🔧 BUILD Jimbo's new DDD - Daily Dad Driver. V: 2019 VW Arteon SEL Premium R-Line

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Stopped by the dealer at lunch time yesterday, told the sales guy I didn't really want to waste his time, as I already viewed the car online and snuck over on a Sunday with the wife to check it out. Had all the gizmos and gadgets I wanted, so knew it'd be a solid car. Did a bunch of deep web diving and forum research, again, all positive. So the dealer came back and offered me a solid number, but a hair off of what I really wanted. Told them I'd go home and discuss it with the wife and follow-up. Texted him to see if he could sharpen the pencil a bit more, he came up with another $500, so it would net me $12k back in hand. Finished dinner, texted the salesman and said I'd be on my way. Drove over to the dealer and traded the Ram in last night. Bought the thing without even driving it :rofl:

The big driver towards the VW Arteon was the rear legroom. Set the driver seat in a comfortable position, then I hopped in the back. I had so much damn legroom. Cars.com reviews were all great for car seats. After buying it, swapped my sons booster seat bottom in, kid can kick his legs out and still not touch the back of my seat. Put my daughters rear-facing in (Clek Foonf - which is a big ol' bitch, but safe AF), and the passenger seat can be moved to a comfortable position, even for me, without it hitting the car seat back.

The color is called Manganese Grey Metallic, which has some good depth and works well with the body lines.

Drove the thing home, enjoying the comforts of the cooled seat and the back massage feature. I'm going to use that massage feature every fucking time I drive, it's amazing. I'm going to need to sit in this thing for an hour or two and finger-fuck all the gizmos and gadgets, learning what everything does. I'll also need to read up on the different drive modes and custom settings (suspension, steering, trans shifts, etc).

Current Mods/parts: mud flaps, 25% IRX window tint on the sides and back/25% on the windshield/50% on the sunroof, add-on homelink VW mirror (this bitch had everything, but no homelink), APR 93 octane tune, APR ignition coils, and one step colder NGK spark plugs. APR turbo inlet pipe, APR carbon fiber intake pipe, APR pex CAI, APR subframe insert, Rolloface 6 piston 14" front and rear brakes, H&R lowering springs, H&R rear sway bar, Moog rear sway bar links, 5mm spacers in the rear, 20x9 Vossen HF3 wheels with 255/35ZR20 Michelin PS4's, stock wheels with winter tires Vredestein Wintrac Pro, dynamic mirror turn signals, 2021 steering wheel and air bag. OE Roof bars and Inno Shadow 16 roof cargo box.

Here's some shitty pics for the time being...

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DanJ

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Those LAS-R are apparently 31lbs (8.5" wide) and 33lbs (10" wide).

The TUF-R are even heavier:
32 .6lbs 8.5" wide, and 39.6 lbs 10.5" wide.
That’s a heavy bitch. I guess that’s why you typically see them in show cars.
 

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Decided to compare FCP Euro to my internal cost on parts. They're a bit more expensive, but with their lifetime warranty on everything, the upfront cost will be made up by the next order.

Ordered an oil change kit, transmission fluid, differential fluids, and the haldex fluid.

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Once it's time to do the oil change again, I buy the oil change kit, put the oil filter in a plastic bag with the o-ring and drain plug, capture the oil during the oil change, put it back in the containers, put them in plastic bags, and ship them back - then I get my refund. Same thing goes for the driveline fluids.
 

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Decided to compare FCP Euro to my internal cost on parts. They're a bit more expensive, but with their lifetime warranty on everything, the upfront cost will be made up by the next order.

Ordered an oil change kit, transmission fluid, differential fluids, and the haldex fluid.

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Once it's time to do the oil change again, I buy the oil change kit, put the oil filter in a plastic bag with the o-ring and drain plug, capture the oil during the oil change, put it back in the containers, put them in plastic bags, and ship them back - then I get my refund. Same thing goes for the driveline fluids.

I didn't know this was a thing. Interesting.
 
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I haven’t gotten to try that yet. My last oil change I bought from them they double shipped. I decided to be honest and let them know so they gave me a $30 store credit and a prepaid label to ship one of them back. I sent it off and then they refunded me my money on the first order. So they gave me free oil and paid me $30.
 

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For a tuned/JB4 car, plug changes more often are a likely necessity along with 1 stage colder. For a stock car, I'd go until 60k unless you are experiencing symptoms of a fouled plug. Oddly enough for my 2.5t Stinger, Burger recommends staying with the stock plugs with the JB4, while they recommend colder plugs for the 3.3tt.
 

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For a tuned/JB4 car, plug changes more often are a likely necessity along with 1 stage colder. For a stock car, I'd go until 60k unless you are experiencing symptoms of a fouled plug. Oddly enough for my 2.5t Stinger, Burger recommends staying with the stock plugs with the JB4, while they recommend colder plugs for the 3.3tt.

I'll probably do plugs at 30k. I'm not sure what Neuspeed says with the Power Module, but for me, it's cheap insurance to swap them out earlier rather than later.
 

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