Hi guys, I lurked around here a few years back when I bought my 2006 Jetta TDI. Never posted really, I was just looking for info at the time.
I'm looking to replace it and found a 2013 Jetta wagon TDI Im pretty much ready to buy. My only real hesitancy is the emissions equipment. Coming from a 2006 I was fortunate enough to be free from all that stuff and my car ran like a top and regularly achieved 50 mpg.
From the little web searching I did, it does appear the hardware/tune for deletes are still easily attainable, I found everything I'd need on Rawtek and Malone Tuning.
I'm not looking to hot rod this thing, it's strictly a commuter for me and my wife might use it to grab groceries once in a while. The Eco Kit from Rawtek and honestly just the Stock Tune w/remove DPF/EGR would probably do me just fine. From what I've read by going with the stock tune that alleviates the need for a DSG tune as well?
I guess the biggest question I have regarding the deletes are inspections...I assume it varies state by state? I'm in New Hampshire so my understanding is the car will be hooked up to the "state computer" and ran for emissions that way...but does that detect a tune that eliminates the DPF/EGR? I'm not worried about the mechanic visually seeing anything missing, just the computer portion.
Anyway, Im just trying to gather a little info. Luckily the car only recently had the "fix" done by VW earlier this year so it's got 3 years/48k left on the warranty...however I drive ~24k/year so realistically I'll run out the warranty in about 2 years.
Pretty excited to get into this car. I've loved my current TDI but it's really getting rough and will be nice to have a newer/smoother commuter, plus the Sportwagons are just awesome looking!
I'm looking to replace it and found a 2013 Jetta wagon TDI Im pretty much ready to buy. My only real hesitancy is the emissions equipment. Coming from a 2006 I was fortunate enough to be free from all that stuff and my car ran like a top and regularly achieved 50 mpg.
From the little web searching I did, it does appear the hardware/tune for deletes are still easily attainable, I found everything I'd need on Rawtek and Malone Tuning.
I'm not looking to hot rod this thing, it's strictly a commuter for me and my wife might use it to grab groceries once in a while. The Eco Kit from Rawtek and honestly just the Stock Tune w/remove DPF/EGR would probably do me just fine. From what I've read by going with the stock tune that alleviates the need for a DSG tune as well?
I guess the biggest question I have regarding the deletes are inspections...I assume it varies state by state? I'm in New Hampshire so my understanding is the car will be hooked up to the "state computer" and ran for emissions that way...but does that detect a tune that eliminates the DPF/EGR? I'm not worried about the mechanic visually seeing anything missing, just the computer portion.
Anyway, Im just trying to gather a little info. Luckily the car only recently had the "fix" done by VW earlier this year so it's got 3 years/48k left on the warranty...however I drive ~24k/year so realistically I'll run out the warranty in about 2 years.
Pretty excited to get into this car. I've loved my current TDI but it's really getting rough and will be nice to have a newer/smoother commuter, plus the Sportwagons are just awesome looking!
