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I know I’m a little late but the VINWIKI video on YouTube about the run was well worth the watch. I guess high altitude is the car’s Achilles heel but am still impressed. The CKRA gets a bad rap around here but I don’t think it’s a bad engine after certain ancillary parts happen to fall off...

It’s alright. In only 3 years, Vance will be President and you can return 👍🏻

I have the same car with the Fender system and went with the JVC KW-M695BW. The volume and speaker buttons on the steering column work. It doesn’t seem as if I lost any sound quality at all with the audio. I had it done by a local shop.

VCDS or OBDeleven should probably be your first purchase. After that, for me personally, it’s all about doing things to make the car last as long as possible, because they’re not making cars I like anymore.

It’s a great car after you remove or isolate everything that can break lol.

Dude, we have members here who have early to mid 2010’s VW’s with over 400,000 miles.

I installed the Whitebread Performance bypass kit in my car. I don’t know if they make one for the Audi. As a previous poster said, it’s debatable if it’s even necessary. I just like the idea that if the HPFP ever grenades itself, it just needs to replaced without the entire fuel system being...

Was going to comment on the “more insidious than” part but you guys are on it. What a loon.

Well that really sucks. Another niche group they’re blowing off are gun owners who want NFA reform, but that’s way off topic. Point is, keep alienating all these different small groups and eventually they become one big group of voters, unmotivated to keep them in power. But $57 trillion in...

What will these deregulations do for diesel crate engines? I have a 2010 Jeep with the mighty Chrysler 3.8 minivan motor. It’s a sound canidate for a swap if I don’t have to pay for the EGR/DPF bullsh##

Hey, you’re probably right and I’m not going to argue with you. Like I said, it’s an insurance policy. Not everyone will feel that they need it.

The reason I did it is because if it does fail, the cost to repair is about $5,000 here in OKC. With the Whitebread kit installed, the repair is a bit over a $1,000. Yes the odds of it failing may be low but it does happen. For $225 bucks, the Whitebread kit is sort of an insurance policy...

Thank you

I installed the whitebread bypass kit a few weeks ago and, although the car has been driven over 1,000 miles, I can’t help but think I put Fred’s filter on the wrong line. If I did I guess I could buy another filter and put it on the correct line?

I’m about to give up on mine. It’s in an endless boot-loop. I came here hoping to see what others have done. Thinking about replacing the whole thing but not sure where to start.

I read somewhere (maybe here) a guy said he buys TDI’s with broken timing belts, rebuilds and sells them. He said they usually go around 180,000 miles. Who knows what the record is.

Mine failed a few months ago at 91k (2014 Passat NMS). Luckily I was in my driveway.

Local dealer almost destroyed mine that same way about a year ago. I think the oil cap came off when I pulled into my driveway. If it would have came off while going down the highway then it would probably be toast. Next oil change another shop put the wrong oil in it. I’m a little skiddish...

Wow I thought the Diesels that I work with were big. They are 4,800 hp to 5,200 hp. I'm a freight train engineer at one of the big western US railroads.

Does it usually end after the engine is fully warmed up? Mine did that same thing last winter and ended up throwing codes for 2 fuel injectors. Lucky for me I was still under the diesel gate warranty.

I’m sure the ruling class here in the States will see this as a wonderful idea.

I can get upper 40’s (hand calculated) but it has to be warm outside and I have to drive like grandma (deleted Passat CKRA NMS).

Well, shoot. When/if mine blows up I will report it here. Surely if it had been replaced by a previous owner, it would have been reported on CarFax.

I was just looking at the big Turbo failure thread (on this sub forum) and all I can see are 2013 models with failures.

That’s insane! I’m at 94k and as far as I know it’s the original in my 2014 Passat NMS.