My (no longer) VW brothers and sisters. The past few days have not been very fun for me as far as automobiles and finances go. I'm going to try to make my story somewhat short, and if you guys have comments and questions or a good old "that's what you get for blah blah blah" (or maybe some empathy 
), go for it.
Before I start, I understood the risks I took in modifying my GTI. That said, this still sucks, and still surprised the hell out of me.
I bought my 2016 GTI S with DSG last September. Between then and D-Day, I added several common performance pieces. Downpipe and exhaust, intake, GFB diverter valve, and most recently a stage 2 91 octane tune from Eurodyne. I'm leaving out all the cosmetic add-ons that couldn't be related to the following incident, but yes I put quite a few $ and hours into turning my VW into something I really enjoyed driving.
I drove my GTI from my current home, Ames, IA, to Granby Colorado for a family vacation last week. This car has always been an awesomely comfortable roadtripper, even with BC coilovers in place, and the mountain roads were so much fun with this thing.
The second to last day of our trip, I was in town and took off hard from a stoplight. I heard a sort of pop while pulling in second gear, the EPC light came on, and power was pretty much gone. I coasted into the closest parking lot to check things out. I turned the car off, inspected the engine bay, didn't see anything, and started the car again. The thing was smoking like crazy from the exhaust, so I turned it off and called VW roadside.
It was towed to Denver where the VW dealer checked it out the next day. Blown turbo. Not covered under warranty because of the modifications. They said $4k-$5k in parts and labor, and since it was Saturday, it wouldn't be ready until the middle of the next week (this current week).
I made a decision that day to have them give me a trade in value on my car, and I left that same day in a preowned manual 2017 Subaru Crosstrek for obviously more than the repair would have cost me, but I think I was just unhappy with VWs at that point, stressed from the past couple of days, and just wanted to go home.
Another reason for my choice was that I was always tempted to take the next step with my GTI. It's really kind of been an addiction since I've had it. "What should I do next?" and so on. Believe me, I loved the GTI since day one and loved modifying it too, but it kept taking my money even when it was working just fine. I went for a Crosstrek to step out of the modified game for awhile. Maybe until I complete this degree.
Anyway. That's it. I miss the thing like crazy. The Crosstrek is slower than my mom's Prius and I feel like I need to stop wearing Vans now and get a pair of Birkenstock sandals.
Oh well. Life goes on.
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), go for it. Before I start, I understood the risks I took in modifying my GTI. That said, this still sucks, and still surprised the hell out of me.
I bought my 2016 GTI S with DSG last September. Between then and D-Day, I added several common performance pieces. Downpipe and exhaust, intake, GFB diverter valve, and most recently a stage 2 91 octane tune from Eurodyne. I'm leaving out all the cosmetic add-ons that couldn't be related to the following incident, but yes I put quite a few $ and hours into turning my VW into something I really enjoyed driving.
I drove my GTI from my current home, Ames, IA, to Granby Colorado for a family vacation last week. This car has always been an awesomely comfortable roadtripper, even with BC coilovers in place, and the mountain roads were so much fun with this thing.
The second to last day of our trip, I was in town and took off hard from a stoplight. I heard a sort of pop while pulling in second gear, the EPC light came on, and power was pretty much gone. I coasted into the closest parking lot to check things out. I turned the car off, inspected the engine bay, didn't see anything, and started the car again. The thing was smoking like crazy from the exhaust, so I turned it off and called VW roadside.
It was towed to Denver where the VW dealer checked it out the next day. Blown turbo. Not covered under warranty because of the modifications. They said $4k-$5k in parts and labor, and since it was Saturday, it wouldn't be ready until the middle of the next week (this current week).
I made a decision that day to have them give me a trade in value on my car, and I left that same day in a preowned manual 2017 Subaru Crosstrek for obviously more than the repair would have cost me, but I think I was just unhappy with VWs at that point, stressed from the past couple of days, and just wanted to go home.
Another reason for my choice was that I was always tempted to take the next step with my GTI. It's really kind of been an addiction since I've had it. "What should I do next?" and so on. Believe me, I loved the GTI since day one and loved modifying it too, but it kept taking my money even when it was working just fine. I went for a Crosstrek to step out of the modified game for awhile. Maybe until I complete this degree.
Anyway. That's it. I miss the thing like crazy. The Crosstrek is slower than my mom's Prius and I feel like I need to stop wearing Vans now and get a pair of Birkenstock sandals.
Oh well. Life goes on.
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sorry to hear this tho, thats devastatinf