General Information
Its been about 9 months and 12,000 miles of ownership with my car and I'd like to make a post to share what I've done to the car so far. It has been a surreal experience and I can't believe its almost been a year already, wow time flies!
Pre-tune I was getting 12.5 mpg ( After the car is warmed up I drive it like how it should be driven
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I just got the tune / dp's so not enough time for a good average but it seems to be even more efficient than stock while driving normally. Regardless, smiles per gallons is what matters to me!
Preventative maintenance has been fully completed for where I am at in mileage for the car.
- Replaced Spark plugs / Coil packs / Diff oil/ Oil changes every 3k miles + Blackstone's oil analysis/ Rear pads and rotors / Brake fluid flush / DCT Transmission Oil service / Brand new battery/ Cabin air filter / Engine air filter.
Modifications
- Installed Velcoity Tuning's Downpipes (Decatted) (Thanks to @greasy for all the help and time on working on this with me)
- Removed Charcoal air filter
- Currently on a Velocity Tuning Custom Stage 2 Map
Headaches.... it has not been all rainbows and sunshine but I have learned a lot.
- Two pre-purchase inspections missed a faulty differential that I had to replace not long after buying the car. Prior to the differential failing on me It always made a very low whine ( and I mean very low, you couldn't even have the air on low or you wouldn't hear it) whenever I let off the throttle. This whine was there from the first day I bought the car but It was so quiet that I just thought it was the two turbos so I didn't think much of it. One day to the next that whine turned into a whirring sound every single time I let off the throttle and it got loud enough to the point where I could hear it through the air being on. Only drove like that for half a day and then parked the car at my mechanic until I got a dreaded call. I was quite upset since I felt like I took every precaution possible.... I had used launch control less than 5 times up to that point and I never drifted the car either. I already had the knowledge to not launch the car much without first getting upgraded diff mounts. That was months ago and the new diff actually improved my handling quite a bit and tightened up the rear end significantly. If anyone is curious, I was completely stock at this point.
- Another headache but a minor one is that my paint has a bunch of swirls on it. I'm not sure how I caused this since I got the car painted corrected + ceramic coating only 8 months ago. I use the two bucket method and never once have ever took it to an automatic car wash.
Pre-tune I was getting 12.5 mpg ( After the car is warmed up I drive it like how it should be driven
I just got the tune / dp's so not enough time for a good average but it seems to be even more efficient than stock while driving normally. Regardless, smiles per gallons is what matters to me!