust shop for cheaper, but I like to keep everything from the same supplier if possible. Now the exhaust finally has some grunt to it! Kicking myself in the head for not getting the Track one from the beginning, but such is life. :banghead:
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Hardly any with the stock downpipe on. Granted I haven't a whole lot of highway driving due to the whole virus thing and working from home, but so far seems pretty tame when cruising around town.
Way over due response, but I will try that out! I honestly don't know what firmware it has, it's been set it on Map 2 and forget it since I put it on :laugh:If you release the negative terminal on your battery you can slide it forward and place the JB4 behind it. I ziptied mine to the firewall... you wouldn't even know it's there.
Also make sure you flash it to the latest firmware. If you are capable of running 93 octane you can run map 3. I'd say "a little pep" is a bit of an understatement for what you get
Thank you! :beer:
I'm not sure to be honest. The issue never happened before the tune or after the DSG was replaced. Speculating with some friends it's possible that DSG fluid wasn't completely filled from the factory and the extra strain from the tunes pushed it over the edge? Other than that nobody is really sure what happened.
Best of luck with the new vehicle! Have any sort of asking price in mind for the wheels? I might have someone who’d be interested but they’d have to be shipped to Milwaukee, WIWell I figured I'd update this thread, but my time with the GTI is no more. A few weeks back I got bored and got some Carvana/Vroom offers that were pretty crazy so I decided to take advantage of it. In the end I flew out to Washington DC and picked up a leftover 2019 Ranger and drove it back to Dallas. It seems like most people go with a Taco after getting a VAG car, but to me it wasn't anything special other than their insane resale values. However, the Ranger had a better drive train (IMO) and better interior which is what won me over.
Anyways, thanks for everybody who looked and chimed in on this thread! :beer:. Hopefully I'll be back in the VAG car eventually as I want to get a B8.5 RS5 as a weekend car in a few years, but we'll see how the used market plays out on those.
Most of my parts have been sold but I do have the following remaining if anybody is interested: JB4, S2T Shift Paddles, BBS CH-R
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It's definitely a different experience! Sitting up high and not worrying about potholes or big dips in the road is a nice change though, I do miss the go kart feeling the GTI though. Can't really zip in and out of traffic in this one :laugh:
. Otherwise I do have an instagram where I post pictures to from time to time (@hbb_photo) if you want to check that out :beer:Thank you! Right now I'm thinking around $2600 shipped. I'll clean them up and take some proper pictures this weekend. The wheels are ceramic coated and the tires have about 7K miles on them so there's still plenty of life in them. If they're interested, feel free to shoot me a PM :thumbup:
