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Old 04-24-2016, 12:52 AM   #174 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by COcyclist View Post
I just got an offer from a dealer in the mail yesterday to trade our A3 in on a gas turbo Quattro A3 sedan from an Audi dealer. Do you suppose VAG will crush all these perfectly good cars to get them off the road?

DPF delete?? More boost?? EGR delete?
That's standard practice for the Stealer to send offers saying your used car is in great demand, and to hurry over so they can pay "top dollar" for your used vehicle while you begin a new car payment with them.

They will purchase your car at the standard trade in value, get you making payments on a new car, and then sell the trade-in for about 30% more than they purchased it for. No way are they going to the crusher.

As far as DPF delete, I say go for it. I've read that part of the new ECU update is to run more frequent burn cycles on the DPF, wearing them out much sooner than originally designed. Not only are people going to get reduced fuel economy from increased regen cycles, but they will be stuck with a hefty repair bill when the DPF fails.

I'd delete it and put a custom tune on the car to improve both power and fuel economy. Or, I'd just leave it alone and drive it. Certainly I would avoid the Stealership and any ECU programming they want to perform.
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